Jim Palmer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: October 15, 1945 in New York, NY us

High School: Scottsdale HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Towson University (Towson, MD)

Debut: April 17, 1965 (Age 19-184d, 12,341st in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 12, 1984 (Age 38-210d)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1990. (Voted by BBWAA on 411/444 ballots)
View Jim Palmer's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Ed Keating • Previously: Ron Shapiro?

Full Name: James Alvin Palmer

Nicknames: Cakes

Twitter: @Jim22Palmer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

68.5

268

152

ERA

2.86

558

521

3948.0

2212

WHIP

1.180

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-15 / in Starts: 25-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	308	1	Apr 9	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.63	30	9	10	1	0	6	71			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.536	2.26	0.50%	3.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
2	309	5	Apr 13	BAL		NYY	L,1-7	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	4.0	7	6	6	1	2	2	0	4.50	4.72	20	5	5	0	0	7	25			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.397	1.09	-0.37%	-4.33	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
3	310	6	Apr 17	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	0	0	3.00	4.44	34	11	14	0	0	3	73			2	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.232	1.04	0.17%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
4	311	10	Apr 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-1	GS-9	W(3-1)	3	8.2	2	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.43	3.98	32	7	14	0	0	2	77			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	.36	0.161	.36	0.10%	2.32	1b start a 3	9b 12- 2 out a4
5	312	12	Apr 25	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS-8	L(3-2)	3	7.1	12	7	6	5	1	2	1	3.41	4.85	38	7	12	2	0	12	24			1	1	0	30	0	0	1	2	1	1	1.05	-0.188	.95	-0.10%	-3.59	1b start a 1	8b --- 1 out d5
6	313	15	Apr 30	BAL		OAK	L,1-11	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.1	10	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.74	4.59	31	8	7	0	0	10	37			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.09	-0.145	.96	-0.08%	-0.91	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	314	19	May 5	BAL		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.10	4.14	30	9	11	0	0	2	87			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.565	.84	0.29%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	315	22	May 9	BAL		KCR	L,4-7	GS-3	L(4-4)	3	2.2	7	6	4	2	1	0	0	3.60	4.14	18	5	3	0	0	7	23			2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.447	.92	-0.20%	-4.95	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
9	316	25	May 13	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.52	4.20	36	9	11	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.69	0.265	.85	0.20%	0.91	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
10	317	29	May 17	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.1	9	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.53	4.30	34	9	9	1	0	9	47			1	0	0	29	1	1	1	1	0	0	.84	-0.137	1.31	-0.13%	-0.77	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d3
11	318	31	May 21	BAL		DET	W,8-5	GS-2		3	1.0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.86	4.40	10	1	2	0	1	4	30			1	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.361	2.58	-0.39%	-3.54	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out a3
12	319	35	May 25	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	CG	L(5-5)	3	9.0	6	3	2	4	1	0	0	3.65	4.33	36	14	11	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	.81	-0.070	1.37	-0.07%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
13	320	40	May 29	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.49	4.20	35	7	14	1	4	7	70			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	1	.72	0.240	1.36	0.27%	2.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	321	44	Jun 2	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS-11		3	11.0	5	0	0	4	6	0	0	3.11	4.03	41	13	13	0	3	5	89			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.886	2.59	0.88%	4.78	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
15	322	47	Jun 6(1)	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	L(6-6)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	1	3.10	4.05	36	8	13	0	0	8	61			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.263	1.62	-0.25%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
16	323	52	Jun 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-7	GS-7	L(6-7)	3	6.0	9	5	5	3	5	1	0	3.33	4.08	29	2	10	0	2	9	36			4	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.185	.60	-0.12%	-2.29	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d5
17	324	56	Jun 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.09	3.97	34	12	12	1	3	5	79			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.340	.66	0.16%	4.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	325	60	Jun 19	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	6	4	4	0	11	3	0	3.15	4.01	33	8	8	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	0.033	.69	0.02%	0.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
19	326	64	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(9-7)	3	10.0	7	2	2	1	3	2	0	3.06	4.07	36	9	16	1	0	7	72			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.176	1.28	0.12%	2.17	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
