Player Report for #45 Norm Palmer

04/26/1981

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SS Norm Palmer #45

Age: 32

Bats: R

Throws: R

Morale: Normal

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	8	8	8	8
Gap	9	9	9	9
Power	1	1	1	1
Eye	7	7	7	8
Avoid K's	8	8	7	8

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	12	1
Errors:	-	16	4
Arm:	1	9	1
Turn DP:	-	20	-
Ability:	10	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	12
Catcher:	-	Left Field:	-
1st Base:	20	Center Field:	-
2nd Base:	16	Right Field:	-
3rd Base:	13

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	14
Stealing Ability:	20
Baserunning Inst.:	20
Sacrifice Bunt:	18
Bunt for Hit:	18

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Low
Loyalty:	Very High
Desire f. Win:	Low
Greed:	Very Low
Intelligence:	Very Low
Work Ethic:	Low

Norm Palmer
Birthday:	01/30/1931
Born in:	Gardena (California)
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 1"
Weight:	191 lbs
Local Popularity:	Unknown
National Pop.:	Unknown

Status
Contract:	RETIRED
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	9 Years, 16 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	10 Years, 163 Days
Pro Service:	13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	-

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1951 San Francisco - ABA	20	127	368	90	13	3	1	19	49	16	10	1	84	36	6	.245	.294	.304	.598	60	-6.7
1952 San Francisco - ABA	21	122	339	77	5	3	2	29	37	15	3	1	46	13	8	.227	.265	.277	.543	59	-21.6
1953 San Francisco - ABA	22	50	158	27	1	1	0	5	17	7	1	0	18	6	3	.171	.211	.190	.401	15	-12.3
1954 San Francisco - ABA	23	45	88	20	2	1	0	8	14	7	1	3	16	7	5	.227	.283	.273	.556	56	-3.3
1955 San Francisco - ABA	24	65	76	21	2	1	0	14	20	8	2	4	8	11	1	.276	.344	.329	.673	86	3.7
1956 San Francisco - ABA	25	100	228	59	8	1	0	20	33	19	5	3	28	12	12	.259	.325	.303	.628	77	-4.7
1957 San Francisco - ABA	26	103	211	53	6	3	2	33	24	16	3	5	40	16	12	.251	.306	.336	.643	79	-1.8
1958 San Francisco - ABA	27	119	388	98	17	4	2	31	63	20	10	2	60	28	10	.253	.305	.332	.637	82	5.0
1959 San Francisco - ABA	28	84	163	44	6	0	1	20	36	12	2	0	26	15	6	.270	.328	.325	.653	85	1.5
1960 San Francisco - ABA	29	70	95	21	3	2	0	14	16	4	6	2	17	5	6	.221	.290	.295	.584	66	-2.9
1961 San Francisco - ABA	30	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	189	0.3
1962 San Francisco - ABA	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.5
Total ABA		896	2118	511	63	19	8	194	311	124	43	21	344	149	69	.241	.294	.300	.594	67	-43.2

