Willie Norwood is a former Major Leaguer who played 4 MLB seasons between 1977-1980. Norwood was born on
November 7th, 1950 in
Long Beach, California and is currently 75 years old. He played his high school baseball for the
Long Beach Poly High School Jackrabbits in Long Beach, California. He played College Baseball for the
University of La Verne Leopards. He was
drafted and signed in the
3rd round (
56th overall) of the
1972 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the
Minnesota Twins. Made his Major League Debut on
April 21st, 1977 at the age of 26. Started the game and batted 7th going 1/5 for the Minnesota Twins against the Texas Rangers. His first at bat was an out against
Gaylord Perry. His most frequent
teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were
Pete Redfern ...
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and Rob Wilfong. Norwood played 5 seasons with the Minnesota Twins organization. Finished 3rd in Pacific Coast League with 7 Hit By Pitch in 1976. Finished 2nd in Pacific Coast League with 9 Sacrifice Hits in 1976. Had a career high 25 Stolen Bases for the Minnesota Twins in 1978. Had a career high .255 Batting Average for the Minnesota Twins in 1978. Had a career high .677 OPS for the Minnesota Twins in 1978.
Career Transactions: Traded from Minnesota Twins to Seattle Mariners for Byron McLaughlin on December 12th, 1980. TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
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