20	327	69	Jun 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,8-12	GS-4		4	3.2	7	6	4	1	2	0	1	3.22	4.05	19	3	5	0	1	7	28			0	1	0	16	2	2	0	1	1	1	1.12	-0.546	1.08	-0.32%	-4.23	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	328	73	Jul 2	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(10-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.10	3.92	31	8	14	2	0	5	77			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.36	0.503	.90	0.20%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	329	77	Jul 6	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(10-8)	3	8.0	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.05	3.87	34	8	11	1	0	6	63			2	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	.88	0.100	.45	0.03%	1.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
23	330	81	Jul 10	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(11-8)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	1	3.00	3.75	36	9	9	0	0	6	74			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.17	0.373	.64	0.12%	1.71	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
24	331	83	Jul 15	BAL		CAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-8)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.85	3.71	31	14	10	1	0	3	81			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.81	0.331	.61	0.15%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
25	332	87	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-8	W(13-8)	3	7.2	10	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.83	3.71	34	5	14	1	0	10	54			1	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.15	0.221	.51	0.06%	1.40	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
26	333	91	Jul 23	BAL		MIL	L,3-4	GS-11		3	11.0	9	2	2	2	8	1	0	2.77	3.66	40	8	13	1	0	9	77			2	1	1	38	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.542	.93	0.21%	2.58	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
27	334	96	Jul 27	BAL		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	2	2.69	3.60	31	9	11	1	0	4	80			3	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.340	.36	0.10%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
28	335	100	Jul 31	BAL		DET	L,4-5	GS-6	L(14-9)	3	5.1	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	2.83	3.61	25	6	6	0	0	8	35			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.358	.57	-0.12%	-2.38	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	336	104	Aug 4	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(14-10)	3	8.0	8	3	2	3	4	0	0	2.81	3.58	34	10	10	0	1	7	57			0	0	1	28	1	1	1	0	1	0	.54	-0.134	.23	-0.04%	0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
30	337	108	Aug 10	BAL		MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-10)	5	9.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.70	3.52	29	12	11	3	0	0	89			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.510	.79	0.29%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	338	111	Aug 14(1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-6	GS-6	W(16-10)	3	5.2	6	4	3	5	5	0	0	2.75	3.52	28	5	8	1	0	5	43			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	1	.64	0.050	.19	0.01%	-1.89	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a4
32	339	116	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-7	L(16-11)	3	6.2	8	4	1	1	4	0	0	2.71	3.47	27	4	10	1	1	8	51			0	2	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.084	.45	-0.03%	-1.11	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d4
33	340	120	Aug 22(1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	3	2	2	3	3	0	1	2.69	3.47	34	10	15	0	0	2	73			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.070	.56	0.02%	2.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
34	341	125	Aug 27	BAL		TEX	W,3-0	SHO	W(18-11)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.60	3.36	33	5	12	2	0	6	83			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.568	.30	0.08%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	342	129	Aug 31	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS-8	W(19-11)	3	7.2	10	3	2	0	4	0	0	2.59	3.31	31	7	11	3	0	9	53			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.30	0.034	.19	0.00%	-0.11	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	343	132	Sep 4(1)	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	L(19-12)	3	9.0	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.64	3.35	35	8	17	2	0	7	54			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.310	.17	-0.02%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
37	344	137	Sep 8	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(20-12)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.58	3.32	33	11	11	0	0	7	71			0	2	0	31	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.09	0.403	.04	0.01%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
38	345	142	Sep 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	W(21-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.54	3.34	34	10	11	1	1	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.474	.03	0.01%	2.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
39	346	146	Sep 18(1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(21-13)	5	8.0	6	5	4	1	3	1	0	2.59	3.36	33	15	9	1	1	5	54			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	2	1	.44	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
40	347	151	Sep 22(1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(22-13)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.51	3.33	31	7	18	0	4	4	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.576	.00	0.00%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							25-15		W-L:22-13	3.3	315.0	255	101	88	84	159	20	8	2.51	3.33	1256	0.76		4%	3%	247	61		---%	33	15	3	1140	35	8	5	20	14	12	1.00	4.676	.79	1.75%	32.17

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