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1953 Ajax - AAA	22	74	273	85	9	4	1	28	40	42	3	0	29	19	12	.311	.409	.385	.793	115	14.6
1954 Ajax - AAA	23	81	323	93	16	5	2	41	49	48	4	5	40	28	13	.288	.382	.387	.769	113	8.2
1955 Ajax - AAA	24	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	202	0.9
1960 Ajax - AAA	29	16	51	14	1	0	0	3	7	7	0	0	10	1	1	.275	.362	.294	.656	86	0.4
1961 McAllen - AA	30	17	51	12	4	2	0	5	8	7	1	0	7	2	0	.235	.339	.392	.731	105	1.7
1961 Ajax - AAA	30	64	195	43	7	1	0	17	20	17	5	2	35	6	5	.221	.297	.267	.563	57	-4.9
1962 McAllen - AA	31	79	217	58	7	3	0	18	17	24	4	2	40	2	0	.267	.348	.327	.675	90	3.1
1962 Ajax - AAA	31	15	38	9	1	0	0	3	3	7	1	1	7	2	0	.237	.362	.263	.625	76	0.9
1963 Oxnard - A	32	45	102	27	2	1	0	13	10	19	4	1	10	3	1	.265	.397	.304	.701	104	4.3
1963 Santa Monica - A	32	16	67	13	3	2	0	3	8	8	1	1	14	0	0	.194	.286	.299	.584	67	-2.5
1963 Total - A	32	61	169	40	5	3	0	16	18	27	5	2	24	3	1	.237	.355	.302	.656	0	1.8
1963 McAllen - AA	32	13	35	7	2	2	0	9	4	6	1	2	6	0	0	.200	.318	.371	.690	100	0.9
1963 Freeport - AA	32	20	53	13	1	0	0	5	7	5	2	0	15	1	2	.245	.333	.264	.597	76	-1.9
1963 Total - AA	32	33	88	20	3	2	0	14	11	11	3	2	21	1	2	.227	.327	.307	.634	0	-0.9
1963 Ajax - AAA	32	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	239	0.0
Total GHL		252	886	247	34	10	3	92	120	123	13	8	122	56	32	.279	.372	.350	.722	99	20.2
Total STL		129	356	90	14	7	0	37	36	42	8	4	68	5	2	.253	.341	.331	.673	91	3.8
Total SCL		61	169	40	5	3	0	16	18	27	5	2	24	3	1	.237	.355	.302	.656	90	1.8

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1952 San Francisco - ABA	21	4	14	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0.0
1959 San Francisco - ABA	28	4	13	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	0	0.0
Total ABA		8	27	8	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	2	0	.296	.321	.333	.655	87	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1951 San Francisco - ML	1B	19	14	124	6	5	131	1	.992	127.2	9.16	+0.1	1.008
1951 San Francisco - ML	2B	89	74	176	203	46	384	5	.987	651.1	5.24	-2.6	.982
1952 San Francisco - ML	1B	35	26	263	19	27	283	1	.996	242.0	10.49	+2.7	1.094
1952 San Francisco - ML	2B	63	57	146	187	50	337	4	.988	489.2	6.12	+4.3	1.031
1952 San Francisco - ML	3B	19	1	1	12	1	16	3	.813	45.0	2.60	-1.5	.868
1953 San Francisco - ML	2B	31	28	62	88	16	152	2	.987	250.1	5.39	-0.5	.991
1953 San Francisco - ML	3B	14	6	3	11	1	19	5	.737	63.0	2.00	-3.0	.750
1953 San Francisco - ML	SS	3	2	6	7	0	13	0	1.000	21.0	5.57	+0.2	1.037
1954 San Francisco - ML	1B	6	0	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	6.0	12.00	+0.1	1.065
1954 San Francisco - ML	2B	17	12	35	45	11	82	2	.976	117.0	6.15	-0.6	.980
1954 San Francisco - ML	3B	15	6	5	15	2	23	3	.870	79.0	2.28	-2.8	.835
1954 San Francisco - ML	SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	0.0	.000
1955 San Francisco - ML	1B	14	0	24	0	0	24	0	1.000	23.1	9.26	+0.1	1.076
1955 San Francisco - ML	2B	17	12	29	40	8	71	2	.972	105.0	5.91	-1.3	.950
1955 San Francisco - ML	3B	12	4	7	7	1	18	4	.778	48.1	2.61	-2.2	.803
1955 San Francisco - ML	SS	7	3	4	7	0	11	0	1.000	29.0	3.41	+0.2	1.040
1956 San Francisco - ML	1B	21	0	26	2	0	28	0	1.000	22.0	11.45	+0.1	1.069
1956 San Francisco - ML	2B	40	35	71	101	39	178	6	.966	303.1	5.10	+3.3	1.047
1956 San Francisco - ML	3B	25	16	9	41	2	55	5	.909	143.0	3.15	-4.4	.886
1956 San Francisco - ML	SS	14	8	19	15	7	37	3	.919	81.0	3.78	-1.4	.888
1957 San Francisco - ML	1B	11	0	11	0	1	11	0	1.000	14.2	6.75	+0.1	1.071
1957 San Francisco - ML	2B	45	25	69	78	28	147	0	1.000	249.0	5.31	+0.3	1.005
1957 San Francisco - ML	3B	15	9	7	26	1	37	4	.892	86.0	3.45	-2.5	.903
1957 San Francisco - ML	SS	24	17	36	46	8	86	4	.953	166.0	4.45	-2.0	.947
1958 San Francisco - ML	1B	17	12	104	8	18	115	3	.974	110.2	9.11	-0.0	.990
1958 San Francisco - ML	2B	76	69	142	154	37	299	3	.990	601.2	4.43	+2.3	1.019
1958 San Francisco - ML	3B	9	4	2	11	0	13	0	1.000	46.2	2.51	-1.0	.905
1958 San Francisco - ML	SS	14	7	17	22	6	40	1	.975	70.2	4.97	-1.5	.914
1959 San Francisco - ML	1B	27	18	131	7	11	139	1	.993	166.0	7.48	+1.0	1.077
1959 San Francisco - ML	2B	13	9	25	26	4	51	0	1.000	80.2	5.69	+1.0	1.050
1959 San Francisco - ML	3B	15	9	8	19	1	29	2	.931	82.1	2.95	-1.4	.931
1959 San Francisco - ML	SS	18	4	11	10	3	22	1	.955	57.2	3.28	-2.2	.751
1960 San Francisco - ML	1B	2	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	3.0	12.00	+0.0	1.081
1960 San Francisco - ML	2B	15	11	28	34	5	62	0	1.000	102.2	5.44	+0.9	1.028
1960 San Francisco - ML	3B	21	7	7	22	1	30	1	.967	74.2	3.50	+0.2	1.009
1960 San Francisco - ML	SS	21	10	16	22	4	40	2	.950	95.1	3.59	-0.6	.970
1961 San Francisco - ML	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.2	0.00	0.0	.000
1961 San Francisco - ML	2B	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	1.1	13.50	+0.1	1.044
1961 San Francisco - ML	3B	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	+0.1	1.045
1961 San Francisco - ML	SS	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	+0.0	1.043
1962 San Francisco - ML	1B	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0	.000
1962 San Francisco - ML	2B	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	7.0	3.86	+0.1	1.047

