Rafael Palmeiro

Full Name: Rafael (Corrales) Palmeiro	Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 8, 1986
Birthdate: September 24, 1964	Final Game: August 30, 2005
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba	MLB Experience: 20 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography[]

Rafael Palmeiro (Rafael (Corrales) Palmeiro) was born on September 24, 1964 in Havana, Cuba. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1986 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1987, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 14 home runs and 30 RBI. Palmeiro played for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 20 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Rafael Palmeiro's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1996, when he slugged 39 home runs, hit for a .289 average and knocked in 142 runs. However, others believe that it was 1993, when he slugged 37 home runs, hit for a .295 average and knocked in 105 runs.

Steroids[]

Palmeiro was named as a steroid-user in Jose Canseco's 2005 book Juiced, in which Canseco claimed he personally injected Palmeiro with steroids.

On March 17, 2005, Palmeiro famously appeared before a United States Congressional hearing, wagged his finger at those present, and stated under oath, "Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids, period."[1]

On August 8, 2005, Palmeiro was suspended for ten games after failing a steroids test [2]. It was reported that Palmeiro implicated then-fellow-Oriole Miguel Tejada in his failed test, claiming that a supplement he received from Tejada caused the failed test. [3]

Palmeiro is also one of the players mentioned in baseball's Mitchell Report. The report essentially rehashes Palmeiro's performance in front of a United States Congressional Committee, his failed drug test, and his subsequent attempt to blame his failed test on tainted B-12 injections.

Career Highlights[]

All-Star Games: 4 times (1988, 1991, 1998, 1999)
Gold Glove Award: 3 times (1997-1999)
Silver Slugger Award: 2 times (1998, 1999)
Had at least 38 HR and 104 RBI for 9 straight seasons from 1995 to 2003
Had at least 22 HR and 76 RBI for 14 straight seasons from 1991 to 2004
Finished in the top ten in AVG 5 times and hit .300 6 times
Finished in the top ten in SLG 7 times and finished his career with a .515 mark, 66th best all-time
Played in 2831 career games, 15th most all-time
Had 10472 career at bats, 14th most all-time
Led the league in runs in 1993 and finished with 1663 in his career, 29th all-time
Has 3020 hits for his career, 23rd most all-time
Finished in the top ten in total bases ten times and has 5388 for his career, 10th most all-time
Led the league in doubles in 1991 and has 585 for his career, 14th most all-time
Finished in the top ten in HR 11 times and has 569 for his career, 9th most all-time.
Finished in the top ten in RBI 9 times and has 1835 for his career, 14th most all-time
Finished in the top ten in BB's 7 times and has 1353 for his career, 28th most all-time

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1986	CHI	N	22	73	9	18	3	12	.247	.295	.425	4	0	4	6	1	0	1	0	4
1987	CHI	N	84	221	32	61	14	30	.276	.336	.543	15	1	20	26	1	0	2	1	4
1988	CHI	N	152	580	75	178	8	53	.307	.349	.436	41	5	38	34	3	2	12	6	11
1989	TEX	A	156	559	76	154	8	64	.275	.354	.374	23	4	63	48	6	2	4	3	18
1990	TEX	A	154	598	72	191	14	89	.319	.361	.468	35	6	40	59	3	2	3	6	24
1991	TEX	A	159	631	115	203	26	88	.322	.389	.532	49	3	68	72	6	2	4	10	17
1992	TEX	A	159	608	84	163	22	85	.268	.352	.434	27	4	72	83	10	5	2	8	10
1993	TEX	A	160	597	124	176	37	105	.295	.371	.554	40	2	73	85	5	2	22	22	8
1994	BAL	A	111	436	82	139	23	76	.319	.392	.550	32	0	54	63	2	0	7	1	11
1995	BAL	A	143	554	89	172	39	104	.310	.380	.583	30	2	62	65	3	0	3	5	12
1996	BAL	A	162	626	110	181	39	142	.289	.381	.546	40	2	95	96	3	0	8	12	9
1997	BAL	A	158	614	95	156	38	110	.254	.329	.485	24	2	67	109	5	0	5	6	14
1998	BAL	A	162	619	98	183	43	121	.296	.379	.565	36	1	79	91	7	0	11	8	14
1999	TEX	A	158	565	96	183	47	148	.324	.420	.630	30	1	97	69	3	0	2	14	12
2000	TEX	A	158	565	102	163	39	120	.288	.397	.558	29	3	103	77	3	0	2	17	14
2001	TEX	A	160	600	98	164	47	123	.273	.381	.563	33	0	101	90	7	0	1	8	8
2002	TEX	A	155	546	99	149	43	105	.273	.391	.571	34	0	104	94	6	0	2	16	10
2003	TEX	A	154	561	92	146	38	112	.260	.359	.508	21	2	84	77	5	0	2	9	7
2004	BAL	A	154	550	68	142	23	88	.258	.359	.436	29	0	86	61	6	0	2	15	15
2005	BAL	A	110	369	47	98	18	60	.266	.339	.447	13	0	43	43	2	0	2	4	9
Total	NL		258	874	116	257	25	95	.294	.341	.462	60	6	62	66	5	2	15	7	19
Total	AL		2573	9598	1547	2763	544	1740	.288	.373	.519	525	32	1291	1282	82	13	82	164	212
Total			2831	10472	1663	3020	569	1835	.288	.371	.515	585	38	1353	1348	87	15	97	171	231

