Jim Palmer

Full Name: James Alvin Palmer	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: April 17, 1965
Birthdate: October 15, 1945	Final Game: May 12, 1984
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990

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[edit] Biography

Born on October 15, 1945 in New York, New York, Jim Palmer (James Alvin Palmer) played for the Baltimore Orioles for his entire 19 year career. Palmer broke into the bigs on April 17, 1965 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 3.72 ERA in 92 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Palmer's best season was 1975, when he posted a 2.09 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 193 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1965	BAL	A	27	6	5	4	3.72	75	49	38	0	0	1	92	75	6	56	1	4	2
1966	BAL	A	30	30	15	10	3.46	147	83	80	6	0	0	208.1	176	21	91	1	7	0
1967	BAL	A	9	9	3	1	2.94	23	18	16	2	1	0	49	34	6	20	0	2	0
1969	BAL	A	26	23	16	4	2.34	123	48	47	11	6	0	181	131	11	64	1	7	1
1970	BAL	A	39	39	20	10	2.71	199	98	92	17	5	0	305	263	21	100	4	10	1
1971	BAL	A	37	37	20	9	2.68	184	94	84	20	3	0	282	231	19	106	6	8	4
1972	BAL	A	36	36	21	10	2.07	184	73	63	18	3	0	274.1	219	21	70	1	4	1
1973	BAL	A	38	37	22	9	2.40	158	86	79	19	6	1	296.1	225	16	113	5	7	3
1974	BAL	A	26	26	7	12	3.27	84	78	65	5	2	0	178.2	176	12	69	4	4	3
1975	BAL	A	39	38	23	11	2.09	193	87	75	25	10	1	323	253	20	80	4	4	2
1976	BAL	A	40	40	22	13	2.51	159	101	88	23	6	0	315	255	20	84	5	5	8
1977	BAL	A	39	39	20	11	2.91	193	106	103	22	3	0	319	263	24	99	1	7	3
1978	BAL	A	38	38	21	12	2.46	138	94	81	19	6	0	296	246	19	97	1	5	1
1979	BAL	A	23	22	10	6	3.30	67	66	57	7	0	0	155.2	144	12	43	0	1	0
1980	BAL	A	34	33	16	10	3.98	109	108	99	4	0	0	224	238	26	74	0	2	3
1981	BAL	A	22	22	7	8	3.75	35	60	53	5	0	0	127.1	117	14	46	1	3	2
1982	BAL	A	36	32	15	5	3.13	103	85	79	8	2	1	227	195	22	63	1	2	4
1983	BAL	A	14	11	5	4	4.23	34	42	36	0	0	0	76.2	86	11	19	0	1	0
1984	BAL	A	5	3	0	3	9.17	4	19	18	0	0	0	17.2	22	2	17	1	2	0
Total			558	521	268	152	2.86	2212	1395	1253	211	53	4	3948	3349	303	1311	37	85	38

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1965	BAL	A	P	27	6	92	6	17	3	1	3	6	2	0	.885
1966	BAL	A	P	30	30	208.1	14	26	1	2	5	11	12	0	.976
1967	BAL	A	P	9	9	49	2	9	0	1	1	2	2	0	1.000
1969	BAL	A	P	26	23	181	7	11	1	1	0	9	7	0	.947
1970	BAL	A	P	39	39	305	21	42	2	4	1	20	5	0	.969
1971	BAL	A	P	37	37	282	27	41	5	3	3	17	11	1	.932
1972	BAL	A	P	36	36	274.1	14	37	3	4	1	14	3	1	.944
1973	BAL	A	P	38	37	296.1	24	35	2	3	2	16	10	0	.967
1974	BAL	A	P	26	26	178.2	15	33	1	2	1	18	6	1	.980
1975	BAL	A	P	39	38	323	30	52	6	7	1	29	11	1	.932
1976	BAL	A	P	40	40	315	27	49	1	2	1	33	15	3	.987
1977	BAL	A	P	39	39	319	20	48	2	5	2	15	30	1	.971
1978	BAL	A	P	38	38	296	27	43	2	5	2	18	17	1	.972
1979	BAL	A	P	23	22	155.2	10	23	0	1	1	6	4	0	1.000
1980	BAL	A	P	34	33	224	14	37	2	6	2	20	10	1	.962
1980	BAL	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	BAL	A	P	22	22	127.1	12	26	0	2	0	10	4	1	1.000
1982	BAL	A	P	36	32	227	16	37	2	3	0	10	12	4	.964
1983	BAL	A	P	14	11	76.2	5	8	1	0	0	8	2	0	.929
1984	BAL	A	P	5	3	17.2	1	3	0	1	1	3	1	0	1.000
Total			DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	558	521	3948	292	577	34	53	27	265	164	15	.962

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1965	BAL	A	29	26	2	5	1	3	.192	.222	.308	0	0	1	10	0	0	0
1966	BAL	A	36	73	11	7	1	5	.096	.132	.151	1	0	3	33	2	0	0
1967	BAL	A	9	13	2	1	0	1	.077	.200	.154	1	0	2	9	3	0	0
1969	BAL	A	27	64	5	13	0	6	.203	.235	.250	3	0	3	30	2	0	1
1970	BAL	A	44	113	13	17	1	9	.150	.165	.177	0	0	2	48	7	0	0
1971	BAL	A	38	102	7	20	0	9	.196	.219	.206	1	0	3	41	11	1	0
1972	BAL	A	36	98	12	22	0	8	.224	.240	.276	3	1	2	36	6	0	0
1973	BAL	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	BAL	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	BAL	A	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	BAL	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	BAL	A	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	BAL	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	BAL	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	BAL	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	BAL	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	BAL	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	BAL	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	BAL	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			576	489	52	85	3	41	.174	.200	.215	9	1	16	207	31	1	1