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Mike Norris
Michael Kelvin Norris

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 10, 1975
  vs. CHW 9.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game July 4, 1990
Born March 19, 1955 in San Francisco, CA

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        Mike was one of my favorite players growing up, and I collect his game used items, if you have any please contact me. Had he not suffered arm trouble, he would have had a nice long career. He should have won the Cy Young in 1980!

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1975 20 OAK AL   1   0   4   3   1   1   0  0   16.7    6    2    0   0    8    5   0   0    65   0   0  0.00  3.64  inf 0.840
 1976 21 OAK AL   4   5  24  19   1   1   1  0   96.0   91   53   51  10   56   44   2   4   430   2   0  4.78  3.35   70 1.531
 1977 22 OAK AL   2   7  16  12   1   1   2  0   77.3   77   45   41  14   31   35   4   4   335   1   0  4.77  3.99   84 1.397
 1978 23 OAK AL   0   5  14   5   1   0   1  0   49.0   46   35   30   2   35   36   3   1   230   1   0  5.51  3.63   66 1.653
 1979 24 OAK AL   5   8  29  18   3   0   3  0  146.3  146   87   78  11   94   96   9  10   669   9   1  4.80  4.06   85 1.640
 1980 25 OAK AL  22   9  33  33  24   1   0  0  284.3  215   88   80  18   83  180   6   9  1135   2   4  2.53  3.76  148 1.048 MVP-15,CYA-2
 1981 26 OAK AL  12   9  23  23  12   2   0  0  172.7  145   77   72  17   63   78  10  14   721   0   5  3.75  3.48   93 1.205 AS
 1982 27 OAK AL   7  11  28  28   7   1   0  0  166.3  154  103   88  25   84   83   6   7   735   1   4  4.76  3.88   81 1.431
 1983 28 OAK AL   4   5  16  16   2   0   0  0   88.7   68   42   37  11   36   63   3   1   365   0   1  3.76  3.83  102 1.173
 1990 35 OAK AL   1   0  14   0   0   0   9  0   27.0   24   10    9   0    9   16   2   3   113   0   2  3.00  3.72  124 1.222
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .496  58  59 201 157  52   7  16  0 1124.3  972  542  486 108  499  636  45  53  4798  16  17  3.89  3.75   96 1.308
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  38  29   9   1   3  0  213.3  184  102   92  20   94  120   8  10   911   3   3  3.89  3.75   96 1.308
 Career High     22  11  33  33  24   2   9  0  284.3  215  103   88  25   94  180  10  14  1135   9   5  2.53  4.06  148 1.048

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

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 22 OAK AL  17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 27 OAK AL  29    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     204    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     33    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   0   0   0   0   0
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 22 OAK AL    1    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .263| .000  .326| .000  .400| .000  .726|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1982 27 OAK AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons        1    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .263| .000  .326| .000  .400| .000  .726|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 20 OAK AL P 4 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 1.25 0.85 2.69 1.89 3 16.7 1976 21 OAK AL P 24 11 29 2 1 .952 .950 1.67 0.85 3.75 1.87 19 96.0 1977 22 OAK AL P 16 8 17 2 1 .926 .947 1.56 0.84 2.91 1.94 12 77.3 1978 23 OAK AL P 14 5 5 2 0 .833 .952 0.71 0.85 1.84 1.89 5 49.0 1979 24 OAK AL P 29 6 17 1 0 .958 .950 0.79 0.81 1.41 1.92 18 146.3 1980 25 OAK AL P 33 25 52 3 3 .963 .957 2.33 0.77 2.44 1.85 33 284.3 GG 1981 26 OAK AL P 23 16 25 1 0 .976 .962 1.78 0.81 2.14 1.98 23 172.7 GG,AS 1982 27 OAK AL P 28 22 21 2 1 .956 .958 1.54 0.73 2.33 1.80 28 166.3 1983 28 OAK AL P 16 3 4 1 1 .875 .959 0.44 0.73 0.71 1.80 16 88.7 1990 35 OAK AL P 14 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.43 0.59 2.00 1.77 0 27.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 20 OAK AL P 4 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 1.25 0.85 2.69 1.89 3 16.7 1976 21 OAK AL P 24 11 29 2 1 .952 .950 1.67 0.85 3.75 1.87 19 96.0 1977 22 OAK AL P 16 8 17 2 1 .926 .947 1.56 0.84 2.91 1.94 12 77.3 1978 23 OAK AL P 14 5 5 2 0 .833 .952 0.71 0.85 1.84 1.89 5 49.0 1979 24 OAK AL P 29 6 17 1 0 .958 .950 0.79 0.81 1.41 1.92 18 146.3 1980 25 OAK AL P 33 25 52 3 3 .963 .957 2.33 0.77 2.44 1.85 33 284.3 1981 26 OAK AL P 23 16 25 1 0 .976 .962 1.78 0.81 2.14 1.98 23 172.7 1982 27 OAK AL P 28 22 21 2 1 .956 .958 1.54 0.73 2.33 1.80 28 166.3 1983 28 OAK AL P 16 3 4 1 1 .875 .959 0.44 0.73 0.71 1.80 16 88.7 1990 35 OAK AL P 14 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.43 0.59 2.00 1.77 0 27.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 201 100 177 15 7 .949 .955 1.38 0.78 2.22 1.88 157 1124.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 201 100 177 15 7 .949 .955 1.38 0.78 2.22 1.88 157 1124
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  1   9     4   0   3   2 
        ALCS  OAK NYY     L   1   1   3.68  0  1  0  0   7.1   6   3   2   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   2   2   1.65  1  1  0  1  16.1  10   3   5   6 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  OAK NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1981   OAK AL      0  0  0   1     2   1   1   0   1  1   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1981   OAK AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1981 *

Gold Gloves
1980-AL--P
1981-AL--P
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1980-AL-15-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1980-AL-2-0.65
Car-73-0.65 shares

ERA
1980 AL-2.53-2

Wins
1980 AL-22-2
1981 AL-12-7

Won-Loss %
1980 AL-.710-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1980 AL-1.048-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1980 AL-6.81-1
Car-7.78-62

Strikeouts/9IP
1980 AL-5.70-7

Innings
1980 AL-284.3-2
1981 AL-172.7-7

Strikeouts
1980 AL-180-2

Games Started
1981 AL-23-9

Comp. Games
1980 AL-24-2
1981 AL-12-4

Shutouts
1981 AL-2-8

Home Runs Allow.
1981 AL-17-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1979 AL-94-7
1980 AL-83-9
1981 AL-63-4

SO to Walk
1980 AL-2.17-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1981 AL-72-3

Wild Pitches
1979 AL-10-7
1980 AL-9-7
1981 AL-14-1

Hit Batsmen
1979 AL-9-4
1980 AL-6-7
1981 AL-10-3

Batters Faced
1980 AL-1135-4
1981 AL-721-7

Adjusted ERA+
1980 AL-148-2

Youngest Player
1975 AL-20-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (739) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 33 (703) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1070) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (717) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 10, 1973: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

April 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

July 15, 1990: Released by the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Oakland Athletics$283,107
1990Oakland Athletics$100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$383,107

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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