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Rafael
Palmeiro		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 188
 
Born: September 24, 1964 in Cuba, , HAVANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1986 21 NYG NL     6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1987 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1988 23 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
1989 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 7 8 8
1990 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1986 21 AAA   137 517 81 148 32 0 30 105 1 0 64 58 .286 .365 .522 .887 95.8  
1987 22 NYG NL 107 412 49 108 29 2 13 57 0 1 37 46 .262 .323 .437 .760 54.1 10.1
    AAA   25 95 20 31 4 0 11 25 1 0 17 7 .326 .429 .716 1.144 26.5  
1988 23 TAM AL 153 556 75 144 35 3 22 91 2 0 76 70 .259 .347 .451 .798 90.4 16.9
1989 24 TAM AL 152 556 91 155 39 2 28 100 0 0 79 61 .279 .369 .507 .876 100.1 22.5
1990 25 TAM AL 155 571 80 155 41 2 18 82 1 0 63 82 .271 .345 .445 .790 83.9 14.1
4 Years Sim 567 2095 295 562 144 9 81 330 3 1 255 259 .268 .348 .462 .809 328.5 63.6
2 Years AAA 162 612 101 179 36 0 41 130 2 0 81 65 .292 .373 .552 .926 122.3  
162 Game Average 598 84 160 41 2 23 94 0 0 72 74 .268 .348 .462 .809 93.9  
Career Highs 155 571 91 155 41 3 28 100 2 1 79 82 .279 .369 .507 .876 100.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1431 207 387 94 6 50 220 3 1 185 171 .270 .355 .449 .804 227.3
vs LH   664 88 175 50 3 31 110 0 0 70 88 .264 .333 .488 .821 106.1
Home 290 1054 143 304 85 6 37 174 3 0 120 125 .288 .361 .486 .847 178.1
Away 277 1041 152 258 59 3 44 156 0 1 135 134 .248 .335 .437 .772 155.4
RISP   533 0 147 38 3 19 220 0 0 72 75 .276 .354 .465 .819 88.8
Pinch Hitting   18 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 .278 .381 .500 .881 3.4
Close/Late   242 20 58 11 1 4 18 0 0 38 37 .240 .346 .343 .689 31.0
Mar/Apr 72 263 36 67 14 0 11 38 1 0 37 45 .255 .348 .433 .781 40.9
May 108 405 53 102 29 0 14 60 0 1 49 52 .252 .332 .427 .759 57.8
June 102 389 70 123 32 1 19 71 0 0 40 44 .316 .382 .550 .932 75.0
July 92 336 44 96 24 2 13 58 1 0 30 27 .286 .343 .485 .828 53.9
August 89 325 44 88 22 2 9 42 1 0 51 43 .271 .373 .434 .807 53.1
Sep/Oct 104 377 48 86 23 4 15 61 0 0 48 48 .228 .313 .430 .743 52.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1987 22 NYG NL LF 106 104 942.7 198 1 0 1 1.000 1.90   1.4
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1988 23 TAM AL 1B 151 147 1304.7 1593 121 10 123 .994 11.82   2.7
    RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 24 TAM AL 1B 149 147 1310.3 1682 155 9 144 .995 12.62   4.0
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1990 25 TAM AL 1B 142 138 1219.3 1487 110 3 148 .998 11.79   2.1
    LF 7 7 63.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
  1B 442 432 3834.3 4762 386 22 415 .996 12.08   8.8
  LF 114 111 1006.7 210 1 0 1 1.000 1.89   1.5
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  RF 5 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.0
Career Totals   562 544 4858.6 4975 388 22 416 .996 9.93   10.3
Career Highs   152 148 1320.3 1683 156 10 148 1.000 12.54    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1989-8-.507
 OPS
1989-7-.876
 XR
1989-6-100.1
 Games
1990-7-155
 Total Bases
1989-6-282
 Homeruns
1989-10-28
RBIs
1989-7-100
 Walks
1989-8-79
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1986
Had first career hit on 5/2/1987, off Mark Portugal (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 5/7/1987, off Bob Ojeda (BOS)
Injured on 7/25/1987 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/14/1988 (Going to NYG: SS Brian Giles. Going to TAM: 1B Rafael Palmeiro)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1989, hitting .341 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1989
 
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