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Fred
Norman		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 20, 1942 in Usa, TX, SAN ANTONIO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 19 BSN NL   8 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1963 20 BSN NL   8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1964 21 WOR AL   8 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5
1965 22 SEM AL   8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1966 23 SEM AL   8 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5
1967 24 SEM AL   8 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 25 SEM AL   8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1969 26 SEM AL   7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1970 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1971 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5
1972 29 SEM AL   8 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5
1973 30 SEM AL   8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1974 31 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 8 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1975 32 SEM AL   7 8 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1976 33 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1977 34 SEM AL   6 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5
1978 35 MIN AL $ 650,000 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1979 36 MIN AL $ 650,000 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1980 37 MIN AL $ 650,000 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1981 38 MIN AL $ 450,000 5 7 7 7 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 6 5 6 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1962 19 AAA   15 7 .682 27 27 3 0 0 197.3 161 60 19 62 196 2.74 .218 .279 .331 .610  
1963 20 AAA   10 3 .769 23 22 4 4 0 154.3 109 48 15 62 163 2.80 .197 .278 .318 .596  
1964 21 AAA   2 10 .167 17 17 0 0 0 101.0 107 64 18 39 101 5.70 .266 .331 .450 .781  
    AA   4 2 .667 12 12 1 1 0 93.3 54 12 6 20 116 1.16 .166 .214 .261 .475  
1965 22 AAA   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 8.3 5 0 0 5 6 0.00 .161 .278 .161 .439  
    AA   11 0 1.000 14 14 2 1 0 107.0 62 19 3 36 128 1.60 .165 .238 .229 .467  
1966 23 AA   12 8 .600 30 30 1 0 0 201.3 187 87 20 89 218 3.89 .243 .321 .374 .694  
1967 24 AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 0 6 1 6.75 .200 .429 .267 .695  
    AA   11 3 .786 18 18 0 0 0 131.0 94 32 10 38 148 2.20 .197 .256 .296 .552  
1968 25 AAA   4 1 .800 9 9 0 0 0 64.0 46 18 5 21 55 2.53 .195 .261 .292 .553  
    AA   7 4 .636 18 18 1 1 0 134.7 100 33 15 35 157 2.21 .203 .256 .329 .584  
1969 26 AAA   0 2 .000 8 0 0 0 0 9.0 14 12 4 2 6 12.00 .333 .364 .738 1.102  
    AA   1 1 .500 5 5 1 0 0 37.0 32 8 1 12 44 1.95 .235 .297 .309 .606  
1970 27 SEM AL 3 3 .500 9 9 1 0 0 61.3 72 31 6 34 53 4.55 .288 .368 .420 .788 2.1
    AAA   3 1 .750 22 0 0 0 1 41.3 27 8 2 12 53 1.74 .182 .244 .236 .480  
1971 28 SEM AL 3 2 .600 33 0 0 0 2 60.3 58 33 12 21 56 4.92 .247 .309 .472 .781 2.0
1972 29 AAA   9 3 .750 31 12 2 1 3 106.7 74 27 13 40 106 2.28 .197 .275 .333 .608  
1973 30 AAA   12 3 .800 23 23 2 2 0 166.7 132 48 17 49 164 2.59 .213 .270 .341 .612  
1974 31 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 8 4 1 4 5 6.75 .348 .444 .522 .966 0.2
    AAA   2 4 .333 21 7 0 0 0 58.0 58 31 10 27 56 4.81 .256 .335 .441 .775  
1975 32 AAA   6 5 .545 47 0 0 0 13 69.7 75 34 5 46 69 4.39 .274 .378 .380 .758  
1976 33 SEM AL 2 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 3 19.3 22 12 4 7 9 5.59 .286 .345 .519 .865 0.9
1977 34 SEM AL 4 1 .800 31 0 0 0 5 59.0 48 22 8 20 41 3.36 .225 .287 .376 .663 6.2
1978 35 MIN AL 4 3 .571 30 0 0 0 6 57.3 55 20 7 27 41 3.14 .251 .332 .411 .743 6.2
