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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 20 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 3 0 1 1 0 16.2 6 2 0 0 8 0 5 0 0 0 65 0.840 3.2 0.0 4.3 2.7 0.63
1976 21 OAK AL 4 5 .444 4.78 24 19 1 1 1 0 96.0 91 53 51 10 56 2 44 2 0 4 430 70 1.531 8.5 0.9 5.3 4.1 0.79
1977 22 OAK AL 2 7 .222 4.77 16 12 2 1 1 0 77.1 77 45 41 14 31 1 35 4 0 4 335 84 1.397 9.0 1.6 3.6 4.1 1.13
1978 23 OAK AL 0 5 .000 5.51 14 5 1 1 0 0 49.0 46 35 30 2 35 1 36 3 0 1 229 66 1.653 8.4 0.4 6.4 6.6 1.03
1979 24 OAK AL 5 8 .385 4.80 29 18 3 3 0 0 146.1 146 87 78 11 94 9 96 9 1 10 669 85 1.640 9.0 0.7 5.8 5.9 1.02
1980 25 OAK AL 22 9 .710 2.53 33 33 0 24 1 0 284.1 215 88 80 18 83 2 180 6 4 9 1135 149 1.048 6.8 0.6 2.6 5.7 2.17 CYA-2,MVP-15,GG
1981 26 OAK AL 12 9 .571 3.75 23 23 0 12 2 0 172.2 145 77 72 17 63 0 78 10 5 14 721 92 1.205 7.6 0.9 3.3 4.1 1.24 AS,GG
1982 27 OAK AL 7 11 .389 4.76 28 28 0 7 1 0 166.1 154 103 88 25 84 1 83 6 4 7 735 81 1.431 8.3 1.4 4.5 4.5 0.99
1983 28 OAK AL 4 5 .444 3.76 16 16 0 2 0 0 88.2 68 42 37 11 36 0 63 3 1 1 365 102 1.173 6.9 1.1 3.7 6.4 1.75
1990 35 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 14 0 9 0 0 0 27.0 24 10 9 0 9 0 16 2 2 3 113 125 1.222 8.0 0.0 3.0 5.3 1.78
10 Yrs 58 59 .496 3.89 201 157 16 52 7 0 1124.1 972 542 486 108 499 16 636 45 17 53 4797 96 1.308 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .496 3.89 38 30 3 10 1 0 214 185 103 92 21 95 3 121 9 3 10 911 96 1.308 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1975 20 OAK AL 16.2 4 3 2 1.08 4.18 0.25 0.11 96.8 3.91 5 0.6 2.2 0.0 0.8 7 .655 .504 $
1976 21 OAK AL 96.0 24 19 53 4.97 3.92 -0.08 0.06 97.1 3.94 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .451 .493 $
1977 22 OAK AL 77.1 16 12 45 5.24 4.63 -0.13 0.10 99.6 4.83 -4 -0.4 .6 -0.0 0.3 5 .477 .498 $
1978 23 OAK AL 49.0 14 5 35 6.43 4.48 -0.24 -0.13 95.6 4.38 -11 -1.1 .6 0.1 -0.6 -6 .420 .493 $24,000
1979 24 OAK AL 146.1 29 18 87 5.35 4.73 -0.68 0.04 96.0 5.23 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 1.0 15 .493 .499 $
1980 25 OAK AL 284.1 33 33 88 2.79 4.46 0.56 0.15 94.3 3.80 31 3.4 -0.1 5.6 62 .604 .521 $40,000 CYA-2,MVP-15,GG
1981 26 OAK AL 172.2 23 23 77 4.01 3.99 0.52 0.13 95.3 3.43 -11 -1.2 -0.1 0.1 -0 .449 .493 $325,000 AS,GG
1982 27 OAK AL 166.1 28 28 103 5.57 4.56 0.03 0.16 95.1 4.46 -20 -1.9 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .431 .488 $
1983 28 OAK AL 88.2 16 16 42 4.26 4.50 0.03 0.15 93.9 4.33 1 0.1 -0.0 0.7 10 .503 .500 $
1990 35 OAK AL 27.0 14 0 10 3.33 4.40 0.66 -0.34 94.8 3.22 -0 -0.0 .5 -0.1 0.2 3 .499 .500 $100,000
10 Seasons 1124.1 201 157 542 4.34 4.40 0.13 0.10 95.5 4.17 -22 -1.9 .8 -0.6 7.1 91 .491 .499 $489,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 26 OAK AL ALDS W KCR 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 34 0.778 4.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 0.67
1981 26 OAK AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 30 1.091 7.4 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 1 .500 1.65 2 2 0 1 1 0 16.1 10 3 3 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 64 0.918 5.5 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 34 0.778 4.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 0.67
