Jim Palmer-Sports and Torts: Hall of Famer Jim Palmer

In 1990, Jim Palmer was accorded baseball's highest honor by his election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He received 92.6% of the 444 ballots cast by eligible members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Of the eight pitchers elected in their first year of eligibility, Jim received the third highest percentage of votes. Jim Palmer is the only American League Hall of Fame pitcher to win the Cy Young Award three times as well as four Gold Glove Awards