Willie Norwood
Willie Norwood
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 7, 1950 in Greene County, AL
High School: Polytechnic (Long Beach, CA)
School: University of La Verne
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1977
Final Game: October 4, 1980
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Standard Batting

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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
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 AL 34 76 73 6 12 2 0 1 8 1 1 3 13 .164 .197 .233 .430 14 17 3 0 0 0 0 9/D8
4 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 3.4 95 .279 .255 .263 .301 .329 .376 .388 .677 .717 88 .399 -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 1.2 105 .186 .164 .278 .197 .342 .233 .413 .430 .755 14 .083 -9.2 -0.9 .308 .110 .068 1.0
4 Seasons 932 709 87 3.3 100 .271 .242 .268 .290 .333 .367 .400 .656 .734 79 .359 -27.7 -2.7 .575 .219 .124 25.0
162 Game Avg. 514 391 48 3.3 100 .271 .242 .268 .290 .333 .367 .400 .656 .734 79 .359 -27.7 -2.7 .575 .219 .124 14

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 932 1.9% 15.6% 6.1% 6.9% 31% 2.54 5.9 47.4 9.2 1.03 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 26 MIN AL 1 0 55% 38 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 43% 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 2
1978 27 MIN AL 9 0 36% 174 25 10 71% 24 8 1 0 0 2 4 2 9 12 48% 20 12 6 2 1 1 24 7 15
1979 28 MIN AL 5 0 32% 110 9 5 64% 8 3 1 2 0 0 6 3 2 2 42% 17 13 4 1 1 0 15 5 10
1980 29 MIN AL 1 0 36% 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
4 Seasons 16 0 37% 349 41 17 71% 39 13 2 2 0 2 11 6 13 15 44% 42 29 11 6 5 1 44 14 28
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 5 1 0 0 1.28 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 100% 13 1 8% 8 3 38% 44 7 16% 3 1 33% 5 1 20% 0
1978 27 MIN AL 471 52% 109 7 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% 33 13 39% 0
1979 28 MIN AL 294 51% 67 8 4 0 1 1.71 6 0 9 4 2 2 4 0 6 3 50% 52 8 15% 23 6 26% 191 24 13% 21 8 38% 17 5 29% 0
1980 29 MIN AL 76 96% 12 2 2 0 1 2.28 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 3 27% 2 1 50% 41 7 17% 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 932 57% 207 22 9 0 3 1.65 18 0 20 9 9 7 11 0 14 11 79% 166 27 16% 79 28 35% 554 76 14% 57 27 47% 58 19 33% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 92 85 16 21 3 0 3 10 7 7 17 .247 .304 .388 .693 10 39
1978 27 125 469 431 62 112 23 3 8 51 26 29 64 .260 .307 .383 .690 51 125
1979 28 97 287 267 31 63 12 3 6 29 8 19 51 .236 .286 .371 .657 28 96
1980 29 34 75 72 7 11 2 0 1 9 1 3 13 .153 .187 .222 .409 3 34
4 Seasons 295 923 855 116 207 40 6 18 99 42 58 145 .242 .290 .366 .656 92 294
162 Game Avg. 162 507 470 64 114 22 3 10 54 23 32 80 .242 .290 .366 .656 51 294

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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