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: 22-14 / in Starts: 21-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 3

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	504	5	Apr 13	BAL	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-5		99	4.2	7	5	5	3	2	0	0	9.64	3.79	24	7	5	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.007	1.34	-0.01%	-1.10	1b start tie	5b -23 2 out a2
2	505	8	Apr 17(2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,6-10	GS-3		3	2.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	1	11.57	3.86	13	2	5	0	3	5	31			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.168	1.23	-0.11%	-1.41	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d1
3	506	12	Apr 23	BAL		CHW	L,2-4	GS-9	L(0-1)	5	8.2	10	4	4	1	3	0	1	7.47	3.23	37	7	16	2	0	9	50			0	2	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.269	.84	-0.12%	0.18	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out d2
4	507	18	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	W,9-4	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	1	6.20	3.57	37	13	12	0	0	7	57			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.067	.55	-0.02%	0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
5	508	23	May 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,9-2	GS-1		5	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.84	3.56	3	1	0	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.105	.67	-0.04%	-1.02	1b start a 1	1b 1-- 1 out tie
6	509	27	May 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	6-7	H(1)	3	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	7.36	3.46	4	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.002	1.20	0.00%	0.07	6b 1-3 2 out a2	7b 12- 1 out a2
7	510	29	May 12	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	7-8	H(2)	1	1.0	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	8.10	3.77	7	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.214	.83	-0.07%	-1.36	7b --- 0 out a3	8b 123 0 out a3
8	511	31	May 14	BAL	@	SEA	W,11-4	6-GF	S(1)	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.04	3.56	12	3	8	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.105	.18	0.03%	3.06	6b 12- 0 out a5	9b end a 7
9	512	34	May 18	BAL		MIN	L,7-8	3-5	L(1-2)	3	2.0	3	3	3	3	0	1	0	7.44	4.19	11	2	3	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.231	.79	-0.08%	-2.00	3t 1-- 1 out d1	5t 1-- 1 out d3
10	513	41	May 25	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-3	GS-9	W(2-2)	6	8.1	9	3	2	2	6	0	0	6.37	3.74	36	5	14	0	2	9	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.51	0.219	.35	0.09%	0.35	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a7
11	514	46	May 30	BAL		TOR	L,0-6	GS-9	L(2-3)	4	8.1	9	6	4	5	4	0	0	6.02	3.71	37	12	7	1	0	9	44			1	2	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	.67	0.034	.53	0.02%	-1.69	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out d5
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
12	515	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	W(3-3)	7	9.0	5	2	2	0	3	2	0	5.40	3.90	31	8	15	1	2	5	72			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.259	.33	0.10%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
13	516	57	Jun 12	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	5.26	3.79	30	7	10	1	0	6	49			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.022	1.03	-0.01%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
14	517	61	Jun 18	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-9	W(4-3)	5	8.2	3	1	1	5	4	1	0	4.76	3.94	32	8	12	0	2	3	73			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.387	1.03	0.25%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a3
15	518	66	Jun 23	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	7.0	9	1	1	4	3	0	0	4.46	3.91	32	5	11	1	3	9	54			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.242	1.92	0.18%	2.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
16	519	70	Jun 27	BAL		DET	W,13-1	GS-8	W(6-3)	3	7.2	11	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.18	3.80	35	6	15	2	0	9	54			0	0	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.136	.74	0.15%	2.56	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a12
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
17	520	74	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-5	W(7-3)	4	5.0	4	4	2	1	2	1	0	4.15	3.87	20	6	8	1	1	3	48			1	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.176	1.33	-0.15%	-1.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
18	521	87	Jul 18	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GS-5		15	4.2	9	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.22	3.73	23	2	6	3	0	8	39			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.070	1.64	-0.05%	-1.00	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out a1
19	522	91	Jul 23	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	GS-8	W(8-3)	4	8.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	3.99	3.65	29	2	14	1	0	4	77			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.13	0.440	1.46	0.34%	3.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
20	523	95	Jul 27	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	GS-4		3	3.1	6	3	3	1	3	1	1	4.12	3.74	18	4	5	1	0	4	38			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.275	2.73	-0.33%	-2.41	1t start tie	4t -23 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
21	524	100	Aug 1	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-8		4	7.0	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.02	3.71	32	7	14	0	4	8	52			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.149	2.88	0.17%	2.01	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a2
22	525	105	Aug 5	BAL		KCR	W,5-1	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.81	3.66	31	7	13	2	0	3	83			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.342	1.07	0.33%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	526	110	Aug 9	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS-7		3	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.91	3.71	22	4	9	1	1	6	45			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.75	-0.100	1.29	-0.10%	-1.00	1b start a 3	7b --- 0 out a1
24	527	114	Aug 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	3	2	2	0	3.81	3.87	32	11	10	0	3	6	61			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.258	1.00	0.15%	2.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
25	528	118	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS-6		3	6.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.78	3.87	24	5	9	0	1	7	53			0	0	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.138	1.16	0.09%	1.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
26	529	122	Aug 22	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-3	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.73	3.82	37	10	11	0	1	7	60			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.056	.64	0.03%	1.23	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
27	530	126	Aug 27(1)	BAL		TEX	W,3-1	GS-8	W(11-3)	4	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.60	3.70	28	5	13	1	0	5	73			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.464	1.34	0.30%	3.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
28	531	131	Aug 31	BAL	@	TOR	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.41	3.63	30	9	13	1	2	4	81			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.880	2.55	0.92%	4.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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	532	134	Sep 4	BAL		MIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.24	3.54	30	7	13	0	0	1	90			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.403	1.64	0.58%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	533	138	Sep 8	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-10	GS-3	L(13-4)	3	2.1	3	5	5	2	0	3	0	3.45	3.78	12	2	5	0	3	3	29			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.281	2.27	-0.57%	-3.79	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d5
31	534	142	Sep 12	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-7		3	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.32	3.70	24	5	11	0	1	2	77			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.443	3.66	0.97%	3.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
32	535	147	Sep 16	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(14-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.22	3.72	35	8	17	3	0	5	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.491	4.93	1.32%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	536	151	Sep 20	BAL		DET	W,3-1	GS-8		3	8.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.14	3.67	29	11	8	1	0	6	68			0	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.304	3.35	0.79%	3.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
34	537	155	Sep 25	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	W(15-4)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.09	3.67	34	10	17	1	3	4	68			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.204	4.43	0.60%	2.23	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
35	538	158	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-7		3	6.1	8	2	2	1	1	2	0	3.08	3.77	27	6	11	0	2	8	49			1	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.056	3.65	0.14%	0.98	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d1
36	539	163	Oct 3	BAL		MIL	L,2-10	GS-6	L(15-5)	3	5.0	4	4	3	3	0	3	0	3.13	3.95	22	7	9	1	2	3	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.188	24.58	-4.70%	-1.88	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d3
							22-14		W-L:15-5,Sv:1,Hld:2	3.6	227.0	195	85	79	63	103	22	4	3.13	3.95	920	0.62		4%	6%	182	57	5	0%	10	12	4	845	34	1	1	12	3	10	.97	3.835	2.24	1.18%	33.44

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