Rafael Palmeiro

1B/DH/LF · L/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1986–2005 BORN: HAVANA, CUBA

All-Star ×4 Gold Glove ×3 Silver Slugger ×2

Career

3020 H · 569 HR · 1835 RBI · 97 SB

.288 AVG · .885 OPS · 2831 G

2005 Season

.266 AVG · 18 HR · 60 RBI · 2 SB

.339 OBP · .447 SLG · .786 OPS

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Rafael Palmeiro was a first baseman in MLB. Across 2831 career games, with a .288 batting average and 569 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1986	CHC	22	73	9	18	4	0	3	12	1	4	6	.247	.295	.425	.720
1987	CHC	84	221	32	61	15	1	14	30	2	20	26	.276	.336	.543	.879
1988	CHC	152	580	75	178	41	5	8	53	12	38	34	.307	.349	.436	.785
1989	TEX	156	559	76	154	23	4	8	64	4	63	48	.275	.354	.374	.728
1990	TEX	154	598	72	191	35	6	14	89	3	40	59	.319	.361	.468	.829
1991	TEX	159	631	115	203	49	3	26	88	4	68	72	.322	.389	.532	.922
1992	TEX	159	608	84	163	27	4	22	85	2	72	83	.268	.352	.434	.786
1993	TEX	160	597	124	176	40	2	37	105	22	73	85	.295	.371	.554	.926
1994	BAL	111	436	82	139	32	0	23	76	7	54	63	.319	.392	.550	.942
1995	BAL	143	554	89	172	30	2	39	104	3	62	65	.310	.380	.583	.963
1996	BAL	162	626	110	181	40	2	39	142	8	95	96	.289	.381	.546	.927
1997	BAL	158	614	95	156	24	2	38	110	5	67	109	.254	.329	.485	.815
1998	BAL	162	619	98	183	36	1	43	121	11	79	91	.296	.379	.565	.945
1999	TEX	158	565	96	183	30	1	47	148	2	97	69	.324	.420	.630	1.050
2000	TEX	158	565	102	163	29	3	39	120	2	103	77	.288	.397	.558	.954
2001	TEX	160	600	98	164	33	0	47	123	1	101	90	.273	.381	.563	.944
2002	TEX	155	546	99	149	34	0	43	105	2	104	94	.273	.391	.571	.962
2003	TEX	154	561	92	146	21	2	38	112	2	84	77	.260	.359	.508	.867
2004	BAL	154	550	68	142	29	0	23	88	2	86	61	.258	.359	.436	.796
2005	BAL	110	369	47	98	13	0	18	60	2	43	43	.266	.339	.447	.786
Career Totals	—	2831	10472	1663	3020	585	38	569	1835	97	1353	1348	.288	.371	.515	.885

Awards & Achievements

Gold Glove (3): 1997, 1998, 1999
Outstanding DH Award (1): 1999
Player of the Month (4): 1993, 1998, 1999, 1999
Player of the Week (5): 1989, 1992, 1993, 1993, 1999
Silver Slugger (2): 1998, 1999
TSN All-Star (2): 1998, 1999
TSN Major League Player of the Year (1): 1999

All-Star Selections

1988, 1991, 1998, 1999

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1987	$62,500
1988	$90,000
1989	$212,000
1990	$300,000
1991	$1,475,000
1992	$3,850,000
1993	$4,550,000
1994	$5,406,603
1995	$4,906,603
1996	$5,406,603
1997	$5,337,021
1998	$6,515,828
1999	$8,849,931
2000	$8,620,921
2001	$9,000,000
2002	$8,712,986
2003	$9,000,000
2004	$4,000,000
2005	$3,000,000

Career Total: $89,295,996 (19 seasons)

Average: $4,699,789

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.