Mike Norris
Michael Kelvin Norris
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 19, 1955 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Balboa (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
Final Game: July 4, 1990
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 OAK AL 20 P 4 3 16.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 2.70 1.25 .950 1.89 0.85
1976 OAK AL 21 P 24 19 96.0 42 11 29 2 1 .952 3.75 1.67 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 OAK AL 22 P 16 12 77.1 27 8 17 2 1 .926 2.91 1.56 .948 1.94 0.84
1978 OAK AL 23 P 14 5 49.0 12 5 5 2 0 .833 1.84 0.71 .958 1.89 0.85
1979 OAK AL 24 P 29 18 146.1 24 6 17 1 0 .958 1.41 0.79 .950 1.92 0.81
1980 OAK AL 25 P 33 33 284.1 80 25 52 3 3 .963 2.44 2.33 .956 1.85 0.77 CYA-2,MVP-15,GG
1981 OAK AL 26 P 23 23 172.2 42 16 25 1 0 .976 2.14 1.78 .962 1.98 0.81 AS,GG
1982 OAK AL 27 P 28 28 166.1 45 22 21 2 1 .956 2.33 1.54 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 OAK AL 28 P 16 16 88.2 8 3 4 1 1 .875 0.71 0.44 .962 1.80 0.73
1990 OAK AL 35 P 14 0 27.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 0.43 .950 1.77 0.59
10 Seasons P 201 157 1124.1 292 100 177 15 7 .949 2.22 1.38 .955 1.88 0.78
10 Seasons TOT 201 157 1124.1 292 100 177 15 7 .949 2.22 1.38 .904 1.88 0.78

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
1975 OAK AL 20 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 OAK AL 21 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 22 17 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 OAK AL 23 15 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 OAK AL 24 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 OAK AL 25 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 OAK AL 26 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 27 29 0 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 OAK AL 28 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 OAK AL 35 14 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 204 0 5 201 201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1975 OAK AL 20 69 81% 29% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 OAK AL 21 452 77% 27% 28 100% 0 11 2 6 29 23 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1977 OAK AL 22 355 80% 27% 15 87% 1 8 0 8 15 11 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 75%
1978 OAK AL 23 241 69% 24% 8 75% 0 5 1 3 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1979 OAK AL 24 708 72% 21% 20 95% 0 6 0 4 18 15 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1980 OAK AL 25 1178 77% 30% 56 93% 0 26 0 21 53 43 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 3 0 6 83%
1981 OAK AL 26 765 80% 26% 31 84% 2 16 0 12 25 20 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 40%
1982 OAK AL 27 769 78% 27% 29 90% 0 23 2 17 23 18 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1983 OAK AL 28 377 73% 28% 7 71% 0 3 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1990 OAK AL 35 118 77% 30% 5 80% 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
10 Seasons 5032 77% 27% 202 90% 3 102 5 76 179 142 9 16 1 4 11 3 7 2 5 2 34 76%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 87%

* 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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