Jim Norris
James Francis Norris
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 20, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Seaford (Seaford, NY)
School: University of Maryland
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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 Awards
1977 28 CLE AL 133 517 440 59 119 23 6 2 37 26 17 64 57 .270 .360 .364 .724 102 160 10 0 9 4 4 *89/37
1978 29 CLE AL 113 365 315 41 89 14 5 2 27 12 7 42 20 .283 .364 .378 .742 111 119 6 0 5 3 4 97D/38
1979 30 CLE AL 124 406 353 50 87 15 6 3 30 15 10 44 35 .246 .328 .348 .676 83 123 12 0 6 3 1 798D
1980 31 TEX AL 119 205 174 23 43 5 0 0 16 6 3 23 16 .247 .327 .276 .603 70 48 11 0 3 5 2 983/7D
4 Seasons 489 1493 1282 173 338 57 17 7 110 59 37 173 128 .264 .348 .351 .699 94 450 39 0 23 15 11
162 Game Avg. 162 495 425 57 112 19 6 2 36 20 12 57 42 .264 .348 .351 .699 94 149 13 0 8 5 4
CLE (3 yrs) 370 1288 1108 150 295 52 17 7 94 53 34 150 112 .266 .351 .363 .714 98 402 28 0 20 10 9
TEX (1 yr) 119 205 174 23 43 5 0 0 16 6 3 23 16 .247 .327 .276 .603 70 48 11 0 3 5 2

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
1977 28 CLE AL 517 361 59 4.4 96 .304 .270 .262 .360 .325 .364 .398 .724 .723 102 .474 4.5 0.4 .670 .259 .093 3.7
1978 29 CLE AL 365 247 45 4.9 93 .294 .283 .260 .364 .325 .378 .383 .742 .708 111 .555 5.8 0.6 .695 .244 .095 3.4
1979 30 CLE AL 406 297 39 3.5 103 .264 .246 .271 .328 .336 .348 .410 .676 .746 83 .367 -8.4 -0.8 .597 .241 .102 5.0
1980 31 TEX AL 205 153 15 2.6 96 .264 .247 .266 .327 .327 .276 .394 .603 .721 70 .266 -5.7 -0.6 .510 .178 .029 .0
4 Seasons 1493 1058 158 4.0 97 .285 .264 .264 .348 .328 .351 .397 .699 .725 94 .438 -3.8 -0.4 .632 .239 .087 12.5
162 Game Avg. 495 351 52 4.0 97 .285 .264 .264 .348 .328 .351 .397 .699 .725 94 .438 -3.8 -0.4 .632 .239 .087 4
CLE (3 yrs) 1288 905 143 4.2 97 .288 .266 .264 .351 .328 .363 .398 .714 .726 98 .464 1.9 0.2 .653 .249 .097 12.4
TEX (1 yr) 205 153 15 2.6 96 .264 .247 .266 .327 .327 .276 .394 .603 .721 70 .266 -5.7 -0.6 .510 .178 .029 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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 28 CLE AL 517 0.4% 11.0% 12.4% 6.0% 26% 0.89 7.7 220.0 11.9 1.21 74%
1978 29 CLE AL 365 0.6% 5.5% 11.5% 5.8% 24% 0.48 15.8 157.5 11.7 1.16 81%
1979 30 CLE AL 406 0.7% 8.6% 10.8% 5.9% 28% 0.80 10.1 117.7 11.8 1.25 78%
1980 31 TEX AL 205 0.0% 7.8% 11.2% 2.4% 12% 0.70 10.9 10.9 1.34 80%
4 Seasons 1493 0.5% 8.6% 11.6% 5.4% 24% 0.74 10.0 183.1 11.7 1.23 78%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 28 CLE AL 4 0 32% 202 26 17 60% 25 14 1 2 0 1 2 1 8 12 41% 38 22 14 1 1 0 29 12 14
1978 29 CLE AL 4 0 30% 155 12 7 63% 12 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 49% 26 17 9 2 1 1 13 3 10
1979 30 CLE AL 7 1 37% 179 15 10 60% 14 9 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 13 48% 29 17 11 6 1 5 13 6 7
1980 31 TEX AL 0 0 35% 76 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 50% 20 11 9 5 2 3 5 2 3
4 Seasons 15 1 33% 612 59 37 61% 57 31 2 3 0 3 6 2 20 36 46% 113 67 43 14 5 9 60 23 34
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
1977 28 CLE AL 517 76% 119 10 5 0 3 1.87 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 10 9 90% 90 10 11% 43 20 47% 298 39 13% 26 14 54% 35 12 34% 0
1978 29 CLE AL 365 94% 89 19 5 0 2 1.91 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 7 5 71% 73 6 8% 36 17 47% 209 25 12% 21 8 38% 20 8 40% 0
1979 30 CLE AL 407 84% 87 18 4 0 3 1.98 3 0 11 3 0 2 1 0 8 6 75% 80 12 15% 49 19 39% 242 32 13% 26 13 50% 28 13 46% 0
1980 31 TEX AL 205 88% 43 31 9 0 7 1.49 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 54 11 20% 23 12 52% 150 16 11% 14 9 64% 14 4 29% 0
4 Seasons 1494 84% 338 78 23 0 15 1.75 7 0 39 7 0 2 5 0 28 23 82% 297 39 13% 151 68 45% 899 112 12% 87 44 51% 97 37 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 28 133 517 440 59 119 23 6 2 37 26 17 64 57 .270 .360 .364 .724 102 160 10 0 9 4 4
1978 29 246 882 755 100 208 37 11 4 64 38 24 106 77 .275 .362 .370 .731 106 279 16 0 14 7 8
1979 30 370 1288 1108 150 295 52 17 7 94 53 34 150 112 .266 .351 .363 .714 98 402 28 0 20 10 9
1980 31 489 1493 1282 173 338 57 17 7 110 59 37 173 128 .264 .348 .351 .699 94 450 39 0 23 15 11

Neutralized Batting

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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 28 133 519 447 64 126 24 6 2 40 28 68 57 .282 .374 .376 .750 64 133
1978 29 113 373 324 46 98 15 6 2 31 13 46 20 .302 .386 .404 .790 51 113
1979 30 125 399 353 50 85 15 6 3 30 15 43 35 .241 .321 .343 .664 39 124
1980 31 119 204 175 25 44 5 0 0 18 6 24 16 .251 .333 .280 .613 17 119
4 Seasons 490 1495 1299 185 353 59 18 7 119 62 181 128 .272 .357 .361 .718 171 489
162 Game Avg. 162 494 429 61 117 20 6 2 39 20 60 42 .272 .357 .361 .718 57 489

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1977 AL  26 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1977 AL  17 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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