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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1964-09-24 · Played 1986–2005 · College: Mississippi State University (1983–1985) · Career WAR 71.9 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=palmera01, LAHMAN=palmera01, MLBAM=120191, RETROSHEET=palmr001

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1986	CHN	NL	22	73	9	18	4	0	3	12	1	1	4	6	.247	.295	.425	.720	-0.1
1987	CHN	NL	84	221	32	61	15	1	14	30	2	2	20	26	.276	.336	.543	.879	0.7
1988	CHN	NL	152	580	75	178	41	5	8	53	12	2	38	34	.307	.349	.436	.785	2.3
1989	TEX	AL	156	559	76	154	23	4	8	64	4	3	63	48	.275	.354	.374	.728	2.6
1990	TEX	AL	154	598	72	191	35	6	14	89	3	3	40	59	.319	.361	.468	.829	4.3
1991	TEX	AL	159	631	115	203	49	3	26	88	4	3	68	72	.322	.389	.532	.921	5.8
1992	TEX	AL	159	608	84	163	27	4	22	85	2	3	72	83	.268	.352	.434	.786	4.1
1993	TEX	AL	160	597	124	176	40	2	37	105	22	3	73	85	.295	.371	.554	.925	6.9
1994	BAL	AL	111	436	82	139	32	0	23	76	7	3	54	63	.319	.392	.550	.942	4.0
1995	BAL	AL	143	554	89	172	30	2	39	104	3	1	62	65	.310	.380	.583	.963	5.5
1996	BAL	AL	162	626	110	181	40	2	39	142	8	0	95	96	.289	.381	.546	.927	4.5
1997	BAL	AL	158	614	95	156	24	2	38	110	5	2	67	109	.254	.329	.485	.814	3.2
1998	BAL	AL	162	619	98	183	36	1	43	121	11	7	79	91	.296	.379	.565	.944	6.3
1999	TEX	AL	158	565	96	183	30	1	47	148	2	4	97	69	.324	.420	.630	1.050	5.2
2000	TEX	AL	158	565	102	163	29	3	39	120	2	1	103	77	.288	.397	.558	.955	2.9
2001	TEX	AL	160	600	98	164	33	0	47	123	1	1	101	90	.273	.381	.563	.944	4.7
2002	TEX	AL	155	546	99	149	34	0	43	105	2	0	104	94	.273	.391	.571	.962	4.5
2003	TEX	AL	154	561	92	146	21	2	38	112	2	0	84	77	.260	.359	.508	.867	3.5
2004	BAL	AL	154	550	68	142	29	0	23	88	2	1	86	61	.258	.359	.436	.795	0.8
2005	BAL	AL	110	369	47	98	13	0	18	60	2	0	43	43	.266	.339	.447	.786	0.2
Total			2831	10472	1663	3020	585	38	569	1835	97	40	1353	1348	.288	.370	.515	.884	71.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1986	CHN	NL	OF	20	18	150.2	34	2	4	1
1987	CHN	NL	1B	18	13	120.0	112	8	1	15
1987	CHN	NL	OF	45	34	312.0	64	1	0	1
1988	CHN	NL	1B	5	3	34.2	30	5	0	1
1988	CHN	NL	OF	147	143	1254.1	292	6	5	1
1989	TEX	AL	1B	147	142	1237.1	1167	119	12	106
1990	TEX	AL	1B	146	145	1254.2	1215	91	7	123
1991	TEX	AL	1B	157	152	1366.0	1305	96	12	119
1992	TEX	AL	1B	156	154	1382.2	1251	143	7	131
1993	TEX	AL	1B	160	158	1395.1	1388	147	5	133
1994	BAL	AL	1B	111	110	976.2	959	66	4	87
1995	BAL	AL	1B	142	142	1238.0	1181	119	4	120
1996	BAL	AL	1B	159	159	1418.2	1383	119	8	157
1997	BAL	AL	1B	155	151	1356.0	1304	112	10	124
1998	BAL	AL	1B	159	158	1378.1	1435	124	9	127
1999	TEX	AL	1B	28	28	246.1	261	13	1	23
2000	TEX	AL	1B	108	107	919.0	820	56	4	86
2001	TEX	AL	1B	113	113	996.1	906	83	8	112
2002	TEX	AL	1B	97	95	836.1	739	84	5	83
2003	TEX	AL	1B	55	55	462.2	445	49	2	53
2004	BAL	AL	1B	130	128	1137.2	1090	95	8	114
2005	BAL	AL	1B	93	82	748.1	747	58	4	68
Total				2351	2290	20222.0	18128	1596	120	1785

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1989	Player of the Week	AL
1992	Player of the Week	AL
1993	Player of the Week	AL
1993	Player of the Month	AL
1997	Gold Glove	AL
1998	TSN All-Star	AL
1998	Gold Glove	AL
1998	Silver Slugger	AL
1998	Player of the Month	AL
1999	TSN All-Star	AL
1999	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1999	Gold Glove	AL
1999	Silver Slugger	AL
1999	Outstanding DH Award	AL
1999	Player of the Week	AL
1999	Player of the Month	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2011	BBWAA	64	436	No
2012	BBWAA	72	430	No
2013	BBWAA	50	427	No
2014	BBWAA	25	429	No
2023	Contemporary Era		12	No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
2000-08-30	Player	Balls and strikes

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