Jim Palmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jim Palmer

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1945

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: model, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Jim Palmer

  • James Alvin Palmer (born October 15, 1945) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1965–1967, 1969–1984).
  • Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the 1970s, totaling 186 wins.
  • He also won at least 20 games in eight different seasons and won three Cy Young Awards and four Gold Gloves during the decade.
  • His 268 career victories are currently an Orioles record.
  • A six-time American League (AL) All-Star, he was also one of the rare pitchers who never allowed a grand slam in any major league contest.Palmer appeared in the postseason eight times and was a vital member of three World Series Champions, six AL pennant winners and seven Eastern Division titleholders.
  • He is the only pitcher in the history of the Fall Classic with a win in each of three decades.
  • He is also the youngest to pitch a complete-game shutout in a World Series, doing so nine days before his 21st birthday in 1966.
  • He was one of the starters on the last rotation to feature four 20-game winners in a single season in 1971.
  • He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990.Since his retirement as an active player in 1984, Palmer has worked as a color commentator on telecasts of MLB games for ABC and ESPN and for the Orioles on Home Team Sports (HTS), Comcast SportsNet (CSN) Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN).
  • He has also been a popular spokesman, most famously for Jockey International for almost twenty years.
  • He was nicknamed "Cakes" in the 1960s because of his habit of eating pancakes for breakfast on the days he pitched.

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