IAL Hall of Fame: Rafael Palmeiro

Rafael Palmeiro

Firstbaseman inducted in 2008

When Rafael Palmeiro was inducted into the IAL Hall of Fame nobody was better at driving in runs than he was, 1,779 ranked second to none.  In addition Raffy was 2nd in games played & at bats, only Barry Bonds & Mark McGwire had more alltime homers, and there were only three players with more hits & doubles than Palmeiro.  He played the bulk of his career with the Hell’s Kitchen Twelvetrees/Chicago Highlanders organization after being swapped from the Chicago Champions in exchange for Hubie Brooks.  Unfortunately he retired one year before the Highlanders won the IAL Championship.

YEAR	CLUB	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	SLG	OBP
1988	BMBRS	85	221	34	63	12	0	20	52	19	28	7	.285	.611	.342
1989	CHAMPS	120	365	41	111	21	3	6	52	29	18	5	.304	.427	.355
1990	12TRS	117	297	47	97	11	1	3	45	40	26	0	.327	.401	.407
1991	12TRS	144	541	62	150	35	2	7	57	33	52	2	.277	.388	.319
1992	12TRS	159	613	106	176	50	1	24	98	82	73	1	.287	.489	.371
1993	12TRS	158	605	79	175	36	5	19	92	61	85	0	.289	.460	.354
1994	12TRS	156	592	94	159	33	1	46	153	60	88	13	.269	.561	.336
1995	HLNDRS	161	628	102	191	42	5	32	121	90	104	5	.304	.540	.391
1996	HLNDRS	158	622	120	171	19	1	69	162	58	73	1	.275	.641	.337
1997	HLNDRS	161	625	125	176	47	2	48	144	59	97	3	.282	.594	.344
1998	HLNDRS	157	613	64	134	19	2	32	91	48	147	1	.219	.413	.275
1999	HLNDRS	160	614	106	149	33	0	40	119	52	110	2	.243	.492	.302
2000	HLNDRS	158	565	102	157	21	2	58	136	90	93	0	.278	.630	.377
2001	HLNDRS	155	565	90	130	27	1	27	93	87	70	0	.230	.425	.333
2002	HLNDRS	159	598	107	157	28	0	51	118	84	87	0	.263	.565	.353
2003	HLNDRS	153	546	90	129	33	0	45	104	97	96	0	.236	.544	.351
2004	HLNDRS	149	555	62	124	23	2	30	92	45	103	0	.223	.434	.284
2005	HLNDRS	76	76	11	18	5	0	3	10	10	8	0	.237	.421	.333
2006	HLNDRS	104	293	26	76	11	0	13	40	18	51	0	.259	.430	.307
19	Totals	2690	9534	1468	2543	506	28	573	1779	1062	1409	40	.267	.506	.341