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Rafael
Palmeiro		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 193
 
Born: September 24, 1964 in Cuba, , HAVANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1994    1996   
Ted Williams Batting Title 1997   
All-Star Selections 1990    1996    1998   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1988 23 PHI NL 156 570 76 192 30 3 12 68 3 0 22 96 .337 .361 .463 .824 83.1 21.9
1989 24 PHI NL 99 368 52 106 27 2 9 63 1 1 24 71 .288 .329 .446 .775 50.0 10.3
  KCR AL 58 220 29 68 11 1 8 34 1 0 18 44 .309 .360 .477 .837 34.8 7.1
  TOT   157 588 81 174 38 3 17 97 2 1 42 115 .296 .341 .457 .798 84.8 17.5
1990 25 KCR AL 148 576 83 192 39 5 24 97 1 0 54 71 .333 .389 .543 .932 104.0 26.8
1991 26 KCR AL 159 624 100 171 35 3 19 102 1 0 65 102 .274 .341 .431 .772 86.3 19.0
1992 27 KCR AL 146 584 78 175 38 4 25 116 0 1 68 74 .300 .370 .507 .877 96.0 22.3
1993 28 KCR AL 158 610 87 162 40 1 16 94 0 0 64 96 .266 .333 .413 .746 80.9 14.2
1994 29 KCR AL 158 592 100 157 30 6 35 113 0 0 75 102 .265 .344 .514 .857 104.9 21.0
1995 30 KCR AL 75 299 49 76 20 3 10 37 0 0 33 57 .254 .325 .441 .767 41.5 6.5
  TEX AL 63 230 39 63 15 1 13 50 0 0 26 39 .274 .345 .517 .862 38.8 6.0
  TOT   138 529 88 139 35 4 23 87 0 0 59 96 .263 .334 .474 .808 80.3 12.5
1996 31 TEX AL 156 595 115 185 39 4 35 116 1 0 80 90 .311 .389 .566 .955 119.7 21.1
1997 32 TEX AL 159 613 118 185 30 1 45 140 1 1 65 103 .302 .364 .574 .939 120.6 20.4
1998 33 TEX AL 156 604 116 185 38 2 42 136 1 0 73 129 .306 .379 .584 .963 122.5 19.9
1999 34 TEX AL 126 429 65 118 27 2 22 73 1 0 27 112 .275 .313 .501 .814 65.2 7.7
12 Years Sim 1817 6914 1107 2035 419 38 315 1239 11 3 694 1186 .294 .356 .503 .858 1148.3 224.3
162 Game Average 616 98 181 37 3 28 110 0 0 61 105 .294 .356 .503 .858 102.4  
Career Highs 159 624 118 192 40 6 45 140 3 1 80 129 .337 .389 .584 .963 122.5  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1988 23 PHI NL RF 134 134 1132.7 238 5 10 2 .960 1.93   3.5
    LF 22 10 122.3 31 1 3 0 .914 2.35    
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1989 24 PHI NL RF 60 60 510.9 108 2 5 1 .957 1.94   1.7
    LF 37 35 319.2 59 1 7 0 .896 1.69   0.0
  KCR AL RF 35 35 309.1 66 2 3 0 .958 1.98   1.8
    LF 22 21 193.1 35 0 5 0 .875 1.63   0.0
  TOT   RF 95 95 820.0 174 4 8 1 .957 1.95   3.4
      LF 59 56 512.3 94 1 12 0 .888 1.67   0.0
1990 25 KCR AL LF 144 142 1253.3 231 12 25 3 .907 1.74   3.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1991 26 KCR AL RF 153 151 1371.3 284 10 15 4 .951 1.93   3.3
    LF 4 1 13.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32    
1992 27 KCR AL RF 143 143 1260.3 235 10 17 2 .935 1.75   2.9
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1993 28 KCR AL RF 101 97 875.0 168 10 8 1 .957 1.83   4.1
    LF 55 53 478.3 85 4 10 1 .899 1.67    
1994 29 KCR AL RF 149 148 1335.7 258 10 14 1 .950 1.81   5.8
    LF 8 0 16.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1995 30 KCR AL RF 42 41 374.4 75 3 3 0 .963 1.88   1.8
    LF 33 32 295.3 58 3 5 1 .924 1.86   0.0
  TEX AL RF 36 34 287.5 57 2 2 0 .967 1.85   0.9
    LF 27 27 226.8 44 3 4 1 .922 1.87   0.0
  TOT   RF 78 75 661.9 132 5 5 0 .965 1.86   2.7
      LF 60 59 522.1 102 6 9 2 .923 1.86   0.0
1996 31 TEX AL LF 154 152 1359.7 276 11 24 3 .923 1.90   4.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1997 32 TEX AL RF 124 122 1080.7 219 8 13 2 .946 1.89   2.9
    LF 33 29 274.0 47 2 9 0 .845 1.61    
1998 33 TEX AL RF 150 146 1303.0 262 13 14 2 .952 1.90   3.8
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    1B 1 0 4.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75   0.0
1999 34 TEX AL RF 106 102 901.7 170 9 12 2 .937 1.79   1.7
    LF 12 0 17.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.53    
  RF 1235 1213 10745.2 2140 84 116 17 .950 1.86   34.2
  LF 557 502 4579.4 879 38 92 9 .909 1.80   7.4