Player History
01/02/1951	Drafted in the 1951 inaugural draft (Round 22, Pick 1, 337th overall pick) by the San Francisco Golden Gators.
07/07/1951	Injured (bruised shoulder), day-to-day for 6 days.
01/01/1952	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (10); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 4 (6).
10/15/1952	Won the 1952 American Baseball Association Heckel Cup with the San Francisco Golden Gators!
01/01/1953	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (9); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 6 (8).
07/06/1953	Injured (sore hamstring), day-to-day for one week.
08/25/1953	Injured (gout), out for 1 day.
01/01/1954	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 7 (8).
05/27/1954	Injured (knee contusion), out for 1-2 weeks.
01/01/1955	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 7 (7).
07/31/1955	Injured (elbow contusion), out for 1-2 weeks.
08/30/1955	Injured (sprained elbow), out for 3 weeks.
01/01/1956	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 6 (6).
08/18/1956	Injured (mild shoulder strain), out for 6 days.
09/11/1956	Injured (herniated disc (back)), out for 4 weeks.
01/01/1957	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 6 (6).
03/29/1957	Injured (bone bruise (wrist)), out for 2-3 weeks.
04/27/1957	Injured (tender elbow), out for 1-2 weeks.
01/01/1958	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 6 (6).
01/01/1959	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 7 (7).
01/01/1960	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 6 (6).
05/11/1960	Injured (bruised shin), day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1961	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 7 (7).
01/01/1962	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 8 (8).
01/01/1963	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 7 (8).
06/21/1963	Released by the San Francisco organization.
06/21/1963	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Baltimore Barons organization.
06/28/1963	Injured (sore shoulder), out for 5 days.
08/25/1963	Retired from professional baseball.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	SB	Rank
1951	36	2
1952	13	3
1955	11	9
1956	12	8
1957	16	4
1958	28	1
1959	15	9

Year	HP	Rank
1951	10	5
1956	5	9
1958	10	5
1960	6	9

Year	SF	Rank
1957	5	8