Nelson Norman

Nelson Augusto Norman

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: May 23, 1958 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1978
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Pirates/Expos 1978-1987

Final Game: April 29, 1987
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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
1975	17	PIT-min	Rk	51	214	202	19	53	5	0	0	13	12	7	8	11	.262	.304	.287	.591		58	3	4	0	0	0		PRA · GULF
1976	18	PIT-min	A	128	544	544		151	15	1	2						.278	.278	.320	.597		174							CHS · WCRS
1977	19	PIT-min	AA,AAA	122	484	448	40	111	18	2	0	31	5	6	25	51	.248	.285	.297	.582		133		0	7	4			SHV,CLB · TL,IL
1978	20	TEX-min	AAA	122	535	469	82	133	17	7	2	76	17	6	51	33	.284	.353	.362	.715		170		2	8	5			TUC · PCL
1978	20	TEX	AL	23	35	34	1	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.265	.265	.324	.588	65	11	1	0	1	0	0	6/5
1979	21	TEX	AL	147	383	343	36	76	9	3	0	21	4	1	19	41	.222	.260	.265	.526	44	91	5	0	18	3	0	*6/4
1980	22	TEX-min	AAA	28	114	99	7	24	2	0	0	5	4	4	14	6	.242	.336	.263	.599		26		0	1	0			CHL · IL
1980	22	TEX	AL	17	34	32	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	.219	.242	.219	.461	30	7	2	0	1	0	0	6
1981	23	TEX-min	AAA	115	391	349	37	86	7	0	0	31	3	2	26	40	.246	.297	.266	.564		93		1	11	4	0		WCH · AA
1981	23	TEX	AL	7	15	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.231	.267	.308	.574	70	4	0	0	0	1	0	/6
1982	24	PIT-min	AAA	134	530	445	58	120	7	4	1	52	9	11	76	27	.270	.376	.310	.687		138		2	4	3	3		POR · PCL
1982	24	PIT	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/46

1983	25	PIT-min	AA	122	505	410	77	110	13	5	5	53	2	4	85	25	.268	.392	.361	.753		148		1	5	4	3		LYN · EL
1984	26	PIT-min	AAA	73	248	209	29	60	8	1	0	18	0	3	37	14	.287	.391	.335	.726		70		0	0	2	4		HAW · PCL
1985	27	BAL-min	AAA	84	248	204	19	38	4	2	2	11	3	2	35	17	.186	.302	.255	.557		52		0	6	3	0		ROC · IL
1986	28	WSN-min	AA	122	455	402	53	116	19	3	1	45	2	3	44	15	.289	.357	.358	.715		144		1	4	4	4		JCK · SOUL
1987	29	WSN-min	AAA	76	249	219	30	64	11	1	4	30	1	0	23	14	.292	.351	.406	.757		89		0	1	6	3		INA · AA
1987	29	MON	NL	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1988	30	WSN-min	AAA	67	175	159	14	35	1	0	2	18	0	0	12	9	.220	.273	.264	.537		42		0	3	1	2		INA · AA
1989	31	WSN-min	AAA	8	17	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.083	.214	.083	.298		1		0	3	0	0		INA · AA
6 Yrs				198	474	429	42	95	12	3	0	25	4	2	21	50	.221	.256	.263	.519	43	113	8	0	20	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	388	351	34	78	10	2	0	20	3	2	17	41	.221	.256	.263	.519	43	92	7	0	16	3	0

TEX (4 yrs)				194	467	422	42	95	12	3	0	25	4	2	21	49	.225	.260	.268	.527	45	113	8	0	20	4	0
PIT (1 yr)				3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				194	467	422	42	95	12	3	0	25	4	2	21	49	.225	.260	.268	.527	45	113	8	0	20	4	0
NL (2 yrs)				4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1978	20	TEX	AL	23	35	-2	0	-0	5	1	4	0.5	1	5	0.6	.520	.503	0.0	0.7	0	$	6/5
1979	21	TEX	AL	147	383	-27	0	1	-8	7	-26	-2.5	12	-14	-1.4	.482	.484	-0.6	0.0	-6	$	*6/4
1980	22	TEX	AL	17	34	-3	0	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	6
1981	23	TEX	AL	7	15	-1	0	0	2	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.528	.501	0.0	0.3	0	$	/6
1982	24	PIT	NL	3	3	-1	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/46

1987	29	MON	NL	1	4	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.301	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/6
6 Seasons				198	474	-35	1	1	-1	9	-25	-2.3	15	-9	-1.0	.488	.497	-0.9	1.1	-9	$

TEX (4 yrs)				194	467	-33	1	1	0	9	-22	-2.0	15	-7	-0.7	.489	.497	-0.7	1.2	-7	$
PIT (1 yr)				3	3	-1	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
MON (1 yr)				1	4	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.301	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1978	20	TEX	AL	35	27	3	3.0	94	.310	.265	.261	.265	.326	.324	.385	.588	.711	65	.335	-1.7	-0.2	.423	.059	.059
1979	21	TEX	AL	383	294	25	2.3	100	.249	.222	.267	.260	.332	.265	.405	.526	.736	44	.208	-27.3	-2.7	.414	.108	.044	.0
1980	22	TEX	AL	34	29	1	0.9	95	.226	.219	.264	.242	.326	.219	.392	.461	.718	30	.051	-3.1	-0.3	.250	.000	.000
1981	23	TEX	AL	15	11	1	2.4	84	.250	.231	.249	.267	.313	.308	.362	.574	.675	70	.280	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.154	.077
1982	24	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.270	.000	.334	.000	.393	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1987	29	MON	NL	4	4	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.342	.000	.425	.000	.767	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				474	368	30	2.2	99	.248	.221	.266	.256	.330	.263	.401	.519	.731	43	.200	-34.5	-3.4	.395	.096	.042	.0
162 Game Avg.				388	301	25	2.2	99	.248	.221	.266	.256	.330	.263	.401	.519	.731	43	.200	-34.5	-3.4	.395	.096	.042