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 30 1.091 7.4 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1975 20 OAK AL 4 65 56 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 8 5 .107 .215 .125 .340 .115 7 0 0 0 1 0 2
1976 21 OAK AL 24 430 364 53 91 16 3 10 8 2 56 44 .250 .350 .393 .743 .258 143 5 2 4 4 2 6
1977 22 OAK AL 16 335 296 45 77 9 1 14 8 5 31 35 .260 .336 .439 .776 .253 130 7 4 2 2 1 5
1978 23 OAK AL 14 229 185 35 46 8 0 2 6 3 35 36 .249 .373 .324 .698 .295 60 2 3 4 2 1 4
1979 24 OAK AL 29 669 550 87 146 27 3 11 10 11 94 96 .265 .376 .385 .762 .299 212 8 9 6 9 9 6
1980 25 OAK AL 33 1135 1030 88 215 32 5 18 16 12 83 180 .209 .270 .302 .572 .235 311 20 6 9 7 2 20
1981 26 OAK AL 23 721 635 77 145 21 1 17 16 6 63 78 .228 .305 .345 .650 .234 219 8 10 6 7 0 4
1982 27 OAK AL 28 735 636 103 154 26 2 25 17 8 84 83 .242 .335 .407 .742 .243 259 13 6 6 3 1 17
1983 28 OAK AL 16 365 319 42 68 7 1 11 7 3 36 63 .213 .297 .345 .642 .231 110 10 3 5 2 0 6
1990 35 OAK AL 14 113 99 10 24 1 1 0 1 0 9 16 .242 .315 .273 .588 .286 27 3 2 2 1 0 0
10 Yrs 201 4797 4170 542 972 148 17 108 91 50 499 636 .233 .319 .354 .673 .249 1478 76 45 44 38 16 70
162 Game Avg. 38 911 792 103 185 28 3 21 17 9 95 121 .233 .319 .354 .673 .249 281 14 9 8 7 3 13
MLB Averages .259 .325 .386 .711 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 20 OAK AL 6.3 0.7 69 0.3 0.9 -0.6 .75 0.6 -0.2 3.3 0.4 0.75 6.3 1 0 0
1976 21 OAK AL -13.7 -1.4 452 -1.1 6.9 -8.0 1.00 -0.8 -0.3 -8.4 -0.9 1.00 -9.1 1 2 2
1977 22 OAK AL -6.3 -0.6 355 -1.0 5.0 -6.0 .89 -1.1 0.0 -9.3 -0.9 0.89 -10.9 1 0 3
1978 23 OAK AL -11.1 -1.1 241 -1.0 3.2 -4.2 .90 -0.5 -0.6 -7.2 -0.7 0.90 -6.5 0 4 4
1979 24 OAK AL -12.2 -1.2 708 -0.4 11.5 -11.9 1.04 -1.5 1.1 -11.3 -1.1 1.04 -15.9 2 4 5
1980 25 OAK AL 42.5 4.6 1178 6.8 22.5 -15.7 1.04 5.3 1.2 50.3 5.8 1.04 53.2 0 0 0
1981 26 OAK AL -3.8 -0.4 765 1.0 12.9 -11.9 1.01 0.4 0.6 1.2 0.1 1.01 3.6 0 0 0
1982 27 OAK AL -19.9 -1.9 770 -2.0 12.8 -14.9 1.02 -2.0 0.0 -22.9 -2.3 1.02 -23.5 0 0 0
1983 28 OAK AL 0.5 0.0 377 -0.6 6.8 -7.4 1.10 -0.1 -0.5 1.6 0.2 1.10 -0.2 0 0 0
1990 35 OAK AL 2.4 0.2 118 0.2 0.7 -0.5 .30 0.4 0.1 5.4 0.6 0.30 4.8 2 0 11
10 Yrs -15.2 -1.0 5033 2.2 83.3 -81.1 1.00 0.7 1.5 2.6 1.1 1.00 1.9 7 10 25

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 20 OAK AL 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 1 0 1 1 2 67% 66.7 81 49 4 1 0 1 6.1 6.8 5.3
1976 21 OAK AL 24 19 4 5 10 0 0 10 9 .526 0 5 1 1 5 26% 46.1 82 19 26 8 6 6 4.4 4.3 4.3
1977 22 OAK AL 16 12 2 7 3 0 1 4 8 .333 0 2 1 1 5 42% 47.5 79 26 16 3 4 8 3.5 3.3 5.8
1978 23 OAK AL 14 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 5 .000 0 0 1 0 1 20% 41.8 60 21 19 14 1 4 2.6 2.5 4.6
1979 24 OAK AL 29 18 5 8 5 2 2 7 11 .389 2 1 3 0 7 39% 47.3 81 19 31 11 4 7 3.8 3.6 6.5
1980 25 OAK AL 33 33 22 9 2 1 3 23 10 .697 2 0 24 1 25 76% 64.5 89 15 10 2 4 15 4.7 4.5 8.6
1981 26 OAK AL 23 23 12 9 2 2 2 13 10 .565 0 0 12 2 13 57% 54.8 84 15 10 5 3 6 4.2 4.4 7.5
