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Mike
Norris		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 19, 1955 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1982    1983    1984   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 20 MIN AL   8 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1976 21 MIN AL   8 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1977 22 MIL NL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 6 7 6 6 7 6
1978 23 MIL NL $ 300,000 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 7
1979 24 MIL NL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 7
1980 25 MIL NL $ 300,000 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 7
1981 26 MIL NL $ 3,728,571 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 7
1982 27 MIL NL $ 4,300,000 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8
1983 28 MIL NL $ 4,300,000 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
1984 29 MIL NL $ 4,300,000 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 7
1985 30 MIL NL $ 4,300,000 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1986 31 MIL NL $ 8,740,000 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 7
1987 32 MIL NL $ 8,740,000 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 7
1988 33 BSN NL $ 8,740,000 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 7
1989 34 BSN NL $ 8,740,000 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 6 6 6
1990 35 PIT NL $ 8,740,000 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,740,000 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
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
1975 20 AA   10 10 .500 30 30 0 0 0 216.0 182 70 12 81 217 2.92 .228 .299 .332 .631  
1976 21 AAA   6 4 .600 18 18 0 0 0 117.7 116 57 8 61 79 4.36 .261 .350 .375 .725  
    AA   6 3 .667 12 12 0 0 0 83.7 64 28 7 30 75 3.01 .213 .284 .329 .613  
1977 22 MIL NL 1 4 .200 28 1 0 0 13 39.3 38 17 3 16 24 3.89 .262 .337 .400 .737 4.6
1978 23 MIL NL 7 16 .304 30 30 5 0 0 229.7 215 121 38 77 159 4.74 .244 .310 .425 .735 7.6
1979 24 MIL NL 10 16 .385 31 31 9 2 0 233.7 223 105 24 50 136 4.04 .248 .288 .386 .674 10.6
    AAA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 7 3 0 1 6 3.52 .233 .258 .300 .558  
1980 25 MIL NL 16 14 .533 32 32 13 5 0 233.0 205 98 26 66 158 3.79 .233 .289 .377 .666 13.6
1981 26 MIL NL 13 12 .520 34 34 9 2 0 253.0 246 113 28 86 160 4.02 .251 .314 .399 .714 10.3
1982 27 MIL NL 22 8 .733 36 36 12 3 0 263.0 237 87 18 50 187 2.98 .237 .278 .344 .622 20.5
1983 28 MIL NL 22 13 .629 36 36 8 3 0 277.7 278 103 12 74 194 3.34 .257 .306 .358 .663 20.7
1984 29 MIL NL 21 7 .750 36 36 7 1 0 299.3 235 78 19 57 225 2.35 .214 .255 .314 .569 29.1
1985 30 MIL NL 15 16 .484 36 36 11 2 0 289.3 235 93 20 76 221 2.89 .222 .276 .331 .606 20.1
1986 31 MIL NL 16 13 .552 36 36 8 1 0 280.0 256 110 33 70 215 3.54 .241 .290 .398 .688 16.1
1987 32 MIL NL 13 12 .520 36 36 3 1 0 239.0 216 92 22 46 205 3.46 .236 .273 .380 .652 15.9
1988 33 BSN NL 13 12 .520 33 33 2 1 0 220.3 194 79 13 49 180 3.23 .235 .278 .347 .625 16.0
1989 34 BSN NL 10 12 .455 34 34 2 1 0 232.7 206 88 23 56 199 3.40 .235 .284 .376 .660 14.0
1990 35 BSN NL 4 1 .800 11 3 0 0 0 62.3 54 26 6 21 43 3.75 .237 .307 .364 .671 4.4
  PIT NL 3 4 .429 35 8 1 1 16 47.0 57 23 6 14 29 4.41 .305 .361 .476 .837 3.9
  TOT   7 5 .583 46 11 1 1 16 109.3 111 49 12 35 72 4.03 .267 .331 .414 .746 8.3
14 Years Sim 186 160 .538 484 422 90 23 29 3199.3 2895 1233 291 808 2335 3.47 .239 .289 .370 .659 207.6
2 Years AAA 6 5 .545 19 19 0 0 0 125.3 123 60 8 62 85 4.31 .259 .345 .371 .715  
2 Years AA 16 13 .552 42 42 0 0 0 299.7 246 98 19 111 292 2.94 .224 .295 .331 .626  
4 Years Minors 22 18 .550 61 61 0 0 0 425.0 369 158 27 173 377 3.35 .234 .310 .343 .653  
Season Average 13 11 .542 34 30 6 1 2 228.5 206 88 20 57 166 3.47 .239 .289 .370 .659  
Career Highs 22 16 .750 46 36 13 5 16 299.3 278 121 38 86 225 4.74 .267 .337 .425 .746  
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   1262 555 153 336 1227   .219 .263 .353 .615
vs LH   1633 678 138 472 1108   .256 .308 .386 .694
Home 99 79 .556 243 213 45 14 15 1659.0 1463 620 158 407 1208 3.36 .234 .280 .369 .649
Away 87 81 .518 241 209 45 9 14 1540.3 1432 613 133 401 1127 3.58 .245 .293 .372 .665
Mar/Apr 24 34 .414 76 71 14 2 1 511.0 506 237 44 164 358 4.17 .256 .313 .384 .697
