This day in baseball: Palmer’s debut
Posted: May 16, 2018 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, history, Jim Bouton, Jim Palmer, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, sports 2 CommentsOrioles pitcher Jim Palmer, aged nineteen, made his Major League debut on May 16, 1965 when he came on in relief to pitch 3.2 innings. The O’s defeated the Yankees, 7-2, and Palmer recorded his first major league win. To top it all off, Palmer also managed to hit a two-run home run off Yankees starting pitcher Jim Bouton in the fourth inning. Palmer would finish the season with a 5-4 record.
Quote of the day
Posted: February 10, 2018 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Jim Palmer, quotes, sports, Spring Training 2 CommentsI hate the cursed Oriole fundamentals… I’ve been doing them since 1964. I do them in my sleep. I hate spring training.
~Jim Palmer
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This day in baseball: Palmer awarded the Cy Young
Posted: November 5, 2014 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Baseball Writers Association of America, Cy Young Award, history, Jim Palmer, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports Leave a commentOn November 5, 1976, for the second consecutive season (and third ever), Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer won the Cy Young Award. In the voting cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), Palmer won 19 of 24 first place votes. That season, Palmer finished with a record of 22-13, a 2.51 ERA, and an average of 4.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