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 4.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75   0.0
Career Totals   1794 1716 15337.6 3026 123 208 27 .938 1.85   41.6
Career Highs   157 152 1385.0 286 14 25 4 .955 1.97    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 23 PHI NL 9 35 6 13 5 0 1 7 0 1 2 2 .371 .405 .600 1.005
1991 26 KCR AL 14 57 4 12 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 7 .211 .233 .281 .514
1992 27 KCR AL 9 37 8 11 2 0 4 13 0 0 3 7 .297 .350 .676 1.026
1994 29 KCR AL 16 65 10 19 5 1 1 5 0 0 5 19 .292 .343 .446 .789
1996 31 TEX AL 16 58 13 13 1 0 4 6 0 0 12 12 .224 .357 .448 .805
1997 32 TEX AL 5 18 4 6 2 0 2 5 0 0 4 5 .333 .455 .778 1.232
1999 34 TEX AL 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 72 273 46 75 16 1 14 43 0 1 28 53 .275 .341 .495 .836
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1988-3-.337
1990-3-.333
 On-Base Pct
1990-7-.389
 Slugging Pct
1990-4-.543
1992-9-.507
1994-6-.514
1996-9-.566
1997-3-.574
1998-6-.584
 OPS
1988-8-.824
1990-4-.932
1992-6-.877
1994-9-.857
1996-8-.955
1997-6-.939
1998-10-.963
 XR
1990-5-104.0
1994-7-104.9
1996-10-119.7
1997-3-120.6
1998-7-122.5
 Games
1991-7-159
1993-7-158
1997-10-159
Runs
1991-5-100
1996-10-115
1997-6-118
 Hits
1988-1-192
1990-7-192
 Total Bases
1988-7-264
1990-4-313
1992-9-296
1994-7-304
1996-9-337
1997-3-352
1998-5-353
 Singles
1988-1-147
 Homeruns
1990-10-24
1994-3-35
1997-3-45
1998-8-42
 RBIs
1990-10-97
1991-8-102
1992-5-116
1994-5-113
1996-9-116
1997-1-140
1998-4-136
CAR-35-1239
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 88    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  6. David Green (861)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Houston in 1986
Traded from Houston to Philadelphia on 3/2/1986 (Going to HOU: P K. Brown. Going to PHI: LF R. Palmeiro, P B. Jones)
Had first career hit on 4/1/1988, off Pete Redfern (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1988, off David Palmer (SDP)
Traded from Philadelphia to Kansas City on 7/31/1989 (Going to PHI: RF Clint Hurdle, C Darren Daulton. Going to KCR: RF Rafael Palmeiro, C Joe Girardi, P Pete Harnisch, P Mike Mendoza)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 9/2/1989
Injured on 6/13/1990 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Milwaukee, driving in 5 runs on 7/24/1990
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1990, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 7/8/1991
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,764,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 8/9/1992
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,764,286 through salary arbitration
11/8/1993: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $8,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1994
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1995, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to Texas on 7/16/1995 (Going to KCR: SS Bert Pena. Going to TEX: RF Rafael Palmeiro)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/18/1995
Was selected to the 1996 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Texas in 1996
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/28/1997
Hit 3 homeruns against Cleveland, driving in 6 runs on 8/1/1997
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1997, hitting .567 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
8/16/1997: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $9,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Ted Williams Batting Title in 1997, hitting .302 with 45 HR, 140 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Seattle, driving in 5 runs on 5/24/1998
Was selected to the 1998 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Seattle on 10/11/1998
Won Player of the Week award on 10/14/1998, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 7/19/1999, off Juan Pena (CHW)
Released by Texas on 2/7/2000
 
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