What's exceptional about Jim Palmer Baltimore Orioles 1974 ?
Seasons:
wins less often; hall of famer; season
Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles had the lowest winning percentage (36.8%) of the 14 pitchers in 1974 who would make it into the Hall of Fame.
trailed Rich Gossage of the Chicago White Sox (40.0%), Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals (45.8%), Bert Blyleven of the Minnesota Twins (50.0%), and Tom Seaver of the New York Mets (50.0%), and others, ending with Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers (67.9%).
trailed Rich Gossage of the Chicago White Sox (40.0%), Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals (45.8%), Bert Blyleven of the Minnesota Twins (50.0%), and Tom Seaver of the New York Mets (50.0%), and others, ending with Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers (67.9%).
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Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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A pitcher's winning percentage is only counted if the number of decisions (wins plus losses) is at least 10. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Jim Palmer of the 1974 Baltimore Orioles threw right-handed, played on a winning team, would make it into the Hall of Fame, played in Memorial Stadium, and was born in New York City.
Sources
- achievement score (-1.2 see References)
- assists (33)
- complete games (5)
- double plays (2)
- games finished (0)
- games played (26)
- games started (26)
- innings pitched (178.7)
- putouts (15)
- saves (0)
- shutouts (2)
- strikeouts (84)
- strikeouts per nine innings (4.2)
- winning percentage (36.8%)
- wins (7)
- balks (0)
- earned run average (3.27)
- earned runs (65)
- errors (1)
- hit by pitch (3)
- hits (176)
- hits per nine innings (8.9)
- homers given up (12)
- homers per nine innings (.6)
- intentional walks (4)
- losses (12)
- runs allowed (78)
- walks (69)
- walks per nine innings (3.5)
- wild pitches (4)
- age (29 yrs)
- batters faced (770)
- height (6'3")
- innings pitched per game (6.9)
- weight (190 lbs)
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