Jim Palmer is currently a TV commentator, spokesperson, and author who uses his celebrity status to generate awareness for public health campaigns. A former major league pitcher, Palmer played his entire 21-year career for the Baltimore Orioles and retired in 1984 as the only American League pitcher to win the Cy Young Award three times. He ranks among baseball's elite in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average, pitching four pennant-clinching wins for the Baltimore Orioles, as well as two World Series clinchers. During that span, he set numerous club records, including most wins, most completed games, most strikeouts, and most shutouts. In 1990 Palmer was accorded baseball's highest honor by his election into the Baseball Hall of Fame during his first year of eligibility.
As a broadcaster, Palmer works as a play-by-play sports announcer and expert baseball analyst for ABC and continues to work with ESPN and local Baltimore stations. In 1990 Palmer earned an ACE cable award nomination for his ESPN commentating. He has served for nearly two decades as the national sports chairman for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and made public service announcements to increase awareness of arthritis and Alzheimer's disease, as well as assisting in charitable and community causes such as D.A.R.E. He is the author of Palmer's Way to Fitness and Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine, about his experiences with his former manager and fellow Hall of Famer Earl Weaver.