May 33 26 .559 79 76 14 4 1 548.9 460 201 42 141 404 3.30 .226 .277 .354 .630
June 30 31 .492 82 67 21 4 5 535.0 499 199 51 124 367 3.35 .245 .288 .384 .672
July 32 29 .525 88 70 20 9 12 554.3 491 187 46 128 386 3.04 .235 .279 .355 .634
August 30 21 .588 78 72 12 3 3 538.0 478 212 51 135 422 3.55 .234 .281 .366 .647
Sep/Oct 37 19 .661 81 66 11 1 7 511.9 461 197 57 116 398 3.46 .238 .282 .382 .663
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 22 MIL NL P 28 1 39.3 4 7 0 2 1.000 2.52    
1978 23 MIL NL P 30 30 229.7 22 42 2 2 .970 2.51    
1979 24 MIL NL P 31 31 233.7 24 35 3 4 .952 2.27    
1980 25 MIL NL P 32 32 233.0 16 38 0 3 1.000 2.09    
1981 26 MIL NL P 34 34 253.0 17 40 5 4 .919 2.03    
1982 27 MIL NL P 36 36 263.0 19 42 1 2 .984 2.09    
1983 28 MIL NL P 36 36 277.7 18 47 1 2 .985 2.11    
1984 29 MIL NL P 36 36 299.3 15 51 1 3 .985 1.98    
1985 30 MIL NL P 36 36 289.3 27 43 1 3 .986 2.18    
1986 31 MIL NL P 36 36 280.0 26 44 5 6 .933 2.25    
1987 32 MIL NL P 36 36 239.0 15 44 2 1 .967 2.22    
1988 33 BSN NL P 33 33 220.3 13 36 2 3 .961 2.00    
1989 34 BSN NL P 34 34 232.7 16 33 1 2 .980 1.90    
1990 35 BSN NL P 11 3 62.3 4 11 0 2 1.000 2.17    
  PIT NL P 35 8 47.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.11    
Career Totals   484 422 3199.3 239 521 24 40 .969 2.14    
Career Highs   46 36 299.3 27 51 5 6 1.000 2.52    
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
1982 27 MIL NL 0 1 .000 3 3 1 0 0 24.3 23 11 1 7 11 4.07 .253 .306 .363 .669
1984 29 MIL NL 0 1 .000 2 2 1 0 0 17.0 15 7 0 6 5 3.71 .238 .304 .286 .590
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 5 5 2 0 0 41.3 38 18 1 13 16 3.92 .247 .305 .331 .637
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1982-8-2.98
1984-3-2.35
1985-6-2.89
1988-10-3.23
 Wins
1982-1-22
1983-1-22
1984-2-21
 Losses
1978-8-16
1979-3-16
1985-8-16
 Winning Pct
1982-5-.733
1984-2-.750
 Saves
1977-3-13
 Games Started
1982-3-36
1983-5-36
1984-1-36
1985-4-36
1986-4-36
1987-3-36
1989-6-34
Complete Games
1979-7-9
1980-3-13
1982-5-12
1985-6-11
1987-10-3
1990-5-1
 Shutouts
1979-8-2
1980-1-5
1981-5-2
1982-4-3
1983-3-3
1987-9-1
1988-9-1
1990-4-1
CAR-39-23
 Innings Pitched
1981-10-253.0
1982-8-263.0
1983-3-277.7
1984-1-299.3
1985-3-289.3
1986-5-280.0
1987-6-239.0
1989-6-232.7
 Hits Allowed
1983-5-278
1986-10-256
 Homeruns Allowed
1978-1-38
1979-9-24
1980-5-26
1981-5-28
1986-3-33
1987-9-22
1989-7-23
 Strikeouts
1978-7-159
1981-10-160
1982-5-187
1983-5-194
1984-2-225
1985-3-221
1986-4-215
1987-2-205
1988-7-180
1989-6-199
Walks per 9IP
1982-7-1.7
1984-6-1.7
1987-7-1.7
 Hits per 9IP
1984-3-7.1
1985-6-7.3
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1978-8-6.2
1982-9-6.4
1985-10-6.9
1986-10-6.9
1987-4-7.7
1988-9-7.4
1989-9-7.7
 WHiP
1979-6-1.17
1982-4-1.09
1984-3-0.98
1985-4-1.07
1986-9-1.16
1987-8-1.10
1988-5-1.10
CAR-21-1.16
 OAVG
1984-4-.214
1985-8-.222
 OOBP
1979-4-.288
1982-4-.278
1984-3-.255
1985-4-.276
1986-9-.290
1987-7-.273
1988-5-.278
CAR-23-.289
OSLG
1982-10-.344
1984-5-.314
1985-8-.331
 OOPS
1982-9-.622
1984-3-.569
1985-9-.606
1988-8-.625
CAR-48-.659
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 152    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Minnesota in 1975
Earned first career win on 9/2/1977
Injured on 4/24/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/23/1980 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1980, going 5-0, 1.05
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,728,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/23/1981 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 5/24/1981 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
10/3/1981: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $4,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1983, winning 2 games with a 0.51 ERA
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
10/13/1985: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $8,740,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from Milwaukee to Boston (N) on 2/2/1988 (Going to MIL: P Ray Soff. Going to BSN: P Mike Norris)
Traded from Boston (N) to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1990 (Going to PIT: P Mike Norris. Going to BSN: P Dave Eiland)
10/23/1990: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,600,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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