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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 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
1977 CLE AL 28 OF 124 115 100 1033.0 335 320 9 6 1 .982 10 11 2.87 2.65 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 CLE AL 28 CF 73 67 63 607.1 215 205 5 5 0 .977 4 8 3.11 2.88 .983 2.83 2.81
1977 CLE AL 28 RF 50 48 37 421.0 119 114 4 1 1 .992 6 17 2.52 2.36 .974 2.08 2.07
1977 CLE AL 28 1B 3 0 0 7.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -34 7.71 2.00 .990 10.03 9.93
1977 CLE AL 28 LF 3 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -103 0.00 0.00 2.12 2.10
1978 CLE AL 29 OF 78 66 47 580.2 161 153 6 2 2 .988 2 4 2.46 2.04 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 CLE AL 29 RF 51 43 31 374.1 98 94 3 1 2 .990 -1 -2 2.33 1.90 .978 2.24 2.22
1978 CLE AL 29 LF 26 20 15 181.1 48 45 3 0 0 1.000 3 17 2.38 1.85 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 CLE AL 29 DH 15 11
1978 CLE AL 29 1B 6 4 4 43.2 45 43 2 0 4 1.000 0 8 9.27 7.50 .992 10.06 9.95
1978 CLE AL 29 CF 5 3 1 25.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0 10 3.60 2.00 .984 2.95 2.94
1979 CLE AL 30 OF 93 75 64 714.0 220 214 2 4 0 .982 3 5 2.72 2.32 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 CLE AL 30 LF 47 39 33 354.1 87 84 1 2 0 .977 -5 -16 2.16 1.81 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 CLE AL 30 RF 28 16 14 168.0 58 56 1 1 0 .983 4 30 3.05 2.04 .980 2.25 2.22
1979 CLE AL 30 CF 23 20 17 191.2 78 77 0 1 0 .987 3 21 3.62 3.35 .983 2.92 2.88
1979 CLE AL 30 DH 13 12
1980 TEX AL 31 OF 82 28 21 365.1 76 73 3 0 0 1.000 -7 -22 1.87 0.93 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 TEX AL 31 RF 58 18 15 241.1 47 44 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -5 1.75 0.81 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 TEX AL 31 CF 21 7 3 85.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -55 2.44 1.10 .983 2.92 2.91
1980 TEX AL 31 1B 10 1 0 25.2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -47 8.42 2.40 .992 10.03 10.00
1980 TEX AL 31 LF 7 3 3 39.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -52 1.62 1.00 .980 2.35 2.34
1980 TEX AL 31 DH 4 0
4 Seasons OF 377 284 232 2693.0 792 760 20 12 3 .985 8 3 2.61 2.07 .979 2.42 2.40
4 Seasons RF 187 125 97 1204.2 322 308 11 3 3 .991 8 8 2.38 1.71 .976 2.16 2.15
4 Seasons CF 122 97 84 909.0 327 315 5 7 0 .979 3 5 3.17 2.62 .983 2.86 2.85
4 Seasons LF 83 62 51 579.1 142 136 4 2 0 .986 -4 -9 2.17 1.69 .978 2.22 2.20
3 Seasons 1B 19 5 4 76.1 75 72 3 0 6 1.000 -1 -14 8.84 3.95 .992 10.05 9.97
4 Seasons TOT 396 289 236 2769.1 867 832 23 12 9 .986 7 3 2.78 2.16 .980 2.63 2.77
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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
1977 CLE AL 28 CF 4 8 5 1 3 -1
1977 CLE AL 28 RF 6 17 5 -1 6 1
1977 CLE AL 28 1B -0 -34 -0 -0 -0 0
1977 CLE AL 28 LF -0 -103 -0 -0 -0 0
1978 CLE AL 29 RF -1 -2 0 1 -1 -1
1978 CLE AL 29 LF 3 17 2 2 -0 1
1978 CLE AL 29 1B 0 8 0 0 -0 0
1978 CLE AL 29 CF 0 10 0 0 0 0
1979 CLE AL 30 LF -5 -16 -3 -2 -1 -2
1979 CLE AL 30 RF 4 30 5 2 3 -1
1979 CLE AL 30 CF 3 21 2 2 0 1
1980 TEX AL 31 RF -1 -5 -2 0 -2 1
1980 TEX AL 31 CF -4 -55 -3 -3 0 -1
1980 TEX AL 31 1B -1 -47 -1 0 -1 0
1980 TEX AL 31 LF -2 -52 -2 -1 -1 0
4 Seasons RF 8 8 8 4 5 0
4 Seasons CF 3 5 4 0 4 -1
4 Seasons LF -4 -9 -3 -1 -2 -1
3 Seasons 1B -1 -14 -1 0 -1 0
4 Seasons TOT 7 3 9 3 6 0 -2

