Baltimore Orioles: Looking Back at Jim Palmer’s First Win & Home Run

BALTIMORE, MD - CIRCA 1978: Pitcher Jim Palmer #22 of the Baltimore Orioles pitches during an Major League Baseball game circa 1978 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Palmer played for the Orioles from 1965-84. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

In 1965, the best pitcher to ever wear a Baltimore Orioles uniform made his debut.

Little did anyone know that the Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer would go on to become a three-time Cy Young winner and be enshrined in the Hall of Fame 25 years later.

He threw his first MLB pitches at age 19, and only spent two seasons in the minor leagues. One in 1964 and a second in 1968. According to Mark Armour with SABR, Palmer almost gave up…