Norris Hopper

Norris Stephen Hopper

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 24, 1979 in Shelby, NC
High School: Shelby HS (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
Team: Reds 2006-2008

Final Game: July 1, 2008
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Standard Batting

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
1998	19	KCR-min	Rk	40	150	133	19	41	2	1	0	11	11	2	13	12	.308	.365	.338	.703		45	1	0	2	2	0		ROY · GULF
1999	20	KCR-min	Rk,A	51	226	201	36	57	3	4	0	15	23	6	19	21	.284	.339	.338	.678		68	2	0	2	4	0		ROY,CHL · GULF,SALL
2000	21	KCR-min	A	116	514	454	70	127	20	6	0	29	24	10	51	55	.280	.357	.350	.707		159	10	4	4	1	0		CHL · SALL
2001	22	KCR-min	A+	110	437	389	38	96	6	2	1	38	16	4	32	60	.247	.312	.280	.592		109	15	5	11	0	2		WMT · CARL
2002	23	KCR-min	A+	125	577	514	78	140	12	3	1	46	22	9	31	55	.272	.323	.313	.636		161	15	8	22	2	1		WMT · CARL
2003	24	KCR-min	AA	115	472	424	56	127	14	2	0	40	24	10	27	58	.300	.346	.342	.688		145	10	4	16	1	1		WCH · TL
2004	25	KCR-min	AA	98	413	363	48	101	5	3	0	40	17	7	33	44	.278	.345	.309	.653		112	10	5	10	2	0		WCH · TL
2005	26	CIN-min	AA	116	487	451	70	140	15	4	1	37	25	7	27	38	.310	.354	.368	.722		166	12	4	4	1	2		CNG · SOUL
2006	27	CIN-min	AAA,AA	111	462	429	54	146	13	4	0	36	28	7	26	28	.340	.376	.389	.766		167	7	0	5	2	1		LOU,CNG · IL,SOUL
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-min	A+,AAA	8	34	32	3	9	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	3	.281	.324	.281	.605		9	1	1	0	0	0		SAR,LOU · FLOR,IL
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-min	AAA,A+	6	27	24	6	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.292	.346	.333	.679		8	0	0	1	0	0		LOU,SAR · IL,FLOR
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
2009	30	WSN-CIN-CHW-min	AAA	106	453	409	49	115	14	3	0	35	23	8	35	25	.281	.337	.330	.667		135	12	1	5	3	1		SYR,LOU,CHR · IL
2010	31	MIL-min	AAA	119	509	458	51	131	14	0	0	38	22	9	37	43	.286	.337	.317	.653		145	11	0	10	4	0		NVL · PCL
3 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2006	27	CIN	NL	21	47	2	-1	0	4	-0	5	0.5	1	6	0.6	.523	.503	0.2	0.3	2	$	9/87
2007	28	CIN	NL	121	335	-2	1	-0	5	-1	2	0.2	9	12	1.1	.502	.502	0.7	0.4	6	$	879
2008	29	CIN	NL	26	58	-4	1	1	0	-0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.489	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$402,500	/789
3 Seasons				168	440	-4	1	1	9	-2	5	0.4	12	16	1.6	.503	.501	0.8	0.7	7	$402,500

Advanced Batting

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	.444	.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 Yrs				440	299	56	5.0	114	.350	.316	.276	.367	.347	.371	.443	.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	.443	.738	.789	90	.497	-6.0	-0.6	.656	.157	.056	2

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				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					2.7%	17.1%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	2.00	5.2	33.0	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	27	CIN	NL	2.0	0.2	51	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.79	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.84	0.8	0.69	6
2007	28	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	359	0.6	6.2	-5.6	1.04	0.2	0.4	2.6	0.2	0.91	0.8	1.09	27
2008	29	CIN	NL	-5.2	-0.5	62	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	1.04	-0.3	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.96	-4.2	2.10	9
3 Yrs				-6.0	-0.6	472	0.3	7.6	-7.2	1.01	-0.0	0.3	-2.1	-0.2	0.91	-2.6	1.25	42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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	0.69	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%	11	8	73%	0
2008	29	CIN	NL	58	50%	10	6	3	9	3	0	0	2.10	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	29%	10	0	0%	8	4	50%	31	1	3%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
3 Yrs				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%	14	10	71%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	336	1087	3.24	743	68%	22%	9%	31%	38%	78%	1%	53%	88%	43%	1%	5	0	10%	33	9	3%	11	4	27%	-1	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 Yrs				441	1435	3.25	966	67%	24%	9%	30%	38%	76%	1%	51%	88%	41%	3%	12	1	11%	47	13	4%	17	5	35%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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	46	38	5	13	1	0	1	4	2	6	4	.342	.422	.447	.870	7	21
2007	28	121	328	301	46	95	13	2	0	13	13	19	33	.316	.357	.372	.729	40	121
2008	29	26	60	51	3	11	0	0	0	1	1	6	6	.216	.310	.216	.526	3	26
3 Yrs		168	434	390	54	119	14	2	1	18	16	31	43	.305	.358	.359	.717	50	168
162 Game Avg.		162	419	376	52	115	14	2	1	17	15	30	41	.305	.358	.359	.717	48	168

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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