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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1977	MIN	AL	26	OF	28	18	12	181.0	62	59	0	3	0	.952	0	2	2.93	2.11	.978	2.34	2.32
1977	MIN	AL	26	CF	20	14	10	134.0	48	47	0	1	0	.979	1	13	3.16	2.35	.983	2.83	2.81
1977	MIN	AL	26	RF	8	3	2	35.0	10	9	0	1	0	.900	-1	-24	2.31	1.13	.974	2.08	2.08
1977	MIN	AL	26	DH	5	0
1977	MIN	AL	26	LF	3	1	0	12.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	-0	-40	3.00	1.33	.976	2.10	2.10
1978	MIN	AL	27	OF	115	106	89	946.0	248	227	7	14	1	.944	-3	-3	2.23	2.03	.979	2.47	2.45
1978	MIN	AL	27	LF	101	91	76	806.0	221	200	7	14	1	.937	-1	-2	2.31	2.05	.974	2.21	2.19
1978	MIN	AL	27	CF	14	13	11	119.0	24	24	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-14	1.82	1.71	.984	2.97	2.94
1978	MIN	AL	27	DH	7	3
1978	MIN	AL	27	RF	4	2	2	21.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-6	1.71	1.00	.978	2.23	2.22
1979	MIN	AL	28	OF	71	64	53	550.0	155	147	4	4	0	.974	-6	-12	2.47	2.13	.981	2.46	2.43
1979	MIN	AL	28	CF	43	42	41	372.0	116	110	3	3	0	.974	-3	-11	2.73	2.63	.983	2.92	2.88
1979	MIN	AL	28	RF	28	22	12	178.0	40	38	1	1	0	.975	-2	-15	1.97	1.39	.980	2.25	2.22
1979	MIN	AL	28	DH	17	8
1980	MIN	AL	29	OF	17	15	11	128.1	42	42	0	0	0	1.000	2	16	2.95	2.47	.979	2.47	2.46
1980	MIN	AL	29	DH	13	3
1980	MIN	AL	29	RF	12	11	8	95.0	31	31	0	0	0	1.000	2	19	2.94	2.58	.975	2.13	2.12
1980	MIN	AL	29	CF	5	4	3	33.1	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	0	7	2.97	2.20	.983	2.92	2.92
	4 Seasons			OF	231	203	165	1805.1	507	475	11	21	1	.959	-6	-4	2.42	2.10	.980	2.45	2.43
	2 Seasons			LF	104	92	76	818.0	226	204	7	15	1	.934	-2	-2	2.32	2.03	.974	2.21	2.19
	4 Seasons			CF	82	73	65	658.1	199	192	3	4	0	.980	-3	-6	2.67	2.38	.983	2.91	2.88
	4 Seasons			RF	52	38	24	329.0	85	82	1	2	0	.976	-2	-5	2.27	1.60	.977	2.20	2.18
	4 Seasons			TOT	231	203	165	1805.1	507	475	11	21	1	.959	-6	-4	2.42	2.10	.980	2.45	2.43
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rof
1977	MIN	AL	26	CF	1	13	1	-1	2	0
1977	MIN	AL	26	RF	-1	-24	-1	-0	-0	0
1977	MIN	AL	26	LF	-0	-40	-0	0	-0	0
1978	MIN	AL	27	LF	-1	-2	1	3	-2	-2
1978	MIN	AL	27	CF	-1	-14	-2	-1	-1	1
1978	MIN	AL	27	RF	-0	-6	-0	-0	0	0
1979	MIN	AL	28	CF	-3	-11	-4	-4	-0	1
1979	MIN	AL	28	RF	-2	-15	-2	-1	-1	0
1980	MIN	AL	29	RF	2	19	2	1	1	0
1980	MIN	AL	29	CF	0	7	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			LF	-2	-2	0	3	-3	-2
	4 Seasons			CF	-3	-6	-5	-6	1	2
	4 Seasons			RF	-2	-5	-2	-1	-0	0
	4 Seasons			TOT	-6	-4	-6	-4	-2	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1977	MIN	AL	26	39	18	39	28	3	20	8	31	5	8	7
1978	MIN	AL	27	125	109	125	115	101	14	4	119	7	9	5
1979	MIN	AL	28	96	72	96	71	0	43	28	71	17	16	6
1980	MIN	AL	29	34	18	34	17	0	5	12	17	13	8	7
	4 Seasons			294	217	294	231	104	82	52	238	42	41	25

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1977	MIN	AL	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	54	61%	83%	26%	8	50%
1978	MIN	AL	27	14	0	14	0	6	7	0	2	2	3	58	43	0	37	10	0	20	12	1	10	2	1	18	14	0	143	81	56.6%	60	2	1.4%	5	3455	57%	85%	27%	481	43%
	2 Seasons			15	0	15	0	7	7	0	2	2	3	58	43	0	39	10	0	20	12	1	10	2	1	18	14	0	145	81	55.9%	62	2	1.4%	5	3509	57%	85%	27%	489	43%
	MLB Averages																														59.0%			2.8%			60%	82%	27%		47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1977	MIN	AL	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	5	0	22	13	59.1%	9	0	0.0%	0	596	58%	84%	26%	79	59%
1978	MIN	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	7	0	24	15	62.5%	9	0	0.0%	0	502	49%	82%	26%	58	41%
1979	MIN	AL	28	3	0	3	0	1	3	0	1	1	1	30	21	1	20	4	0	5	2	1	11	1	0	17	10	0	83	38	45.8%	43	2	2.4%	1	1576	58%	85%	25%	223	51%
1980	MIN	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	3	42.9%	4	0	0.0%	0	135	67%	81%	32%	19	58%
	4 Seasons			4	0	4	0	1	3	0	1	1	1	50	36	1	29	4	0	6	3	1	17	3	0	34	23	0	136	69	50.7%	65	2	1.5%	1	2809	57%	84%	26%	379	51%
	MLB Averages																														43.8%			2.4%			60%	82%	27%		57%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1977	MIN	AL	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	12	5	41.7%	7	0	0.0%	0	160	66%	87%	21%	21	43%
1978	MIN	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	90	54%	81%	29%	11	36%
1979	MIN	AL	28	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	7	0	6	1	0	7	6	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	33	17	51.5%	16	0	0.0%	1	779	60%	85%	23%	87	44%
1980	MIN	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	5	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	5	1	0	19	9	47.4%	10	0	0.0%	0	434	60%	84%	25%	58	53%
	4 Seasons			2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	27	14	0	17	4	0	9	8	0	4	1	0	11	5	0	68	32	47.1%	36	0	0.0%	1	1463	61%	85%	24%	177	46%
	MLB Averages																														41.4%			3.0%			60%	82%	27%		51%

* 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

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1978 AL 7 (5th)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1978 AL 14 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1978 AL 14 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1978 AL 2.31 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1978 AL 2.05 (4th)

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