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Bud Norris

David Stefan Norris (twitter: @BudNorris20)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: March 2, 1985 in Greenbrae, CA
High School: San Marin HS (Novato, CA)
School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 2009
Team: Astros 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$511k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.068, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2006	21	HOU-min	A-	2	0	1.000	3.79	15	3	6	2	38.0	28	20	16	1	13	0	46	4	0	1	161		1.079	6.6	0.2	3.1	10.9	3.54	TRC · NYPL
2007	22	HOU-min	A,A+	3	8	.273	4.56	23	23	0	0	102.2	89	59	52	8	42	0	119	6	0	6	438		1.276	7.8	0.7	3.7	10.4	2.83	LEX,SAL · SALL,CARL
2008	23	HOU-min	AA	3	8	.273	4.05	19	19	0	0	80.0	89	42	36	8	31	0	84	7	3	1	352		1.500	10.0	0.9	3.5	9.4	2.71	CPC · TL
2009	24	HOU-min	AAA	4	9	.308	2.62	19	19	0	0	120.0	104	42	35	6	53	4	112	4	0	4	509		1.308	7.8	0.4	4.0	8.4	2.11	RRK · PCL
2009	24	HOU	NL	6	3	.667	4.53	11	10	0	0	55.2	59	29	28	9	25	1	54	3	0	3	249	91	1.509	9.5	1.5	4.0	8.7	2.16
2010	25	HOU-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.07	3	3	0	0	14.2	16	5	5	1	6	0	14	0	0	1	64		1.500	9.8	0.6	3.7	8.6	2.33	RRK · PCL
2010	25	HOU	NL	9	10	.474	4.92	27	27	0	0	153.2	151	94	84	18	77	3	158	6	2	5	683	80	1.484	8.8	1.1	4.5	9.3	2.05
2011	26	HOU	NL	6	11	.353	3.77	31	31	0	0	186.0	177	93	78	24	70	7	176	5	2	3	795	100	1.328	8.6	1.2	3.4	8.5	2.51
2012	27	HOU	NL	5	2	.714	4.52	11	11	0	0	63.2	66	34	32	7	25	1	64	3	0	2	282	85	1.429	9.3	1.0	3.5	9.0	2.56
4 Yrs				26	26	.500	4.35	80	79	0	0	459.0	453	250	222	58	197	12	452	17	4	13	2009	90	1.416	8.9	1.1	3.9	8.9	2.29
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.500	4.35	34	34	0	0	196	194	107	95	25	84	5	193	7	2	6	859	90	1.416	8.9	1.1	3.9	8.9	2.29

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2009	24	HOU	NL	55.2	11	10	29	4.69	4.65	-0.01	0.15	99.0	4.76	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.4	6	.504	.500	$
2010	25	HOU	NL	153.2	27	27	94	5.51	4.48	-0.16	0.17	96.1	4.62	-15	-1.6		-0.1	-0.5	-1	.442	.490	$401,000
2011	26	HOU	NL	186.0	31	31	93	4.50	4.28	0.10	0.16	98.0	4.25	-6	-0.7		-0.1	0.6	11	.478	.496	$437,500
2012	27	HOU	NL	63.2	11	11	34	4.81	4.15	-0.06	0.15	101.3	4.42	-3	-0.4		-0.1	0.1	3	.468	.498	$
4 Seasons				459.0	80	79	250	4.90	4.37	-0.02	0.16	97.9	4.46	-25	-2.5	.0	-0.3	0.6	19	.468	.496	$838,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2009	24	HOU	NL	11	249	217	29	59	9	1	9	1	0	25	54	.272	.351	.447	.798	.318	97	4	3	1	3	1	1
2010	25	HOU	NL	27	683	590	94	151	32	3	18	12	5	77	158	.256	.346	.412	.758	.318	243	12	6	6	4	3	10
2011	26	HOU	NL	31	795	707	93	177	38	2	24	16	6	70	176	.250	.321	.412	.732	.299	291	10	5	9	4	7	6
2012	27	HOU	NL	11	282	252	34	66	10	1	7	7	2	25	64	.262	.335	.393	.727	.324	99	3	3	1	1	1	2
4 Yrs				80	2009	1766	250	453	89	7	58	36	13	197	452	.257	.335	.413	.748	.312	730	29	17	17	12	12	19
162 Game Avg.				34	859	755	107	194	38	3	25	15	6	84	193	.257	.335	.413	.748	.312	312	12	7	7	5	5	8
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2009	24	HOU	NL	-1.9	-0.2	255	0.3	4.2	-3.9	1.00	-0.4	0.7	-2.0	-0.2	1.00	-4.5	1
2010	25	HOU	NL	-17.0	-1.7	712	-2.4	11.0	-13.5	.99	-1.7	-0.8	-21.6	-2.1	0.99	-19.0	0
2011	26	HOU	NL	-3.3	-0.3	820	-0.9	14.1	-15.0	1.03	-0.9	0.0	-8.1	-0.8	1.03	-11.1	0
2012	27	HOU	NL	-4.2	-0.4	293	-0.6	4.8	-5.4	.98	-0.2	-0.3	-4.7	-0.5	0.98	-4.0	0
4 Yrs				-26.3	-2.6	2080	-3.6	34.2	-37.8	1.00	-3.2	-0.4	-36.5	-3.6	1.00	-38.6	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2009	24	HOU	NL	11	10	6	3	1	1	0	6	4	.600	1	0	0	0	5	50%	49.2	74	15	5	1	1	4	4.9	5.4	5.3	90	1	8	1	0	105
2010	25	HOU	NL	27	27	9	10	8	2	1	14	13	.519	1	9	0	0	10	37%	48.7	74	19	18	3	0	14	4.3	3.7	5.7	101	1	12	13	1	123
2011	26	HOU	NL	31	31	6	11	14	2	4	13	18	.419	3	4	0	0	16	52%	52.9	81	28	14	6	0	17	3.4	3.3	6.0	102	2	10	18	1	121
2012	27	HOU	NL	11	11	5	2	4	1	0	8	3	.727	0	3	0	0	7	64%	50.5	74	4	5	1	0	4	5.9	6.2	5.8	99	1	3	7	0	117
4 Yrs				80	79	26	26	27	6	5	41	38	.519	5	16	0	0	38	48%	51	81	4	42	11	1	39	4.2	4.1	5.8	99	5	33	39	2	123
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	24	HOU	NL	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.998	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	52
1 Yr				11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.998	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	52

