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David
Palmer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 19, 1957 in Usa, NY, GLENS FALLS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981    1985   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 20 IND AL   6 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
1979 21 IND AL   6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 22 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6
1981 23 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
1982 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
1983 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6
1984 26 NYG NL $ 2,442,857 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
1985 27 CLE AL $ 4,250,000 6 8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6
1986 28 CLE AL $ 4,250,000 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1987 29 CLE AL $ 4,250,000 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
1988 30 CLE AL $ 4,250,000 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
1989 31 BAL AL   6 7 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000 6 9 9 9 5 6 5 7 7 7
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
1978 20 AAA   12 9 .571 29 29 1 0 0 198.0 199 79 13 76 146 3.59 .263 .330 .363 .693  
1979 21 AAA   0 3 .000 6 6 0 0 0 33.3 35 21 4 14 22 5.67 .261 .331 .381 .712  
    AA   10 10 .500 24 24 3 1 0 184.3 144 37 6 57 152 1.81 .216 .278 .291 .569  
1980 22 NYG NL 8 5 .615 18 18 0 0 0 108.7 112 67 12 54 62 5.55 .259 .339 .407 .746 1.2
    AAA   4 5 .444 11 11 2 1 0 79.3 58 16 2 27 69 1.82 .204 .273 .268 .541  
1981 23 NYG NL 9 3 .750 18 18 2 1 0 125.0 105 52 18 35 100 3.74 .225 .280 .409 .689 7.5
1982 24 NYG NL 8 11 .421 34 34 2 0 0 220.0 223 120 30 85 157 4.91 .261 .327 .452 .779 5.4
1983 25 NYG NL 15 13 .536 35 35 4 1 0 246.3 224 118 27 73 179 4.31 .241 .296 .416 .712 10.9
1984 26 NYG NL 16 9 .640 32 32 4 1 0 225.3 187 82 21 85 162 3.28 .224 .295 .374 .669 15.9
1985 27 CLE AL 16 8 .667 35 35 1 1 0 238.7 213 101 26 99 195 3.81 .236 .313 .400 .714 14.2
1986 28 CLE AL 12 10 .545 33 33 2 0 0 220.0 187 97 26 87 188 3.97 .225 .301 .395 .696 11.7
1987 29 CLE AL 12 11 .522 36 36 0 0 0 209.3 187 91 24 72 178 3.91 .236 .300 .394 .695 12.4
1988 30 CLE AL 9 18 .333 34 34 1 0 0 199.7 173 100 23 84 153 4.51 .231 .309 .401 .710 11.3
1989 31 BAL AL 1 2 .333 16 0 0 0 3 26.7 26 13 5 9 20 4.39 .263 .321 .495 .816 1.3
    AAA   4 2 .667 16 0 0 0 0 29.7 26 11 5 7 42 3.34 .226 .270 .383 .653  
1990 32 AAA   11 7 .611 30 30 0 0 0 176.0 154 70 25 81 209 3.58 .235 .319 .402 .721  
10 Years Sim 106 90 .541 291 275 16 4 3 1819.6 1637 841 212 683 1394 4.16 .238 .307 .407 .713 91.6
5 Years AAA 31 26 .544 92 76 3 1 0 516.3 472 197 49 205 488 3.43 .243 .315 .365 .680  
1 Years AA 10 10 .500 24 24 3 1 0 184.3 144 37 6 57 152 1.81 .216 .278 .291 .569  
6 Years Minors 41 36 .532 116 100 6 2 0 700.7 616 234 55 262 640 3.01 .236 .305 .346 .652  
Season Average 10 9 .526 29 27 1 0 0 182.0 163 84 21 68 139 4.16 .238 .307 .407 .713  
Career Highs 16 18 .750 36 36 4 1 3 246.3 224 120 30 99 195 5.55 .263 .339 .495 .816  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   757 402 109 282 709   .231 .292 .406 .698
vs LH   880 439 103 401 685   .243 .319 .407 .726
Home 53 36 .596 150 139 6 3 2 928.6 815 419 108 331 714 4.06 .233 .299 .408 .707
Away 53 54 .495 141 136 10 1 1 891.0 822 422 104 352 680 4.26 .242 .313 .406 .719
Mar/Apr 16 12 .571 53 43 1 1 2 289.3 263 140 37 118 236 4.36 .238 .312 .418 .730
