Phil Norton

Phillip Douglas Norton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 1, 1976 in Texarkana, TX
High School: Pleasant Grove HS (Texarkana, TX)
School: Texarkana College (Texarkana, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 2000
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs 2000-2004

Final Game: October 2, 2004
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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
1996	20	CHC-min	A-,Rk	7	4	.636	2.45	16	13	2	2	1	0	88.0	69	33	24	1	33	2	83	3	4	7	374		1.159	7.1	0.1	3.4	8.5	2.52	WPT,CBF · NYPL,GULF
1997	21	CHC-min	A,A+,AA	13	5	.722	2.96	27	25	1	6	0	0	158.1	140	64	52	9	58	2	165	1	1	12	659		1.251	8.0	0.5	3.3	9.4	2.84	RFD,DYT,ORL · MIDW,FLOR,SOUL
1998	22	CHC-min	AA,A+	10	9	.526	3.43	29	29	0	1	1	0	186.1	175	90	71	15	76	2	173	7	2	10	790		1.347	8.5	0.7	3.7	8.4	2.28	WTN,DYT · SOUL,FLOR
1999	23	CHC-min	AA,AAA	12	10	.545	4.44	28	27	0	0	0	0	166.1	170	95	82	25	75	4	142	8	1	12	726		1.473	9.2	1.4	4.1	7.7	1.89	WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2000	24	CHC-min	AAA	8	13	.381	4.96	28	26	0	2	1	0	159.2	166	100	88	16	104	4	126	2	2	8	733		1.691	9.4	0.9	5.9	7.1	1.21	IWA · PCL
2000	24	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	9.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	14	10	9	5	7	0	6	0	0	0	47	51	2.423	14.5	5.2	7.3	6.2	0.86

2001	25	CHC-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.69	46	3	14	0	0	2	73.2	65	27	22	3	41	7	75	6	1	8	318		1.439	7.9	0.4	5.0	9.2	1.83	IWA · PCL
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003	27	CHC-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.78	48	1	17	0	0	1	47.2	44	26	20	4	24	3	43	1	1	3	211		1.427	8.3	0.8	4.5	8.1	1.79	IWA · PCL
2003	27	TOT	NL	0	0		3.00	21	0	4	0	0	0	18.0	9	6	6	0	9	0	7	0	0	1	68	144	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	3.5	0.78
2003	27	CHC	NL	0	0		5.40	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	2	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	89	1.500	5.4	0.0	8.1	0.0	0.00
2003	27	CIN	NL	0	0		2.45	17	0	2	0	0	0	14.2	7	4	4	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	54	172	0.886	4.3	0.0	3.7	4.3	1.17
2004	28	CIN	NL	2	5	.286	5.07	69	0	14	0	0	0	65.2	71	41	37	5	38	7	48	2	0	2	296	84	1.660	9.7	0.7	5.2	6.6	1.26
2005	29	HOU-CHC-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.97	33	7	4	0	0	0	63.1	62	46	42	11	34	2	46	1	0	1	277		1.516	8.8	1.6	4.8	6.5	1.35	RRK,IWA · PCL
2006	30	CHC-min	A+,Rk	1	2	.333	4.29	9	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	24	11	10	2	8	0	16	2	0	1	90		1.524	10.3	0.9	3.4	6.9	2.00	DYT,CBZ · FLOR,ARIZ
3 Yrs				2	6	.250	5.07	92	2	18	0	0	0	92.1	94	57	52	10	54	7	61	2	0	3	411	85	1.603	9.2	1.0	5.3	5.9	1.13
162 Game Avg.				1	4	.250	5.07	67	1	13	0	0	0	67	68	41	38	7	39	5	44	1	0	2	297	85	1.603	9.2	1.0	5.3	5.9	1.13

CIN (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.59	86	0	16	0	0	0	80.1	78	45	41	5	44	7	55	2	0	2	350	92	1.519	8.7	0.6	4.9	6.2	1.25
CHC (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	8.25	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.0	16	12	11	5	10	0	6	0	0	1	61	57	2.167	12.0	3.8	7.5	4.5	0.60

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
2000	24	CHC	NL	8.2	2	2	10	10.38	5.20	0.04	0.19	85.0	4.54	-6	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-5	.285	.497	$

