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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 CLE AL 28 OF 124 115 1033.0 335 320 9 6 1 .982 9.6 11.2 9.6 8.8 0.7 0 2.87 2.65 .978 2.34 2.03
1977 CLE AL 28 CF 73 67 607.1 215 205 5 5 0 .977 3.9 7.7 4.9 3.4 1.4 -1 3.11 2.88 .983 2.83 2.49
1977 CLE AL 28 RF 50 48 421.0 119 114 4 1 1 .992 6.1 17.4 5.1 5.7 -0.6 1 2.52 2.36 .974 2.08 1.71
1977 CLE AL 28 1B 3 0 7.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 7.71 2.00 .983 10.03 8.80
1977 CLE AL 28 LF 3 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -102.9 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.12 1.73
1978 CLE AL 29 OF 78 66 580.2 161 153 6 2 2 .988 2.1 4.3 2.1 -1.1 3.2 0 2.46 2.04 .979 2.47 2.13
1978 CLE AL 29 RF 51 43 374.1 98 94 3 1 2 .990 -0.7 -2.2 0.3 -1.1 1.3 -1 2.33 1.90 .978 2.24 1.85
1978 CLE AL 29 LF 26 20 181.1 48 45 3 0 0 1.000 2.6 17.2 1.6 -0.2 1.9 1 2.38 1.85 .973 2.21 1.78
1978 CLE AL 29 DH 15
1978 CLE AL 29 1B 6 4 43.2 45 43 2 0 4 1.000 0.3 8.2 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 9.27 7.50 .991 10.06 8.75
1978 CLE AL 29 CF 5 3 25.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.2 9.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 .982 2.95 2.64
1979 CLE AL 30 OF 93 75 714.0 220 214 2 4 0 .982 2.7 4.5 4.7 2.4 2.3 -2 2.72 2.32 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 CLE AL 30 LF 47 39 354.1 87 84 1 2 0 .977 -4.8 -16.3 -2.8 -0.9 -1.9 -2 2.16 1.81 .980 2.22 1.80
1979 CLE AL 30 RF 28 16 168.0 58 56 1 1 0 .983 4.2 30.0 5.2 2.9 2.4 -1 3.05 2.04 .979 2.25 1.88
1979 CLE AL 30 CF 23 20 191.2 78 77 0 1 0 .987 3.3 20.7 2.3 0.4 1.8 1 3.62 3.35 .983 2.92 2.62
1979 CLE AL 30 DH 13
1980 TEX AL 31 OF 82 28 365.1 76 73 3 0 0 1.000 -6.7 -22.0 -6.7 -3.2 -3.3 0 1.87 0.93 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 TEX AL 31 RF 58 18 241.1 47 44 3 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -5.5 -2.1 -2.4 0.4 1 1.75 0.81 .974 2.13 1.77
1980 TEX AL 31 CF 21 7 85.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -3.9 -55.1 -2.9 0.0 -2.8 -1 2.44 1.10 .983 2.92 2.65
1980 TEX AL 31 1B 10 1 25.2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -46.8 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 8.42 2.40 .992 10.03 8.40
1980 TEX AL 31 LF 7 3 39.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -52.3 -1.7 -0.8 -0.9 0 1.62 1.00 .986 2.35 1.91
1980 TEX AL 31 DH 1
4 Seasons OF 377 284 2693.0 792 760 20 12 3 .985 7.7 3.4 9.7 6.9 2.9 -2 2.61 2.07 .979 2.42 2.10
4 Seasons RF 187 125 1204.2 322 308 11 3 3 .991 8.5 8.5 8.5 5.1 3.5 0 2.38 1.71 .976 2.16 1.79
4 Seasons CF 122 97 909.0 327 315 5 7 0 .979 3.5 4.6 4.5 4.0 0.4 -1 3.17 2.62 .983 2.86 2.55
4 Seasons LF 83 62 579.1 142 136 4 2 0 .986 -4.3 -8.9 -3.3 -2.2 -1.0 -1 2.17 1.69 .978 2.22 1.80
3 Seasons DH 29
3 Seasons 1B 19 5 76.1 75 72 3 0 6 1.000 -0.9 -14.1 -0.9 -1.3 0.4 0 8.84 3.95 .991 10.05 8.57
4 Seasons TOT 396 289 2769.1 867 832 23 12 9 .986 6.8 2.9 8.8 5.6 3.3 -2 0 2.78 2.16 .966 2.63 2.41
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 CLE AL 28 133 115 133 124 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 73 50 124 0 13 2
1978 CLE AL 29 113 81 113 82 0 0 6 0 0 0 26 5 51 78 11 26 3
1979 CLE AL 30 124 87 124 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 23 28 93 12 25 2
1980 TEX AL 31 119 29 119 88 0 0 10 0 0 0 7 21 58 82 0 45 15
4 Seasons 489 312 489 387 0 0 19 0 0 0 83 122 187 377 23 109 22
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 CLE AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 17 6 1 17 6 1 5 4 0 6 1 0 6 3 0 51 20 39.2% 29 2 3.9% 2 1857 53% 77% 27% 218 54%
1978 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 30 14 1 7 5 0 13 7 0 9 2 1 8 3 0 67 31 46.3% 34 2 3.0% 1 1683 59% 79% 24% 205 46%
1979 CLE AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 4 1 0 7 3 0 4 1 0 3 2 0 24 9 37.5% 15 0 0.0% 1 728 54% 77% 29% 96 59%
1980 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 16 9 0 7 2 0 10 6 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 41 20 48.8% 21 0 0.0% 3 1051 56% 76% 23% 123 38%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 11 0 3 4 2 69 31 2 35 14 1 35 20 0 23 4 1 21 11 0 183 80 43.7% 99 4 2.2% 7 5319 56% 78% 26% 642 49%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.9% 58% 79% 26% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 CLE AL 28 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 2 2 1 27 14 1 29 2 0 7 6 1 12 3 0 14 8 0 89 33 37.1% 54 2 2.2% 3 2719 49% 78% 26% 356 59%
1978 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 113 65% 81% 31% 22 45%
1979 CLE AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 11 4 0 3 1 0 7 1 0 7 4 0 36 17 47.2% 19 0 0.0% 0 869 61% 81% 27% 127 61%
1980 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 22 9 40.9% 13 0 0.0% 0 393 47% 78% 20% 52 44%
4 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 2 2 1 47 27 1 46 7 0 14 10 1 22 4 0 22 12 0 151 60 39.7% 89 2 1.3% 3 4094 52% 79% 26% 557 57%
MLB Averages 42.3% 2.2% 58% 79% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 25 56% 68% 16% 2 0%
1978 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 5 5 0 7 1 2 7 2 0 4 1 0 7 6 0 30 15 50.0% 13 2 6.7% 1 778 57% 79% 29% 94 51%
1979 CLE AL 30 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 10 0 14 8 0 7 2 0 5 0 0 8 7 0 48 27 56.3% 21 0 0.0% 1 1630 57% 79% 27% 174 49%
1980 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 187 55% 78% 19% 28 25%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 21 16 0 27 11 2 17 7 0 9 1 0 15 13 0 89 48 53.9% 39 2 2.2% 2 2620 57% 79% 27% 298 47%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.7% 58% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 CLE AL 28 42 67% 69% 14% 1 100% 0 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 CLE AL 29 202 52% 74% 26% 9 89% 0 43 0 42 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1980 TEX AL 31 119 51% 76% 20% 5 100% 0 23 4 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 363 54% 74% 23% 15 93% 0 72 4 67 1 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 85%

* 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.

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