Willie Norwood

Willie Norwood

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 7, 1950 in Greene County, AL
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)
School: University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1977
Team: Twins 1977-1980

Final Game: October 4, 1980
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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
1972	21	MIN-min	A	49	220	204	26	59	6	2	5	22	13	5	15	48	.289	.338	.412	.750		84		0	1	0			ORL · FLOR
1973	22	MIN-min	A	126	473	473		130	17	5	16						.275	.275	.433	.708		205							LBG · CARL
1974	23	MIN-min	A	138	583	502	93	155	25	8	10	91	31	8	60	84	.309	.382	.450	.832		226	10	4	10	7	4		LBG · CARL
1975	24	MIN-min	AA	128	495	443	55	115	13	5	11	55	15	7	40	83	.260	.323	.386	.709		171	6	4	3	5	3		ORL · SOUL
1976	25	MIN-min	AAA	128	498	439	84	133	21	2	15	68	14	0	42	72	.303	.372	.462	.835		203		7	9	1			TAC · PCL
1977	26	MIN-min	AAA	53	227	199	45	82	15	1	8	33	20	6	24	24	.412	.467	.618	1.085		123		0	0	4			TAC · PCL
1977	26	MIN	AL	39	91	83	15	19	3	0	3	9	6	1	6	17	.229	.281	.373	.654	78	31	1	0	2	0	0	8/9D7
1978	27	MIN	AL	125	471	428	56	109	22	3	8	46	25	10	28	64	.255	.301	.376	.677	88	161	15	3	6	6	0	*78/D9
1979	28	MIN	AL	96	294	270	32	67	13	3	6	30	9	5	20	51	.248	.299	.385	.684	81	104	8	0	3	1	2	89D
1980	29	MIN-min	AAA	48	155	138	16	38	3	1	8	22	4	3	10	26	.275	.327	.486	.812		67		1	5	1			TOL · IL
1980	29	MIN	AL	34	76	73	6	12	2	0	1	8	1	1	3	13	.164	.197	.233	.430	15	17	3	0	0	0	0	D9/8
1981	30	REY	AAA																										REY · MEX
1982	31	REY	AAA																										REY · MEX
4 Yrs				294	932	854	109	207	40	6	18	93	41	17	57	145	.242	.290	.367	.656	79	313	27	3	11	7	2
162 Game Avg.				162	514	471	60	114	22	3	10	51	23	9	31	80	.242	.290	.367	.656	79	172	15	2	6	4	1

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
1977	26	MIN	AL	39	91	-3	0	-0	0	-1	-4	-0.3	3	-1	0.0	.491	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	8/9D7
1978	27	MIN	AL	125	471	-4	1	-1	-3	-6	-13	-1.2	15	3	0.1	.489	.491	0.5	-0.9	5	$	*78/D9
1979	28	MIN	AL	96	294	-7	-3	-1	-6	-3	-20	-1.9	10	-10	-1.0	.479	.488	-0.5	-0.8	-5	$	89D
1980	29	MIN	AL	34	76	-8	-0	-0	2	-2	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.7	.471	.494	-0.9	0.0	-9	$	D9/8
4 Seasons				294	932	-23	-2	-2	-6	-12	-45	-4.4	30	-15	-1.6	.484	.493	-1.0	-1.7	-9	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1977	26	MIN	AL	91	68	9	3.6	99	.254	.229	.265	.281	.329	.373	.403	.654	.732	78	.380	-2.8	-0.3	.636	.277	.145	4.0
1978	27	MIN	AL	471	356	46	3.5	95	.279	.255	.263	.301	.329	.376	.388	.677	.717	88	.400	-7.2	-0.7	.602	.222	.121	12.1
1979	28	MIN	AL	294	220	29	3.5	105	.285	.248	.274	.299	.340	.385	.416	.684	.755	81	.369	-8.5	-0.8	.593	.226	.137	7.2
1980	29	MIN	AL	76	65	3	1.2	104	.186	.164	.277	.197	.340	.233	.411	.430	.752	15	.083	-9.1	-0.9	.308	.110	.068	1.0
4 Yrs				932	709	87	3.3	100	.271	.242	.268	.290	.333	.367	.400	.656	.733	79	.359	-27.6	-2.8	.575	.219	.124	25.0
162 Game Avg.				514	391	48	3.3	100	.271	.242	.268	.290	.333	.367	.400	.656	.733	79	.359	-27.6	-2.8	.575	.219	.124	14

