Mike Norris

Michael Kelvin Norris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 19, 1955 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Balboa HS (Balboa, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1975
Team: Athletics 1975-1990

Final Game: July 4, 1990
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All-Star

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
1973	18	OAK-min	A	20	41	34	10	12	3	0	0	8	0	0	7	6	.353	.463	.441	.905		15							BUR · MIDW
1974	19	OAK-min	AA	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			BIR · SOUL
1975	20	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1976	21	OAK-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TUC · PCL
1976	21	OAK	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	22	OAK-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SJO · PCL
1977	22	OAK	AL	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	23	OAK-min	AAA,AA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			VAN,JER · PCL,EL
1978	23	OAK	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	24	OAK	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	25	OAK	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-2,MVP-15,GG
1981	26	OAK	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,GG
1982	27	OAK	AL	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D
1983	28	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1983	28	OAK	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1985	30	OAK-min	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MOD · CALL
1986	31	SJO	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SJO · CALL
1989	34	OAK-min	AA,AAA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		HVL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1990	35	OAK-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1990	35	OAK	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	36	REN	A+	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		REN · CALL
10 Yrs				204	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1975	20	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1976	21	OAK	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	22	OAK	AL	17	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1978	23	OAK	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$24,000	1
1979	24	OAK	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1980	25	OAK	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$40,000	1	CYA-2,MVP-15,GG
1981	26	OAK	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$325,000	1	AS,GG
1982	27	OAK	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1/D
1983	28	OAK	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1990	35	OAK	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$100,000	1
10 Seasons				204	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$489,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1977	22	OAK	AL	1	1	97	.000	.263	.000	.326	.000	.400	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
10 Yrs				1	1	97	.000	.263	.000	.326	.000	.400	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				1	1	97	.000	.263	.000	.326	.000	.400	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1981	26	OAK	AL	ALDS	KCR	W	1
1981	26	OAK	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							2
1 ALDS							1
1 ALCS							1

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1981	OAK	AL	26		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	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	22	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
10 Yrs				1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.7%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	1.61	6.5	43.3	8.5	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	20	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1976	21	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1977	22	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.54	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	1.54	1
1978	23	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1979	24	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1980	25	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1981	26	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1982	27	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1983	28	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0

1990	35	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
10 Yrs				-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.54	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	1.54	1

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	22	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				0	0		4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	22	OAK	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Yrs				1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					58%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1977	22	45	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1978	23	60	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1979	24	89	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1980	25	122	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1981	26	145	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1982	27	174	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1983	28	190	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1984	29	190	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1985	30	190	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1986	31	190	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1987	32	190	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1988	33	190	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1989	34	190	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1990	35	204	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1977	22	17	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	17
1 Yr		17	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	17
162 Game Avg.		162	10	10	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	17

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1981 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1980 AL (15, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1980 AL (2, 65%) 0.65 Career Shares (81st)	Gold Gloves 1980 AL (P) 1981 AL (P) All multiple winners
Youngest s c a p y 1975 AL born 1955-03-19 (3rd)

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