in , palmer joined the starting rotation. baltimore won the pennant behind frank robinson's mvp and triple crown season. palmer won his final game, against the kansas city athletics, to clinch the al pennant. in game 2 of that world series, at dodger stadium, he became the youngest pitcher (20 years, 11 months) to win a complete-game, world series shutout, defeating the defending world champion dodgers 6–0. the underdog orioles swept the series over a los angeles team that featured sandy koufax, don drysdale and claude osteen. the shutout was part of a world series record-setting consecutive shutout innings by orioles pitchers. the dodgers' last run was against moe drabowsky in the third inning of game 1. palmer, wally bunker and dave mcnally pitched shutouts in the next three games.