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Jim Palmer

Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL Apr 06 W, 5-3 vs White Sox Start 1 9.0 3 34 3 3 0 4 0 4 3.00 W (1-0) BAL Apr 11 W, 6-5 vs Yankees Start 9.0 10 38 5 3 1 1 0 1 3.00 BAL Apr 15 L, 2-4 at Brewers Start 2 8.0 10 35 4 4 1 4 0 2 3.46 L (1-1) BAL Apr 19 W, 6-3 at Yankees Start 3 9.0 8 37 3 2 0 2 0 0 3.09 W (2-1) BAL Apr 24 W, 7-2 at Angels Start 6.1 6 24 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.05 W (3-1) BAL Apr 29 W, 13-1 at A's Start 0.2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.21 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL May 05 W, 9-1 vs Angels Start 8.0 4 30 1 0 0 2 0 4 2.70 W (4-1) BAL May 09 L, 2-4 vs A's Start 8.0 5 32 4 4 1 4 0 4 2.95 L (4-2) BAL May 15 L, 2-3 at Red Sox Start 8.0 6 31 2 2 0 2 0 1 2.86 BAL May 19 W, 4-3 at Blue Jays Start 7.1 8 30 3 3 0 1 0 4 2.95 W (5-2) BAL May 29 W, 8-1 at Royals Start 7.0 5 27 1 1 0 2 0 3 2.80 W (6-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL Jun 03 L, 2-4 at Rangers Start 4 8.0 9 34 4 4 1 2 0 4 2.95 L (6-3) BAL Jun 23 (2) W, 6-5 vs Tigers Start 5.1 9 28 5 5 0 4 0 6 3.27 BAL Jun 27 W, 3-1 vs Indians Start 5 9.0 4 32 1 1 1 2 0 5 3.07 W (7-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL Jul 01 W, 10-7 vs Blue Jays Start 4.1 8 24 5 3 1 2 0 0 3.20 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL Aug 13 L, 0-7 vs White Sox Finish 2.0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.22 BAL Aug 17 L, 1-7 vs Royals Start 3.2 3 18 4 1 0 3 0 2 3.20 L (7-4) BAL Aug 27 (2) W, 5-1 at Twins Start 8.2 6 30 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.04 W (8-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL Sep 01 L, 2-3 vs Twins Start 6 9.0 10 37 3 3 1 0 0 4 3.04 L (8-5) BAL Sep 07 W, 2-1 at Red Sox Start 5.0 5 20 1 1 1 1 0 3 2.99 BAL Sep 12 L, 2-3 at Blue Jays Start 7 8.0 8 34 3 3 1 3 0 3 3.01 L (8-6) BAL Sep 16 W, 13-3 vs Red Sox Start 7.0 7 28 3 3 0 1 0 3 3.05 W (9-6) BAL Sep 28 W, 14-6 at Indians Start 5.1 7 25 6 6 2 3 0 3 3.30 W (10-6)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      10   6   3.28   22  22   7   0   0   0  153.2  143   632   65   56  11   43   0   66   15-7   5.64 runs/start
As closer        0   0   4.50    1   0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1     7    1    1   1    0   0    1    0-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              320   32   83  113  11   2   5   30   1   1   25   0   0   31   5  .259  .353  .312  .665
vs RHB              266   30   61   90   8   0   7   29   5   3   18   0   0   36   7  .229  .338  .274  .613

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   3   3.27   11  10   3   1   0   0   74.1   64   308   35   27   6   23   0   34    7-4   5.70 runs/start
Road             6   3   3.32   12  12   4   0   0   0   81.1   80   331   31   30   6   20   0   33    8-4   5.58 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              4   1   3.77    7   7   3   0   0   0   45.1   46   192   22   19   2   14   0   13    6-1   7.57 runs/start
Night            6   5   3.10   16  15   4   1   0   0  110.1   98   447   44   38  10   29   0   54    9-7   4.73 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   1   3.21    6   6   3   0   0   0   42.0   39   172   18   15   2   11   0   12    5-1   6.50 runs/start
May              3   1   2.35    5   5   0   0   0   0   38.1   28   150   11   10   1   11   0   16    3-2   5.00 runs/start
June             1   1   4.03    3   3   2   0   0   0   22.1   22    94   10   10   2    8   0   15    2-1   3.67 runs/start
July             0   0   6.23    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.1    8    24    5    3   1    2   0    0    1-0   10.00 runs/start
August           1   1   1.88    3   2   0   1   0   0   14.1   10    55    6    3   1    3   0    8    1-2   3.00 runs/start
September        2   2   4.19    5   5   2   0   0   0   34.1   37   144   16   16   5    8   0   16    3-2   6.60 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           2   0   1.26    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.1   10    54    3    2   0    2   0    9    2-0   8.00 runs/start
A's              0   1   5.19    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.2    7    36    5    5   1    4   0    4    1-1   7.50 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   1   4.12    3   3   1   0   0   0   19.2   24    88   11    9   2    6   0    7    2-1   5.33 runs/start
Brewers          0   1   4.50    1   1   1   0   0   0    8.0   10    35    4    4   1    4   0    2    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Indians          2   0   4.40    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.1   11    57    7    7   3    5   0    8    2-0   8.50 runs/start
Rangers          0   1   4.50    1   1   1   0   0   0    8.0    9    34    4    4   1    2   0    4    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Red Sox          1   0   2.70    3   3   0   0   0   0   20.0   18    79    6    6   1    4   0    7    2-1   5.67 runs/start
Royals           1   1   1.69    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.2    8    45    5    2   0    5   0    5    1-1   4.50 runs/start
Tigers           0   0   8.44    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.1    9    28    5    5   0    4   0    6    1-0   6.00 runs/start
Twins            1   1   2.04    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.2   16    67    4    4   1    0   0    9    1-1   3.50 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   3.27    2   1   1   1   0   0   11.0    4    41    4    4   1    4   0    5    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Yankees          1   0   2.50    2   2   1   0   0   0   18.0   18    75    8    5   1    3   0    1    2-0   6.00 runs/start

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