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Norm Charlton

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: January 6, 1963 in Fort Polk, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (28th) of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

High School: James Madison HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Last Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 38-274d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Norman Wood Charlton

Nicknames: The Sheriff

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.1

ERA

3.71

605

899.1

808

WHIP

1.342

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1984	21	-1.1	West Palm Beach	FLOR	A	MON	1	4	.200	4.58	6.18	8	8	0	0	0	0	39.1	51	27	20	2	22	0	27	1	1	1		1.856	11.7	0.5	5.0	6.2	1.23
1985	22	-0.5	West Palm Beach	FLOR	A	MON	7	10	.412	4.57	5.55	24	23	0	5	2	0	128.0	135	79	65	7	79	1	71	4	0	9		1.672	9.5	0.5	5.6	5.0	0.90
1986	23	-0.4	Vermont	EL	AA	CIN	10	6	.625	2.83	3.62	22	22	0	6	1	0	136.2	109	55	43	4	74	2	96	3	0	8		1.339	7.2	0.3	4.9	6.3	1.30
1987	24	-2.5	Nashville	AA	AAA	CIN	2	8	.200	4.30	5.22	18	17	0	3	1	0	98.1	97	57	47	8	44	1	74	1	2	7		1.434	8.9	0.7	4.0	6.8	1.68
1988	25	-1.5	Nashville	AA	AAA	CIN	11	10	.524	3.02	3.41	27	27	0	8	1	0	182.0	149	69	61	7	56	1	161	2	17	13		1.126	7.4	0.3	2.8	8.0	2.88
1988	25	-3.5	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	4	5	.444	3.96	3.96	10	10	0	0	0	0	61.1	60	27	27	6	20	2	39	2	2	3	259	1.304	8.8	0.9	2.9	5.7	1.95
1989	26	-2.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	8	3	.727	2.93	3.59	69	0	27	0	0	0	95.1	67	38	31	5	40	7	98	2	4	2	393	1.122	6.3	0.5	3.8	9.3	2.45
1990	27	-1.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	12	9	.571	2.74	3.09	56	16	13	1	1	2	154.1	131	53	47	10	70	4	117	4	1	9	650	1.302	7.6	0.6	4.1	6.8	1.67
1991	28	-0.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	5	.375	2.91	3.07	39	11	10	0	0	1	108.1	92	37	35	6	34	4	77	6	0	11	438	1.163	7.6	0.5	2.8	6.4	2.26
1992	29	0.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	4	2	.667	2.99	4.32	64	0	46	0	0	26	81.1	79	39	27	7	26	4	90	3	0	8	341	1.291	8.7	0.8	2.9	10.0	3.46
1993	30	1.3	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	3	.250	2.34	3.12	34	0	29	0	0	18	34.2	22	12	9	4	17	0	48	0	0	6	141	1.125	5.7	1.0	4.4	12.5	2.82

1995	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	SEA	4	6	.400	3.36	4.00	55	0	27	0	0	14	69.2	46	31	26	4	31	3	70	4	1	6	284	1.105	5.9	0.5	4.0	9.0	2.26
1995	32	3.2	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	2	1	.667	1.51	2.27	30	0	22	0	0	14	47.2	23	12	8	2	16	0	58	1	1	5	182	0.818	4.3	0.4	3.0	11.0	3.63
1995	32	4.1	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	2	5	.286	7.36	7.77	25	0	5	0	0	0	22.0	23	19	18	2	15	3	12	3	0	1	102	1.727	9.4	0.8	6.1	4.9	0.80
1996	33	4.7	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	4	7	.364	4.04	4.40	70	0	50	0	0	20	75.2	68	37	34	7	38	1	73	1	0	9	323	1.401	8.1	0.8	4.5	8.7	1.92
1997	34	5.2	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	8	.273	7.27	7.66	71	0	38	0	0	14	69.1	89	59	56	7	47	2	55	4	1	7	343	1.962	11.6	0.9	6.1	7.1	1.17
1998	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BAL	2	1	.667	5.44	5.44	49	0	19	0	0	1	48.0	53	29	29	5	33	0	47	1	0	7	231	1.792	9.9	0.9	6.2	8.8	1.42
1998	35	8.4	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
1998	35	5.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	1	.667	6.94	6.94	36	0	11	0	0	0	35.0	46	27	27	5	25	0	41	0	0	5	178	2.029	11.8	1.3	6.4	10.5	1.64
1998	35	6.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		1.38	1.38	13	0	8	0	0	1	13.0	7	2	2	0	8	0	6	1	0	2	53	1.154	4.8	0.0	5.5	4.2	0.75
1999	36	9.3	Durham	IL	AAA	TBD	3	2	.600	3.69	3.69	18	0	9	0	0	1	31.2	27	13	13	7	10	1	29	3	0	1	132	1.168	7.7	2.0	2.8	8.2	2.90
1999	36	6.8	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	2	3	.400	4.44	5.15	42	0	9	0	0	0	50.2	49	29	25	4	36	0	45	1	0	4	233	1.678	8.7	0.7	6.4	8.0	1.25
2000	37	10.5	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	2	0	0	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	10	0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	16.9	2.50
2000	37	8.3	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	0		27.00	27.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	6	9	9	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	20	4.000	18.0	3.0	18.0	3.0	0.17
2001	38	11.1	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	1	.000	3.00	3.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	9	1	0	1	26	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	13.5	4.50
2001	38	9.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	4	2	.667	3.02	3.59	44	0	10	0	0	1	47.2	36	19	16	4	11	0	48	4	0	4	189	0.986	6.8	0.8	2.1	9.1	4.36
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		51	54	.486	3.71	4.19	605	37	280	1	1	97	899.1	798	419	371	70	409	27	808	32	9	77	3845	1.342	8.0	0.7	4.1	8.1	1.98
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		34	41	.453	3.60	4.34	127	99	12	22	5	2	626.2	574	302	251	35	289	6	473	15	20	41	176	1.377	8.2	0.5	4.2	6.8	1.64
All Levels (17 Seasons)							85	95	.472	3.67	4.25	732	136	292	23	6	99	1526.0	1372	721	622	105	698	33	1281	47	29	118	4021	1.356	8.1	0.6	4.1	7.6	1.84

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		16	21	.432	3.43	3.93	73	46	12	11	2	2	322.2	279	141	123	22	114	3	279	7	19	23	176	1.218	7.8	0.6	3.2	7.8	2.45
AA (1 season)					Minors		10	6	.625	2.83	3.62	22	22	0	6	1	0	136.2	109	55	43	4	74	2	96	3	0	8		1.339	7.2	0.3	4.9	6.3	1.30
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	14	.364	4.57	5.70	32	31	0	5	2	0	167.1	186	106	85	9	101	1	98	5	1	10		1.715	10.0	0.5	5.4	5.3	0.97