Mike Cuellar vs. Jim Palmer — Career Comparison

Mike Cuellar
Silent GenerationCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Jim Palmer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 107 for Mike Cuellar and 109 for Jim Palmer, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 94 and 95 respectively. If forced to pick, Jim Palmer gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer

Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.45
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
1.27
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
1.21
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
1.19
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
0.59
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
0.61
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.42
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.35
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.73
58.73
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.81
63.81
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.66
83.66
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.37
93.37
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.55
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
0.48
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.12
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.12
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
979
3.14
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253
2.86
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
8424
27
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11844
27
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2808
9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3948
9
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2538
8.13
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3349
7.63
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.71
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
0.69
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
2.63
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1311
2.99
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.08
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1632
5.23
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
5.04
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.17
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.19
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.09
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11505
36.88
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16114
36.73
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.03
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1130
3.62
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1395
3.18
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.3
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.26
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.14
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.17
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.29
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.44
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.197
1.197
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10532
33.76
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14575
33.23
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.88
36.88
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer

Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.45
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
1.27
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
1.22
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
1.19
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
8422
27
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11843
27
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2807.1
9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3947.2
9
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.35
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
0.67
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.45
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
577
1.32
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.08
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
1.89
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
2.06
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
561
1.8
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
869
1.98
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
94.92
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.557
1.557
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.66
83.66
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.37
93.37
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.11
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.12
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer

Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
456
382.12
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
576
643.58
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
716
600
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
537
600
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
553.91
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
489
546.37
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
76
63.69
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
94.97
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
57
47.77
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
80.45
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.7
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.06
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.35
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.87
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.35
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
15.92
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
13
14.53
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
18.15
15.21
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.01
24.59
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
94.69
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
117.32
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
86
72.07
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
112.85
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
37
31.01
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
58.1
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
33
27.65
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
45.81
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
63
52.79
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
100.56
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.67
-5.59
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.57
19.63
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.84
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.54
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
17.88
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
304
254.75
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
231.28
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
2.36
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
2.59
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
36.03
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
34.64
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.68
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.19
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100