Jim Norris
1977–1980 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Texas Rangers
489G
.264AVG
.348OBP
.351SLG
More career statistics
338H
7HR
110RBI
59SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489 | 1,494 | 1,282 | 173 | 338 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 110 | 173 | 128 | 59 | 37 | 0 | 15 | 450 | .264 | .348 | .351 | .699 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1977-07-29 to 1977-08-17
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1977-07-08 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1977-06-03 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1979-05-19 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 255 | 777 | 170 | 2 | 55 | 92 | 63 | .256 | .337 | .329 |
| Away | 234 | 717 | 168 | 5 | 55 | 81 | 65 | .271 | .347 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 49 | 158 | 38 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 13 | .275 | .348 | .348 |
| May | 84 | 270 | 60 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 20 | .263 | .337 | .342 |
| June | 96 | 305 | 66 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 35 | .250 | .325 | .307 |
| July | 94 | 293 | 66 | 2 | 21 | 35 | 21 | .264 | .345 | .368 |
| August | 83 | 234 | 53 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 19 | .268 | .359 | .374 |
| September | 75 | 203 | 45 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 18 | .259 | .345 | .362 |
| October | 8 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .355 | .467 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 44 | 142 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | .254 | .303 | .385 |
| baltimore-orioles | 42 | 103 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 7 | .229 | .369 | .277 |
| toronto-blue-jays | 42 | 140 | 34 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 15 | .298 | .371 | .368 |
| boston-red-sox | 40 | 136 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | .283 | .353 | .467 |
| new-york-yankees | 40 | 123 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 12 | .299 | .390 | .393 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 39 | 127 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | .248 | .315 | .312 |
| kansas-city-royals | 38 | 103 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 8 | .264 | .340 | .356 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 104 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 7 | .236 | .298 | .270 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 |  Cleveland Guardians | 133 | 440 | 119 | 2 | 37 | 26 | .270 | – | – |
| 1978 | Cleveland Guardians | 113 | 315 | 89 | 2 | 27 | 12 | .283 | – | – |
| 1979 | Cleveland Guardians | 124 | 353 | 87 | 3 | 30 | 15 | .246 | – | – |
| 1980 |  Texas Rangers | 119 | 174 | 43 | – | 16 | 6 | .247 | – | – |