1BBALMLB4× All-Star3× Gold Glove2× Silver Slugger📈 Late Developer · 1999

Rafael Palmeiro

6'0" · 215 lbsBorn September 24, 19641986–2005Draft: 1985

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

17.2

1993, 1999, 2002 avg

Career VAL

257.3

Value Above League

Games

2,831

Hits

3,020

Home Runs

569

Runs Batted In

1,834

Batting Avg

.288

Playoff VAL

23.7

postseason

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

On the MLB Career Dominance board — top-25 in more than one all-time category at once.

Cross-sport prominence: 99.8th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Franchise face

Etched into the franchise monument

#1 · Texas Rangers149.0 legacy · 53% attributed career shareVAL × verified franchise tenure, with bounded honors evidence

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Boards that rank MLB careers

Advanced Career Dominance Career Shapes Clutch Era Adjusted Seasons Mt Rushmore Only Club VAL Career Twins Era Adjusted Era Adjusted Careers

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Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	OPS+	ERA+	VAL
1986	21–22	CHC	—	101	—	—
1987	22–23	CHC	—	135	—	6
1988	23–24	CHC	—	132	—	11.4
1989	24–25	TEX	—	105	—	10.1
1990	25–26	TEX	—	133	—	12.9
1991	26–27	TEX	—	154	—	16.1
1992	27–28	TEX	—	120	—	13.6
1993	28–29	TEX	—	145	—	17
1994	29–30	BAL	—	141	—	11.4
1995	30–31	BAL	—	149	—	15.8
1996	31–32	BAL	—	135	—	15.2
1997	32–33	BAL	—	111	—	13.5
1998	33–34	BAL	—	142	—	16.2
1999	34–35	TEX	—	168	—	17.6
2000	35–36	TEX	—	141	—	14.8
2001	36–37	TEX	—	147	—	16.6
2002	37–38	TEX	—	153	—	16.9
2003	38–39	TEX	—	126	—	14.2
2004	39–40	BAL	—	109	—	10.3
2005	40–41	BAL	—	111	—	7.7

Rafael Palmeiro

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

All-time standings

Etched into the franchise monument

Boards that rank MLB careers

Where this data comes from

Intelligence

Era-Adjusted Standing

Cross-Sport Career Standing

Career Geography