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.
Statistics[]
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
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1965
BAL
A
P
27
6
92
6
17
3
1
0
3
6
2
0
.885
1966
BAL
A
P
30
30
208.1
14
26
1
2
0
5
11
12
0
.976
1967
BAL
A
P
9
9
49
2
9
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
1.000
1969
BAL
A
P
26
23
181
7
11
1
1
0
0
9
7
0
.947
1970
BAL
A
P
39
39
305
21
42
2
4
0
1
20
5
0
.969
1971
BAL
A
P
37
37
282
27
41
5
3
0
3
17
11
1
.932
1972
BAL
A
P
36
36
274.1
14
37
3
4
0
1
14
3
1
.944
1973
BAL
A
P
38
37
296.1
24
35
2
3
0
2
16
10
0
.967
1974
BAL
A
P
26
26
178.2
15
33
1
2
0
1
18
6
1
.980
1975
BAL
A
P
39
38
323
30
52
6
7
0
1
29
11
1
.932
1976
BAL
A
P
40
40
315
27
49
1
2
0
1
33
15
3
.987
1977
BAL
A
P
39
39
319
20
48
2
5
0
2
15
30
1
.971
1978
BAL
A
P
38
38
296
27
43
2
5
0
2
18
17
1
.972
1979
BAL
A
P
23
22
155.2
10
23
0
1
0
1
6
4
0
1.000
1980
BAL
A
P
34
33
224
14
37
2
6
0
2
20
10
1
.962
1980
BAL
A
DH
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1981
BAL
A
P
22
22
127.1
12
26
0
2
0
0
10
4
1
1.000
1982
BAL
A
P
36
32
227
16
37
2
3
0
0
10
12
4
.964
1983
BAL
A
P
14
11
76.2
5
8
1
0
0
0
8
2
0
.929
1984
BAL
A
P
5
3
17.2
1
3
0
1
0
1
3
1
0
1.000
Total
DH
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
P
558
521
3948
292
577
34
53
0
27
265
164
15
.962
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1965
BAL
A
29
26
2
5
1
3
.192
.222
.308
0
0
1
10
0
0
0
0
0
1966
BAL
A
36
73
11
7
1
5
.096
.132
.151
1
0
3
33
0
2
0
0
0
1967
BAL
A
9
13
2
1
0
1
.077
.200
.154
1
0
2
9
0
3
0
0
0
1969
BAL
A
27
64
5
13
0
6
.203
.235
.250
3
0
3
30
0
2
0
0
1
1970
BAL
A
44
113
13
17
1
9
.150
.165
.177
0
0
2
48
0
7
0
0
0
1971
BAL
A
38
102
7
20
0
9
.196
.219
.206
1
0
3
41
0
11
1
0
0
1972
BAL
A
36
98
12
22
0
8
.224
.240
.276
3
1
2
36
0
6
0
0
0
1973
BAL
A
38
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
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
0
0
1975
BAL
A
39
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
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
0
0
1977
BAL
A
39
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
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
0
0
1979
BAL
A
23
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
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
0
0
1981
BAL
A
22
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
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
0
0
1983
BAL
A
14
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
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
0
0
Total
576
489
52
85
3
41
.174
.200
.215
9
1
16
207
0
31
1
0
1
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (August 16, 1963).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (May 17, 1984).
Trivia[]
During the course of his nineteen-year career as a pitcher, Palmer never surrendered a grand slam.
