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Frank Thomas League
4-15-2075
Ed Norton First Base
Retired (1988, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .224 Total Rating 58   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .626 Status Deceased (2034) Option Years 0  
H 412 Age at Death 80 Date of Birth 03-16-1954
HR 41 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1972)		 Majors Svc Time 5 years
(155 games)
RBI 213
SB 28
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 48 Contact vs. L 37 Endurance 55   Ldrship 21
Power vs. R 74 Power vs. L 67 Velocity 20   Mentor vR 61
Speed 74 Bunt 17 Control 9   Mentor vL 58
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 48 WS Rings 0
1B 100 (100%) LF --- Arm 54 WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health 50 LCS Appearances 0
3B 12 (12.1%) RF 1 (1.0%)   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 
1972 Minors 18 31.00 4 / 5 5 / 6 3 / 3 4 / 4 5 / 6 6 / 6 1 / 1 28 / 31
1973 Minors 19 28.00 3 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 1 6 / 6 3 / 5 4 / 4 6 / 6 26 / 28
1974 Minors 20 28.00 4 / 4 2 / 4 8 / 8 3 / 3 2 / 4 2 / 2 3 / 3 24 / 28
1975 Minors 21 21.00 2 / 2 1 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 5 2 / 2 3 / 3 14 / 21
1976 Minors 22 29.00 5 / 6 1 / 3 5 / 6 3 / 4 2 / 3 3 / 3 2 / 4 21 / 29
1977 Minors 23 20.00 1 / 1 0 / 1 3 / 3 1 / 3 3 / 5 0 / 2 3 / 5 11 / 20
1978 Minors 24 21.00 2 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 6 3 / 3 1 / 3 9 / 21
1978 Pos (3B) 24 62.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 8 / 62
1979 Minors 25 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 3 5 / 9
1979 Majors 25 30.80 82 67 0 1 / 5 5 / 7 2 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 4 11 / 30
1979 Pos (3B) 25 29.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 29
1980 Majors 26 36.24 162 47 0 1 / 6 3 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 4 1 / 4 3 / 4 8 / 36
1981 Majors 27 41.50 162 51 0 1 / 10 1 / 4 2 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 7 7 / 41
1982 Minors 28 14.00 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 4 4 / 14
1982 Majors 28 5.21 36 3 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 5
1982 Pos (3B) 28 22.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 22
1983 Majors 29 41.58 162 57 0 0 / 7 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 11 4 / 41
1984 Majors 30 64.54 162 142 0 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 11 1 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 64
1985 Majors 31 52.46 125 111 37 0 / 7 1 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 5 1 / 52
1986 Minors 32 1.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1986 Majors 32 6.81 37 4 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 6
1986 Pos (3B) 32 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 4
1987 Majors 33 16.00 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 16
1988 Majors 34 13.00 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 13
Total 928 482 37 24 / 72 24 / 69 29 / 75 24 / 70 21 / 85 23 / 59 29 / 76 186 / 623
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Ed Norton has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1986-07-21The New York knights have waived Ed Norton.
1986-07-09The New York knights have designated Ed Norton for assignment.
1986-05-27The New York knights have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team.
1986-05-27The New York knights have acquired Ed Norton from the waiver wire.
1986-04-04The New York knights have waived Ed Norton.
1986-03-26New York knights has drafted Ed Norton #185 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1985-09-05Ed Norton of the Kansas City Plains is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1985-04-08Ed Norton of the Kansas City Plains is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1982-08-23The Kansas City Plains have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team.
1982-04-01The Kansas City Plains have promoted Ryan Succop to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have promoted Kevin Kemner to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have promoted Will Nixon to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have sent Don Perez to the minors. The Kansas City Plains have designated Jesse Hart for assignment. The Kansas City Plains have designated Ed Norton for assignment.
1979-09-05The Kansas City Plains have promoted Ryan Succop to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have sent Stubby Cox to the minors. The Kansas City Plains have sent Hank Dabank to the minors.
1979-07-10The Kansas City Plains have promoted Ryan Succop to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have promoted Hal Mark to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have designated Doug Kepshire for assignment. The Kansas City Plains have designated Ed Norton for assignment.
1979-07-10The Kansas City Plains have promoted Ed Norton to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have designated John Plank for assignment.
1979-06-28The Kansas City Plains have promoted Walt Dodge to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have designated Ed Norton for assignment.
1979-04-25The Kansas City Plains have renamed Ed Flowers to Ed Norton.
1979-04-23The Kansas City Plains have promoted Ed Flowers to the major league team. The Kansas City Plains have sent Stubby Cox to the minors.
1979-04-23A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Plains and the Tampa Bay Blue Claws. The Tampa Bay Blue Claws receive Joe Kume, Draft Pick - 1980 Round 2 (PHI) from the Kansas City Plains in exchange for Ed Flowers.
1978-05-01The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have acquired Ed Flowers from the waiver wire.
1978-04-14The St. Louis Cardinals have waived Ed Flowers.