2003	27	CHC	NL	3.1	4	0	2	5.40	5.02	-0.18	-0.37	101.9	4.92	-0	-0.0	.8	-0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$
2003	27	CIN	NL	14.2	17	0	4	2.45	4.84	0.03	-0.36	94.5	4.21	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.517	.502	$
2004	28	CIN	NL	65.2	69	0	41	5.62	4.87	0.04	-0.36	98.6	4.41	-9	-0.9	.8	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.487	.494	$303,500
3 Seasons				92.1	92	2	57	5.56	4.90	0.03	-0.31	96.8	4.41	-12	-1.1	.9	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.488	.498	$303,500

CIN (2 yrs)				80.1	86	0	45	5.04	4.87	0.04	-0.36	97.9	4.37	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.1	-0.1	2	.493	.498	$303,500
CHC (2 yrs)				12.0	6	2	12	9.00	5.15	-0.02	0.03	89.7	4.65	-6	-0.5	.8	-0.0	-0.4	-5	.425	.499	$

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
2000	24	CHC	NL	2	47	40	10	14	1	0	5	1	0	7	6	.350	.447	.750	1.197	.310	30	0	0	0	0	0	0

2003	27	CHC	NL	4	14	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.182	.357	.182	.539	.182	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	27	CIN	NL	17	54	47	4	7	0	0	0	2	1	6	7	.149	.245	.149	.394	.175	7	2	0	1	0	0	0
2003	27	TOT	NL	21	68	58	6	9	0	0	0	2	1	9	7	.155	.269	.155	.424	.176	9	3	0	1	0	0	0
2004	28	CIN	NL	69	296	250	41	71	16	2	5	2	1	38	48	.284	.380	.424	.804	.332	106	9	2	4	2	7	2
3 Yrs				92	411	348	57	94	17	2	10	5	2	54	61	.270	.369	.417	.786	.301	145	12	2	5	2	7	2
162 Game Avg.				67	297	252	41	68	12	1	7	4	1	39	44	.270	.369	.417	.786	.301	105	9	1	4	1	5	1
MLB Averages																.265	.335	.426	.761	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2000	24	CHC	NL	-4.6	-0.4	49	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	1.05	-0.7	0.2	-5.4	-0.5	1.05	-8.1	0	0	0

2003	27	TOT	NL	3.0	0.3	72	0.7	1.2	-0.6	.91	0.6	0.1	7.4	0.8	0.91	7.4	5	2	14
2003	27	CHC	NL	-0.2	-0.0	15	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.34	-0.0	-0.2	0.5	0.1	0.34	0.5	1	1	2
2003	27	CIN	NL	3.2	0.3	57	0.7	1.2	-0.4	1.06	0.6	0.1	6.8	0.7	1.06	6.9	4	1	12
2004	28	CIN	NL	-6.1	-0.6	301	-1.5	2.7	-4.3	.67	-0.6	-1.7	-5.4	-0.5	0.67	-5.8	18	11	33
3 Yrs				-7.7	-0.7	422	-1.4	4.7	-6.1	.76	-0.8	-1.2	-3.4	-0.2	0.76	-6.5	23	13	47

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
2000	24	CHC	NL	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	30.5	43	18	0	0	0	1	5.0	7.0	4.3	86	0	2	0	0	91
1 Yr				2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	30	43	18	0	0	0	1	5.0	7.0	4.3	86	0	2	0	0	91
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-9					4.9	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2003	27	TOT	NL	21	21	4	0	0	0	0		5	5	16	0	0%		.908	5	2	14	7	1	13	10	11	6	10	6	6	2.6	13
2003	27	CHC	NL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	8	.337	1	1	2	0	1	3	1	3	1	2	1	1	2.5	13
2003	27	CIN	NL	17	17	2	0	0	0	0		5	5	15	0	0%	7	1.056	4	1	12	7	0	10	9	8	5	8	5	5	2.6	12
2004	28	CIN	NL	69	69	14	2	5	2	2	0%	12	9	43	15	35%	7	.674	18	11	33	17	8	44	26	43	17	32	23	15	2.9	15
2 Yrs				90	90	18	2	5	2	2	0%	17	14	59	15	25%		.718	23	13	47	24	9	57	36	54	23	42	29	21	2.8	15

