Jim Palmer career ERA

• Best season on file: 2.07 in 1972.
• Most recent: 9.17 in 1984.

Average of 19 regular seasons, 1965 through 1984. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

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Jim Palmer career ERA, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1965	BAL	27	5	4	3.72	92.0	75	56	1.42	1
1966	BAL	30	15	10	3.46	208.1	147	91	1.28	0
1967	BAL	9	3	1	2.94	49.0	23	20	1.10	0
1969	BAL	26	16	4	2.34	181.0	123	64	1.08	0
1970	BAL	39	20	10	2.71	305.0	199	100	1.19	0
1971	BAL	37	20	9	2.68	282.0	184	106	1.20	0
1972	BAL	36	21	10	2.07	274.1	184	70	1.05	0
1973	BAL	38	22	9	2.40	296.1	158	113	1.14	1
1974	BAL	26	7	12	3.27	178.2	84	69	1.37	0
1975	BAL	39	23	11	2.09	323.0	193	80	1.03	1
1976	BAL	40	22	13	2.51	315.0	159	84	1.08	0
1977	BAL	39	20	11	2.91	319.0	193	99	1.13	0
1978	BAL	38	21	12	2.46	296.0	138	97	1.16	0
1979	BAL	23	10	6	3.30	155.2	67	43	1.20	0
1980	BAL	34	16	10	3.98	224.0	109	74	1.39	0
1981	BAL	22	7	8	3.75	127.1	35	46	1.28	0
1982	BAL	36	15	5	3.13	227.0	103	63	1.14	1
1983	BAL	14	5	4	4.23	76.2	34	19	1.37	0
1984	BAL	5	0	3	9.17	17.2	4	17	2.21	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV