Dean Palmer

Dean Palmer
Third baseman
Born: December 27, 1968 (1968-12-27) (age 42) Tallahassee, Florida
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 1, 1989 for the Texas Rangers
Last MLB appearance
May 9, 2003 for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics
Batting average	.251
Home runs	275
Runs batted in	849
Teams
Texas Rangers (1989–1997) Kansas City Royals (1997–1998) Detroit Tigers (1999–2003)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star selection (1998) 2× Silver Slugger Award winner (1998, 1999)

Dean William Palmer (born December 27, 1968 in Tallahassee, Florida) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who had a 14-year career from 1989 to 2003. He played for the Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers, all of the American League.

In 1992 Palmer became the first Texas ballplayer to ever homer in the first three games of a season, a feat that was matched in 2011 by Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz.^[1]

He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1998, and he led the league in strikeouts in 1992 with 154. Palmer was the recipient of the Silver Slugger at third base in 1998 with the Kansas City Royals and 1999 for the Detroit Tigers.

Palmer retired following the 2003 baseball season, after various injuries limited him to fewer than 100 games over the three previous seasons. He attempted a comeback with the Tigers during 2005 spring training, but failed to make the team, after which he retired again.

Palmer now is the assistant coach at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee.

See also

• List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters

References

1. ^ "Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz etched their names in the record books on Sunday". mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110403&content_id=17352502&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved April 4, 2011. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Persondata
Name	Palmer, Dean
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	December 27, 1968
Place of birth	Tallahassee, Florida
Date of death
Place of death