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Name	Team	Age
Truck Palmer	Retired (1967, Age 36)	Died (2014, Age 83)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 20 (1953)	1B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	15 years (17 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	10/15/1931
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	6
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
D+ (24.1 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (C)	Alt Pos (2B)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (RF)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1953	BOS	0	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0
1954	BOS	0	134	0	0	4	0	0	1	1
1955	BOS	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	BOS	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	BOS	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	BOS	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	BOS	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	BOS	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	BOS	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	BOS	0	77	1	66	0	0	0	0	2
1963	BOS	1	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
1964	BOS	0	136	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
1965	BOS	0	48	0	35	0	0	0	0	69
1966	BOS	0	119	0	2	0	0	0	0	30
1967	BOS	0	50	1	2	1	0	0	0	53

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1967-11-01	Truck Palmer has retired from the Boston Scribes
1963-07-29	Truck Palmer of the Boston Scribes is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1954-04-01	The Boston Scribes have promoted Truck Palmer to the major league team. The Boston Scribes have designated Claude Drysdale for assignment.
1954-03-01	The Boston Scribes have sent Alex Perkins to the minors. The Boston Scribes have sent Truck Palmer to the minors.
1953-04-01	The Boston Scribes have renamed Oad Palmer to Truck Palmer.
1953-04-01	The Boston Scribes have promoted Oad Palmer to the major league team. The Boston Scribes have sent Rod Spies to the minors.