1979 36 MIN AL 10 10 .500 73 0 0 0 14 81.7 77 25 5 41 48 2.76 .254 .339 .350 .689 10.9
1980 37 MIN AL 1 1 .500 27 0 0 0 1 54.3 60 28 7 33 40 4.64 .282 .377 .408 .785 1.7
1981 38 MIN AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 3 3.00 .250 .250 .417 .667 0.2
    AAA   0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 5.7 5 2 0 1 6 3.18 .278 .316 .278 .594  
9 Years Sim 28 20 .583 224 9 1 0 31 401.6 403 176 50 187 296 3.94 .261 .338 .412 .750 30.6
13 Years AAA 63 39 .618 246 117 11 7 18 986.0 816 355 108 372 982 3.24 .222 .293 .351 .644  
6 Years AA 46 18 .719 97 97 6 3 0 704.3 529 191 55 230 811 2.44 .205 .270 .312 .582  
19 Years Minors 109 57 .657 343 214 17 10 18 1690.3 1345 546 163 602 1793 2.91 .215 .284 .335 .619  
Season Average 3 2 .600 24 1 0 0 3 44.6 44 19 5 20 32 3.94 .261 .338 .412 .750  
Career Highs 10 10 1.000 73 9 1 0 14 81.7 77 33 12 41 56 6.75 .348 .444 .522 .966  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   257 110 29 130 189   .256 .341 .398 .739
vs LH   146 66 21 57 107   .270 .340 .437 .777
Home 17 7 .708 108 3 1 0 17 186.3 185 73 20 91 134 3.53 .259 .343 .396 .739
Away 11 13 .458 116 6 0 0 14 215.3 218 103 30 96 162 4.31 .262 .338 .425 .764
Mar/Apr 2 3 .400 35 0 0 0 3 56.3 49 15 3 18 38 2.40 .236 .296 .341 .638
May 4 3 .571 34 0 0 0 2 46.3 35 16 5 28 27 3.11 .210 .323 .323 .646
June 4 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 0 48.7 54 27 6 26 37 4.99 .276 .360 .434 .794
July 3 2 .600 33 0 0 0 7 55.6 63 42 13 30 44 6.79 .290 .377 .516 .893
August 9 4 .692 44 5 1 0 7 104.0 107 34 10 46 86 2.94 .266 .341 .395 .735
Sep/Oct 6 8 .429 43 4 0 0 12 90.6 95 42 13 39 64 4.17 .268 .341 .438 .779
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 27 SEM AL P 9 9 61.3 3 10 1 0 .929 1.91    
1971 28 SEM AL P 33 0 60.3 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1974 31 SEM AL P 4 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 33 SEM AL P 14 0 19.3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.93    
1977 34 SEM AL P 31 0 59.0 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.83    
1978 35 MIN AL P 30 0 57.3 1 10 1 1 .917 1.73    
1979 36 MIN AL P 73 0 81.7 1 11 1 2 .923 1.32    
1980 37 MIN AL P 27 0 54.3 4 9 0 0 1.000 2.15    
1981 38 MIN AL P 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   224 9 401.6 19 56 4 4 .949 1.68    
Career Highs   73 9 81.7 5 11 1 2 1.000 3.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1977 34 SEM AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 6.3 8 7 1 4 2 9.95 .308 .400 .615 1.015
1978 35 MIN AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 3 4 4.50 .182 .280 .455 .735
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 12.3 12 10 3 7 6 7.30 .250 .345 .542 .887
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1979-7-14
 Games Pitched
1979-3-73
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1962
Injured on 5/5/1963 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Worcester on 7/1/1964 (Going to BSN: SS Johnny Goryl. Going to WOR: P Fred Norman)
Traded from Kansas City to Seattle on 2/3/1965 (Going to SEM: P Fred Norman, C Tom Satriano. Going to KCR: P Rudy May)
Injured on 3/24/1969 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Earned first career win on 8/4/1970
Injured on 6/28/1974 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/8/1974 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 7/8/1975 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Released by Seattle on 11/2/1977
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/5/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $650,000 per year
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $650,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/17/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $450,000 per year
 
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