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	26	MIN	AL	91	3.3%	18.7%	6.6%	6.6%	32%	2.83	4.9	27.7	9.2	1.04	69%
1978	27	MIN	AL	471	1.7%	13.6%	5.9%	7.0%	30%	2.29	6.7	53.5	9.3	1.05	77%
1979	28	MIN	AL	294	2.0%	17.4%	6.8%	7.5%	33%	2.55	5.3	45.0	9.0	1.01	73%
1980	29	MIN	AL	76	1.3%	17.1%	4.0%	4.0%	25%	4.33	5.6	73.0	9.1	1.00	78%
4 Yrs				932	1.9%	15.6%	6.1%	6.9%	31%	2.54	5.9	47.4	9.2	1.03	75%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.7%	28%	1.52	7.0	43.6	8.4	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	26	MIN	AL	-2.8	-0.3	99	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	1.10	-0.1	-0.3	-1.6	-0.2	0.92	-2.1	1.27	7
1978	27	MIN	AL	-7.2	-0.7	513	-1.0	8.6	-9.6	1.07	-0.9	-0.0	-15.9	-1.6	0.99	-9.5	1.65	8
1979	28	MIN	AL	-8.5	-0.8	312	-1.6	5.0	-6.6	1.08	-0.8	-0.7	-13.2	-1.3	0.98	-9.6	1.70	14
1980	29	MIN	AL	-9.2	-0.9	78	-0.9	0.9	-1.8	1.07	-0.8	-0.0	-6.1	-0.6	0.89	-8.9	2.23	7
4 Yrs				-27.7	-2.8	1002	-3.9	16.0	-19.9	1.08	-2.6	-1.0	-36.8	-3.6	0.97	-30.1	1.71	36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	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	26	MIN	AL	1	55%	38	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	43%	3	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	2
1978	27	MIN	AL	9	36%	174	25	10	71%	24	8	1	0	2	4	2	9	12	48%	20	12	6	2	1	1	24	7	15
1979	28	MIN	AL	5	32%	110	9	5	64%	8	3	1	2	0	6	3	2	2	42%	17	13	4	1	1	0	15	5	10
1980	29	MIN	AL	1	36%	27	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17%	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
4 Yrs				16	37%	349	41	17	71%	39	13	2	2	2	11	6	13	15	44%	42	29	11	6	5	1	44	14	28

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	26	MIN	AL	91	66%	19			7	1	0	0	1.27	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	100%	13	1	8%	8	3	38%	44	7	16%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
1978	27	MIN	AL	471	52%	109			8	2	0	1	1.65	8	0	10	4	4	4	4	0	6	6	100%	90	15	17%	46	18	39%	278	38	14%	31	16	52%	16	11	69%	0
1979	28	MIN	AL	294	51%	67			14	5	0	1	1.70	6	0	9	4	2	2	4	0	6	3	50%	52	8	15%	23	6	26%	191	24	13%	21	8	38%	6	4	67%	0
1980	29	MIN	AL	76	96%	12			7	2	0	1	2.23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		11	3	27%	2	1	50%	41	7	17%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				932	57%	207			36	10	0	3	1.71	18	0	20	9	9	7	11	0	14	11	79%	166	27	16%	79	28	35%	554	76	14%	57	27	47%	25	16	64%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1977	26	39	91	83	15	19	3	0	3	9	6	1	6	17	.229	.281	.373	.654	78	31	1	0	2	0	0
1978	27	164	562	511	71	128	25	3	11	55	31	11	34	81	.250	.298	.376	.674	87	192	16	3	8	6	0
1979	28	260	856	781	103	195	38	6	17	85	40	16	54	132	.250	.298	.379	.677	85	296	24	3	11	7	2
1980	29	294	932	854	109	207	40	6	18	93	41	17	57	145	.242	.290	.367	.656	79	313	27	3	11	7	2

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	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	26	39	91	83	16	19	3	0	3	9	6	6	17	.229	.281	.373	.654	9	39
1978	27	125	479	434	61	115	23	3	8	50	26	30	64	.265	.313	.387	.700	53	125
1979	28	97	294	270	31	66	13	3	6	29	9	20	51	.244	.296	.381	.677	30	96
1980	29	34	75	72	5	11	2	0	1	7	1	3	13	.153	.187	.222	.409	3	34
4 Yrs		295	939	859	113	211	41	6	18	95	42	59	145	.246	.294	.370	.664	95	294
162 Game Avg.		162	516	472	62	116	23	3	10	52	23	32	80	.246	.294	.370	.664	52	294

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