Bob Feller vs. Jim Palmer — Career Comparison

Bob Feller
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Palmer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Palmer posted a stronger line than Bob Feller. Jim Palmer posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.86 vs 3.25) and WHIP (1.190 vs 1.317). By the career numbers, Jim Palmer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Feller and Jim Palmer

Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
1.34
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
1.27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
1.14
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
1.19
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.63
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
0.61
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
0.38
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.35
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.15
62.15
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.81
63.81
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.91
84.91
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.37
93.37
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.66
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
0.48
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.1
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.12
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
3.25
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253
2.86
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
11481
27
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11844
27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3827
9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3948
9
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3271
7.69
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3349
7.63
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.53
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
0.69
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1764
4.15
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1311
2.99
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.08
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2581
6.07
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2212
5.04
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.135
1.135
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.892
0.892
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.18
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.19
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.14
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.09
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16180
38.05
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16114
36.73
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.12
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.03
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1557
3.66
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1395
3.18
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.26
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.17
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.44
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14356
33.76
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14575
33.23
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.05
38.05
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Bob Feller and Jim Palmer

Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
18.26
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
1.27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.09
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
1.19
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
27
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11843
27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3947.2
9
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
4.68
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
0.67
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
16.33
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
577
1.32
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.8
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.08
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
21.81
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
903
2.06
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
21.01
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869
1.98
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.151
1.151
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.557
1.557
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.37
93.37
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.12
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Feller and Jim Palmer

Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
570
230.3
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
576
643.58
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1485
600
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
537
600
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1282
517.98
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
489
546.37
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
77.98
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
94.97
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
58.18
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
80.45
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
11.31
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10.06
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.25
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
3.23
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.35
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
19.8
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
13
14.53
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.65
25.32
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
22.01
24.59
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
109.49
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
117.32
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
296
119.6
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
101
112.85
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
40
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
58.1
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
40
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
45.81
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
76.77
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
100.56
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.8
18.91
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.57
19.63
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.21
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
40.4
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
17.88
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
505
204.04
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
231.28
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
2.94
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
40.4
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
34.64
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
15
6.06
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.4
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.81
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.21
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100