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%
2000	24	CHC	NL	47	17%	10.6%	12.8%	14.9%	12.8%	43%	0.93	1.22	62%	18%	35.7%	7%	9	0	0%

2003	27	TOT	NL	68	43%	0.0%	10.3%	13.2%	0.0%	0%	0.89	1.56	75%	25%	0.0%	15%	14	3	21%
2003	27	CHC	NL	14	36%	0.0%	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	0%	0.83	1.50	79%	36%	0.0%	0%	2	1	50%
2003	27	CIN	NL	54	44%	0.0%	13.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	0.90	1.57	74%	22%	0.0%	19%	12	2	17%
2004	28	CIN	NL	296	41%	1.7%	16.2%	12.8%	7.8%	32%	1.29	2.15	67%	17%	6.1%	6%	70	9	13%
3 Yrs				411	38%	2.4%	14.8%	13.1%	7.1%	31%	1.16	1.89	68%	19%	8.4%	8%	93	12	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.9%	16.8%	8.8%	8.1%	34%	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.3%	13%			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
2000	24	CHC	NL	47	172	3.66	97	56%	26%	12%	27%	35%	74%	0%	42%	83%	51%	9%	4	2	6%	3	1	0	17%	0	2	0	0	0

2003	27	TOT	NL	69	263	3.81	158	60%	32%	12%	23%	33%	68%	0%	41%	82%	52%	4%	3	1	16%	11	6	1	29%	2	2	-1	0	0
2003	27	CHC	NL	14	51	3.64	29	57%	31%	14%	17%	38%	69%	0%	39%	80%	50%	0%	0	0	14%	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
2003	27	CIN	NL	55	212	3.85	129	61%	32%	12%	25%	32%	68%	0%	42%	83%	53%	5%	3	1	16%	9	5	1	29%	2	2	-1	0	0
2004	28	CIN	NL	297	1069	3.60	620	58%	31%	14%	22%	34%	69%	5%	40%	80%	50%	8%	25	10	19%	55	34	2	38%	11	8	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				413	1504	3.64	875	58%	30%	13%	23%	34%	70%	3%	41%	81%	50%	8%	32	13	17%	69	41	3	34%	13	12	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2000	24	CHC	NL	47	14	1	0	5	0	1	4	1	0	5	1	1	0	100%	0	0	1	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

2003	27	TOT	NL	68	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	24	2	1	67%	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
2003	27	CHC	NL	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2003	27	CIN	NL	54	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	19	2	1	67%	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2004	28	CIN	NL	296	71	10	0	5	0	11	5	0	3	2	27	13	3	48%	2	2	0	127	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				411	94	11	0	10	0	15	9	1	3	7	29	15	3	52%	2	3	1	171	5	2	71%	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	24	0	1	.000	9.35	2	2	0	8.2	14	10	9	5	7	0	6	0	0	47	51	2.423	14.5	5.2	7.3	6.2	0.86	51
2001	25	0	1	.000	9.35	2	2	0	8.2	14	10	9	5	7	0	6	0	0	47	51	2.423	14.5	5.2	7.3	6.2	0.86	51
2002	26	0	1	.000	9.35	2	2	0	8.2	14	10	9	5	7	0	6	0	0	47	51	2.423	14.5	5.2	7.3	6.2	0.86	51
2003	27	0	1	.000	5.06	23	2	4	26.2	23	16	15	5	16	0	13	0	1	115	88	1.463	7.8	1.7	5.4	4.4	0.81	88
2004	28	2	6	.250	5.07	92	2	18	92.1	94	57	52	10	54	7	61	2	3	411	85	1.603	9.2	1.0	5.3	5.9	1.13	85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2000	24	0	0		8.00	9.0	14	9	8	5	7	6	0	2.333	14.0	7.0	6.0	0.86	5.0	2

2003	27	1	0	1.000	3.18	17.0	9	7	6	0	9	6	0	1.059	4.8	4.8	3.2	0.67	0.0	21
2004	28	2	4	.333	5.23	62.0	70	40	36	5	37	46	2	1.726	10.2	5.4	6.7	1.24	0.7	69
3 Yrs		3	4	.429	5.11	88.0	93	56	50	10	53	58	2	1.659	9.5		5.9	1.09	1.0	92

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