Jim Palmer vs Mel Stottlemyre

Jim Palmer Mel Stottlemyre

Jim Palmer and Mel Stottlemyre compared on their MLB careers: Jim Palmer played 19 seasons, 1965 to 1984, Mel Stottlemyre 11 seasons, 1964 to 1974. Jim Palmer has 268 wins to Mel Stottlemyre's 164. Jim Palmer won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jim Palmer and Mel Stottlemyre career totals

558	GP	360
268	W	164
152	L	139
2.9	ERA	3.0
3,948	IP	2661.1
2,212	K	1,257
1,311	BB	809
1.2	WHIP	1.2
4	SV	1

How do they compare in the postseason?

Jim Palmer and Mel Stottlemyre postseason

17	GP	3
0	R	0
101	H	18

Where each stands all time

Jim Palmer and Mel Stottlemyre all-time places

64th (2,212)	Strikeouts (pitching)	—
35th (268)	Wins (pitching)	207th (164)

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

Jim Palmer: 3 championships; AL Cy Young ×3, AL Gold Glove ×4
Mel Stottlemyre: 0 championships; none on file

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.

Jim Palmer and Mel Stottlemyre season by season

1st	1965	5	4	3.72	1964	9	3	2.06
2nd	1966	15	10	3.46	1965	20	9	2.63
3rd	1967	3	1	2.94	1966	12	20	3.80
4th	1969	16	4	2.34	1967	15	15	2.96
5th	1970	20	10	2.71	1968	21	12	2.45
6th	1971	20	9	2.68	1969	20	14	2.82
7th	1972	21	10	2.07	1970	15	13	3.09
8th	1973	22	9	2.40	1971	16	12	2.87
9th	1974	7	12	3.27	1972	14	18	3.22
10th	1975	23	11	2.09	1973	16	16	3.07
11th	1976	22	13	2.51	1974	6	7	3.58
12th	1977	20	11	2.91	—	—	—	—
13th	1978	21	12	2.46	—	—	—	—
14th	1979	10	6	3.30	—	—	—	—
15th	1980	16	10	3.98	—	—	—	—
16th	1981	7	8	3.75	—	—	—	—
17th	1982	15	5	3.13	—	—	—	—
18th	1983	5	4	4.23	—	—	—	—
19th	1984	0	3	9.17	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA