Dan
Norman
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 11, 1955 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1988    1989   
All-Star Selections 1988   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 22 OAK AL     3 3 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
1978 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
1979 24 OAK AL     3 3 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
1980 25 OAK AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1981 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6
1982 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6
1983 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6
1984 29 OAK AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1985 30 OAK AL $ 870,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6
1986 31 NYG NL $ 2,628,571   5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6
1987 32 NYG NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6
1988 33 NYG NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1989 34 NYG NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6
1990 35 NYG NL $ 1,400,000   3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,628,571   5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 22 AA   27 113 20 27 2 2 6 11 10 1 13 23 .239 .317 .451 .769 18.3  
    A   110 403 62 98 16 2 15 47 29 9 72 61 .243 .358 .404 .762 65.2  
1978 23 OAK AL 73 127 22 21 2 3 2 11 23 3 11 27 .165 .229 .276 .504 11.7 0.4
    A   25 95 13 25 2 0 6 10 7 0 11 12 .263 .340 .474 .813 16.9  
1979 24 A   137 487 91 117 15 2 24 56 33 4 92 71 .240 .361 .427 .788 85.9  
1980 25 AA   136 563 81 128 22 1 27 68 25 7 46 90 .227 .286 .414 .700 70.9  
1981 26 OAK AL 93 311 45 77 11 2 9 36 32 6 22 39 .248 .294 .383 .676 40.2 9.5
    AAA   28 110 22 36 3 0 13 36 4 1 8 11 .327 .373 .709 1.082 26.9  
    AA   25 97 23 21 5 0 7 19 3 1 13 11 .216 .309 .485 .794 15.5  
1982 27 OAK AL 97 137 42 37 3 1 3 20 33 8 9 22 .270 .313 .372 .685 19.1 3.3
1983 28 OAK AL 120 259 45 61 10 0 6 32 32 6 14 33 .236 .273 .344 .616 28.9 4.3
1984 29 OAK AL 104 213 50 58 10 1 9 40 30 5 12 33 .272 .306 .455 .761 32.8 6.0
1985 30 OAK AL 125 308 63 93 8 1 14 43 34 7 38 40 .302 .378 .471 .848 56.6 12.1
1986 31 NYG NL 155 574 50 118 17 7 14 60 39 7 37 94 .206 .253 .333 .586 50.2 3.4
1987 32 NYG NL 154 565 85 141 24 4 25 80 38 9 54 88 .250 .313 .439 .752 81.6 15.1
1988 33 NYG NL 151 602 92 168 18 5 27 110 54 11 55 121 .279 .338 .460 .799 96.5 20.4
1989 34 NYG NL 92 142 29 37 10 0 8 24 16 1 12 28 .261 .316 .500 .816 23.0 4.8
1990 35 NYG NL 26 30 3 6 0 0 1 5 4 2 2 9 .200 .250 .300 .550 2.1 0.0
    AAA   33 141 19 29 2 1 5 14 4 1 9 32 .206 .253 .340 .594 12.9  
11 Years Sim 1190 3268 526 817 113 24 118 461 335 65 266 534 .250 .304 .408 .712 442.8 79.2
2 Years AAA 61 251 41 65 5 1 18 50 8 2 17 43 .259 .300 .502 .802 39.8  
3 Years AA 188 773 124 176 29 3 40 98 38 9 72 124 .228 .292 .428 .720 104.7  
3 Years A 272 985 166 240 33 4 45 113 69 13 175 144 .244 .358 .422 .781 168.0  
8 Years Minors 521 2009 331 481 67 8 103 261 115 24 264 311 .239 .327 .435 .761 312.5  
162 Game Average 444 71 111 15 3 16 62 45 8 36 72 .250 .304 .408 .712 60.3  
Career Highs 155 602 92 168 24 7 27 110 54 11 55 121 .302 .378 .500 .848 96.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2028 342 500 72 15 77 300 218 43 165 353 .247 .302 .411 .712 281.2
vs LH   1240 184 317 41 9 41 161 117 22 101 181 .256 .309 .402 .712 170.7
Home 589 1593 257 392 58 13 55 224 155 32 137 285 .246 .304 .402 .706 216.4
Away 601 1675 269 425 55 11 63 237 180 33 129 249 .254 .305 .413 .718 235.5
RISP   824 0 218 24 6 32 331 0 0 75 135 .265 .317 .425 .742 114.9
Pinch Hitting   130 14 28 7 1 2 24 5 0 9 24 .215 .262 .331 .593 12.1
Close/Late   451 92 113 17 0 17 61 0 1 48 82 .251 .323 .401 .725 59.8
Mar/Apr 162 429 62 98 16 3 20 58 30 6 23 76 .228 .266 .420 .686 52.5
May 184 480 95 124 12 4 26 68 43 11 30 85 .258 .301 .463 .763 71.5
June 224 636 89 154 24 4 20 87 57 16 49 102 .242 .294 .387 .681 78.8
July 196 546 87 133 18 4 18 86 58 14 56 85 .244 .311 .390 .701 74.9
August 220 619 104 175 22 4 17 79 83 16 52 94 .283 .336 .414 .749 95.4
Sep/Oct 204 558 89 133 21 5 17 83 64 2 56 92 .238 .306 .385 .692 78.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 23 OAK AL RF 41 33 278.0 74 2 0 2 1.000 2.46   0.8
    LF 9 0 24.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.92    
    CF 4 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 .667 9.00   0.0
1981 26 OAK AL LF 52 50 408.0 90 1 0 0 1.000 2.01   0.9
    RF 31 29 238.0 54 0 1 0 .982 2.04    
    CF 12 0 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
1982 27 OAK AL RF 21 11 119.3 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.64   1.0
    CF 22 9 103.0 26 1 1 0 .964 2.36    
    LF 10 7 66.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
1983 28 OAK AL CF 48 38 353.7 98 2 0 1 1.000 2.54   2.4
    RF 18 6 72.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.37    
    LF 8 6 57.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1984 29 OAK AL CF 26 7 98.0 27 0 2 0 .931 2.48   0.5
    RF 14 1 47.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.95    
    LF 4 1 12.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1985 30 OAK AL CF 26 7 116.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.6
    LF 13 12 110.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    RF 24 2 71.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.14    
1986 31 NYG NL CF 145 144 1251.3 383 6 2 1 .995 2.80   0.9
    LF 6 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 3 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1987 32 NYG NL CF 100 98 877.7 228 4 1 3 .996 2.38   2.1
    LF 14 14 128.7 35 2 0 1 1.000 2.59    
    RF 5 0 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1988 33 NYG NL CF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    LF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1989 34 NYG NL RF 25 8 100.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.6
    LF 20 9 94.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.82    
    CF 6 3 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1990 35 NYG NL CF 3 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    LF 3 2 15.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.87    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 394 310 2898.7 807 14 6 5 .993 2.55   6.8
  RF 182 90 947.3 216 3 1 2 .995 2.08   2.4
  LF 141 101 934.6 214 4 0 1 1.000 2.10   0.9
  SS 6 0 14.0 3 3 1 0 .857 3.86   0.0
  2B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   725 501 4797.6 1240 26 8 8 .994 2.37   10.0
Career Highs   156 144 1274.3 389 7 2 4 1.000 3.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 29 OAK AL 14 26 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 4 .077 .143 .077 .220
1988 33 NYG NL 15 41 7 8 2 0 3 12 1 1 3 13 .195 .250 .463 .713
1989 34 NYG NL 5 5 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .600 .667 1.000 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 34 72 14 13 2 1 3 17 1 2 6 18 .181 .244 .361 .605
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1988-10-.460
XR
1988-8-96.5
Games
1986-4-155
At-Bats
1988-9-602
Total Bases
1988-7-277
Triples
1986-7-7
Homeruns
1987-10-25
1988-5-27
RBIs
1988-3-110
Stolen Bases
1983-7-32
1984-10-30
1985-8-34
1986-10-39
1987-10-38
1988-4-54
CAR-39-335
Strikeouts
1988-8-121
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 48th overall pick, by Oakland in 1977
Had first career hit on 6/6/1978, off Jon Matlack (IND)
Hit first career homerun on 7/27/1978, off Gary Ross (PHN)
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 5/4/1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,628,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to New York (N) on 2/4/1986 (Going to NYG: P Mike Parrott, DH Dan Norman. Going to OAK: SS Lenn Sakata)
9/22/1986: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1988
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1989