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Jim Palmer

Game Log for 1981
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 13 W, 5-1 at Red Sox Start 7.0 4 27 1 1 1 5 0 3 1.29 BAL Apr 21 L, 1-2 at White Sox Start 6.0 7 27 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.38 BAL Apr 26 L, 5-7 vs Red Sox Start 6.1 6 28 4 4 1 3 0 2 2.79 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL May 02 (1) W, 4-3 vs Blue Jays Start 1 9.0 5 33 3 3 1 0 0 3 2.86 W (1-0) BAL May 06 W, 5-4 vs Twins Start 4.0 10 21 2 1 0 1 0 1 2.78 BAL May 12 L, 2-5 at Blue Jays Start 4.1 5 19 4 4 0 1 0 1 3.44 L (1-1) BAL May 17 W, 6-3 at Twins Start 7.2 7 29 3 2 0 1 0 0 3.25 W (2-1) BAL May 21 L, 0-2 vs Angels Start 2 9.0 8 35 2 2 1 4 0 5 3.04 L (2-2) BAL May 25 W, 10-1 vs Yankees Start 3 9.0 5 33 1 1 1 2 0 1 2.74 W (3-2) BAL May 30 L, 1-4 vs Tigers Start 2.0 3 12 2 2 0 3 0 1 2.94 L (3-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL Jun 09 (1) L, 2-4 at A's Start 6.0 4 26 4 2 1 4 0 4 2.94 L (3-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL Aug 12 (1) L, 0-10 vs Royals Start 6.0 4 24 3 1 0 0 1 0 2.83 L (3-5) BAL Aug 16 L, 7-8 vs White Sox Start 7.0 8 29 3 2 0 1 0 1 2.81 BAL Aug 21 W, 4-2 at A's Start 8.1 8 33 2 2 1 1 0 2 2.75 W (4-5) BAL Aug 25 W, 6-5 at Mariners Start 5.1 5 23 3 3 1 2 0 4 2.88 BAL Aug 30 L, 1-7 vs Angels Start 1.1 2 9 5 5 2 2 0 1 3.29 L (4-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BAL Sep 03 L, 0-10 vs A's Start 2.2 5 15 5 5 2 1 0 1 3.65 L (4-7) BAL Sep 07 W, 9-2 vs Indians Start 7.1 4 32 2 2 1 6 0 1 3.57 W (5-7) BAL Sep 12 L, 3-6 at Brewers Start 0.1 5 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 3.89 L (5-8) BAL Sep 20 W, 8-2 vs Brewers Start 4 9.0 5 32 2 2 1 2 0 3 3.75 W (6-8) BAL Sep 24 W, 5-1 at Yankees Start 5 9.0 4 32 1 1 0 1 0 1 3.55 W (7-8) BAL Sep 28 W, 7-3 at Tigers Start 0.2 3 7 3 3 0 2 0 0 3.75

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       7   8   3.75   22  22   5   0   0   0  127.1  117   532   60   53  14   45   1   35   11-11  4.14 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              235   27   57   84   8   2   5   27   9   1   19   1   1   19   5  .243  .357  .301  .659
vs RHB              239   28   60  101  12   1   9   27   1   3   26   0   1   16   9  .251  .423  .323  .746

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   5   3.72   12  12   4   0   0   0   72.2   65   303   34   30  10   25   1   20    5-7   4.17 runs/start
Road             3   3   3.79   10  10   1   0   0   0   54.2   52   229   26   23   4   20   0   15    6-4   4.10 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              2   1   3.76    6   6   1   0   0   0   38.1   32   154   18   16   5   14   0   10    3-3   5.33 runs/start
Night            5   7   3.74   16  16   4   0   0   0   89.0   85   378   42   37   9   31   1   25    8-8   3.69 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   0   2.79    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.1   17    82    6    6   2   11   0    5    1-2   3.67 runs/start
May              3   3   3.00    7   7   3   0   0   0   45.0   43   182   17   15   3   12   0   12    4-3   4.00 runs/start
June             0   1   3.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    4    26    4    2   1    4   0    4    0-1   2.00 runs/start
August           1   2   4.18    5   5   0   0   0   0   28.0   27   118   16   13   4    6   1    8    2-3   3.60 runs/start
September        3   2   5.28    6   6   2   0   0   0   29.0   26   124   17   17   4   12   0    6    4-2   5.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   2   6.10    2   2   1   0   0   0   10.1   10    44    7    7   3    6   0    6    0-2   0.50 runs/start
A's              1   2   4.76    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.0   17    74   11    9   4    6   0    7    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   1   4.72    2   2   1   0   0   0   13.1   10    52    7    7   1    1   0    4    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Brewers          1   1   5.79    2   2   1   0   0   0    9.1   10    38    6    6   1    2   0    3    1-1   5.50 runs/start
Indians          1   0   2.45    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.1    4    32    2    2   1    6   0    1    1-0   9.00 runs/start
Mariners         0   0   5.06    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.1    5    23    3    3   1    2   0    4    1-0   6.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   0   3.38    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   10    55    5    5   2    8   0    5    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Royals           0   1   1.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    4    24    3    1   0    0   1    0    0-1   0.00 runs/start
Tigers           0   1  16.87    2   2   0   0   0   0    2.2    6    19    5    5   0    5   0    1    1-1   4.00 runs/start
Twins            1   0   2.31    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.2   17    50    5    3   0    2   0    1    2-0   5.50 runs/start
White Sox        0   0   2.08    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.0   15    56    4    3   0    4   0    1    0-2   4.00 runs/start
Yankees          2   0   1.00    2   2   2   0   0   0   18.0    9    65    2    2   1    3   0    2    2-0   7.50 runs/start

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