Jim Palmer Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Jim Palmer Stats

Jim Palmer was born on Monday, October 15, 1945, in New York, New York. Palmer was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1965, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Palmer baseball stats page.

"(Jim) Palmer is the greatest 'situation' pitcher I've ever seen. He makes them beat him on a single and one run at a time. Most of the homers he gives up are solos because he only works to their power when the bases are empty." - Ray Miller

Jim Palmer

Jim Palmer Autograph on a 1994 Nabisco All-Star Legends

Career

Division

Birth Name:	James Alvin Palmer
Nickname:	Cakes or Jim
Born On:	10-15-1945
Born In:	New York, New York
Zodiac:	Libra
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-03
Weight:	196
First Game:	04-17-1965 (Age 19)
Last Game:	05-12-1984
Draft:	Not Applicable

Jim Palmer Jim Palmer Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1965	Orioles	27	6	7	5	4	.556	3.72	0	0	1	92.0	394	75	38	49	6	56	1	75	4	2	0	-
1966	Orioles	30	30	0	15	10	.600	3.46	6	0	0	208.1	867	176	80	83	21	91	1	147	7	0	0	-
1967	Orioles	9	9	0	3	1	.750	2.94	2	1	0	49.0	194	34	16	18	6	20	0	23	2	0	0	-
1969	Orioles	26	23	1	16	4	.800	2.34	11	6	0	181.0	722	131	47	48	11	64	1	123	7	1	1	-
1970	Orioles	39	39	0	20	10	.667	2.71	17	5	0	305.0	1,257	263	92	98	21	100	4	199	10	1	3	-
1971	Orioles	37	37	0	20	9	.690	2.68	20	3	0	282.0	1,165	231	84	94	19	106	6	184	8	4	2	-
1972	Orioles	36	36	0	21	10	.677	2.07	18	3	0	274.1	1,094	219	63	73	21	70	1	184	4	1	1	-
1973	Orioles	38	37	1	22	9	.710	2.40	19	6	1	296.1	1,190	225	79	86	16	113	5	158	7	3	0	-
1974	Orioles	26	26	0	7	12	.368	3.27	5	2	0	178.2	770	176	65	78	12	69	4	84	4	3	0	-
1975	Orioles	39	38	1	23	11	.676	2.09	25	10	1	323.0	1,268	253	75	87	20	80	4	193	4	2	0	-
1976	Orioles	40	40	0	22	13	.629	2.51	23	6	0	315.0	1,256	255	88	101	20	84	5	159	5	8	0	-
1977	Orioles	39	39	0	20	11	.645	2.91	22	3	0	319.0	1,269	263	103	106	24	99	1	193	7	3	0	-
1978	Orioles	38	38	0	21	12	.636	2.46	19	6	0	296.0	1,197	246	81	94	19	97	1	138	5	1	1	-
1979	Orioles	23	22	1	10	6	.625	3.30	7	0	0	155.2	639	144	57	66	12	43	0	67	1	0	0	-
1980	Orioles	34	33	0	16	10	.615	3.98	4	0	0	224.0	959	238	99	108	26	74	0	109	2	3	0	-
1981	Orioles	22	22	0	7	8	.467	3.75	5	0	0	127.1	532	117	53	60	14	46	1	35	3	2	1	-
1982	Orioles	36	32	1	15	5	.750	3.13	8	2	1	227.0	920	195	79	85	22	63	1	103	2	4	1	-
1983	Orioles	14	11	1	5	4	.556	4.23	0	0	0	76.2	330	86	36	42	11	19	0	34	1	0	1	-
1984	Orioles	5	3	2	0	3	.000	9.17	0	0	0	17.2	89	22	18	19	2	17	1	4	2	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
19 Years		558	521	15	268	152	.638	2.86	211	53	4	3,948.0	16,112	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	37	2,212	85	38	11	-

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

Jim Palmer Jim Palmer Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1965 Orioles	P	27	6	276	26	1.0	23	6	17	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.885	2.25	-
1966 Orioles	P	30	30	625	41	1.4	40	14	26	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	1.73	-
1967 Orioles	P	9	9	147	11	1.2	11	2	9	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.02	-
1969 Orioles	P	26	23	543	19	0.7	18	7	11	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	0.90	-
1970 Orioles	P	39	39	915	65	1.7	63	21	42	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	1.86	-
1971 Orioles	P	37	37	846	73	2.0	68	27	41	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.932	2.17	-
1972 Orioles	P	36	36	823	54	1.5	51	14	37	3	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	1.67	-
1973 Orioles	P	38	37	889	61	1.6	59	24	35	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	1.79	-
1974 Orioles	P	26	26	536	49	1.9	48	15	33	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	2.42	-
1975 Orioles	P	39	38	969	88	2.3	82	30	52	6	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.932	2.28	-
1976 Orioles	P	40	40	945	77	1.9	76	27	49	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.17	-
1977 Orioles	P	39	39	957	70	1.8	68	20	48	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	1.92	-
1978 Orioles	P	38	38	888	72	1.9	70	27	43	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	2.13	-
1979 Orioles	P	23	22	467	33	1.4	33	10	23	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.91	-
1980 Orioles	P	34	33	672	53	1.6	51	14	37	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	2.05	-
1981 Orioles	P	22	22	382	38	1.7	38	12	26	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.69	-
1982 Orioles	P	36	32	681	55	1.5	53	16	37	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	2.10	-
1983 Orioles	P	14	11	230	14	1.0	13	5	8	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	1.53	-
1984 Orioles	P	5	3	53	4	0.8	4	1	3	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.04	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		558	521	11,844	903	1.6	869	292	577	34	53	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	1.98	--
19 Years		558	521	11,844	903	1.6	869	292	577	34	53	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	1.98	--

Jim Palmer Jim Palmer Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1965 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	26.0	2.6	8.7	1.34	7.34	5.48
1966 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	73.0	2.2	14.6	1.62	6.35	3.93
1967 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.4	13.0	1.15	4.22	3.67
1969 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.1	10.7	1.92	6.12	3.18
1970 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	113.0	2.4	12.6	1.99	5.87	2.95
1971 Orioles	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.5	11.3	1.74	5.87	3.38
1972 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.7	12.3	2.63	6.04	2.30
1973 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.40	4.80	3.43
1974 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.22	4.23	3.48
1975 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.41	5.38	2.23
1976 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.89	4.54	2.40
1977 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.95	5.45	2.79
1978 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.42	4.20	2.95
1979 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.56	3.87	2.49
1980 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.47	4.38	2.97
1981 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.76	2.47	3.25
1982 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.63	4.08	2.50
1983 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.79	3.99	2.23
1984 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.24	2.04	8.66
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
19 Years	1	0	1.000	-	-	0	163.0	2.4	11.9	1.69	5.04	2.99

Jim Palmer Jim Palmer Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1965 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	-
1966 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	Stats
1967 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	-
1969 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	Stats
1970 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1971 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1972 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	Stats	-
1973 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	-
1974 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	-
1975 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	Stats	-
1976 Baltimore Orioles	22	$177,500.00	-	-
1977 Baltimore Orioles	22	$275,000.00	Stats	-
1978 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	Stats	-
1979 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	Stats
1980 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	-
1983 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	Stats
1984 Baltimore Orioles	22	Undetermined	-	-
Jim Palmer Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that you can compare Jim Palmer to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1965 American League season?

You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found on any other website.

If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.

Copyright © 2000-2009. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.