Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.
| Zack Greinke | Stat | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Seasons | 19 |
| 132.1 | Career VAL | 126.6 |
| 16.1 (2009) | Peak-season VAL | 16.8 (1975) |
| — | Hall of Fame | Inducted 1990 |
| 1× | Cy Young Awards | 3× |
| 4× | Gold Gloves | 4× |
| 1× | Silver Sluggers | — |
| 5× | All-Star Selections | 6× |
| 0 | Black ink (league-leading seasons) | 1 |
| 5 |
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.
| Zack Greinke | Stat | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| Career | ||
| 594 | Games | 576 |
| Batting | ||
| 117 | Hits | 85 |
| 9 | Home runs | 3 |
| 34 | RBI | 41 |
| 49 | Runs | 52 |
| 9 | Stolen bases | 1 |
| 26 | ||
| Gray ink (top-10 finishes) |
|---|
| 11 |
| Walks |
|---|
| 16 |
| .225 | Batting avg | .174 |
|---|
| .262 | On-base % | .200 |
|---|
| .336 | Slugging % | .215 |
|---|
| 66 | OPS+ | 22 |
|---|
| Pitching | ||
|---|---|---|
| 225 | Wins | 268 |
| 156 | Losses | 152 |
| 1 | Saves | 4 |
| 3389.1 | Innings pitched | 3948.0 |
| 2,979 | Strikeouts (pitching) | 2,212 |
| 3.49 | ERA | 2.86 |
| 1.17 | WHIP | 1.18 |
| 120 | ERA+ | 129 |
| Age | Zack Greinke | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | — | 0.8 |
| 20 | 4.3 | 1.6 |
| 21 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 23 | 3.8 | 7 |
| 24 | 7.6 | 12.7 |
| 25 | 16.1 | 7.4 |
| 26 | 6.8 | 8.2 |
| 27 | 4.4 | 12.3 |
| 28 | 8.3 | 3.5 |
| 29 | 8.5 | 16.8 |
| 30 | 7.4 | 11.6 |
| 31 | 15.6 | 14 |
| 32 | 3.7 | 11.3 |
| 33 | 10.2 | 5.7 |
| 34 | 7.8 | 2.6 |
| 35 | 13.1 | 1.3 |
| 36 | 2.8 | 8.7 |
| 37 | 4.5 | 0.7 |
| 38 | 4.3 | — |
| 39 | 2.8 | — |