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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 6	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 7	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 8	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 9	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	8 (1)	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-9	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
8	9	Apr 13	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	40	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	10	Apr 14	MIN		SEA	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	11	Apr 15	MIN		SEA	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	12	Apr 16 (1)	MIN		SEA	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	LF
12	13	Apr 16 (2)	MIN		SEA	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	15 (1)	Apr 19	MIN		OAK	L,5-6	GS	49	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	16	Apr 21	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	17	Apr 22	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
16	18	Apr 25 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	19	Apr 25 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	20	Apr 26	MIN	@	OAK	L,8-9	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	21	Apr 27	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	22	Apr 28	MIN		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	23	Apr 29	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	24	Apr 30	MIN		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	25	May 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,9-11	GF	21	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
24	27 (1)	May 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
25	28	May 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	29	May 7	MIN	@	BAL	W,15-9	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	LF
27	30	May 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
28	31	May 10	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	32	May 13	MIN		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	33	May 14	MIN		BOS	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	34	May 15	MIN		BAL	W,9-6	CG	50	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
32	35	May 16	MIN		BAL	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	36	May 18	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
34	37	May 19	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	38	May 20	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	39	May 21	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	40	May 22	MIN		TEX	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	41	May 23	MIN		TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
39	42	May 24	MIN		TEX	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
40	44 (1)	May 28	MIN		KCR	L,7-8	CG	56	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
41	45	May 29 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-7	GS	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
42	46	May 29 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	W,7-2	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	50 (3)	Jun 3	MIN	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
44	52 (1)	Jun 7	MIN		CHW	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	53	Jun 8	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
46	54	Jun 9	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
47	55	Jun 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	56	Jun 11	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	43	9.1	1	0	1	2	0	LF
49	57	Jun 13 (1)	MIN	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	59 (1)	Jun 14	MIN		CLE	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	60	Jun 16	MIN		DET	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	61	Jun 17	MIN		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	62	Jun 18	MIN		DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	63	Jun 20	MIN		CAL	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	64	Jun 21	MIN		CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	65	Jun 22	MIN		CAL	L,2-4	CG	53	12.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
57	66	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	67	Jun 24	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	69 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	70	Jun 26	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
61	71	Jun 27	MIN	@	MIL	L,6-13	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	73 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	MIN		CHW	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	74	Jul 2 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	75	Jul 3	MIN		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	76	Jul 4	MIN		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
66	77	Jul 5	MIN		MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	78	Jul 7 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	80 (1)	Jul 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-8	CG	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	81	Jul 9	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	82	Jul 13	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	83	Jul 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
72	84	Jul 15	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
73	86 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	87	Jul 17	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	93 (5)	Jul 24 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	94	Jul 24 (2)	MIN		BOS	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
77	96 (1)	Jul 26	MIN		TOR	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	98 (1)	Jul 28	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-5	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
79	99	Jul 29	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
80	100	Jul 30 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	101	Jul 30 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	102	Aug 1	MIN	@	SEA	L,6-13	GF	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
83	104 (1)	Aug 3	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	105	Aug 4	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
85	106	Aug 5 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	2	2	0	LF
86	109 (2)	Aug 7	MIN		SEA	L,5-6	CG	59	14.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
87	110	Aug 8	MIN		SEA	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	113 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	114	Aug 12	MIN		OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	115	Aug 13 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	116	Aug 13 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
92	117	Aug 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
93	118	Aug 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,9-8	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	119	Aug 16 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,5-1	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
95	120	Aug 16 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
96	121	Aug 17	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
97	122	Aug 18	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	123	Aug 19	MIN		TOR	W,5-0	GS	21	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
99	124	Aug 20	MIN		TOR	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
100	125	Aug 21	MIN		DET	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	126	Aug 22	MIN		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
102	129 (2)	Aug 25	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	130	Aug 26	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	131	Aug 27	MIN	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
105	132	Aug 29	MIN	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	134 (1)	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
107	139 (4)	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF CF
108	140	Sep 6	MIN		CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	141	Sep 8	MIN		MIL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
110	142	Sep 9	MIN		MIL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
111	143	Sep 10	MIN		MIL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	153 (9)	Sep 22 (1)	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
113	155 (1)	Sep 23	MIN		KCR	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
114	157 (1)	Sep 25	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	39	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
115	160 (2)	Sep 29	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							119gm		946.0	228	7	14	249	1