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1986	CHI	N	OF	20	18	150.2	34	2	4	1	.900
1986	CHI	N	LF	19	15	131.2	33	2	3	2	.921
1986	CHI	N	RF	3	3	19	4	1	1	0	.833
1987	CHI	N	OF	45	34	312	64	1	0	1	1.000
1987	CHI	N	RF	2	1	4	1	0	0	0	1.000
1987	CHI	N	LF	44	33	308	67	1	0	1	1.000
1987	CHI	N	1B	18	13	120	112	8	1	15	.992
1988	CHI	N	1B	5	3	34.2	30	5	0	1	1.000
1988	CHI	N	OF	147	143	1254.1	292	6	5	1	.983
1988	CHI	N	RF	3	2	15	2	1	0	0	1.000
1988	CHI	N	LF	145	141	1237.1	287	5	5	1	.983
1988	CHI	N	CF	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	TEX	A	OF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	TEX	A	1B	147	142	1237.1	1167	119	12	106	.991
1989	TEX	A	LF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	TEX	A	DH	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	TEX	A	DH	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	TEX	A	1B	146	145	1254.2	1215	91	7	123	.995
1991	TEX	A	1B	157	152	1366	1305	96	12	119	.992
1991	TEX	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	TEX	A	1B	156	154	1382.2	1251	143	7	131	.995
1992	TEX	A	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	TEX	A	1B	160	158	1395.1	1388	147	5	133	.997
1994	BAL	A	1B	111	110	976.2	959	66	4	87	.996
1995	BAL	A	1B	142	142	1238	1181	119	4	120	.997
1996	BAL	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	BAL	A	1B	159	159	1418.2	1383	119	8	157	.995
1997	BAL	A	1B	155	151	1356	1304	112	10	124	.993
1997	BAL	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	BAL	A	1B	159	158	1378.1	1435	124	9	127	.994
1998	BAL	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	TEX	A	1B	28	28	246.1	261	13	1	23	.996
1999	TEX	A	DH	127	127	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	TEX	A	1B	108	107	919	820	56	4	86	.995
2000	TEX	A	DH	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	TEX	A	1B	113	113	996.1	905	83	8	112	.992
2001	TEX	A	DH	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	TEX	A	DH	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	TEX	A	1B	97	95	836.1	739	84	5	83	.994
2003	TEX	A	DH	97	95	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	TEX	A	1B	55	55	462.2	445	49	2	53	.996
2004	BAL	A	1B	130	128	1137.2	1089	95	8	114	.993
2004	BAL	A	DH	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	BAL	A	DH	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	BAL	A	1B	93	82	748.1	746	58	4	68	.995
Total			CF	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	213	196	1726	390	9	9	3	.978
Total			DH	430	421	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	8	6	38	7	2	1	0	.900
Total			1B	2139	2095	18505	17735	1587	111	1782	.994
Total			LF	209	190	1686	387	8	8	4	.980

Transactions[]

Selected by New York Mets in the 8th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1982).
Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (22nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed June 11, 1985).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Jamie Moyer and Drew Hall to Texas Rangers in exchange for Mitch Williams, Paul Kilgus, Steve Wilson, Curt Wilkerson, Luis Benitez and Pablo Delgado (December 5, 1988).
Granted free agency (October 25, 1993).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 12, 1993).
Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).
Signed by Texas Rangers (December 4, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 14, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).

Rafael Palmeiro

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