Rafael Palmeiro Career Home Runs Overview

During Rafael Palmeiro's 20-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 569 home runs, an average of 28 home runs per season. 1999 was his best season with 47 home runs and his worst season was 1986 when he had 3 home runs. Rafael Palmeiro outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting Cuba (59.9892), Baby Boomers (62.6242), Y (217.415), mlb (50.1495), and 1B (86.1625) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Home runs (HR) are hits where the player hits the ball and reaches home in a single play without the benefit of an error or fielders choice. Commonly this is done by the player hitting the ball over the outfield fence in fair territory but it can also occur with a well placed hit that stays inside the park. Generally, for Home Runs, higher is better. (Source)

Rafael Palmeiro Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Home Runs for Rafael Palmeiro
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Home Runs
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Home Runs Per at Bat
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Home Runs Per Hit
Career5690.0540.188
Season Avg.280.0540.19
162 Game Avg.330.0540.188
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Rafael Palmeiro Home Runs By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Rafael Palmeiro's yearly Home Runs for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, 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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Rafael Palmeiro Cumulative Home Runs by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Rafael Palmeiro's career Home Runs progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Rafael Palmeiro's career Home Runs at the end of that season.
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Rafael Palmeiro Home Runs By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Rafael Palmeiro and related player groups by summarizing Home Runs for each season played by Rafael Palmeiro. 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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Rafael Palmeiro Home Runs Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Rafael Palmeiro Home Runs 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, 1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Rafael Palmeiro 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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