1982 27 OAK AL 28 28 7 11 10 1 1 11 17 .393 3 4 7 1 11 39% 47.7 78 15 24 9 6 14 3.8 3.4 5.9
1983 28 OAK AL 16 16 4 5 7 2 2 10 6 .625 1 5 2 0 6 38% 53.6 81 27 13 6 0 9 4.1 3.4 5.5
9 Yrs 187 157 57 59 41 8 12 80 77 .510 9 17 52 7 75 48% 53 89 15 153 59 28 70 4.1 4.0 6.5
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 105 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3 94

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 20 OAK AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 .754 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.0
1976 21 OAK AL 24 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 3 1.003 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 4 1 8.2
1977 22 OAK AL 16 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 .888 1 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 3 0 5.5
1978 23 OAK AL 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 4 36% 2 .904 0 4 4 1 0 8 7 2 7 1 8 2 8.7
1979 24 OAK AL 29 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 25% 8 1.043 2 4 5 0 2 9 9 2 8 2 10 0 8.0
1990 35 OAK AL 14 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 8 .302 2 0 11 4 1 9 3 11 10 0 10 0 5.8 28
6 Yrs 101 44 16 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 45 15 33% .932 7 10 25 5 3 36 25 19 31 6 36 3 7.1 28

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 20 OAK AL 65 52% 0.0% 7.7% 12.3% 1.5% 17% 0.69 80% 4 0 0%
1976 21 OAK AL 430 50% 2.3% 10.2% 13.0% 6.7% 32% 1.11 73% 82 5 6%
1977 22 OAK AL 335 47% 4.2% 10.5% 9.3% 7.2% 31% 1.13 74% 49 7 14%
1978 23 OAK AL 229 55% 0.9% 15.7% 15.3% 4.4% 22% 1.26 65% 59 2 3%
1979 24 OAK AL 669 52% 1.6% 14.4% 14.1% 6.1% 28% 0.95 68% 144 8 6%
1980 25 OAK AL 1135 47% 1.6% 15.9% 7.3% 4.9% 26% 1.31 74% 180 20 11%
1981 26 OAK AL 721 50% 2.4% 10.8% 8.7% 5.4% 27% 0.89 76% 111 8 7%
1982 27 OAK AL 735 52% 3.4% 11.3% 11.4% 7.2% 34% 1.04 72% 132 13 10%
1983 28 OAK AL 365 51% 3.0% 17.3% 9.9% 5.2% 28% 1.39 68% 67 10 15%
1990 35 OAK AL 113 47% 0.0% 14.2% 8.0% 1.8% 8% 0.71 1.20 74% 23% 0.0% 14% 17 3 18%
10 Yrs 4797 50% 2.3% 13.3% 10.4% 5.7% 28% 0.71 1.10 72% 23% 0.0% 14% 845 76 9%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.7% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.6% 26% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1990 35 OAK AL 106 365 3.44 221 61% 21% 19% 23% 36% 78% 0% 47% 75% 51% 5% 5 2 14% 15 10 1 27% 3 3 7 1 1
1 Yr 106 365 3.44 221 61% 21% 19% 23% 36% 78% 0% 47% 75% 51% 5% 5 2 14% 15 10 1 27% 3 3 7 1 1
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 20 OAK AL 65 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 0 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1976 21 OAK AL 430 91 10 0 8 7 3 3 7 18 9 2 50% 6 4 1 162 8 2 80% 7 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 11 0
1977 22 OAK AL 335 77 14 0 4 8 6 4 10 12 8 2 67% 5 4 1 117 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
1978 23 OAK AL 229 46 2 0 9 1 1 1 1 20 7 3 35% 4 1 0 99 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 24 OAK AL 669 146 11 0 39 7 4 3 8 53 29 4 55% 6 10 4 250 10 11 48% 9 8 1 3 0 0 2 1 29 0
