Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.
| Jim Palmer | Stat | Lefty Grove |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Seasons | 17 |
| 126.6 | Career VAL | 132.6 |
| 16.8 (1975) | Peak-season VAL | 16.2 (1930) |
| Inducted 1990 | Hall of Fame | Inducted 1947 |
| 3× | Cy Young Awards | — |
| 4× | Gold Gloves | — |
| 6× | All-Star Selections | 6× |
| — | MVP Awards | 1× |
| 1 | Black ink (league-leading seasons) | — |
| 11 |
VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.
| Jim Palmer | Stat | Lefty Grove |
|---|---|---|
| Career | ||
| 576 | Games | 619 |
| Batting | ||
| 85 | Hits | 202 |
| 3 | Home runs | 15 |
| 41 | RBI | 121 |
| 52 | Runs | 119 |
| 1 | Stolen bases | 1 |
| 16 | ||
| Gray ink (top-10 finishes) |
|---|
| — |
| Walks |
|---|
| 105 |
| .174 | Batting avg | .148 |
|---|
| .200 | On-base % | .209 |
|---|
| .215 | Slugging % | .207 |
|---|
| 22 | OPS+ | 11 |
|---|
| Pitching | ||
|---|---|---|
| 268 | Wins | 300 |
| 152 | Losses | 141 |
| 4 | Saves | 55 |
| 3948.0 | Innings pitched | 3940.2 |
| 2,212 | Strikeouts (pitching) | 2,266 |
| 2.86 | ERA | 3.06 |
| 1.18 | WHIP | 1.28 |
| 129 | ERA+ | 144 |
| Age | Jim Palmer | Lefty Grove |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 0.8 | — |
| 20 | 1.6 | — |
| 21 | 0.4 | — |
| 23 | 7 | — |
| 24 | 12.7 | — |
| 25 | 7.4 | 3.7 |
| 26 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| 27 | 12.3 | 7.9 |
| 28 | 3.5 | 10.3 |
| 29 | 16.8 | 12 |
| 30 | 11.6 | 16.2 |
| 31 | 14 | 14.8 |
| 32 | 11.3 | 6.5 |
| 33 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 34 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 35 | 1.3 | 13 |
| 36 | 8.7 | 11.4 |
| 37 | 0.7 | 8.5 |
| 38 | — | 5.6 |
| 39 | — | 7 |
| 40 | — | 1.6 |
| 41 | — | 0.6 |