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Dan Norman

Daniel Edmund Norman

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 11, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1977
Teams (by GP): Mets/Expos 1977-1982

Final Game: September 29, 1982
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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
1977 22 NYM NL 7 20 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .250 .400 .313 .713 100 5 1 0 0 0 0 /98
1978 23 NYM NL 19 67 64 7 17 0 1 4 10 1 0 2 14 .266 .284 .484 .768 115 31 0 0 0 1 0 9/7
1979 24 NYM NL 44 122 110 9 27 3 1 3 11 2 0 10 26 .245 .311 .373 .684 91 41 1 1 0 1 2 9/7
1980 25 NYM NL 69 98 92 5 17 1 1 2 9 5 0 6 14 .185 .235 .283 .517 46 26 1 0 0 0 0 9/7
1982 27 MON NL 53 73 66 6 14 3 0 2 7 0 1 7 20 .212 .288 .348 .636 76 23 0 0 0 0 0 7/98
5 Yrs 192 380 348 29 79 8 3 11 37 8 1 29 76 .227 .287 .362 .649 81 126 3 1 0 2 2
162 Game Avg. 162 321 294 24 67 7 3 9 31 7 1 24 64 .227 .287 .362 .649 81 106 3 1 0 2 2
NYM (4 yrs) 139 307 282 23 65 5 3 9 30 8 0 22 56 .230 .287 .365 .652 83 103 3 1 0 2 2
MON (1 yr) 53 73 66 6 14 3 0 2 7 0 1 7 20 .212 .288 .348 .636 76 23 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1977 22 NYM NL 7 20 0 0 -0 -1 -0 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .494 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /98
1978 23 NYM NL 19 67 1 0 0 -3 -1 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.1 .485 .498 0.2 -0.4 2 $ 9/7
1979 24 NYM NL 44 122 -2 0 0 -4 -2 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.5 .481 .495 0.0 -0.6 0 $ 9/7
1980 25 NYM NL 69 98 -4 2 0 -0 -1 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .495 .498 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ 9/7
1982 27 MON NL 53 73 -2 -0 0 1 -1 -2 -0.2 2 1 0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.1 -0 $ 7/98
5 Seasons 192 380 -7 3 1 -7 -5 -15 -1.6 11 -4 -0.6 .491 .498 0.2 -1.1 3 $
NYM (4 yrs) 139 307 -6 3 0 -8 -4 -14 -1.5 9 -5 -0.7 .489 .498 0.3 -1.2 3 $
MON (1 yr) 53 73 -2 -0 0 1 -1 -2 -0.2 2 1 0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.1 -0 $

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
1977 22 NYM NL 20 13 2 4.2 98 .286 .250 .262 .400 .329 .313 .399 .713 .728 100 .451 0.3 0.0 .692 .313 .063
1978 23 NYM NL 67 48 9 5.0 91 .277 .266 .257 .284 .325 .484 .378 .768 .703 115 .583 0.6 0.1 .723 .266 .219 1.6
1979 24 NYM NL 122 85 14 4.4 95 .293 .245 .263 .311 .328 .373 .390 .684 .718 91 .502 -1.5 -0.2 .643 .236 .127 2.4
1980 25 NYM NL 98 76 7 2.5 93 .197 .185 .263 .235 .325 .283 .382 .517 .707 46 .274 -7.1 -0.7 .487 .217 .098 2.9
1982 27 MON NL 73 53 7 3.6 96 .273 .212 .268 .288 .331 .348 .389 .636 .721 76 .424 -2.2 -0.2 .547 .227 .136 .0
5 Yrs 380 275 39 3.8 94 .259 .227 .263 .287 .327 .362 .386 .649 .713 81 .446 -10.0 -1.0 .597 .239 .135 9.3
162 Game Avg. 321 232 33 3.8 94 .259 .227 .263 .287 .327 .362 .386 .649 .713 81 .446 -10.0 -1.0 .597 .239 .135 8
NYM (4 yrs) 307 222 32 3.9 94 .256 .230 .262 .287 .326 .365 .385 .652 .712 83 .451 -7.7 -0.8 .609 .241 .135 8.5
MON (1 yr) 73 53 7 3.6 96 .273 .212 .268 .288 .331 .348 .389 .636 .721 76 .424 -2.2 -0.2 .547 .227 .136 .0

