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Jim Palmer
James Alvin Palmer (Cakes)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 196 lb.

MLB Debut April 17, 1965
Final Game May 12, 1984
Born October 15, 1945 in New York, NY (age 78)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1965 19 BAA AL   2   3  .400  21   6   0   9   0   0   53.0   65   272   50   38   4   46   0   2   51   4  0  6.45  
 1966 20 BAA AL  12  11  .522  32  32   3   0   0   1  218.1  196   923   94   88  20   91   2   7  160   6  0  3.63  
 1967 21 BAA AL   3   0 1.000   8   8   1   0   0   0   53.0   31   208   15   12   4   17   0   3   22   1  0  2.04  
 1968           [Did not play]
 1969 23 BAA AL  13   6  .684  26  23   7   2   0   2  182.2  137   731   71   59  12   60   3   4  139   4  0  2.91  CY-11
 1970 24 BAA AL  19  10  .655  40  40  10   0   0   3  296.1  282  1264  131  109  33  116   8   9  203  12  2  3.31  CY-5
 1971 25 BAA AL  21  13  .618  39  39  19   0   0   4  308.0  264  1286  127  117  29  116   5   7  189  18  0  3.42  CY-7
 1972 26 BAA AL  16  18  .471  39  39  16   0   0   3  313.2  286  1294  134  126  26   82   4  14  176   6  0  3.62  
 1973 27 BAA AL  26  10  .722  41  41  17   0   0   1  327.2  228  1337  105   92  20  145   7  10  175   7  0  2.53  CY-1
 1974 28 BAA AL   6   7  .462  23  23   4   0   0   0  160.2  176   702   86   81  11   58   0   5   81   3  0  4.54  
 1975 29 BAA AL  24   9  .727  38  38  22   0   0   3  313.2  280  1286  114  104  17   95   5   7  188   4  0  2.98  CY-3
 1976 30 BAA AL  22  13  .629  37  37  22   0   0   1  310.1  273  1246  108   92  27   85   0   2  178   5  0  2.67  CY-5
 1977 31 BAA AL  20  18  .526  41  41  29   0   0   1  338.0  286  1412  161  146  37  130   1  13  205   5  0  3.89  CY-9
 1978 32 BAA AL  30   6  .833  40  40  16   0   0   3  324.2  257  1310   98   94  24  123   2   6  156   8  2  2.61  CY-3
 1979 33 BAA AL  13   4  .765  23  23   3   0   0   3  151.2  145   625   70   66   9   39   0   1   59   2  0  3.92  
 1980 34 BAA AL  13  12  .520  33  33   3   0   0   0  213.0  220   923  103   92  17   69   1   3   99   4  0  3.89  
 1981 35 BAA AL  15  10  .600  34  34   1   0   0   1  198.0  180   843   98   89  19   76   6   2   58   7  1  4.05  
 1982 36 BAA AL  14  10  .583  35  35   4   0   0   1  229.2  200   936  100   96  28   63   4   4  107   4  1  3.76  
 1983 37 BAA AL   4   6  .400  13  10   0   2   0   0   67.2   85   296   44   39   9   18   3   1   30   1  0  5.19  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 18 Seasons     273 166  .622 563 542 177  13   0  27 4060.0 3591 16894 1709 1540 346 1429  51 100 2276 101  6  3.41
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With BAA     273 166  .622 563 542 177  13   0  27 4060.0 3591 16894 1709 1540 346 1429  51 100 2276 101  6  3.41
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     268 152  .638 558 521 211  15   4  53 3948.0 3349 16114 1395 1253 303 1311  37  38 2212  85 11  2.86
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1965 19 BAA AL  57   41   6.7   0  5.67   12   2   1  .167   3    3    0  .000    1    1  .500  155   
 1966 20 BAA AL  43  101   4.2   0  4.50   74   9   0  .122   2    6    4  .667   36    8  .818  -11   
 1967 21 BAA AL  58   11   2.0   0  3.62   17   1   0  .059   0    1    1 1.000    0    2  .000 -131   
 1968           [Did not play]
 1969 23 BAA AL  50   58   2.9   0  4.30   57   9   0  .158   1    5    3  .600    2    8  .200  -14   
 1970 24 BAA AL  37  136   4.1   0  5.55  101  16   0  .158   5   12    5  .417   11    6  .647   23   
 1971 25 BAA AL  48  126   3.7   0  4.36   96  15   0  .156   4   10    6  .600   11    3  .786    5   
 1972 26 BAA AL  53  123   3.6   0  3.56  107  17   0  .159   3    7    4  .571   17    4  .810   24   
 1973 27 BAA AL  41  103   2.8   0  4.73    0   0   0  .000   3    5    2  .400    9    7  .562  -40   
 1974 28 BAA AL  44   80   4.5   0  4.39    0   0   0  .000   1    6    4  .667   16    5  .762    0   
 1975 29 BAA AL  40  116   3.4   0  4.37    0   0   0  .000   4   10    5  .500   24   15  .615   19   
 1976 30 BAA AL  46  108   3.1   0  4.30    0   0   0  .000   1   10    8  .800   13   14  .481    9   
 1977 31 BAA AL  57  148   3.9   0  4.93    0   0   0  .000   3   11    7  .636    9    5  .643   27   
 1978 32 BAA AL  60  105   2.9   0  4.68    0   0   0  .000   3   14    8  .571    5    7  .417  -32   
 1979 33 BAA AL  56   57   3.4   0  7.43    0   0   0  .000   0    6    5  .833    4    3  .571  -27   
 1980 34 BAA AL  61  106   4.4   0  4.42    0   0   0  .000   3    8    5  .625   10    5  .667  -63   
 1981 35 BAA AL  45   91   4.1   0  5.59    0   0   0  .000   0    7    5  .714   26    5  .839  -45   
 1982 36 BAA AL  45   94   3.7   0  4.69    0   0   0  .000   3    6    2  .333   14    3  .824    4   
 1983 37 BAA AL  38   40   5.3   0  4.70    0   0   0  .000   1    3    1  .333    1    2  .333   18   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 18 Seasons         1653   3.6   0        464  69   1  .149  40  130   75  .577  209  103  .670   -4   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 54.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 133.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1969 ALCS  BAA MNA   W    2  5.68   0-1   0  2  12.2  14   8   8   8
      WS    BAA NYN   W    2  3.29   2-0   0  2  13.2   8   5   6   9
 1971 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    2  2.30   0-1   0  2  15.2  10   4   9  18
 1973 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    1 11.25   0-1   0  1   4.0   5   5   5   3
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1965  BAA   72-90   Gary Dewing
 1966  BAA   89-73   Gary Dewing
 1967  BAA   93-69   Gary Dewing
 1969  BAA   94-68   Mike Skiffington
 1970  BAA   93-69   Mike Skiffington
 1971  BAA   96-66   Mike Skiffington
 1972  BAA   78-84   Mike Skiffington, Mike Rescigno
 1973  BAA   92-70   Mike Rescigno
 1974  BAA   69-93   Mike Rescigno
 1975  BAA   91-71   Mike Rescigno
 1976  BAA   86-76   Mike Rescigno
 1977  BAA   81-81   Mike Rescigno
 1978  BAA   98-64   Mike Rescigno
 1979  BAA   97-65   Mike Rescigno
 1980  BAA   93-69   Mike Rescigno
 1981  BAA   88-74   Mike Rescigno
 1982  BAA   90-72   Mike Rescigno, Charlie Steinhice
 1983  BAA   74-88   Charlie Steinhice

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