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Jim Palmer played 19 major-league seasons (1965-1984) as a P (558). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 7 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 20 | BAL | 29 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .192 | .530 | 54 |
| 1966 | 21 | BAL | 36 | 73 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 33 | .096 | .282 | -16 |
| 1967 | 22 | BAL | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .077 | .354 | 9 |
| 1969 | 24 | BAL | 27 | 64 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .203 | .485 | 40 |
| 1970 | 25 | BAL | 44 | 113 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 48 | .150 | .342 | -2 |
| 1971 | 26 | BAL | 38 | 102 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 41 | .196 | .425 | 26 |
| 1972 | 27 | BAL | 36 | 98 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 36 | .224 | .516 | 59 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 20 | BAL | 27 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 92 | 75 | 56 | 3.72 | 93 |
| 1966 | 21 | BAL | 30 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 208.1 | 147 | 91 | 3.46 | 99 |
| 1967 | 22 | BAL | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 23 | 20 | 2.94 | 110 |
| 1969 | 24 | BAL | 26 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 181 | 123 | 64 | 2.34 | 155 |
| 1970 | 25 | BAL | 39 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 305 | 199 | 100 | 2.71 | 137 |
| 1971 | 26 | BAL | 37 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 282 | 184 | 106 | 2.68 | 129 |
| 1972 | 27 | BAL | 36 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 274.1 | 184 | 70 | 2.07 | 148 |
| 1973 | 28 | BAL | 38 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 296.1 | 158 | 113 | 2.40 | 159 |
| 1974 | 29 | BAL | 26 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 178.2 | 84 | 69 | 3.27 | 110 |
| 1975 | 30 | BAL | 39 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 323 | 193 | 80 | 2.09 | 181 |
| 1976 | 31 | BAL | 40 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 315 | 159 | 84 | 2.51 | 140 |
| 1977 | 32 | BAL | 39 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 319 | 193 | 99 | 2.91 | 140 |
| 1978 | 33 | BAL | 38 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 296 | 138 | 97 | 2.46 | 153 |
| 1979 | 34 | BAL | 23 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 155.2 | 67 | 43 | 3.30 | 128 |
| 1980 | 35 | BAL | 34 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 224 | 109 | 74 | 3.98 | 101 |
| 1981 | 36 | BAL | 22 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 127.1 | 35 | 46 | 3.75 | 98 |
| 1982 | 37 | BAL | 36 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 227 | 103 | 63 | 3.13 | 130 |
| 1983 | 38 | BAL | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 76.2 | 34 | 19 | 4.23 | 96 |
| 1984 | 39 | BAL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17.2 | 4 | 17 | 9.17 | 44 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | P | 27 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| 1966 | P | 30 | 30 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 1967 | P | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1969 | P | 26 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 1970 | P | 39 | 39 | 21 | 42 | 2 | 4 |
| 1971 | P | 37 | 37 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 3 |
| 1972 | P | 36 | 36 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 4 |
| 1973 | P | 38 | 37 | 24 | 35 | 2 | 3 |
| 1974 | P | 26 | 26 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 2 |
| 1975 | P | 39 | 38 | 30 | 52 | 6 | 7 |
| 1976 | P | 40 | 40 | 27 | 49 | 1 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 39 | 39 | 20 | 48 | 2 | 5 |
| 1978 | P | 38 | 38 | 27 | 43 | 2 | 5 |
| 1979 | P | 23 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 | P | 34 | 33 | 14 | 37 | 2 | 6 |
| 1981 | P | 22 | 22 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | P | 36 | 32 | 16 | 37 | 2 | 3 |
| 1983 | P | 14 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jim Palmer won: TSN All-Star 1971 (AL), Cy Young Award 1973 (AL), TSN All-Star 1973 (AL), Cy Young Award 1975 (AL), TSN All-Star 1975 (AL), Cy Young Award 1976 (AL), Gold Glove 1976 (AL), TSN All-Star 1976 (AL), Gold Glove 1977 (AL), Gold Glove 1978 (AL), TSN All-Star 1978 (AL), Gold Glove 1979 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (16 ballot finishes, 3 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970 and more.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 11 / 120 | 1 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 20 / 120 | 2 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 88 / 120 | 14 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 172 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 98 / 120 | 15 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 82 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 108 / 120 | 19 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 47 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Cy Young Award | AL | 2 | 48 / 140 | 6 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 9 / 392 | 0 |
| 1978 | Cy Young Award | AL | 3 | 14 / 140 | 0 |
| 1982 | Cy Young Award | AL | 2 | 59 / 140 | 4 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 28 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
Jim Palmer ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #103 | starting pitchers | 1975 | 181 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.