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Jim
Palmer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 216
 
Born: October 15, 1945 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969    1978    1980   
Gold Glove 1969   
All-Star Selections 1973    1977   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 19 BOS AL   9 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1966 20 BOS AL   9 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 7 6
1967 21 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 3 4 4 7 8 8 8 8 8
1968 22 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 3 4 4 7 8 8 8 8 8
1969 23 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 3 4 4 7 8 8 8 9 9
1970 24 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 7 9 8 8 9 8
1971 25 BOS AL $ 4,142,857 8 4 5 4 7 8 8 8 8 8
1972 26 DET AL $ 4,142,857 8 4 5 4 7 8 8 8 9 8
1973 27 DET AL $ 2,500,000 8 4 5 4 7 8 8 8 8 8
1974 28 DET AL $ 2,500,000 8 3 4 3 8 9 8 8 9 8
1975 29 KCR AL $ 2,500,000 9 3 4 3 8 9 8 8 8 8
1976 30 SDP NL $ 2,500,000 7 2 3 2 7 8 8 7 7 7
1977 31 SDP NL $ 3,800,000 7 2 3 2 7 8 8 7 7 7
1978 32 SDP NL $ 3,800,000 7 2 3 2 7 8 8 7 8 7
1979 33 SDP NL $ 3,800,000 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 6
1980 34 SDP NL $ 3,800,000 6 1 2 1 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 1 2 1 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,142,857 9 4 5 4 8 9 8 8 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 19 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 20 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 25 BOS AL $ 4,142,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 26 DET AL $ 4,142,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 27 DET AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 28 DET AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 29 KCR AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 30 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 31 SDP NL $ 3,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1978 32 SDP NL $ 3,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1979 33 SDP NL $ 3,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1980 34 SDP NL $ 3,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,142,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1965 19 AAA   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 5 3 2 1 4 5.07 .238 .273 .524 .797  
1966 20 AAA   10 8 .556 27 27 3 2 0 187.0 188 68 15 44 138 3.27 .263 .306 .378 .684  
1967 21 BOS AL 5 2 .714 7 7 3 1 0 55.3 43 12 2 12 21 1.95 .218 .261 .320 .580 7.5
    AAA   10 10 .500 29 29 2 1 0 205.3 210 72 11 59 157 3.16 .262 .312 .365 .678  
1968 22 BOS AL 18 17 .514 42 42 21 3 0 342.3 376 141 16 83 140 3.71 .282 .322 .375 .697 16.1
1969 23 BOS AL 13 14 .481 34 34 19 0 0 283.0 292 110 19 60 115 3.50 .266 .303 .377 .680 16.1
1970 24 BOS AL 19 8 .704 33 33 13 1 0 273.7 268 100 10 80 122 3.29 .258 .310 .343 .653 20.3
1971 25 BOS AL 11 14 .440 27 27 12 2 0 207.3 247 110 14 54 101 4.77 .299 .340 .412 .752 8.8
1972 26 BOS AL 2 5 .286 11 11 5 0 0 88.7 91 34 8 24 49 3.45 .268 .316 .375 .691 6.7
  DET AL 10 8 .556 20 20 10 1 0 164.3 182 67 15 36 91 3.67 .282 .319 .384 .703 9.3
  TOT   12 13 .480 31 31 15 1 0 253.0 273 101 23 60 140 3.59 .277 .318 .381 .699 16.0
1973 27 DET AL 15 8 .652 29 29 13 5 0 228.7 211 79 14 68 103 3.11 .246 .300 .339 .639 19.0
1974 28 DET AL 16 13 .552 32 32 10 1 0 251.7 277 113 22 70 102 4.04 .278 .326 .396 .722 18.1
1975 29 KCR AL 6 11 .353 26 16 4 0 0 139.0 188 106 13 39 32 6.86 .316 .357 .432 .789 0.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 15 2 0 0 2 26.3 37 14 1 9 19 4.79 .339 .390 .440 .830  
