NAME     : Rafael Palmeiro
  NICKNAME : Raffie
  ORIGIN   : Cuba
 
  BIRTHDAY : 9/24/1964
  AGE      : 38
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 190
 
  POSITION : First Base
  BATS     : Left
  THROWS   : Left
 
  CONTRACT : $4,790,000 through 2004
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Loyal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : GREAT
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at First Base : C (Fielding Pct. : .987)
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Speed : D Stealing Ability : E Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Pull Hitter Getting Hits : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Fair) Hitting Doubles : 3 (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair) Hitting Homeruns : 8 (VS. RHP : 8, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Good) Getting BB's : 7 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Good) Avoiding Strikeouts : 4 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .281 19 56 377 106 14 0 58 1 0 49 74 .362 .469 vs RHP .294 17 47 265 78 12 0 44 1 0 35 52 .372 .532 vs LHP .250 2 9 112 28 2 0 14 0 0 14 22 .339 .321 At Home .299 8 27 187 56 8 0 31 0 0 28 41 .384 .471 Away .263 11 29 190 50 6 0 27 1 0 21 33 .335 .468 R.I.S.P. .242 4 33 99 24 2 0 0 0 0 6 18 .277 .384 Pinch Hitting .333 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 1.333 Close/Late .237 1 4 38 9 1 0 6 0 0 2 9 .262 .342 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .240 2 4 25 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .296 .480 Apr/Mar .321 3 10 56 18 5 0 8 0 0 5 7 .377 .571 May .315 2 10 108 34 4 0 13 0 0 11 21 .372 .407 June .215 5 11 79 17 3 0 13 1 0 15 15 .333 .443 July .302 7 20 96 29 1 0 20 0 0 13 19 .381 .531 August .211 2 5 38 8 1 0 4 0 0 5 12 .302 .395
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1986 .247 3 12 22 73 18 4 0 9 1 1 4 6 .286 .425 CHN 1987 .276 14 30 84 221 61 15 1 32 2 2 20 26 .336 .543 CHN 1988 .307 8 53 152 580 178 41 5 75 12 2 38 34 .350 .436 CHN 1989 .275 8 64 156 559 154 23 4 76 4 3 63 48 .349 .374 TEX 1990 .319 14 89 154 598 191 35 6 72 3 3 40 59 .362 .468 TEX 1991 .322 26 88 159 631 203 49 3 115 4 3 68 72 .388 .532 TEX 1992 .268 22 85 159 608 163 27 4 84 2 3 72 83 .346 .434 TEX 1993 .295 37 105 160 597 176 40 2 124 22 3 73 85 .372 .554 TEX 1994 .319 23 76 111 436 139 32 0 82 7 3 54 63 .394 .550 BAL 1995 .310 39 104 143 554 172 30 2 89 3 1 62 65 .380 .583 BAL 1996 .289 39 142 162 626 181 40 2 110 8 0 95 96 .383 .546 BAL 1997 .254 38 110 158 614 156 24 2 95 5 2 67 109 .327 .485 BAL 1998 .296 43 121 162 619 183 36 1 98 11 7 79 91 .375 .565 BAL 1999 .324 47 148 158 565 183 30 1 96 2 4 97 69 .423 .630 TEX 2000 .288 39 120 158 565 163 29 3 102 2 1 103 77 .398 .558 TEX 2001 .273 47 123 160 600 164 33 0 98 1 1 101 90 .378 .563 TEX 2002 .281 46 134 162 623 175 30 0 124 1 0 104 79 .384 .551 TEX Total AB : 9446 Total AVG : .293 Total Hits: 2766 Total HR : 512 Total RBI : 1660 Total Runs: 1539 Total SB : 91
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from Texas to New York (N) on 1/25/2003 (Going to NYN: 1B R. Palmeiro, P R. Bell. Going to TEX: 1B M. Vaughn, P J. Santana)... Had 500th career homerun on 6/14/2003, off Tim Wakefield (BOS)...