Appearances

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 50 126 0 13 2
1978 CLE AL 29 113 81 113 82 0 0 6 0 0 0 26 5 51 82 15 26 3
1979 CLE AL 30 124 87 124 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 23 28 98 13 25 2
1980 TEX AL 31 119 29 119 88 0 0 10 0 0 0 7 21 58 86 4 45 15
4 Seasons 489 312 489 387 0 0 19 0 0 0 83 122 187 392 32 109 22
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 23 8 1 17 6 1 5 4 0 6 1 0 11 5 0 62 24 38.7% 36 2 3.2% 2 1777 55% 81% 28% 218 54%
1978 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 32 14 1 7 5 0 13 7 0 9 2 1 12 4 0 73 32 43.8% 39 2 2.7% 1 1620 61% 82% 25% 205 46%
1979 CLE AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 3 0 4 1 0 7 3 0 4 1 0 3 2 0 26 10 38.5% 16 0 0.0% 1 711 55% 79% 30% 96 59%
1980 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 19 10 1 7 2 0 10 6 0 4 0 0 7 4 0 47 22 46.8% 24 1 2.1% 2 1021 57% 79% 24% 123 38%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 11 0 3 4 2 82 35 3 35 14 1 35 20 0 23 4 1 33 15 0 208 88 42.3% 115 5 2.4% 6 5129 58% 80% 26% 642 49%
MLB Averages 41.4% 3.0% 60% 82% 27% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 38 16 1 29 2 0 7 6 1 12 3 0 16 10 0 102 37 36.3% 63 2 2.0% 3 2596 51% 82% 27% 356 59%
1978 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 109 68% 84% 32% 22 45%
1979 CLE AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 11 4 0 3 1 0 7 1 0 10 6 0 40 20 50.0% 20 0 0.0% 0 837 63% 84% 28% 127 61%
1980 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 24 10 41.7% 14 0 0.0% 0 379 49% 81% 21% 52 44%
4 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 2 2 1 62 32 1 46 7 0 14 10 1 22 4 0 28 16 0 172 69 40.1% 101 2 1.2% 3 3921 54% 83% 27% 557 57%
MLB Averages 43.8% 2.4% 60% 82% 27% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 24 58% 71% 17% 2 0%
1978 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 9 8 0 7 1 2 7 2 0 4 1 0 7 6 0 34 18 52.9% 14 2 5.9% 1 752 59% 82% 30% 94 51%
1979 CLE AL 30 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 11 0 14 8 0 7 2 0 5 0 0 10 8 0 51 29 56.9% 22 0 0.0% 1 1558 60% 83% 29% 174 49%
1980 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 5 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 181 57% 81% 19% 28 25%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 29 22 0 27 11 2 17 7 0 9 1 0 17 14 0 99 55 55.6% 42 2 2.0% 2 2515 59% 82% 28% 298 47%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.8% 60% 82% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 39 72% 74% 15% 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 29 186 57% 80% 28% 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 31 115 53% 78% 21% 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 340 57% 79% 24% 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 60% 82% 28% 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 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

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 AL  6 (3rd)
1979 AL  4 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1977 AL  10 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1977 AL  2.87 (5th)

             

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