NAME     : Rafael Palmiero
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  ORIGIN   : Venezuela
 
  BIRTHDAY : 9/24/1964
  AGE      : 40
  HEIGHT   : 6"5
  WEIGHT   : 230
 
  POSITION : First Base
  BATS     : Left
  THROWS   : Left
 
  CONTRACT : $4,190,000 through 2007
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Strong
  LOYALTY                  : Average
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Prone

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at First Base : D (Fielding Pct. : .948)
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : Speed : E Stealing Ability : E Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Pull Hitter Getting Hits : 0 (VS. RHP : 0, VS. LHP : 0, Talent Poor) Hitting Doubles : 1 (VS. RHP : 1, VS. LHP : 1, Talent Poor) Hitting Homeruns : 1 (VS. RHP : 1, VS. LHP : 0, Talent Poor) Getting BB's : 3 (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair) Avoiding Strikeouts : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Poor)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs RHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs LHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 At Home .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Away .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 R.I.S.P. .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Apr/Mar .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 May .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 June .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 July .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 August .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Sep/Oct .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1986 .247 3 12 22 73 18 4 0 9 1 1 4 6 .286 .000 CHN 1987 .276 14 30 84 221 61 15 1 32 2 2 20 26 .336 .000 CHN 1988 .307 8 53 152 580 178 41 5 75 12 2 38 34 .350 .000 CHN 1989 .275 8 64 156 559 154 23 4 76 4 3 63 48 .349 .000 TEX 1990 .319 14 89 154 598 191 35 6 72 3 3 40 59 .362 .000 TEX 1991 .322 26 88 159 631 203 49 3 115 4 3 68 72 .388 .000 TEX 1992 .268 22 85 159 608 163 27 4 84 2 3 72 83 .346 .000 TEX 1993 .295 37 105 160 597 176 40 2 124 22 3 73 85 .372 .000 TEX 1994 .319 23 76 111 436 139 32 0 82 7 3 54 63 .394 .000 BAL 1995 .310 39 104 143 554 172 30 2 89 3 1 62 65 .380 .000 BAL 1996 .289 39 142 162 626 181 40 2 110 8 0 95 96 .383 .000 BAL 1997 .254 38 110 158 614 156 24 2 95 5 2 67 109 .327 .000 BAL 1998 .296 43 121 162 619 183 36 1 98 11 7 79 91 .375 .000 BAL 1999 .324 47 148 158 565 183 30 1 96 2 4 97 69 .423 .000 TEX 2000 .288 39 120 158 565 163 29 3 102 2 1 103 77 .398 .000 TEX 2001 .273 47 123 160 600 164 33 0 98 1 1 101 90 .378 .000 TEX 2002 .268 38 98 160 564 151 27 0 97 1 2 108 59 .385 .518 MIL 2003 .262 24 74 106 378 99 24 0 58 0 0 43 44 .337 .516 MIL Total AB : 9388 Total AVG : .291 Total Hits: 2735 Total HR : 509 Total RBI : 1642 Total Runs: 1512 Total SB : 90
PLAYER HISTORY
Drafted in 4th round, 96th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 2002... Drove in 6 runs against San Francisco on 4/12/2002... Had 500th career homerun on 5/19/2003, off Ricky Melvin (CIN)...