Greg Norton

Gregory Blakemoor Norton MLB 1996-2009 | 1991-2009

Speed
34

Contact
34

Patience
75

Batting
43

Power
58

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Positions 3B-826, 1B-236, SS-153, DH-109, LF-65, RF-43, 2B-7, OF-3 Born Jul 6, 1972 (39) Place San Leandro,California Ht/Wt 6-1 / 205 Bats/Throws: Both / Right High School Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland,CA) College University of Oklahoma
Drafted Chicago White Sox: 1993-2-59 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: August 18,1996 box

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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1991	Oklahoma	NCAA	NCAA		-	18		-	61	201	42	65	7	1	2	27	7	4	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.387	.398	785	-	-	80	222	140	35	6.7	.354	.194	.075	1.00	0.9	15.4	9.5	9.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1991	Oklahoma
1992	Oklahoma	NCAA	NCAA	-	-	19		-	45	180	31	57	10	2	2	37	4	5	16	31	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.372	.428	800	-	-	77	196	128	30	6.4	.374	.194	.111	0.52	1.0	24.6	8.2	15.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1992	Oklahoma
1993	Oklahoma	NCAA	NCAA	-	-	20		-	55	227	58	84	20	4	5	60	5	5	33	22	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.450	.559	1009	-	-	127	260	148	62	11.4	.395	.335	.189	1.50	1.9	34.5	12.7	8.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1993	Oklahoma
	GCL White Sox	GCL	Rk	-	chw	20	3b	-	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	-	-	2	10	7	1	2.5	.250	.111	.000	1.00	0.0	0.0	10.0	10.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	32-27	3		GCL White Sox
	Hickory	SAL	A	-	chw	20	3b-ss	-	71	254	36	62	12	2	4	36	0	2	41	44	1	1	1	4	0	.244	.347	.354	701	-	-	90	301	199	37	5	.276	.264	.110	0.93	1.3	29.0	13.6	14.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	52-88	6		Hickory
1994	South Bend	Midw	A		chw	21	3b	16	127	477	73	137	22	2	6	64	5	3	62	71	2	4	2	3	7	.287	.369	.379	749	-	-	181	546	355	74	5.7	.325	.226	.092	0.87	1.1	21.9	11.4	13.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	72-67	5	1994	South Bend
1995	Birmingham	Sou	AA		chw	22	3b	23	133	469	65	117	23	2	6	60	19	12	64	90	5	7	3	10	10	.249	.339	.345	685	-	-	162	551	387	59	4.1	.290	.247	.096	0.71	1.1	26.5	11.6	16.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	80-64	2	1995	Birmingham
1996	Birmingham	Sou	AA	-	chw	23	ss	-	76	287	40	81	14	3	8	44	5	5	33	55	1	5	1	1	5	.282	.357	.436	793	-	-	125	323	218	46	5.7	.324	.268	.153	0.60	2.5	30.9	10.2	17.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-65	4	1996	Birmingham
	Nashville	Amer	AAA		chw	23	ss	-	43	164	28	47	14	2	7	26	2	3	17	42	0	3	0	2	1	.287	.350	.524	874	-	-	86	183	123	31	6.9	.342	.335	.238	0.40	3.8	48.9	9.3	23.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	77-67	4		Nashville
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	31	chw	23	ss-dh	-	11	23	4	5	0	0	2	3	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.333	.478	812	5	45	11	27	19	4	5	.200	.391	.261	0.67	7.4	40.0	14.8	22.2	0.67	2.9	78	57.7	42.3	5.1	85-77	2		Chi White Sox
1997	Nashville	Amer	AAA		chw	24	3b	7	114	414	82	114	27	1	26	76	3	5	57	101	4	2	1	3	9	.275	.366	.534	900	-	-	221	479	318	83	7	.303	.391	.258	0.56	5.4	47.4	11.9	21.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-69	3	1997	Nashville
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	31	chw	24	3b	-	18	34	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	0	0	.265	.306	.441	747	7	39	15	37	26	5	5.4	.346	.235	.176	0.25	0.0	44.4	5.4	21.6	0.59	3.8	139	64.7	35.3	10.1	80-81	2		Chi White Sox
1998	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	31	chw	25	1b	-	105	299	38	71	17	2	9	36	3	3	26	77	2	1	1	2	11	.237	.301	.398	699	72	69	119	330	245	33	3.7	.288	.247	.161	0.34	2.7	39.4	7.9	23.3	0.61	3.6	1184	61.9	38.1	11.9	80-82	2	1998	Chi White Sox
1999	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	31	chw	26	3b-1b	-	132	436	62	111	26	0	16	50	4	4	69	93	2	3	1	2	11	.255	.358	.424	782	121	92	185	510	343	70	5.5	.289	.328	.170	0.74	3.1	37.8	13.5	18.2	0.93	4.0	2063	57.8	42.2	8.1	75-86	2	1999	Chi White Sox
2000	Charlotte	IL	AAA		chw	27	3b	-	29	97	18	28	4	0	5	17	1	0	24	23	2	3	0	1	0	.289	.435	.485	920	-	-	47	124	70	23	8.9	.329	.454	.196	1.04	4.0	32.1	19.4	18.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	78-65	2	2000	Charlotte
