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Ryan Doby League
5-29-2004
Ed Norton Left Field
Retired (1985, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .260 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .706 Status Retired (1985) Option Years 0  
H 442 Age 55 (OS 55) Date of Birth 04-14-1949
HR 30 Drafted Round 2, Pick 25
(1970)
Majors Svc Time 10 years
(78 games)
RBI 207
SB 15
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L B- Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed B- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF A+ (98.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1972 LF COL 2 2 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.89 1.000
1973 CF COL 2 2 16.0 8 7 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
LF COL 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
RF COL 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.29 1.000
1974 LF COL 6 6 54.0 18 17 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
RF COL 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1975 RF COL 13 12 94.0 30 27 3 0 0 +1 2.87 1.000
LF COL 6 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
1976 RF COL 15 15 126.2 23 23 0 0 0 +1 1.63 1.000
LF COL 26 3 67.2 14 14 0 0 0 +1 1.86 1.000
CF COL 5 5 42.0 14 14 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
SS COL 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1977 LF COL 48 47 419.0 99 97 2 0 0 0 2.13 1.000
RF COL 19 19 167.2 34 34 0 0 0 -1 1.83 1.000
C COL 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 4.50 1.000
1978 LF COL 65 61 544.1 147 138 6 3 0 +2 2.38 .980
RF COL 26 26 231.0 57 53 2 2 0 0 2.14 .965
2B COL 1 0 5.0 4 0 4 0 0 +1 7.20 1.000
1979 LF COL 44 27 274.0 48 46 1 1 0 +1 1.54 .979
RF COL 11 11 100.0 13 12 1 0 0 0 1.17 1.000
1980 LF COL 42 5 97.1 30 29 1 0 0 0 2.77 1.000
RF COL 7 7 54.1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.83 1.000
1981 LF COL 38 8 101.0 29 27 2 0 0 +1 2.58 1.000
RF COL 6 4 42.0 13 12 1 0 0 0 2.79 1.000
C COL 2 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 6.75 1.000
1982 LF COL 14 7 74.2 23 22 0 1 0 0 2.65 .957
RF COL 10 8 70.0 22 22 0 0 0 -1 2.83 1.000
C COL 1 0 2.0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 50.0% 0 13.50 .750
2B COL 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1983 RF COL 31 18 182.2 39 37 1 1 0 +1 1.87 .974
LF COL 13 9 82.0 23 22 1 0 0 +1 2.52 1.000
C COL 3 0 6.0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0 6.00 1.000
SS COL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1984 LF COL 26 26 216.0 55 53 2 0 0 +1 2.29 1.000
RF COL 15 9 89.2 15 14 1 0 0 0 1.51 1.000
C COL 4 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0 5.14 1.000
SS COL 1 1 7.0 6 2 3 1 0 0 6.43 .833
1985 LF COL 6 4 35.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.31 1.000
RF COL 3 3 25.0 7 6 1 0 0 0 2.52 1.000
Pos Total LF 337 206 1999.0 504 483 16 5 0 +7 2.25 .990
RF 158 134 1199.0 261 248 10 3 0 +1 1.94 .989
CF 7 7 58.0 22 21 1 0 0 0 3.41 1.000
C 11 0 21.0 16 14 1 1 0 1 8 1 11.1% 0 6.43 .938
SS 3 1 12.0 7 2 4 1 0 0 4.50 .857
2B 2 0 7.0 5 1 4 0 0 +1 6.43 1.000
Total 518 348 3296.0 815 769 36 10 0 1 8 1 11.1% +9 2.20 .988

Statistics prior to 1970 were earned in the Larry Doby League.

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01Ed Norton has retired from the Colorado Spiders
1984-04-01Ed Norton of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1983-05-23The Colorado Spiders have placed Ed Norton on the trade block.
1982-07-17Ed Norton of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1975-09-19The Colorado Spiders have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team.
1975-06-15The Colorado Spiders have sent Ed Norton to the minors.
1974-09-21The Colorado Spiders have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team.
1974-03-01The Colorado Spiders have designated Tom Gaspar for assignment. The Colorado Spiders have sent Takashi Ward to the minors. The Colorado Spiders have sent Lou Gardella to the minors. The Colorado Spiders have sent Ed Norton to the minors. The Colorado Spiders have designated Hugh Jones for assignment.
1973-09-22The Colorado Spiders have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team.
1973-09-20The Colorado Spiders have promoted Lou Gardella to the major league team. The Colorado Spiders have sent Ed Norton to the minors.
1973-09-17The Colorado Spiders have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team.
1973-03-01The Colorado Spiders have sent Ed Norton to the minors. The Colorado Spiders have sent Harvey Ingram to the minors.
1972-09-30The Colorado Spiders have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team.