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Jim Norris
James Francis Norris

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.
School University of Maryland

Debut April 7, 1977
  vs. BOS 6 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 5, 1980
Born December 20, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 28 CLE AL 133  440   59  119  23  6   2   37  26 17  64  57  .270  .360  .364  102  160   9   4   4   0  10
 1978 29 CLE AL 113  315   41   89  14  5   2   27  12  7  42  20  .283  .364  .378  111  119   5   3   4   0   6
 1979 30 CLE AL 124  353   50   87  15  6   3   30  15 10  44  35  .246  .328  .348   83  123   6   3   1   0  12
 1980 31 TEX AL 119  174   23   43   5  0   0   16   6  3  23  16  .247  .327  .276   70   48   3   5   2   0  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      489 1282  173  338  57 17   7  110  59 37 173 128  .264  .348  .351   94  450  23  15  11   0  39
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        425   57  112  19  6   2   36  20 12  57  42  .264  .348  .351   94  149   8   5   4   0  13
 Career High    133  440   59  119  23  6   3   37  26 17  64  57  .283  .364  .378  111  160   9   5   4   0  12
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 28 CLE AL  517  361   59   4.4    96| .270  .262| .360  .325| .364  .398| .724  .723| 102  .474   4.5   0.4  60%
 1978 29 CLE AL  365  247   45   4.9    93| .283  .260| .364  .325| .378  .383| .742  .708| 111  .555   5.8   0.6  63%
 1979 30 CLE AL  406  297   39   3.5   103| .246  .271| .328  .336| .348  .410| .676  .746|  83  .367  -8.4  -0.8  60%
 1980 31 TEX AL  205  153   15   2.6    96| .247  .266| .327  .327| .276  .394| .603  .721|  70  .266  -5.7  -0.6  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1493 1058  158   4.0    97| .264  .264| .348  .328| .351  .397| .699  .725|  94  .438  -3.8  -0.4  61%

* 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 ------+
1977 28 CLE AL OF 124 320 9 6 1 .982 .978 2.65 2.03 2.87 2.34 115 1033.0 CF 73 205 5 5 0 .977 .983 2.88 2.49 3.11 2.83 67 607.3 RF 50 114 4 1 1 .992 .974 2.36 1.71 2.52 2.08 48 421.0 1B 3 6 0 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 8.80 7.71 10.03 0 7.0 LF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.73 0.00 2.11 0 4.7 1978 29 CLE AL OF 78 153 6 2 2 .988 .979 2.04 2.13 2.46 2.47 66 580.7 RF 51 94 3 1 2 .990 .978 1.90 1.85 2.33 2.24 43 374.3 LF 26 45 3 0 0 1.000 .974 1.85 1.78 2.38 2.21 20 181.3 DH 15 1B 6 43 2 0 4 1.000 .991 7.50 8.75 9.27 10.05 4 43.7 CF 5 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 2.00 2.64 3.60 2.95 3 25.0 1979 30 CLE AL OF 93 214 2 4 0 .982 .981 2.32 2.13 2.72 2.46 75 714.0 LF 47 84 1 2 0 .977 .980 1.81 1.80 2.16 2.22 39 354.3 RF 28 56 1 1 0 .983 .979 2.04 1.88 3.05 2.25 16 168.0 CF 23 77 0 1 0 .987 .983 3.35 2.62 3.62 2.92 20 191.7 DH 13 1980 31 TEX AL OF 82 73 3 0 0 1.000 .979 0.93 2.15 1.87 2.47 28 365.3 RF 58 44 3 0 0 1.000 .975 0.81 1.77 1.75 2.13 18 241.3 CF 21 23 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.10 2.65 2.44 2.92 7 85.0 1B 10 23 1 0 1 1.000 .992 2.40 8.40 8.40 10.02 1 25.7 LF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.00 1.91 1.62 2.35 3 39.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 28 CLE AL 1B 3 6 0 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 8.80 7.71 10.03 0 7.0 1978 29 CLE AL 1B 6 43 2 0 4 1.000 .991 7.50 8.75 9.27 10.05 4 43.7 1980 31 TEX AL 1B 10 23 1 0 1 1.000 .992 2.40 8.40 8.40 10.02 1 25.7 1977 28 CLE AL CF 73 205 5 5 0 .977 .983 2.88 2.49 3.11 2.83 67 607.3 1978 29 CLE AL CF 5 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 2.00 2.64 3.60 2.95 3 25.0 1979 30 CLE AL CF 23 77 0 1 0 .987 .983 3.35 2.62 3.62 2.92 20 191.7 1980 31 TEX AL CF 21 23 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.10 2.65 2.44 2.92 7 85.0 1978 29 CLE AL DH 15 1979 30 CLE AL DH 13 1980 31 TEX AL DH 1 1977 28 CLE AL LF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.73 0.00 2.11 0 4.7 1978 29 CLE AL LF 26 45 3 0 0 1.000 .974 1.85 1.78 2.38 2.21 20 181.3 1979 30 CLE AL LF 47 84 1 2 0 .977 .980 1.81 1.80 2.16 2.22 39 354.3 1980 31 TEX AL LF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.00 1.91 1.62 2.35 3 39.0 1977 28 CLE AL OF 124 320 9 6 1 .982 .978 2.65 2.03 2.87 2.34 115 1033.0 1978 29 CLE AL OF 78 153 6 2 2 .988 .979 2.04 2.13 2.46 2.47 66 580.7 1979 30 CLE AL OF 93 214 2 4 0 .982 .981 2.32 2.13 2.72 2.46 75 714.0 1980 31 TEX AL OF 82 73 3 0 0 1.000 .979 0.93 2.15 1.87 2.47 28 365.3 1977 28 CLE AL RF 50 114 4 1 1 .992 .974 2.36 1.71 2.52 2.08 48 421.0 1978 29 CLE AL RF 51 94 3 1 2 .990 .978 1.90 1.85 2.33 2.24 43 374.3 1979 30 CLE AL RF 28 56 1 1 0 .983 .979 2.04 1.88 3.05 2.25 16 168.0 1980 31 TEX AL RF 58 44 3 0 0 1.000 .975 0.81 1.77 1.75 2.13 18 241.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 377 760 20 12 3 .985 .979 2.07 2.10 2.61 2.42 284 2693.0 83 122 187# RF* 187 308 11 3 3 .991 .976 1.71 1.79 2.38 2.16 125 1204.7 CF* 122 315 5 7 0 .979 .983 2.62 2.55 3.17 2.86 97 909.0 LF* 83 136 4 2 0 .986 .978 1.69 1.80 2.18 2.22 62 579.3 DH 29 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 19 72 3 0 6 1.000 .991 3.95 8.57 8.85 10.05 5 76.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 396 832 23 12 9 .986 .980 2.16 2.41 2.78 2.63 289 2769
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

Stolen Bases
1977 AL-26-10

Caught Stealing
1977 AL-17-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 31st round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 13, 1971: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

January 4, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with David Clyde to the Texas Rangers for Larry McCall, Gary Gray, and Mike Bucci (minors).


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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