TEX (4 yrs)				467	361	30	2.2	99	.252	.225	.266	.260	.330	.268	.401	.527	.731	45	.205	-32.5	-3.2	.404	.097	.043	.0
PIT (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.270	.000	.334	.000	.393	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
MON (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.342	.000	.425	.000	.767	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (4 yrs)				467	361	30	2.2	99	.252	.225	.266	.260	.330	.268	.401	.527	.731	45	.205	-32.5	-3.2	.404	.097	.043	.0
NL (2 yrs)				7	7	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.272	.000	.339	.000	.411	.000	.750	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	20	TEX	AL	35	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	5.7%	22%		6.8		34.0	1.00	83%
1979	21	TEX	AL	383	0.0%	10.7%	5.0%	3.1%	16%	2.16	8.4		16.3	1.66	80%
1980	22	TEX	AL	34	0.0%	2.9%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	1.00	32.0		32.0	1.25	91%
1981	23	TEX	AL	15	0.0%	13.3%	6.7%	6.7%	33%	2.00	6.5		6.5	0.80	80%
1982	24	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	100%

1987	29	MON	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				75%
6 Yrs				474	0.0%	10.6%	4.4%	3.2%	16%	2.38	8.6		17.2	1.55	81%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.6%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.60	6.6	41.9	8.4	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	20	TEX	AL	-1.7	-0.2	36	-0.4	0.3	-0.8	.95	-0.3	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	-3.3		0
1979	21	TEX	AL	-27.8	-2.7	389	-2.7	3.3	-6.0	.84	-3.0	-0.3	-38.7	-3.9	0.98	-33.4	0.02	1
1980	22	TEX	AL	-3.2	-0.3	37	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.88	-0.4	-0.1	-5.1	-0.5	1.01	-4.6		0
1981	23	TEX	AL	-0.4	-0.0	15	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.25	-0.0	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.14	-0.5		0
1982	24	PIT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.63	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.61	-0.8		0

1987	29	MON	NL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.74	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.05	-1.1		0
6 Yrs				-35.0	-3.5	484	-3.8	4.1	-7.9	.86	-3.9	-0.6	-50.7	-5.1	0.98	-43.7	0.02	1

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	20	TEX	AL	0	0	11%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1979	21	TEX	AL	5	0	38%	137	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	8	40%	20	13	7	7	6	1	11	3	7
1980	22	TEX	AL	0	0	50%	6	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1981	23	TEX	AL	0	0	25%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1982	24	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1987	29	MON	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				5	0	36%	164	4	2	67%	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	13	41%	25	16	9	8	7	1	13	3	9

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
1978	20	TEX	AL	35	63%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	2	0	0%	23	1	4%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1979	21	TEX	AL	383	33%	76			1	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	21	18	86%	78	5	6%	46	24	52%	269	22	8%	17	7	41%	13	6	46%	0
1980	22	TEX	AL	34	21%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	10	2	20%	4	1	25%	21	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1981	23	TEX	AL	15	53%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	12	2	17%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1982	24	PIT	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1987	29	MON	NL	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				474	35%	95			1	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	24	20	83%	97	8	8%	54	26	48%	329	26	8%	22	9	41%	14	6	43%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1978	20	23	35	34	1	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	.265	.265	.324	.588	65	11	1	1	0
1979	21	170	418	377	37	85	11	3	22	4	1	19	46	.225	.261	.271	.531	46	102	6	19	3
1980	22	187	452	409	41	92	11	3	23	4	2	20	47	.225	.259	.267	.526	45	109	8	20	3
1981	23	194	467	422	42	95	12	3	25	4	2	21	49	.225	.260	.268	.527	45	113	8	20	4
1982	24	197	470	425	42	95	12	3	25	4	2	21	49	.224	.258	.266	.524	44	113	8	20	4
1983	25	197	470	425	42	95	12	3	25	4	2	21	49	.224	.258	.266	.524	44	113	8	20	4
1984	26	197	470	425	42	95	12	3	25	4	2	21	49	.224	.258	.266	.524	44	113	8	20	4
1985	27	197	470	425	42	95	12	3	25	4	2	21	49	.224	.258	.266	.524	44	113	8	20	4
1986	28	197	470	425	42	95	12	3	25	4	2	21	49	.224	.258	.266	.524	44	113	8	20	4
1987	29	198	474	429	42	95	12	3	25	4	2	21	50	.221	.256	.263	.519	43	113	8	20	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	20	23	35	34	1	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	.265	.265	.324	.588	3	23
1979	21	148	389	348	38	79	9	3	0	22	4	20	41	.227	.267	.270	.537	25	147
1980	22	17	35	33	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.242	.265	.242	.507	2	17
1981	23	11	22	19	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	.211	.227	.263	.490	2	7
1982	24	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1987	29	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
6 Yrs		203	488	441	45	100	12	3	0	27	4	22	51	.227	.261	.268	.528	32	198
162 Game Avg.		162	389	352	36	80	10	2	0	22	3	18	41	.227	.261	.268	.528	26	198

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1979 AL 18 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 1978 AL born 1958-05-23 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL 18 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1978 AL born 1958-05-23 (5th)

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