-During the 1970's Palmer won at least 20 games 8 times, won 3 Cy Young Awards, pitched in 5 All-Star games and helped the Baltimore Orioles win the American League 5 times.

- Jim Palmer is the only pitcher to win a World Series game in three different decades.

- He won games in 1966, 1970, and 1983. His first World Series win was a 6-0 shutout beating the legendary Sandy Koufax.

- Palmer is the youngest player to pitch a shutout in a World Series game. He won the first World Series played at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

- Jim Palmer won the first World Series game played on an artificial surface. Palmer never gave up a grand slam home run in 19 years as a major league pitcher.

- Palmer's lifetime Earned Run Average was 2.86