Willie Norwood

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: November 7, 1950 in Greene County, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of La Verne (La Verne, CA).

High School: Long Beach Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

Schools: California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, CA), University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)

Debut: April 21, 1977 (Age 26-165d, 13,871st in major league history)
vs. TEX 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1980 (Age 29-332d)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Willie Norwood

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

854

207

.242

109

RBI

OBP

.290

SLG

.367

OPS

.656

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-23 / in Starts: 2-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 76 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	41 (25-9-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 76 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (22-15-8)

Most Driven In
P Mackanin	2
D Edwards	1
J Vega	1
B Rivera	1
R Jackson	1
B Wynegar	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
R Smalley	1
B Wynegar	1
K Landreaux	1
Self	1
S Butera	0
R Sofield	0

1980 Batting Game Log

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1980 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	261	1	Apr 10	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	3.77	0.322	5.41	0.28%	1.64	PH
2	262	5 (3)	Apr 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
3	263	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.58	-0.163	2.42	-0.15%	-1.36	CF
4	264	8 (1)	Apr 17	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	1.07	-0.052	1.43	-0.04%	-0.26	CF
5	265	9	Apr 18 (1)	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	1	.67	-0.033	.83	-0.03%	-0.46	CF
6	266	10	Apr 18 (2)	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	5						CF
7	267	18 (7)	Apr 28	MIN		SEA	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.313	.563	7	.86	-0.046	1.20	-0.04%	0.03	CF
8	268	19	Apr 29	MIN		SEA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	6	1.06	-0.109	1.36	-0.08%	-0.71	DH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	269	21 (1)	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.250	.261	.511	8	1.09	-0.067	1.28	-0.05%	-0.18	RF
10	270	22	May 3	MIN		NYY	L,3-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	8	1.62	-0.023	1.74	-0.02%	-0.08	RF
11	271	23	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,1-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.233	.214	.448	8	.33	-0.029	.32	-0.02%	-0.75	RF
12	272	25 (1)	May 6	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.212	.194	.406	8	.16	-0.012	.15	-0.01%	-0.70	RF
13	273	26	May 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.176	.222	.206	.428	7	1.01	0.121	.97	0.07%	1.05	RF
14	274	27	May 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.225	.289	.514	8	.88	-0.086	.76	-0.05%	0.93	RF
15	275	28	May 10	MIN	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.205	.262	.466	8	1.25	-0.131	1.06	-0.07%	-0.64	RF
16	276	29	May 11	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.178	.213	.267	.479	8	1.61	-0.165	1.47	-0.09%	-1.46	RF
17	277	31 (1)	May 13	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.261	.469	1	.87	-0.023	.77	-0.01%	-0.25	DH
18	278	33 (1)	May 16	MIN		MIL	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.216	.265	.481	4	1.17	0.018	.84	0.01%	0.38	RF
19	279	36 (2)	May 19	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.200	.245	.445	1	.96	-0.100	.98	-0.06%	-0.73	DH
20	280	37	May 20	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-4	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.211	.241	.451	1	2.58	-0.113	2.30	-0.06%	-0.65	PH RF
21	281	43 (5)	May 27	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.224	.255	.479	9	1.64	0.054	.78	0.02%	0.28	PH
22	282	44	May 28	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.224	.255	.479	4						PR
23	283	45	May 29	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.224	.255	.479	5						PR
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	284	50 (4)	Jun 6	MIN		TOR	W,5-0	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.220	.250	.470	4	.06	-0.002	.02	0.00%	-0.11	PH
25	285	53 (2)	Jun 8 (2)	MIN		TOR	L,4-6	8-GF(13)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.210	.237	.447	6	1.52	-0.123	.73	-0.04%	-0.53	PH
26	286	56 (2)	Jun 12	MIN	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.212	.238	.450	5	.99	0.014	.36	0.00%	-0.06	RF
27	287	58 (1)	Jun 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.212	.238	.450	7						PR
28	288	60 (1)	Jun 16	MIN	@	TOR	W,4-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.209	.234	.443	4	.15	-0.004	.03	0.00%	-0.25	PH
29	289	61	Jun 17	MIN	@	TOR	W,8-6	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.200	.224	.424	4	.90	-0.072	.26	-0.01%	-0.79	PH
30	290	63 (1)	Jun 20	MIN		CLE	L,3-4	9-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.197	.221	.418	4	2.35	-0.067	.87	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
31	291	65 (1)	Jun 22	MIN		CLE	L,6-11	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.236	.436	9	.58	0.024	.26	0.01%	0.02	RF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	292	154 (88)	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	W,3-0	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.164	.197	.233	.430	5	.23	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PR
33	293	159 (4)	Oct 3	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.197	.233	.430	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
34	294	160	Oct 4	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-17	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.197	.233	.430	4						PR
							11-23		76	73	6	12	2	0	1	8	3	0	13	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	.164	.197	.233	.430		1.07	-0.866	1.02	-0.45%	-6.04

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