May 17 14 .548 47 45 3 0 0 296.0 264 136 36 99 246 4.14 .235 .297 .414 .711
June 16 17 .485 51 47 2 0 1 318.0 283 166 41 124 214 4.70 .237 .309 .409 .718
July 15 16 .484 46 46 4 2 0 305.6 270 129 34 109 236 3.80 .236 .302 .399 .701
August 16 18 .471 46 46 1 0 0 279.6 279 148 29 121 208 4.76 .257 .332 .427 .758
Sep/Oct 26 13 .667 48 48 6 1 0 331.0 278 122 35 112 254 3.32 .224 .289 .379 .667
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1980 22 NYG NL P 18 18 108.7 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.74    
1981 23 NYG NL P 18 18 125.0 3 21 2 2 .923 1.73    
1982 24 NYG NL P 34 34 220.0 15 26 1 4 .976 1.68    
1983 25 NYG NL P 35 35 246.3 11 34 1 1 .978 1.64    
1984 26 NYG NL P 32 32 225.3 17 39 5 2 .918 2.24    
1985 27 CLE AL P 35 35 238.7 15 41 0 3 1.000 2.11    
1986 28 CLE AL P 33 33 220.0 18 37 1 0 .982 2.25    
1987 29 CLE AL P 36 36 209.3 18 30 0 1 1.000 2.06    
1988 30 CLE AL P 34 34 199.7 20 41 0 3 1.000 2.75    
1989 31 BAL AL P 16 0 26.7 3 3 0 1 1.000 2.03    
Career Totals   291 275 1819.6 124 289 10 18 .976 2.04    
Career Highs   36 36 246.3 20 41 5 4 1.000 2.75    
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
1980 22 NYG NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 5 6 2 9 3 11.59 .294 .538 .647 1.186
1981 23 NYG NL 2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 33.0 29 16 5 16 17 4.36 .240 .328 .471 .800
1982 24 NYG NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.7 17 10 2 7 5 9.32 .370 .453 .543 .996
1983 25 NYG NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 8.7 15 4 2 4 5 4.16 .375 .432 .650 1.082
1984 26 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 11 4 0 1 3 5.69 .367 .387 .400 .787
1985 27 CLE AL 4 1 .800 5 5 1 0 0 34.7 37 11 3 3 23 2.86 .276 .292 .410 .702
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 6 .500 18 15 1 0 0 97.0 114 51 14 40 56 4.73 .294 .360 .479 .839
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1984-8-16
 Losses
1988-1-18
 Winning Pct
1985-10-.667
 Games Started
1983-8-35
1985-9-35
1987-2-36
1988-10-34
 Homeruns Allowed
1982-3-30
1983-9-27
1985-7-26
1986-4-26
1987-8-24
1988-6-23
 Strikeouts
1983-7-179
1985-7-195
1986-6-188
1987-2-178
Walks Allowed
1988-8-84
 Hits per 9IP
1984-9-7.5
1986-8-7.7
1988-9-7.8
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1982-8-6.4
1985-7-7.4
1986-6-7.7
1987-2-7.7
 OAVG
1984-10-.224
1986-8-.225
1988-8-.231
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Indianapolis in 1978
Traded from Indianapolis to New York (N) on 5/1/1980 (Going to NYG: P David Palmer, RF Tito Landrum. Going to IND: LF Joe Wallis, P Jerry Reuss)
Injured on 5/11/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 6/17/1980
Injured on 5/26/1981 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 7/12/1981 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,250,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 3/4/1985 (Going to CLE: RF Bruce Bochte, CF Lee Mazzilli, P David Palmer. Going to NYG: P Nate Snell)
7/31/1985: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $4,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/10/1989 to a 3-year deal worth $700,007 per year
Released by Baltimore on 10/27/1989
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/7/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $423,094 per year
Injured on 7/19/1990 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Toronto on 10/29/1990
 
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