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Nelson Norman
Nelson Augusto Norman

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

Born: May 23, 1958 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1978
Final Game: April 29, 1987
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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
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	43	91	5	0	18	3	0	*6/4
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	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	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

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
6 Seasons				198	474	429	42	95	12	3	0	25	4	2	21	50	.221	.256	.263	.519	42	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	42	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

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
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	101	.249	.222	.269	.260	.333	.265	.407	.526	.740	43	.208	-27.8	-2.7	.414	.108	.044	.0
1980	22	TEX	AL	34	29	1	0.9	96	.226	.219	.266	.242	.327	.219	.394	.461	.721	30	.051	-3.2	-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	.727	-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 Seasons				474	368	30	2.2	100	.248	.221	.267	.256	.332	.263	.403	.519	.734	42	.200	-35.0	-3.4	.395	.096	.042	.0
162 Game Avg.				388	301	25	2.2	100	.248	.221	.267	.256	.332	.263	.403	.519	.734	42	.200	-35.0	-3.4	.395	.096	.042

TEX (4 yrs)				467	361	30	2.2	100	.252	.225	.267	.260	.331	.268	.403	.527	.734	45	.205	-33.0	-3.2	.404	.097	.043	.0
PIT (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.270	.000	.334	.000	.393	.000	.727	-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	100	.252	.225	.267	.260	.331	.268	.403	.527	.734	45	.205	-33.0	-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*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	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 Seasons				474	0.0%	10.6%	4.4%	3.2%	16%	2.38	8.6	17.2	1.55	81%
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%	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 Seasons				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
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
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%	3	1	33%	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%	22	10	45%	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%	1	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 Seasons				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%	27	11	41%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	45	102	6	19	3
1980	22	187	452	409	41	92	11	3	23	4	2	20	47	.225	.259	.267	.526	44	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	42	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	34	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	23
1979	21	148	372	349	37	80	9	3	0	22	4	20	41	.229	.269	.272	.541	26	147
1980	22	17	31	30	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.167	.194	.167	.360	1	17
1981	23	11	25	21	2	6	2	0	0	5	0	2	3	.286	.320	.381	.701	3	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 Seasons		203	469	441	43	91	11	3	0	29	4	23	51	.206	.243	.245	.488	33	198
162 Game Avg.		162	374	352	34	73	9	2	0	23	3	18	41	.206	.243	.245	.488	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

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