Shane Bieber vs. Jim Palmer — Career Comparison

Shane Bieber
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Jim Palmer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Shane Bieber a clear advantage over Jim Palmer across the core pitching metrics. Shane Bieber led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 96), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 133 vs 95), and home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 95). Shane Bieber was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Shane Bieber and Jim Palmer

Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.46
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
1.27
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.44
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
1.19
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.67
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
0.61
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
0.35
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
66
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.81
63.81
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.6
98.6
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.37
93.37
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.48
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.12
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
3.24
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253
2.86
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2650
27
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11844
27
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
883.1
9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3948
9
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
8.01
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3349
7.63
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.01
8.01
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.04
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
0.69
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.99
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1311
2.99
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.08
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
995
10.14
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
5.04
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.96
6.96
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.892
0.892
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.19
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.19
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.09
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3574
36.41
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16114
36.73
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.03
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
3.45
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1395
3.18
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.26
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.13
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.17
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.7
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
0.44
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3342
34.05
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14575
33.23
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Shane Bieber and Jim Palmer

Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.46
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
1.27
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.44
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
1.19
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2650
27
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11843
27
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
883.1
9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3947.2
9
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.57
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
0.67
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.72
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
1.32
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.08
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.32
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
2.06
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
1.29
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
869
1.98
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.557
1.557
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.6
98.6
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.37
93.37
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.12
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shane Bieber and Jim Palmer

Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
5362.5
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
576
643.58
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
537
600
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
546.37
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
94.97
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
80.45
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
10.06
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.35
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
14.53
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
11.48
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.01
24.59
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
117.32
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
112.85
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
58.1
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
45.81
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
100.56
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.47
-17.54
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.57
19.63
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
17.88
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
300
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
207
231.28
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
2.59
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
34.64
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100