1976 30 SDP NL 10 9 .526 61 0 0 0 17 84.0 109 29 4 20 29 3.11 .314 .351 .375 .726 9.9
1977 31 SDP NL 7 4 .636 42 0 0 0 15 56.7 75 19 3 17 13 3.02 .309 .354 .395 .749 5.9
1978 32 SDP NL 2 2 .500 26 0 0 0 4 45.3 41 14 1 11 10 2.78 .252 .295 .294 .590 4.8
1979 33 SDP NL 4 3 .571 28 1 0 0 5 46.7 47 17 4 20 13 3.28 .255 .327 .391 .718 3.3
1980 34 SDP NL 2 3 .400 23 0 0 0 1 43.3 60 30 6 21 7 6.23 .331 .402 .464 .866 0.0
14 Years Sim 140 121 .536 441 252 110 14 42 2309.9 2507 981 151 615 948 3.82 .277 .322 .378 .700 145.9
4 Years AAA 24 19 .558 72 59 5 3 2 424.0 440 157 29 113 318 3.33 .267 .314 .378 .692  
Season Average 10 8 .556 31 18 7 1 3 165.0 179 70 10 43 67 3.82 .277 .322 .378 .700  
Career Highs 19 17 .714 61 42 21 5 17 342.3 376 141 23 83 140 6.86 .331 .402 .464 .866  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1156 399 56 243 544   .265 .304 .351 .655
vs LH   1351 582 95 372 404   .289 .341 .403 .745
Home 70 69 .504 231 128 49 7 19 1192.6 1310 519 79 308 491 3.92 .280 .325 .382 .707
Away 70 52 .574 210 124 61 7 23 1117.3 1197 462 72 307 457 3.72 .274 .322 .374 .695
Mar/Apr 32 22 .593 82 42 22 3 5 421.6 461 173 32 103 171 3.69 .278 .320 .391 .711
May 27 24 .529 81 51 22 2 8 443.0 512 214 27 115 167 4.35 .290 .333 .392 .725
June 18 22 .450 66 39 19 1 6 358.0 396 164 33 96 139 4.12 .278 .324 .398 .722
July 21 19 .525 74 37 17 2 10 364.0 387 160 26 104 148 3.96 .274 .324 .377 .702
August 17 13 .567 65 39 15 4 8 335.6 357 137 15 98 167 3.67 .276 .327 .362 .690
Sep/Oct 25 21 .543 73 44 19 2 5 387.6 394 133 18 99 156 3.09 .264 .310 .344 .654
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
1967 21 BOS AL 7 19 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .263 .300 .421 .721 2.6 0.5
1968 22 BOS AL 42 124 10 21 5 1 0 9 0 0 1 38 .169 .176 .226 .402 2.6 0.0
2 Years Sim 49 143 12 26 5 1 1 11 0 0 2 44 .182 .193 .252 .445 5.2 0.5
162 Game Average 472 39 85 16 3 3 36 0 0 6 145 .182 .193 .252 .445 17.1  
Career Highs 42 124 10 21 5 1 1 9 0 0 1 38 .263 .300 .421 .721 2.6  
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   82 5 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 27 .171 .181 .195 .376 1.3
vs LH   61 7 12 3 1 1 5 0 0 1 17 .197 .210 .328 .538 3.8
Home 24 60 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .117 .131 .150 .281 -0.8
Away 25 83 9 19 3 1 1 9 0 0 1 21 .229 .238 .325 .563 5.8
RISP   35 0 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 12 .143 .167 .143 .310 0.0
Close/Late   12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
Mar/Apr 7 21 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .190 .190 .190 .381 0.4
May 8 29 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 6 .276 .276 .379 .655 2.7
June 7 20 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.9
July 7 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.1
August 7 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.5
Sep/Oct 13 33 5 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 10 .242 .286 .394 .680 3.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1967 21 BOS AL P 7 7 55.3 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.28    
1968 22 BOS AL P 42 42 342.3 28 67 0 7 1.000 2.50    
1969 23 BOS AL P 34 34 283.0 32 59 2 3 .978 2.89    
1970 24 BOS AL P 33 33 273.7 22 50 0 4 1.000 2.37    
1971 25 BOS AL P 27 27 207.3 19 27 7 2 .868 2.00    
1972 26 BOS AL P 11 11 88.7 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.33    
  DET AL P 20 20 164.3 13 29 1 1 .977 2.30    