1980 25 OAK AL 1135 215 18 1 7 9 9 7 11 25 18 4 72% 20 9 1 391 16 12 57% 16 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 26 0
1981 26 OAK AL 721 145 17 0 14 8 9 9 8 32 18 3 56% 4 14 1 260 16 6 73% 15 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 34 0
1982 27 OAK AL 735 154 25 0 13 16 9 9 16 37 18 5 49% 17 7 0 276 17 8 68% 16 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 16 0
1983 28 OAK AL 365 68 11 0 2 8 3 3 8 11 6 1 55% 6 1 1 131 7 3 70% 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 35 OAK AL 113 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 3 0 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
10 Yrs 4797 972 4 0 108 1 98 64 44 39 69 213 116 24 54% 70 53 9 1744 91 50 65% 85 39 5 10 1 1 11 3 142 0
MLB Averages 53% 67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1975 20 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 3 0 1 1 0 16.2 6 2 0 0 8 0 5 0 0 0 65 0.840 3.2 0.0 4.3 2.7 0.63
1976 21 5 5 .500 4.07 28 22 1 2 2 0 112.2 97 55 51 10 64 2 49 2 0 4 495 84 1.429 7.7 0.8 5.1 3.9 0.77 84
1977 22 7 12 .368 4.36 44 34 3 3 3 0 190.0 174 100 92 24 95 3 84 6 0 8 830 84 1.416 8.2 1.1 4.5 4.0 0.88 84
1978 23 7 17 .292 4.59 58 39 4 4 3 0 239.0 220 135 122 26 130 4 120 9 0 9 1059 80 1.464 8.3 1.0 4.9 4.5 0.92 80
1979 24 12 25 .324 4.67 87 57 7 7 3 0 385.1 366 222 200 37 224 13 216 18 1 19 1728 82 1.531 8.5 0.9 5.2 5.0 0.96 82
1980 25 34 34 .500 3.76 120 90 7 31 4 0 669.2 581 310 280 55 307 15 396 24 5 28 2863 101 1.326 7.8 0.7 4.1 5.3 1.29 101
1981 26 46 43 .517 3.76 143 113 7 43 6 0 842.1 726 387 352 72 370 15 474 34 10 42 3584 99 1.301 7.8 0.8 4.0 5.1 1.28 99
1982 27 53 54 .495 3.93 171 141 7 50 7 0 1008.2 880 490 440 97 454 16 557 40 14 49 4319 95 1.323 7.9 0.9 4.1 5.0 1.23 95
1983 28 57 59 .491 3.91 187 157 7 52 7 0 1097.1 948 532 477 108 490 16 620 43 15 50 4684 96 1.310 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 96
1984 29 57 59 .491 3.91 187 157 7 52 7 0 1097.1 948 532 477 108 490 16 620 43 15 50 4684 96 1.310 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 96
1985 30 57 59 .491 3.91 187 157 7 52 7 0 1097.1 948 532 477 108 490 16 620 43 15 50 4684 96 1.310 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 96
1986 31 57 59 .491 3.91 187 157 7 52 7 0 1097.1 948 532 477 108 490 16 620 43 15 50 4684 96 1.310 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 96
1987 32 57 59 .491 3.91 187 157 7 52 7 0 1097.1 948 532 477 108 490 16 620 43 15 50 4684 96 1.310 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 96
1988 33 57 59 .491 3.91 187 157 7 52 7 0 1097.1 948 532 477 108 490 16 620 43 15 50 4684 96 1.310 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 96
1989 34 57 59 .491 3.91 187 157 7 52 7 0 1097.1 948 532 477 108 490 16 620 43 15 50 4684 96 1.310 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 96
1990 35 58 59 .496 3.89 201 157 16 52 7 0 1124.1 972 542 486 108 499 16 636 45 17 53 4797 96 1.308 7.8 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 96

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 20 1 0 1.000 0.00 16.0 7 0 0 0 9 5 0 1.000 3.9 5.1 2.8 0.56 0.0 4
