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Ryan Doby League
5-27-2004
Ed Norton Left Field
Retired (1985, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .260 Total Rating B    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 A  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L B- Velocity F    Mentor vR A 
Speed B- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C  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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1970 Minors 21 57.00 3 / 6 3 / 5 5 / 12 3 / 10 5 / 6 11 / 12 6 / 6 36 / 57
1970 Pos (LF) 21 7.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 7
1971 Minors 22 59.00 2 / 6 5 / 7 2 / 8 7 / 16 6 / 7 7 / 7 6 / 8 35 / 59
1971 Pos (LF) 22 25.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 16 / 25
1972 Minors 23 61.00 2 / 3 4 / 12 2 / 3 1 / 9 3 / 9 9 / 13 5 / 12 26 / 61
1972 Majors 23 1.00 2 2 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1973 Minors 24 45.00 2 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 10 0 / 4 5 / 9 3 / 7 4 / 6 17 / 45
1973 Majors 24 2.19 12 4 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2
1974 Minors 25 48.00 2 / 9 1 / 6 3 / 5 3 / 9 4 / 9 4 / 5 3 / 5 20 / 48
1974 Majors 25 3.52 10 7 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3
1975 Minors 26 33.00 3 / 9 1 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 5 1 / 6 8 / 33
1975 Majors 26 15.13 78 12 0 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 4 5 / 15
1976 Majors 27 34.83 162 23 0 1 / 5 4 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 4 8 / 34
1977 Majors 28 47.39 162 66 0 1 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 8 2 / 6 5 / 47
1978 Majors 29 55.08 162 87 0 0 / 9 2 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 5 3 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 5 5 / 55
1979 Majors 30 36.90 162 38 0 1 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 6 3 / 36
1980 Majors 31 26.36 162 12 0 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 26
1981 Majors 32 29.76 162 12 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 29
1982 Majors 33 23.56 133 15 21 0 / 1 0 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 23
1983 Majors 34 40.43 162 27 0 -3 / 6 -8 / 5 -5 / 3 -5 / 7 -1 / 6 -1 / 8 -2 / 5 -25 / 40
1984 Majors 35 35.14 155 36 7 -6 / 8 -7 / 0 -5 / 3 -5 / 3 -2 / 3 0 / 6 -1 / 12 -26 / 35
1985 Majors 36 19.38 162 7 0 -2 / 1 -3 / 2 -2 / 2 -5 / 3 -3 / 3 -1 / 3 -2 / 5 -18 / 19
Total 1686 348 28 8 / 93 6 / 91 1 / 98 3 / 94 23 / 93 36 / 101 26 / 98 123 / 700

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.