Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.
| Jim Palmer | Stat | Robin Roberts |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Seasons | 19 |
| 126.6 | Career VAL | 140.6 |
| 16.8 (1975) | Peak-season VAL | 15.8 (1952) |
| Inducted 1990 | Hall of Fame | Inducted 1976 |
| 3× | Cy Young Awards | — |
| 4× | Gold Gloves | — |
| 6× | All-Star Selections | 7× |
| 1 | Black ink (league-leading seasons) | 4 |
| 11 | Gray ink (top-10 finishes) | 12 |
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 | Robin Roberts |
|---|---|---|
| Career | ||
| 576 | Games | 688 |
| Batting | ||
| 85 | Hits | 255 |
| 3 | Home runs | 5 |
| 41 | RBI | 103 |
| 52 | Runs | 107 |
| 1 | Stolen bases | 3 |
| 16 | ||
| Walks |
|---|
| 135 |
| .174 | Batting avg | .167 |
|---|
| .200 | On-base % | .238 |
|---|
| .215 | Slugging % | .226 |
|---|
| 22 | OPS+ | 29 |
|---|
| Pitching | ||
|---|---|---|
| 268 | Wins | 286 |
| 152 | Losses | 245 |
| 4 | Saves | 25 |
| 3948.0 | Innings pitched | 4688.2 |
| 2,212 | Strikeouts (pitching) | 2,357 |
| 2.86 | ERA | 3.41 |
| 1.18 | WHIP | 1.17 |
| 129 | ERA+ | 115 |
| Age | Jim Palmer | Robin Roberts |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 0.8 | — |
| 20 | 1.6 | — |
| 21 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| 22 | — | 6.3 |
| 23 | 7 | 11.2 |
| 24 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| 25 | 7.4 | 15.8 |
| 26 | 8.2 | 15.5 |
| 27 | 12.3 | 13.6 |
| 28 | 3.5 | 10.9 |
| 29 | 16.8 | 4.6 |
| 30 | 11.6 | 3.6 |
| 31 | 14 | 8.6 |
| 32 | 11.3 | 5.1 |
| 33 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 34 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 35 | 1.3 | 8.4 |
| 36 | 8.7 | 5.1 |
| 37 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| 38 | — | 6 |
| 39 | — | 0 |