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Jim Norris
James Francis Norris

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 20, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY
Schools: University of Maryland
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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Minors
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- 1978
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- 1977
- 1979
- 1978
- 1980
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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
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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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

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Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 7 (2113), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Goody Rosen (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Beauty McGowan (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Beauty McGowan (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 31st round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 13, 1971: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

January 4, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with David Clyde to the Texas Rangers for Mike Bucci (minors), Gary Gray and Larry McCall.

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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (2113), Average HOFer ≈ 50