How much is Jim Palmer worth?
| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Baseball Pitcher |
| Date of Birth: | October 15, 1945 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.91 m |
About Jim Palmer
Palmer made eight playoff appearances and was a crucial component of three World Series champions, six American League pennants, and seven Eastern Division champions. He is the first pitcher in history to triumph in three different World Series games. In 1966, nine days before turning 21, he became the youngest pitcher to ever toss a full game shutout in a World Series, defeating Sandy Koufax in Koufax’s final game. He was a starter in the 1971 team’s final rotation to have four 20-game winners in a calendar year. In 1990, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Born: Oct. 15, 1945
- Hometown: New York
- Height: 6-3
- Weight: 190 pounds
- Bats: Right
- Throws: Right
- Family: Wife, Susan (divorced from first wife, also named Susan, and second wife, Joan); daughters, Jamie and Kelly
- Primary position: Starting pitcher
Ahead of the Bigs:
His adoptive father passed away when he was nine years old, after which his mother relocated to Southern California and remarried Max Palmer, a character actor in Hollywood. His last name became Jim Palmer’s.
Jim became a three-sport star at Scottsdale High when the family relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona.
graduated from high school at the age of 17 in 1963, two years before the inaugural draft, and played summer baseball for a team in South Dakota, when a Baltimore Orioles scout initially caught his attention.
$50,000 later, he signed a contract and moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota, the Orioles’ Single-A club. Despite the fact that he walked 130 batters in 129 innings, he had an 11-3 record with a 2.51 ERA.
Out of spring training in 1965, he joined the big-league Orioles and served as a spot starter.
Professional Highlights:
Palmer was one of the best right-handed pitchers of all time and a dependable winner. In his 19-year major league career, which he spent entirely with the Orioles, Palmer won 268 games, lost 152, and had a career ERA of 2.86, which is the third-lowest of any pitcher born after 1920.
His 268 victories rank first all-time for the Orioles.
won the most games in the 1970s with 186 victories.
a part of three World Series winners (1966, 1970, 1983). won a game in each, making him the only pitcher to do it in the past three decades. Has a 17-appearance 8-3 record with a 2.61 ERA in the playoffs.
a six-time AL All-Star and three-time American League Cy Young Award winner (1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978).
On May 16, 1965, he hit a home run and won his first game, a relief victory over the New York Yankees.
entered the Orioles rotation in 1966 and led the team in wins while posting a 15-10 record and 3.46 ERA.
At the age of 20, he defeated fellow Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax 6-0 in Game 2 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers to become the youngest pitcher in World Series history to ever record a shutout.
He missed the most of the 1967 season due to a shoulder ailment. likewise failed to make a major league pitching appearance in 1968 as he worked to recover from surgery. was not chosen but was left unprotected in an expansion draft, filling the rosters of the Seattle Pilots and Kansas City Royals.
joined Earl Weaver’s roster as the Orioles’ No. 5 starter upon his return to the majors in 1969, going 16-4 with a 2.34 ERA after missing six weeks.
Was 20-10 with a 2.71 ERA and 17 complete games as the Orioles won the World Series in 1970, the first of his eight seasons with 20 wins. was one of the Orioles’ legendary 1971 pitching rotation’s four 20-game winners (Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson were the others).
Recorded a career-high 2.07 ERA in 1972 and won 21 games.
Finished 1973 with a 22-10 record and a 2.40 ERA to win the first of his three Cy Young trophies.
dominated the league in wins each season while winning back-to-back Cy Young awards in 1975 and 1976. went 23-11 in 1975, finishing with an AL-best 2.09 ERA and 10 shutouts. got his first Gold Glove as well.
Additionally, in 1977, when he finished second in the Cy Young voting, he led the league in wins with 20 and went 21-12 in 1978, when he finished third. His previous 20-win season was that one.
In 1979, the Orioles won the AL pennant but fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series. He missed some time due to arm issues. In the postseason, he still had three effective starts.
At the age of 36, he had his final strong season in 1982, pitching 15-5 with a 3.13 ERA and placing second in the Cy Young voting.
went 5-4 while missing much of the 1983 season due to injury. He did, however, win Game 3 in relief as the Orioles defeated the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series.
Having had a sluggish start to 1984, he was freed on May 17.
Never in his career allowed a grand slam or consecutive home runs.
Following Retirement:
In 1990, he was elected to the Hall of Fame after receiving 92.6 percent of the voting.
He rose to fame as the spokesperson for Jockey underwear during his career (1977), and his magazine advertisements for the product made him a sex icon. appeared in the advertisements even after he retired.
Late in his playing career, he also started working as a color commentator for ABC broadcasts. He stayed in that position until 1989, when ABC’s agreement with MLB came to an end.
has broadcast Orioles games on television since 1990.
pitched in a spring training game in 1991, when he was 45 years old and had already been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
