David Justice vs Rafael Palmeiro

David Justice Rafael Palmeiro

David Justice and Rafael Palmeiro compared on their MLB careers: David Justice played 14 seasons, 1989 to 2002, Rafael Palmeiro 20 seasons, 1986 to 2005. David Justice has .279 batting average to Rafael Palmeiro's .288. David Justice won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

David Justice and Rafael Palmeiro career totals

1,610	GP	2,831
5,625	AB	10,472
929	R	1,663
1,571	H	3,020
305	HR	569
1,017	RBI	1,835
53	SB	97
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.5	SLG	0.5
0.9	OPS	0.9

How do they compare in the postseason?

David Justice and Rafael Palmeiro postseason

112	GP	22
398	AB	82
55	R	13
89	H	20
14	HR	4
63	RBI	8
3	SB	0
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.7	OPS	0.8

Where each stands all time

David Justice and Rafael Palmeiro all-time places

162nd (305)	Home runs	13th (569)
255th (1,017)	RBI	16th (1,835)
—	Hits	29th (3,020)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

David Justice: 2 championships; NL Rookie of the Year, NL Silver Slugger, AL Silver Slugger
Rafael Palmeiro: 0 championships; AL Gold Glove ×3, AL Silver Slugger ×2

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

David Justice and Rafael Palmeiro season by season

1st	1989	.235	1	3	1986	.247	3	12
2nd	1990	.282	28	78	1987	.276	14	30
3rd	1991	.275	21	87	1988	.307	8	53
4th	1992	.256	21	72	1989	.275	8	64
5th	1993	.270	40	120	1990	.319	14	89
6th	1994	.313	19	59	1991	.322	26	88
7th	1995	.253	24	78	1992	.268	22	85
8th	1996	.321	6	25	1993	.295	37	105
9th	1997	.329	33	101	1994	.319	23	76
10th	1998	.280	21	88	1995	.310	39	104
11th	1999	.287	21	88	1996	.289	39	142
12th	2000	.286	41	118	1997	.254	38	110
13th	2001	.241	18	51	1998	.296	43	121
14th	2002	.266	11	49	1999	.324	47	148
15th	—	—	—	—	2000	.288	39	120
16th	—	—	—	—	2001	.273	47	123
17th	—	—	—	—	2002	.273	43	105
18th	—	—	—	—	2003	.260	38	112
19th	—	—	—	—	2004	.258	23	88
20th	—	—	—	—	2005	.266	18	60

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


112	GP	22
398	AB	82
55	R	13
89	H	20
14	HR	4
63	RBI	8
3	SB	0
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.7	OPS	0.8


112	GP	22
398	AB	82
55	R	13
89	H	20
14	HR	4
63	RBI	8
3	SB	0
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.7	OPS	0.8


112	GP	22
398	AB	82
55	R	13
89	H	20
14	HR	4
63	RBI	8
3	SB	0
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.7	OPS	0.8