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Jim Palmer gave up 303 home runs in 19 MLB seasons. Zero of them were grand slams.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 11:15 am
Posted on 3/11/26 at 11:15 am
That’s a crazy stat to me. Dude pitched 3,948 innings, over 300 innings 4 times and 296 twice. Started 522 games and had 211 complete games. So this dude wasn’t just throwing 6 or 7 strong innings and getting pulled for a flame throwing closer. He was still having to get 8th and 9th inning outs when he was not as strong as earlier in the games.
The no grand slams is so crazy to me that I wonder if it was more just an aberration or if he had a unique ability to focus and zone in with the bases loaded. Probably a bit of both. But the fact that nobody just happened to run into one with the bases loaded. Now. He was really good—3 time Cy Young, Hall of Famer, whose career WHIP was still only 1.180 after 19 seasons, so he might not have loaded the bases that many times. But still, no grand slams given up is still wild to me. Anybody else find this stat as crazy as I do?
The no grand slams is so crazy to me that I wonder if it was more just an aberration or if he had a unique ability to focus and zone in with the bases loaded. Probably a bit of both. But the fact that nobody just happened to run into one with the bases loaded. Now. He was really good—3 time Cy Young, Hall of Famer, whose career WHIP was still only 1.180 after 19 seasons, so he might not have loaded the bases that many times. But still, no grand slams given up is still wild to me. Anybody else find this stat as crazy as I do?
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Posted on 3/11/26 at 11:22 am to Hot Carl
It looks like Joaquin Andujar Gary Peters are 2nd and 3rd with most innings pitched without giving up a grand slam with 2,153 and 2,080 innings pitched, respectively. So almost half the innings of Palmer.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 11:24 am to Hot Carl
The 2 pitchers tied with allowing the most grand slams have thrown the most no hitters (7 N.Ryan) and most perfect games (T1- K. Rodgers)
Posted on 3/11/26 at 1:02 pm to Hot Carl
I would like to know how many batters Palmer faced in his career with the bases loaded, plus their AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 1:35 pm to Hot Carl
That is a wild stat. He was dominant in his day. The only thing I can say that would lead to a yeah but, was that he pitched in what was called the dead ball era. He pitched from ’65 – ’80. There were only (2) 50 HR seasons in that stretch. And back then the AL and NL didn’t play each other in the regular season. The top HR hitters in that time stretch were Willie Mays , Mike Schmiidt, Hank Aaron, Harmon Killebrew and Willie Stargell. Of that group, only Killebrew played in the AL with Palmer. Well and include Reggie Jackson, but bounced back and forth in both leagues.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 2:07 pm to ChuckUFarley
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That is a wild stat. He was dominant in his day. The only thing I can say that would lead to a yeah but, was that he pitched in what was called the dead ball era. He pitched from ’65 – ’80. There were only (2) 50 HR seasons in that stretch. And back then the AL and NL didn’t play each other in the regular season. The top HR hitters in that time stretch were Willie Mays , Mike Schmiidt, Hank Aaron, Harmon Killebrew and Willie Stargell. Of that group, only Killebrew played in the AL with Palmer. Well and include Reggie Jackson, but bounced back and forth in both leagues.
I certainly considered the era. But he did give up 303 home runs in his career. The fact that none came with the bases loaded is still crazy to me.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 3:29 pm to Hot Carl
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Jim Palmer gave up 303 home runs in 19 MLB seasons. Zero of them were grand slams.
While going round and round with Earl Weaver
Posted on 3/11/26 at 3:52 pm to Hot Carl
Crazy stat. Grok with some context:
Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer famously never allowed a grand slam in his 19-year career (3,948 innings), facing 213 batters with the bases loaded. In those high-leverage situations, opponents hit just .196 with a .230 slugging percentage and a .234 OBP. He walked 13 batters and hit zero with the bases loaded.
Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer famously never allowed a grand slam in his 19-year career (3,948 innings), facing 213 batters with the bases loaded. In those high-leverage situations, opponents hit just .196 with a .230 slugging percentage and a .234 OBP. He walked 13 batters and hit zero with the bases loaded.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 3:54 pm to ChuckUFarley
Reggie only played in the AL- KC/Oakland/Baltimore/NYY/California
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:36 pm to ChuckUFarley
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. The top HR hitters in that time stretch were Willie Mays , Mike Schmiidt, Hank Aaron, Harmon Killebrew and Willie Stargell.
Frank Robinson, at his peak, was on his team. But wasn't Kaline, Yaz, Bobby Bonds, his contemporaries?
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:53 pm to covtgr
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Crazy stat. Grok with some context:
Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer famously never allowed a grand slam in his 19-year career (3,948 innings), facing 213 batters with the bases loaded. In those high-leverage situations, opponents hit just .196 with a .230 slugging percentage and a .234 OBP. He walked 13 batters and hit zero with the bases loaded.
Doing the Lord's work. Ty!
Now, I'd like to know where he ranks in MLB history for batters faced with the bases loaded.
Give me, say, the top 20 pitchers and number of batters.
I don't ask for much! :D
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:13 pm to Hot Carl
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Joaquin Andujar
I remember him going apeshit crazy on Don Denkinger in Game 7 of the 85 series after Denkinger had cost the Cards the series in Game 6.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:36 pm to Hot Carl
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It looks like Joaquin Andujar
Andujar might be the only pitcher to hit a grand slam without giving one up.
May 15, 1984, against the Atlanta Braves at Busch Stadium
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:37 pm to Mizz-SEC
Hmmm... It turns out Gary Peters also hit a grand slam without giving one up.
Gary Peters hit one grand slam during his Major League Baseball career.
On May 5, 1968, while playing for the Chicago White Sox, Peters hit a fourth-inning grand slam off New York Yankees pitcher Al Downing. The home run helped secure a 5–1 victory and remains a notable feat, as it was the last grand slam hit by a White Sox pitcher
Gary Peters hit one grand slam during his Major League Baseball career.
On May 5, 1968, while playing for the Chicago White Sox, Peters hit a fourth-inning grand slam off New York Yankees pitcher Al Downing. The home run helped secure a 5–1 victory and remains a notable feat, as it was the last grand slam hit by a White Sox pitcher
Posted on 3/12/26 at 1:15 am to TigerintheNO
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The 2 pitchers tied with allowing the most grand slams have thrown the most no hitters (7 N.Ryan) and most perfect games (T1- K. Rodgers)
What kind of fricking stat is this? Nolan Ryan pitched until he was 46 and tied at 1?
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