Norris Hopper
Norris Stephen Hopper
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: March 24, 1979 in Shelby, NC
High School: Shelby (Shelby, NC)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 8th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 2006
Final Game: July 1, 2008
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2006 27 CIN NL 21 47 39 6 14 1 0 1 5 2 2 6 4 .359 .435 .462 .896 127 18 1 0 1 1 0 9/87
2007 28 CIN NL 121 335 307 51 101 14 2 0 14 14 6 20 33 .329 .371 .388 .758 94 119 8 1 6 1 1 879
2008 29 CIN NL 26 58 50 3 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 6 .200 .286 .200 .486 30 10 0 1 2 0 0 /789
3 Seasons 168 440 396 60 125 15 2 1 20 17 8 31 43 .316 .367 .371 .738 90 147 9 2 9 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 424 382 58 121 14 2 1 19 16 8 30 41 .316 .367 .371 .738 90 142 9 2 9 2 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 27 CIN NL 47 30 8 7.2 116 .371 .359 .277 .435 .348 .462 .450 .896 .798 127 .650 2.0 0.2 .857 .256 .103 1.3
2007 28 CIN NL 335 227 44 5.2 115 .367 .329 .278 .371 .347 .388 .443 .758 .791 94 .512 -2.8 -0.3 .673 .150 .059 .0
2008 29 CIN NL 58 42 4 2.6 110 .227 .200 .270 .286 .342 .200 .430 .486 .772 30 .232 -5.2 -0.5 .425 .120 .000 .0
3 Seasons 440 299 56 5.0 114 .350 .316 .276 .367 .347 .371 .442 .738 .789 90 .497 -6.0 -0.6 .656 .157 .056 1.9
162 Game Avg. 424 288 54 5.0 114 .350 .316 .276 .367 .347 .371 .442 .738 .789 90 .497 -6.0 -0.6 .656 .157 .056 2

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 27 CIN NL 47 2.1% 8.5% 12.8% 4.3% 14% 0.67 9.8 39.0 7.8 0.94 1.67 74% 22% 6.7% 12%
2007 28 CIN NL 335 0.0% 9.9% 6.0% 4.8% 16% 1.65 9.3 21.9 1.47 1.83 82% 16% 0.0% 6%
2008 29 CIN NL 58 0.0% 10.3% 8.6% 0.0% 0% 1.20 8.3 50.0 1.79 1.69 76% 13% 0.0% 21%
3 Seasons 440 0.2% 9.8% 7.1% 4.1% 14% 1.39 9.2 396.0 19.8 1.43 1.79 80% 16% 0.8% 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 27 CIN NL 0 0 26% 27 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 60% 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
2007 28 CIN NL 5 0 42% 189 14 6 70% 10 5 4 1 0 0 2 2 2 10 48% 24 19 5 5 2 3 17 2 14
2008 29 CIN NL 2 0 19% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17% 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 7 0 38% 240 17 8 68% 12 7 5 1 0 0 3 3 2 14 46% 29 23 6 7 4 3 21 3 17
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 27 CIN NL 47 55% 14 3 1 6 4 0 3 0.70 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 5 3 60% 23 4 17% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
2007 28 CIN NL 335 36% 101 40 17 27 8 0 1 1.09 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% 48 8 17% 21 13 62% 144 16 11% 6 6 100% 16 12 75% 0
2008 29 CIN NL 58 50% 10 6 3 9 3 0 0 2.08 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 10 0 0% 8 4 50% 31 1 3% 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 0
3 Seasons 440 40% 125 49 21 42 15 0 4 1.25 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 21 9 43% 65 9 14% 34 20 59% 198 21 11% 12 9 75% 19 13 68% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 27 CIN NL 47 162 3.45 107 66% 24% 7% 34% 35% 76% 0% 50% 90% 32% 11% 5 0 13% 6 1 6% 3 1 75% 0 0 0
2007 28 CIN NL 335 1084 3.24 742 68% 22% 9% 31% 38% 78% 1% 53% 88% 43% 1% 5 0 10% 33 9 3% 11 4 27% 0 0 0
2008 29 CIN NL 58 186 3.21 116 62% 31% 9% 21% 40% 69% 0% 43% 88% 36% 3% 2 1 14% 8 3 5% 3 0 50% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 440 1432 3.25 965 67% 24% 9% 30% 38% 76% 1% 52% 88% 41% 3% 12 1 11% 47 13 4% 17 5 35% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 27 21 47 39 6 14 1 0 1 5 2 2 6 4 .359 .435 .462 .896 127 18 1 0 1 1 0
2007 28 142 382 346 57 115 15 2 1 19 16 8 26 37 .332 .379 .396 .775 98 137 9 1 7 2 1
2008 29 168 440 396 60 125 15 2 1 20 17 8 31 43 .316 .367 .371 .738 90 147 9 2 9 2 1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 27 21 45 38 5 13 1 0 1 4 2 6 4 .342 .422 .447 .870 7 21
2007 28 121 321 300 46 94 13 2 0 13 13 19 33 .313 .355 .370 .725 39 121
2008 29 26 58 51 2 11 0 0 0 1 1 6 6 .216 .310 .216 .526 3 26
3 Seasons 168 424 389 53 118 14 2 1 18 16 31 43 .303 .356 .357 .713 49 168
162 Game Avg. 162 409 375 51 114 14 2 1 17 15 30 41 .303 .356 .357 .713 47 168

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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