  TOT   P 31 31 253.0 20 45 1 1 .985 2.31    
1973 27 DET AL P 29 29 228.7 6 44 2 4 .962 1.97    
1974 28 DET AL P 32 32 251.7 16 49 4 1 .942 2.32    
1975 29 KCR AL P 26 16 139.0 12 26 1 0 .974 2.46    
1976 30 SDP NL P 61 0 84.0 7 19 1 2 .963 2.79    
1977 31 SDP NL P 42 0 56.7 5 11 2 0 .889 2.54    
1978 32 SDP NL P 26 0 45.3 6 12 1 1 .947 3.57    
1979 33 SDP NL P 28 1 46.7 4 8 1 0 .923 2.31    
1980 34 SDP NL P 23 0 43.3 4 12 1 1 .941 3.32    
Career Totals   441 252 2309.9 184 440 23 27 .964 2.43    
Career Highs   61 42 342.3 32 67 7 7 1.000 3.57    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1968 22 BOS AL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 17 9 1 3 10 4.76 .258 .290 .348 .638
1969 23 BOS AL 0 2 .000 3 2 2 0 0 20.0 23 10 4 4 6 4.50 .280 .314 .451 .765
1972 26 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 25.3 24 9 1 10 11 3.20 .250 .321 .323 .644
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 8 7 4 0 0 62.3 64 28 6 17 27 4.04 .262 .310 .373 .683
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 22 BOS AL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1972-10-3.59
1973-2-3.11
 Wins
1968-10-18
1970-7-19
1974-6-16
 Losses
1968-10-17
 Winning Pct
1973-9-.652
 Saves
1976-1-17
1977-1-15
 Games Pitched
1976-8-61
Games Started
1968-7-42
1969-8-34
 Complete Games
1968-6-21
1969-3-19
1970-6-13
1971-5-12
1972-4-15
1973-5-13
1974-5-10
 Shutouts
1968-6-3
1971-8-2
1972-10-1
1973-1-5
1974-7-1
 Innings Pitched
1968-3-342.3
1969-4-283.0
1970-3-273.7
1974-6-251.7
 Hits Allowed
1968-1-376
1969-2-292
1970-2-268
1971-6-247
1972-5-273
1974-6-277
 Walks per 9IP
1968-8-2.2
1969-6-1.9
1971-10-2.3
1972-5-2.1
1973-8-2.7
1974-10-2.5
Hits per 9IP
1973-7-8.3
 WHiP
1973-4-1.22
 OAVG
1973-8-.246
 OOBP
1973-5-.300
 OSLG
1973-5-.339
 OOPS
1973-4-.639
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 77    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Montreal in 1965
Traded from Montreal to Boston (A) on 2/3/1965 (Going to BOS: P Dave Boswell, P Jim Palmer. Going to MON: P John Hiller)
Injured on 4/2/1965 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Injured on 5/22/1966 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/20/1966 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/26/1967 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/1/1967, off Gaylord Perry (WAS)
Earned first career win on 9/10/1967
Hit first career homerun on 9/19/1967, off Billy Hoeft (KCR)
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1969
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,142,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,142,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Detroit on 6/1/1972 (Going to BOS: P Don Drysdale, RF Oscar Gamble, P Paul Splittorff, SS Tony Kubek. Going to DET: P Dave Boswell, P Jim Palmer)
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1972, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 8/20/1972 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1973, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Injured on 8/12/1973 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/14/1973 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 2/1/1975 (Going to DET: RF Bob Watson, P Sandy Koufax, CF Leon Roberts, P Doc Medich, P Dan Spillner. Going to KCR: LF Boog Powell, P Jim Palmer, P John Morris)
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/1/1976 (Going to KCR: RF Otto Velez. Going to SDP: P Jim Palmer, P Alan Foster)
7/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
 
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