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
1977 22 NYM NL 20 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 5.0% 25% 0.50 8.0 1.20 70%
1978 23 NYM NL 67 6.0% 20.9% 3.0% 7.5% 29% 7.00 4.6 16.0 6.4 0.89 70%
1979 24 NYM NL 122 2.5% 21.3% 8.2% 5.7% 26% 2.60 4.2 36.7 10.0 1.22 67%
1980 25 NYM NL 98 2.0% 14.3% 6.1% 4.1% 24% 2.33 6.6 46.0 10.2 0.90 78%
1982 27 MON NL 73 2.7% 27.4% 9.6% 6.9% 36% 2.86 3.3 33.0 9.4 0.52 60%
5 Yrs 380 2.9% 20.0% 7.6% 5.8% 28% 2.62 4.6 31.6 9.4 0.92 69%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.8% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.53 7.0 44.4 8.5 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 22 NYM NL 0.3 0.0 21 -0.0 0.2 -0.3 .92 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.04 -0.2 0.22 1
1978 23 NYM NL 0.6 0.1 72 0.1 1.1 -1.0 .97 0.1 -0.0 1.9 0.2 0.93 0.9 0.02 1
1979 24 NYM NL -1.7 -0.2 124 0.1 2.2 -2.1 1.05 -0.1 0.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.90 -1.5 0.70 13
1980 25 NYM NL -7.1 -0.7 104 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 .98 -0.3 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.87 -3.2 0.91 47
1982 27 MON NL -2.2 -0.2 75 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 1.16 -0.3 -0.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.91 -3.1 1.70 21
5 Yrs -10.2 -1.0 396 -0.5 6.1 -6.6 1.03 -0.6 0.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.91 -7.2 1.06 83

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1977 22 NYM NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 23 NYM NL 0 0 20% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 24 NYM NL 0 0 17% 41 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 25% 8 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
1980 25 NYM NL 4 0 14% 31 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 57% 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 MON NL 1 0 21% 26 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20% 2 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
5 Yrs 5 0 18% 128 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 10 32% 20 13 7 4 3 1 4 3 1

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
1977 22 NYM NL 20 70% 4 1 0 0 0 0.22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 0 0% 13 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 23 NYM NL 67 40% 17 1 0 0 0 0.02 4 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 9 0 0% 5 3 60% 32 6 19% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1979 24 NYM NL 122 38% 27 13 3 1 2 0.70 3 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 17 1 6% 11 2 18% 64 8 13% 8 3 38% 4 1 25% 0
1980 25 NYM NL 98 60% 17 47 8 2 2 0.91 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 1 8% 8 2 25% 42 8 19% 7 6 86% 3 1 33% 0
1982 27 MON NL 73 77% 14 21 3 0 2 1.70 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 5 1 20% 40 5 13% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
5 Yrs 380 53% 79 83 14 3 6 1.06 11 0 5 3 8 4 7 0 0 0 52 3 6% 31 8 26% 191 27 14% 21 11 52% 12 5 42% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 36% 15% 51% 54%

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
1977 22 7 20 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .250 .400 .313 .713 100 5 1 0 0 0 0
1978 23 26 87 80 9 21 1 1 4 10 1 0 6 16 .263 .310 .450 .760 113 36 1 0 0 1 0
1979 24 70 209 190 18 48 4 2 7 21 3 0 16 42 .253 .311 .405 .716 100 77 2 1 0 2 2
1980 25 139 307 282 23 65 5 3 9 30 8 0 22 56 .230 .287 .365 .652 83 103 3 1 0 2 2
1981 26 139 307 282 23 65 5 3 9 30 8 0 22 56 .230 .287 .365 .652 83 103 3 1 0 2 2
1982 27 192 380 348 29 79 8 3 11 37 8 1 29 76 .227 .287 .362 .649 81 126 3 1 0 2 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1977 22 7 20 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 .250 .400 .313 .713 2 7
1978 23 19 68 65 8 18 0 1 4 11 1 2 14 .277 .294 .492 .786 10 19
1979 24 44 125 112 10 29 3 1 3 12 2 11 26 .259 .328 .384 .712 14 44
1980 25 69 99 93 6 18 1 1 2 10 5 6 14 .194 .242 .290 .533 7 69
1982 27 53 73 66 6 14 3 0 2 7 0 7 20 .212 .288 .348 .636 7 53
5 Yrs 192 385 352 32 83 8 3 11 40 8 30 76 .236 .296 .369 .665 40 192
162 Game Avg. 162 325 297 27 70 7 3 9 34 7 25 64 .236 .296 .369 .665 34 192

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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