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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 TEX AL 20 SS 18 8 6 90.2 61 14 46 1 7 .984 5 62 5.96 3.33 .964 4.92 4.87
1978 TEX AL 20 3B 6 2 1 23.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0 26 2.35 1.00 .953 3.01 2.98
1979 TEX AL 21 SS 142 115 73 1015.0 503 177 302 24 64 .952 -8 -9 4.25 3.37 .965 5.01 4.95
1979 TEX AL 21 2B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
1980 TEX AL 22 SS 17 12 6 101.2 70 21 45 4 12 .943 1 9 5.84 3.88 .963 4.99 4.98
1981 TEX AL 23 SS 5 4 4 38.0 27 5 21 1 5 .963 2 69 6.16 5.20 .967 5.00 4.98
1982 PIT NL 24 2B 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.45
1982 PIT NL 24 SS 1 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 3.00 3.00 .967 5.00 5.00
1987 MON NL 29 SS 1 1 1 8.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -1 -150 2.25 2.00 .967 4.73 4.70
6 Seasons SS 184 141 91 1262.1 667 219 417 31 88 .954 -1 -1 4.53 3.46 .965 5.00 4.95
1 Season 3B 6 2 1 23.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0 26 2.35 1.00 .953 3.01 2.98
2 Seasons 2B 3 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.43
6 Seasons TOT 193 143 92 1289.1 673 221 421 31 89 .954 -1 -1 4.48 3.33 .965 4.97 4.89
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1978 TEX AL 20 SS 5 62 5 3 2 0
1978 TEX AL 20 3B 0 26 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 21 SS -8 -9 -8 -5 -3 0
1979 TEX AL 21 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 22 SS 1 9 1 3 -2 0
1981 TEX AL 23 SS 2 69 2 2 0 0
1982 PIT NL 24 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PIT NL 24 SS -0 -13 -0 -0 0 0
1987 MON NL 29 SS -1 -150 -1 0 -1 0
6 Seasons SS -1 -1 -1 3 -4 0
1 Season 3B 0 26 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons TOT -1 -1 -1 3 -4 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 TEX AL 20 23 10 23 23 0 0 0 0 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 TEX AL 21 147 115 147 144 0 0 0 1 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
1980 TEX AL 22 17 12 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1981 TEX AL 23 7 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1982 PIT NL 24 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MON NL 29 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 198 143 198 193 0 0 0 3 6 185 0 0 0 0 0 1 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 TEX AL 20 373 54% 83% 32% 50 90% 0 14 4 6 4 46 39 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 21 4269 55% 82% 30% 395 87% 1 180 77 80 23 304 225 71 0 1 24 2 16 6 21 66 21 1 26 3 4 58 22 33 5 2 3
1980 TEX AL 22 447 47% 80% 30% 51 88% 0 22 6 12 4 45 33 12 0 0 4 0 3 1 4 12 3 2 5 2 0 12 5 7 0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 23 159 70% 78% 32% 25 92% 0 7 2 5 0 21 14 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0
1982 PIT NL 24 36 67% 89% 19% 2 100% 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MON NL 29 39 64% 74% 36% 3 33% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5323 55% 81% 30% 526 87% 2 225 89 104 32 419 312 98 0 2 31 2 21 8 27 90 29 3 36 6 4 81 32 46 5 2 3
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 TEX AL 20 89 38% 79% 33% 5 100% 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 Season 89 38% 79% 33% 5 100% 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 90% 73%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 TEX AL 21 7 71% 86% 57% 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
1982 PIT NL 24 8 75% 88% 38% 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
2 Seasons 15 73% 87% 47% 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
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 95%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1979 AL  24 (5th)

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

                           

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