Where is rafael palmeiro now

View all MLB Sites. More AL East News ». View all AL East Sites. More AL Central News ». View all AL Central Sites. More AL West News ». View all AL West Sites. More NL East News ». View all NL East Sites. More NL Central News ». View all NL Central Sites. Louis Cardinals. Maybe he was also speaking out of jealousy. Clark had been drafted second, 20 picks before Palmeiro, even though it was Palmeiro who had set SEC batting records. Palmeiro saved some venom for the Rangers.

I feel like I got no respect. I think the man has something against me. Palmeiro probably regretted overplaying his hand and was shocked when the Rangers forced him out. In , the last year of his contract, he had the second-best season of his career, compiling a 6. Although it seemed Palmeiro had incinerated his bridges when he left Texas in , he signed a five-year deal with them when his contract with the Orioles expired in Continuing the symmetry of their careers, Will Clark was signed by Baltimore to replace Palmeiro.

Measured by traditional statistics, Palmeiro had his best offensive season in In the first season of his return to Texas, he finished second in the AL and set career highs in home runs 47 , RBIs , total bases , slugging percentage. He also placed fifth in voting for the MVP Award, the highest finish of his career. In , the last year of his contract, Palmeiro joined Barry Bonds , Ted Williams , Hank Aaron , and Darrell Evans as the only players who hit 38 or more home runs in a season after becoming 38 years of age.

But his OPS dropped below. When his Texas contract ended, Palmeiro returned to Baltimore for two years, concluding his year career in In the late s and early s, bloated versions of Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire , and Sammy Sosa became record-breaking home run machines. Bush condemned the drugs in his State of the Union address.

I do not know how to say it any more clearly than that. The reference to me in Mr. I am against the use of steroids. On May 4, he was selected under MLB policy for a random, unannounced drug test. About two weeks later, he was informed he had tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol. Palmeiro submitted a second sample on May 27, which tested negative for all banned substances. Injected stanozolol is detectible for about three to four weeks, taken orally, only seven to 10 days.

His grievance arbitration hearing began on June Several things came out in arbitration that support his claim that he never knowingly took steroids. He tested negative in , , and after his positive test in One pointed out that Palmeiro never developed the pumped-up body typical of a steroid user. He also contended that Palmeiro had no personal incentive to improve his performance, 47 although that point is dubious because, as the season began, Palmeiro needed 78 hits to reach 3, Soon I was injecting all three of them.

I personally injected each of those three guys many times, until they became familiar with how to use a needle and were able to do it by themselves. Had a pair of 2-home run games, giving him 34 for his career Homered twice in the first game of a doubleheader on June 12 vs.

San Francisco to tie and pass Mickey Mantle for 11th place on the all-time list with Also hit two home runs on September 29 vs. Had 10 home runs in the second half, with 9 coming in September Matched the club record for homers in September set by Brady Anderson in Reached the semifinals and led all participants with 9 homers in the first round. Tied for 2nd in the AL with 15 intentional walks, including 3 on July 2 at Philadelphia Ranked 6th in the AL with 86 walks and 3rd with 9 sacrifice flies.

Singled for his 2,th career hit on September 7 vs. Minnesota and finished the year 33rd on the alltime list with 2, hits. Doubled on September 27 vs. Toronto to pass Carl Yastrzemski for 8th place on the all-time extra-base hit list and finished the season with 1, XBH Doubled on October 2 to move past Dave Winfield for 11th on the all-time total bases list with 2, Doubled on August 31 at Tampa Bay to move into 15th place on the all-time list and finished the season with doubles.

Homered on April 21 vs. Has played games in each of the last two seasons, his fewest since Has never played in fewer than games in any of 14 full big league seasons and over the last 14 seasons has played in Hit his th career home run against Cleveland's David Elder on May Finished the season with a career total of , good for 13th all-time Also ran his career RBI total to , which placed him 20th on the all-time list Palmeiro's best month was August, when he batted.

Was granted free agency by the Rangers on Oct. He led the Rangers in doubles 34 , sacrifice flies 7 , game-winning rbi 14 , walks, and intentional walks and was 2nd in batting. Rafael started 95 games at 1st base and 55 as the designated hitter Rafael became the 1st player in major league history to hit at least 38 home runs in 8 consecutive seasons and now ranks in the top 50 all-time in 8 offensive categories Posted a.

Had a. Hit safely in season best 11 straight games, Sept. Batted just. Missed 4 games with a strained right calf, May Made 20 consecutive starts as the dh, May June 12 due to his injured calf and a sprained left ankle Had his th hit, a double, April 16 in Anaheim; his th rbi, May 27 vs. Minnesota; and his th extra hit, a double, June 15 at Houston. He ranked among the American League leaders in homers 3rd, 47 , extra base hits 4th, 80 , total bases 4th, , walks 5th, , rbi T6th, , slugging 7th,.

Rafael led the Rangers in walks and game-winning rbi 15 , and was 2nd in games, at bats , runs 98 , hits , doubles 33 , homers, rbi, and slugging Went Was Hit at a. Beginning Aug. Had season high 9-game hitting streak, April May Had 4 hits, Sept. Was selected as the Rangers player of the month for September-October after batting.

Joined Alex Rodriguez to give the Rangers 2 players with at least games played for the 1st time ever Among active players is 3rd in doubles and rbi, 4th in at bats , runs, hits, and total bases, 5th in games, and 6th in home runs and sacrifice flies tied Is tied for 54th all-time with 9 grand slam homers Has the most homers in history among all players whose last name ended in "P" Over the last 10 years , ranks 3rd among all major league players in rbi , is 4th in hits , and is 5th in homers In the last 5 seasons , places 5th in homers and rbi Led the Rangers in all 3 categories as well as games , at bats , runs , hits , slugging.

Won his 2nd consecutive and 3rd overall Rangers Player of the Year Award He was 2nd in the American league with 47 homers, rbi, total bases and a.