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Nelson Norman
Nelson Augusto Norman

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 160 lb.

Debut May 20, 1978
  vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 29, 1987
Born May 23, 1958 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 20 TEX AL  23   34    1    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .265  .265  .324   65   11   1   0   0   0   1
 1979 21 TEX AL 147  343   36   76   9  3   0   21   4  1  19  41  .222  .260  .265   43   91  18   3   0   0   5
 1980 22 TEX AL  17   32    4    7   0  0   0    1   0  1   1   1  .219  .242  .219   30    7   1   0   0   0   2
 1981 23 TEX AL   7   13    1    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .231  .267  .308   70    4   0   1   0   0   0
 1982 24 PIT NL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1987 29 MON NL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      198  429   42   95  12  3   0   25   4  2  21  50  .221  .256  .263   42  113  20   4   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        351   34   78  10  2   0   20   3  2  17  41  .221  .256  .263   42   92  16   3   0   0   7
 Career High    147  343   36   76   9  3   0   21   4  1  19  41  .222  .260  .265   43   91  18   3   0   0   5
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 20 TEX AL   35   27    3   3.0    94| .265  .261| .265  .326| .324  .385| .589  .711|  65  .335  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1979 21 TEX AL  383  294   25   2.3   101| .222  .269| .260  .333| .265  .407| .525  .740|  43  .208 -27.8  -2.7  80%
 1980 22 TEX AL   34   29    1   0.9    96| .219  .266| .242  .327| .219  .394| .461  .721|  30  .051  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1981 23 TEX AL   15   11    1   2.4    84| .231  .249| .267  .313| .308  .362| .575  .675|  70  .280  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1982 24 PIT NL    3    3    0   0.0    98| .000  .270| .000  .334| .000  .393| .000  .727|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1987 29 MON NL    4    4    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .000  .342| .000  .425| .000  .767|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       474  368   30   2.2   100| .221  .267| .256  .332| .263  .403| .519  .734|  42  .200 -35.0  -3.4  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 20 TEX AL SS 18 14 46 1 7 .984 .965 3.33 4.19 5.95 4.92 8 90.7 3B 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.58 2.35 3.01 2 23.0 1979 21 TEX AL SS 142 177 302 24 64 .952 .965 3.37 4.10 4.25 5.01 115 1015.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1980 22 TEX AL SS 17 21 45 4 12 .943 .964 3.88 4.26 5.84 4.99 12 101.7 1981 23 TEX AL SS 5 5 21 1 5 .963 .967 5.20 4.20 6.16 5.00 4 38.0 1982 24 PIT NL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.75 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 SS 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.40 3.00 5.00 1 9.0 1987 29 MON NL SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.90 2.25 4.73 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 21 TEX AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1982 24 PIT NL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.75 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1978 20 TEX AL 3B 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.58 2.35 3.01 2 23.0 1978 20 TEX AL SS 18 14 46 1 7 .984 .965 3.33 4.19 5.95 4.92 8 90.7 1979 21 TEX AL SS 142 177 302 24 64 .952 .965 3.37 4.10 4.25 5.01 115 1015.0 1980 22 TEX AL SS 17 21 45 4 12 .943 .964 3.88 4.26 5.84 4.99 12 101.7 1981 23 TEX AL SS 5 5 21 1 5 .963 .967 5.20 4.20 6.16 5.00 4 38.0 1982 24 PIT NL SS 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.40 3.00 5.00 1 9.0 1987 29 MON NL SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.90 2.25 4.73 1 8.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 184 219 417 31 88 .954 .965 3.46 4.13 4.53 5.00 141 1262.3 3B* 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.58 2.35 3.01 2 23.0 2B* 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.77 0.00 5.40 0 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 193 221 421 31 89 .954 .965 3.33 4.09 4.48 4.97 143 1289
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1979 AL-18-3

Youngest Player
1978 AL-20-5

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

January 6, 1975: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 8, 1977: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Al Oliver to the Texas Rangers. The Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

April 1, 1982: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Victor Cruz.

October 15, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

January 9, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

December 16, 1985: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Montreal Expos for Steve Baker.

May 4, 1987: Released by the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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