1976 21 2 7 .222 6.47 89.0 102 71 64 11 63 41 2 1.854 10.3 6.4 4.1 0.65 1.1 24
1977 22 3 5 .375 5.42 73.0 79 49 44 14 32 33 4 1.521 9.7 3.9 4.1 1.03 1.7 16
1978 23 1 4 .200 6.85 46.0 50 39 35 2 38 34 3 1.913 9.8 7.4 6.7 0.89 0.4 14
1979 24 5 10 .333 5.31 139.0 150 91 82 11 97 91 9 1.777 9.7 6.3 5.9 0.94 0.7 29
1980 25 19 11 .633 2.99 271.0 228 100 90 19 88 172 6 1.166 7.6 2.9 5.7 1.95 0.6 33
1981 26 10 16 .385 4.98 242.0 244 149 134 29 106 109 17 1.446 9.1 3.9 4.1 1.03 1.1 23
1982 27 6 11 .353 5.55 159.0 163 109 98 26 89 79 6 1.585 9.2 5.0 4.5 0.89 1.5 28
1983 28 4 5 .444 4.50 84.0 72 47 42 12 38 60 3 1.310 7.7 4.1 6.4 1.58 1.3 16
1990 35 1 1 .500 3.96 25.0 26 12 11 0 10 15 2 1.440 9.4 3.6 5.4 1.50 0.0 14
10 Yrs 52 70 .426 4.72 1144.0 1121 667 600 124 570 639 52 1.478 8.8 5.0 1.12 1.0 201

* 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

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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1980 AL  5.6 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 AL  2.53 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  22 (2nd)
1981 AL  12 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 AL  .710 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1980 AL  1.048 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL  6.805 (1st)
Career  7.781 (65th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL  5.698 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1980 AL  284.3 (2nd)
1981 AL  172.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 AL  180 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 AL  23 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1980 AL  24 (2nd)
1981 AL  12 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 AL  2 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  17 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 AL  94 (7th)
1980 AL  83 (9th)
1981 AL  63 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  2.169 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL  0.570 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  72 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1979 AL  10 (7th)
1980 AL  9 (7th)
1981 AL  14 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL  9 (4th)
1980 AL  6 (7th)
1981 AL  10 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 AL  1,135 (4th)
1981 AL  721 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 AL  149 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  43 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  4.6 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1980 AL  50.26 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1980 AL  6.8 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1980 AL  5.3 (1st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1980 AL  5.8 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1975 AL  born 1955-03-19 (3rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 37 (665), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Michael Kelvin mark michael Mike Norris

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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