Phil Norton
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 1, 1976 in Texarkana, TX
High School: Pleasant Grove (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
Final Game: October 2, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 49 2.423 14.5 5.2 7.3 6.2 0.86
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 68 138 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 80 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 54 168 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
3 Seasons 2 6 .250 5.07 92 2 18 0 0 0 92.1 94 57 52 10 54 7 61 2 0 3 411 84 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 84 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 54 2.167 12.0 3.8 7.5 4.5 0.60

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 92 411 348 57 94 17 2 10 5 2 54 61 .270 .369 .417 .786 .301 145 12 2 5 2 7
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 43 18 0 0 0 1 5.0 7.0 4.3 86 0 2 0 0 91
1 Season 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 43 18 0 0 0 1 5.0 7.0 4.3 86 0 2 0 0 91
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2003 27 TOT NL 21 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 16 0 0% 0.931 5 4 12 7 1 13 10 11 6 10 6 6 2.6 12
2003 27 CHC NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0.341 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 0 5 5 15 0 0% 7 1.084 4 3 10 7 0 10 9 8 5 8 5 5 2.6 12
2004 28 CIN NL 69 69 14 2 5 2 0 2 0% 12 9 43 15 35% 7 0.690 18 13 33 17 8 44 26 43 17 32 23 15 2.9 15
2 Seasons 90 90 18 2 5 2 0 2 0% 17 14 59 15 25% 0.735 23 17 45 24 9 57 36 54 23 42 29 21 2.8 15

Ratio Pitching*

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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 83% 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 57% 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 64% 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 56% 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 59% 1.7% 16.2% 12.8% 7.8% 32% 1.29 2.15 67% 17% 6.1% 6% 70 9 13%
3 Seasons 411 62% 2.4% 14.8% 13.1% 7.1% 31% 1.16 1.89 68% 19% 8.4% 8% 93 12 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 68 260 3.82 156 60% 31% 12% 24% 33% 69% 0% 41% 83% 51% 4% 3 1 16% 11 6 1 29% 2 2 0 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 54 209 3.87 127 61% 31% 11% 25% 32% 69% 0% 42% 84% 52% 6% 3 1 17% 9 5 1 29% 2 2 0 0 0
2004 28 CIN NL 296 1068 3.61 620 58% 31% 14% 22% 34% 69% 5% 40% 80% 50% 8% 25 10 19% 55 34 2 38% 11 8 0 0 0
3 Seasons 411 1500 3.65 873 58% 30% 13% 23% 34% 70% 3% 41% 81% 50% 8% 32 13 17% 69 41 3 34% 13 12 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2000 24 0 1 .000 9.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 14 10 9 5 7 0 6 0 0 0 47 49 2.423 14.5 5.2 7.3 6.2 0.86 49
2001 25 0 1 .000 9.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 14 10 9 5 7 0 6 0 0 0 47 49 2.423 14.5 5.2 7.3 6.2 0.86 49
2002 26 0 1 .000 9.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 14 10 9 5 7 0 6 0 0 0 47 49 2.423 14.5 5.2 7.3 6.2 0.86 49
2003 27 0 1 .000 5.06 23 2 4 0 0 0 26.2 23 16 15 5 16 0 13 0 0 1 115 85 1.463 7.8 1.7 5.4 4.4 0.81 85
2004 28 2 6 .250 5.07 92 2 18 0 0 0 92.1 94 57 52 10 54 7 61 2 0 3 411 84 1.603 9.2 1.0 5.3 5.9 1.13 84

Neutralized Pitching

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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
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 2.65 17.0 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0.941 4.2 4.2 3.7 0.88 0.0 21
2004 28 2 4 .333 5.00 63.0 69 39 35 5 37 46 2 1.683 9.9 5.3 6.6 1.24 0.7 69
3 Seasons 3 4 .429 4.85 89.0 91 54 48 10 52 59 2 1.607 9.2 6.0 1.13 1.0 92

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