Jim Palmer Career Ground into Double Play (GIDP) Overview

During Jim Palmer's 19-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 195 ground into double play (gidp), an average of 10 ground into double play (gidp) per season. 1975 was his best season with 32 ground into double play (gidp) and his worst season was 1965 when he had 0 ground into double play (gidp). Jim Palmer outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (25.495102568841), The Silent Generation (14.606060606061), Y (76.25), mlb (26.402793207427), and SP (34.266249254621) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

A pitcher is awarded a ground into double play (GiDP) when the batter they are facing hits into a double play. In the context of pitching, Double plays are a positive events for a pitcher or team and is credited when two offensive players are called out on a single play after the ball has been put into play or the batter strikes out. Generally, for Ground into Double Play (GIDP), higher is better. (Source)

Jim Palmer Lifetime Ground into Double Play (GIDP)

Stats similar to Ground into Double Play (GIDP) for Jim Palmer
Jim Palmer
Ground into Double Play (GIDP)
Career195
Season Avg.10
162 Game Avg.24
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Jim Palmer Ground into Double Play (GIDP) By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Jim Palmer's yearly Ground into Double Play (GIDP) for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Jim Palmer Cumulative Ground into Double Play (GIDP) by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Jim Palmer's career Ground into Double Play (GIDP) progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Jim Palmer's career Ground into Double Play (GIDP) at the end of that season.
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Jim Palmer Ground into Double Play (GIDP) By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Jim Palmer and related player groups by summarizing Ground into Double Play (GIDP) for each season played by Jim Palmer. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Jim Palmer Ground into Double Play (GIDP) Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Jim Palmer Ground into Double Play (GIDP) stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Jim Palmer career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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