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Jim Norris

James Francis Norris

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 20, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Seaford HS (Seaford, NY)
School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rangers 1977-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
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 124 407 353 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 71 48 11 0 3 5 2 983/7D
4 Yrs 489 1494 1282 173 338 57 17 7 110 59 37 173 128 .264 .348 .351 .699 95 450 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 95 149 13 0 8 5 4
CLE (3 yrs) 370 1289 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 71 48 11 0 3 5 2

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 Awards
1977 28 CLE AL 133 517 1 -1 0 9 -3 7 0.9 17 23 2.4 .505 .504 1.4 0.8 14 $19,000 *89/37
1978 29 CLE AL 113 365 4 1 1 2 -6 3 0.4 12 15 1.5 .503 .502 1.3 -0.3 12 $ 97D/38
1979 30 CLE AL 124 407 -6 0 -0 3 -5 -9 -0.8 13 4 0.5 .493 .494 0.2 -0.1 2 $55,000 798D
1980 31 TEX AL 119 205 -9 1 -1 -8 -4 -21 -2.1 6 -14 -1.5 .482 .487 -0.7 -1.0 -7 $ 983/7D
4 Seasons 489 1494 -9 1 -1 7 -18 -20 -1.5 48 28 2.9 .496 .497 2.2 -0.7 21 $74,000
CLE (3 yrs) 370 1289 -0 0 1 14 -14 1 0.6 42 43 4.4 .500 .500 2.9 0.4 28 $74,000
TEX (1 yr) 119 205 -9 1 -1 -8 -4 -21 -2.1 6 -14 -1.5 .482 .487 -0.7 -1.0 -7 $

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
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 407 297 39 3.5 102 .264 .246 .270 .328 .334 .348 .408 .676 .743 83 .367 -7.9 -0.8 .597 .241 .102 5.0
1980 31 TEX AL 205 153 15 2.6 95 .264 .247 .264 .327 .326 .276 .392 .603 .718 71 .266 -5.4 -0.5 .510 .178 .029 .0
4 Yrs 1494 1058 158 4.0 97 .285 .264 .264 .348 .328 .351 .396 .699 .724 95 .438 -3.0 -0.3 .632 .239 .087 12.5
162 Game Avg. 495 351 52 4.0 97 .285 .264 .264 .348 .328 .351 .396 .699 .724 95 .438 -3.0 -0.3 .632 .239 .087 4
CLE (3 yrs) 1289 905 143 4.2 97 .288 .266 .264 .351 .328 .363 .397 .714 .725 98 .464 2.4 0.3 .653 .249 .097 12.4
TEX (1 yr) 205 153 15 2.6 95 .264 .247 .264 .327 .326 .276 .392 .603 .718 71 .266 -5.4 -0.5 .510 .178 .029 .0

Ratio Batting*

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 407 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 Yrs 1494 0.5% 8.6% 11.6% 5.4% 24% 0.74 10.0 183.1 11.7 1.23 78%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.8% 8.4% 6.7% 28% 1.52 7.0 43.6 8.4 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 28 CLE AL 4.5 0.4 565 0.0 9.0 -9.0 1.02 -0.4 0.4 -4.8 -0.5 0.95 -3.7 1.83 10
1978 29 CLE AL 5.8 0.6 389 -0.6 6.3 -6.8 1.09 0.1 -0.6 0.3 0.0 0.97 2.6 1.85 20
1979 30 CLE AL -8.4 -0.8 437 -1.9 6.3 -8.1 1.02 -1.1 -0.7 -13.5 -1.3 0.97 -14.3 1.98 18
1980 31 TEX AL -5.7 -0.6 215 -1.3 3.1 -4.4 1.14 -1.0 -0.1 -11.9 -1.2 1.03 -12.3 1.47 31
4 Yrs -3.8 -0.4 1606 -3.8 24.6 -28.4 1.05 -2.5 -1.1 -30.0 -3.0 0.97 -27.8 1.73 79

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% 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 Yrs 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

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
1977 28 CLE AL 517 76% 119 10 5 0 3 1.83 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 10 9 90% 90 10 11% 43 20 47% 298 39 13% 26 14 54% 13 5 38% 0
1978 29 CLE AL 365 94% 89 20 5 0 2 1.85 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 7 5 71% 73 6 8% 36 17 47% 209 25 12% 21 8 38% 14 8 57% 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% 21 9 43% 0
1980 31 TEX AL 205 88% 43 31 9 0 7 1.47 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 54 11 20% 23 12 52% 150 16 11% 14 9 64% 6 3 50% 0
4 Yrs 1494 84% 338 79 23 0 15 1.73 7 0 39 7 0 2 5 0 28 23 82% 297 39 13% 151 68 45% 899 112 12% 87 44 51% 54 25 46% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 36% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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 1289 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 1494 1282 173 338 57 17 7 110 59 37 173 128 .264 .348 .351 .699 95 450 39 0 23 15 11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 28 133 526 446 64 125 24 6 2 40 27 67 57 .280 .371 .374 .746 63 133
1978 29 113 375 322 46 96 15 5 2 30 13 45 20 .298 .381 .394 .775 49 113
1979 30 125 410 356 51 88 15 6 3 30 15 45 35 .247 .329 .348 .678 41 124
1980 31 119 210 177 26 46 5 0 0 18 6 25 16 .260 .343 .288 .631 18 119
4 Yrs 490 1521 1301 187 355 59 17 7 118 61 182 128 .273 .358 .360 .719 171 489
162 Game Avg. 162 503 430 62 117 20 6 2 39 20 60 42 .273 .358 .360 .719 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 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

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 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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