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Name Team Age
Bill Palmer Retired (1964, Age 35) Died (1998, Age 69)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 22
(1953)		 RF L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Joe Jackson League 0 5 years (143 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ B  C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  C+ B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C  C- C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 10/15/1929
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (99.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1953 CLE 63 217 28 55 6 3 4 29 20 40 1 2 2 .678 .314 .364 .253
1954 CLE 55 104 17 29 6 1 2 12 13 16 2 1 1 .778 .364 .413 .279
1956 BAL-NYA 13 30 4 8 1 0 1 6 2 3 1 0 1 .703 .303 .400 .267
1960 BAL-PHI 57 87 8 25 7 1 2 8 7 16 1 3 0 .800 .340 .460 .287
1961 WAS 124 396 38 93 19 1 8 49 29 86 11 7 1 .635 .286 .348 .235
1962 WAS 81 261 34 74 11 3 6 33 17 31 8 2 3 .747 .330 .418 .284
1963 WAS 90 271 23 57 8 1 3 27 23 49 7 4 5 .553 .272 .280 .210
1964 WAS 21 51 6 9 0 1 0 0 9 7 0 0 0 .516 .300 .216 .176
Total 504 1417 158 350 58 11 26 164 120 248 31 19 13 .664 .306 .359 .247
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Bill Palmer has retired from the Washington Halos
1964-07-03The Washington Halos have promoted Bill Ruiz to the major league team. The Washington Halos have designated Bill Palmer for assignment.
1961-04-05The Washington Halos have acquired Bill Palmer from the waiver wire.
1961-04-05The Washington Halos have demoted Milo Hargrove to the minor leagues.
1961-03-01The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Chris Williamson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have designated Bill Palmer for assignment.
1960-04-15The Philadelphia Cheetahs have acquired Bill Palmer from the waiver wire.
1960-04-15The Philadelphia Cheetahs have demoted Marv Gorecki to the minor leagues.
1960-04-10The Baltimore Saints have promoted Leo "Thriller" Smith to the major league team. The Baltimore Saints have designated Bill Palmer for assignment.
1960-04-03The Baltimore Saints have promoted Bill Palmer to the major league team. The Baltimore Saints have designated Gene Schutz for assignment.
1960-04-03The Baltimore Saints have acquired Bill Palmer from the waiver wire.
1958-10-03The New York Sappers have waived Bill Palmer.
1956-09-08The New York Sappers have acquired Bill Palmer from the waiver wire.
1956-06-17The Baltimore Saints have waived Bill Palmer.
1956-05-27The Baltimore Saints have promoted Timmy Midlin to the major league team. The Baltimore Saints have sent Bill Palmer to the minors.
1956-03-03The Baltimore Saints have promoted Bill Palmer to the major league team.
1955-06-20The Baltimore Saints have acquired Bill Palmer from the waiver wire.
1955-06-15The Cleveland Knights have waived Bill Palmer.
1955-03-03The Cleveland Knights have sent Bill Palmer to the minors. The Cleveland Knights have sent Doc Robertson to the minors.
1953-07-13The Cleveland Knights have promoted Bill Palmer to the major league team.