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2009	24	HOU	NL	249	55%	3.6%	21.7%	10.0%	7.6%	32%	0.66	0.81	63%	18%	11.0%	17%	49	4	8%
2010	25	HOU	NL	683	52%	2.6%	23.1%	11.3%	7.8%	35%	0.79	1.08	61%	15%	8.6%	13%	125	12	10%
2011	26	HOU	NL	795	49%	3.0%	22.1%	8.8%	8.1%	36%	0.69	0.89	64%	19%	8.9%	13%	142	10	7%
2012	27	HOU	NL	282	42%	2.5%	22.7%	8.9%	6.4%	27%	0.68	0.84	65%	20%	7.3%	14%	59	3	5%
4 Yrs				2009	50%	2.9%	22.5%	9.8%	7.7%	34%	0.72	0.93	63%	18%	8.8%	13%	375	29	8%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	24	HOU	NL	250	954	3.82	595	62%	29%	19%	24%	28%	71%	1%	44%	74%	59%	6%	15	8	28%	71	33	4	19%	11	6	-1	0	0
2010	25	HOU	NL	687	2726	3.97	1672	61%	26%	19%	28%	26%	74%	1%	45%	74%	54%	7%	46	29	23%	158	91	10	24%	22	14	-4	0	0
2011	26	HOU	NL	797	3147	3.95	1971	63%	26%	18%	28%	28%	74%	2%	47%	75%	59%	6%	46	33	25%	201	114	17	20%	27	6	-2	0	0
2012	27	HOU	NL	283	1084	3.83	700	65%	29%	18%	26%	27%	71%	1%	46%	75%	59%	3%	8	4	20%	57	32	3	19%	13	3	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				2017	7911	3.92	4938	62%	27%	19%	27%	27%	73%	1%	46%	75%	57%	6%	115	74	24%	487	270	34	21%	73	29	-8	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2009	24	HOU	NL	249	59	6	0	9	0	9	8	1	6	3	12	7	3	58%	1	3	1	94	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
2010	25	HOU	NL	683	151	14	0	18	0	16	6	12	12	6	38	19	11	50%	10	5	1	260	12	5	71%	10	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	0
2011	26	HOU	NL	795	177	13	1	24	0	18	11	13	15	9	35	16	13	46%	6	3	0	287	16	6	73%	15	5	1	0	0	1	4	1	10	0
2012	27	HOU	NL	282	66	5	0	7	0	6	5	2	2	5	19	8	4	42%	2	2	1	115	7	2	78%	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
4 Yrs				2009	453	38	1	58	0	49	30	28	35	23	104	50	31	48%	19	13	3	756	36	13	73%	30	12	6	0	0	1	8	1	41	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	24	6	3	.667	4.53	11	10	55.2	59	29	28	9	25	1	54	3	0	3	249	91	1.509	9.5	1.5	4.0	8.7	2.16	91
2010	25	15	13	.536	4.82	38	37	209.1	210	123	112	27	102	4	212	9	2	8	932	83	1.490	9.0	1.2	4.4	9.1	2.08	83
2011	26	21	24	.467	4.33	69	68	395.1	387	216	190	51	172	11	388	14	4	11	1727	90	1.414	8.8	1.2	3.9	8.8	2.26	90
2012	27	26	26	.500	4.35	80	79	459.0	453	250	222	58	197	12	452	17	4	13	2009	90	1.416	8.9	1.1	3.9	8.9	2.29	90

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2009	24	3	3	.500	4.67	54.0	59	31	28	9	25	52	3	1.556	9.8	4.2	8.7	2.08	1.5	11
2010	25	6	10	.375	5.29	148.0	154	97	87	18	79	152	6	1.574	9.4	4.8	9.2	1.92	1.1	27
2011	26	9	10	.474	4.30	178.0	184	94	85	25	73	168	5	1.444	9.3	3.7	8.5	2.30	1.3	31
2012	27	2	4	.333	5.16	61.0	69	39	35	7	26	62	3	1.557	10.2	3.8	9.1	2.38	1.0	11
4 Yrs		20	27	.426	4.80	441.0	466	261	235	59	203	434	17	1.517	9.5		8.9	2.14	1.2	80

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 2012 NL 5 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 NL 8.516 (9th) 2012 NL 9.047 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2012 NL 64 (8th)	Games Started s c a p y 2012 NL 11 (1st)
Home Runs s c a p y 2011 NL 24 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2010 NL 77 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2012 NL 3 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2012 NL 282 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1549), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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