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	31	chw	27	3b-1b	-	71	201	25	49	6	1	6	28	1	0	26	47	2	0	0	2	2	.244	.333	.373	706	56	79	75	231	156	27	4.6	.287	.264	.129	0.55	2.6	26.5	11.3	20.3	1.33	3.9	910	61.1	38.9	11.5	95-67	1		Chi White Sox
2001	Colorado	NL	MLB	14	col	28	3b-lf	-	117	225	30	60	13	2	13	40	1	0	19	65	0	2	0	2	6	.267	.321	.516	837	40	34	116	246	173	37	5.8	.315	.338	.249	0.29	5.3	46.7	7.7	26.4	0.98	4.1	1017	60.2	39.8	12.1	73-89	5	2001	Colorado
2002	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	29	1b-3b	-	3	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.267	.083	350	-	-	1	15	11	0	-0.4	.143	.250	.000	0.60	0.0	0.0	20.0	33.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	58-86	4	2002	Colorado Springs
	Colorado	NL	MLB	14	col	29	3b-1b	-	113	168	19	37	8	1	7	37	2	3	24	52	0	0	1	2	4	.220	.314	.405	719	28	25	68	195	141	20	3.9	.270	.321	.185	0.46	3.6	43.2	12.3	26.7	1.00	4.1	797	59.1	40.9	10.8	73-89	4		Colorado
2003	Colorado	NL	MLB	14	col	30	3b-1b	-	114	179	19	47	15	0	6	31	2	1	16	47	1	0	0	1	4	.263	.325	.447	772	27	24	80	197	138	26	5.2	.323	.279	.184	0.34	3.0	44.7	8.1	23.9	0.80	3.8	752	60.8	39.2	8.9	74-88	4	2003	Colorado
2004	Toledo	IL	AAA	48	det	31	3b	-	53	184	26	38	6	1	4	16	1	1	24	48	0	0	0	1	4	.207	.297	.315	612	-	-	58	209	152	16	2.8	.256	.239	.109	0.50	1.9	28.9	11.5	23.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-78	4	2004	Toledo
	Detroit	AL	MLB	28	det	31	3b-1b	-	41	86	9	15	1	0	2	2	0	0	12	21	0	1	1	0	3	.174	.276	.256	531	19	46	22	99	75	4	1.6	.206	.221	.081	0.57	2.0	20.0	12.1	21.2	0.69	4.3	421	60.3	39.7	10.0	72-90	4		Detroit
2005	Charlotte	IL	AAA	-	chw	32	3b-1b	-	90	330	57	94	19	1	17	56	0	2	47	67	1	2	1	2	12	.285	.374	.503	877	-	-	166	381	253	63	6.7	.310	.355	.218	0.70	4.5	39.4	12.3	17.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	57-87	3	2005	Charlotte
2006	Durham	IL	AAA		tb	33	1b	-	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	311	-	-	1	10	8	0	-0.9	.167	.111	.000	0.33	0.0	0.0	10.0	30.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	64-78	2	2006	Durham
	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	14	tb	33	dh-rf	-	98	294	47	87	15	0	17	45	1	5	35	69	3	2	1	2	2	.296	.374	.520	895	79	81	153	335	217	58	7.2	.333	.330	.224	0.51	5.1	36.8	10.4	20.6	0.66	3.8	1282	61.6	38.4	10.1	61-101	5		Tampa Bay
2007	Montgomery	Sou	AA	14	tb	34	1b	-	7	25	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	4	.280	.419	.360	779	-	-	9	31	22	3	4.1	.333	.280	.080	1.25	0.0	28.6	16.1	12.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	81-59	1	2007	Montgomery
	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	14	tb	34	rf-lf	-	75	202	25	49	9	0	4	23	1	1	37	55	0	3	0	1	1	.243	.358	.347	705	53	71	70	240	156	27	4.6	.312	.287	.104	0.67	1.7	26.5	15.4	22.9	0.51	4.1	982	59.2	40.8	8.7	66-96	5		Tampa Bay
2008	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	-	sea	35	of-1b	-	8	22	3	9	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	.409	.440	.500	940	-	-	11	25	14	6	10.7	.450	.227	.091	0.67	0.0	22.2	8.0	12.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	80-64	2	2008	Tacoma
	Seattle	AL	MLB	10	sea	35	dh-rf	-	6	16	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.437	.500	.562	1062	4	67	9	18	9	4	13.5	.583	.250	.125	0.50	0.0	28.6	11.1	22.2	0.71	4.1	73	58.9	41.1	5.5	61-101	4		Seattle
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	20	atl	35	lf-1b	-	111	171	27	42	10	0	7	31	0	0	31	40	0	4	0	0	7	.246	.361	.427	788	27	24	73	202	136	27	5.3	.282	.363	.181	0.78	3.5	40.5	15.3	19.8	0.85	4.1	835	56.3	43.7	9.6	72-90	4		Atlanta
2009	Gwinnett	IL	AAA		atl	36	lf-1b	-	12	37	3	12	0	1	1	10	1	0	3	7	0	1	0	1	0	.324	.366	.459	825	-	-	17	41	26	7	7	.367	.243	.135	0.43	2.4	16.7	7.3	17.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	81-63	2	2009	Gwinnett
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	20	atl	36	1b	-	95	76	3	11	2	0	0	7	0	0	20	20	1	0	0	0	1	.145	.330	.171	501	4	4	13	97	66	5	2	.196	.289	.026	1.00	0.0	18.2	20.6	20.6	0.87	3.9	383	54.6	45.4	9.7	86-76	3		Atlanta
MLB Totals (13 years)									1107	2410	315	600	126	8	89	338	15	18	323	604	11	16	6	14	52	.249	.339	.419	757	542	49	1009	2764	1900	347	4.9	.295	.302	.170	0.53	3.2	37.2	11.7	21.9	0.79	3.95	--	59.6	40.4	9.9	.465	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (13 years)									772	2790	436	750	145	15	84	415	38	33	384	564	17	28	9	29	52	.269	.357	.422	779	--	--	1177	3229	2163	447	5.6	.307	.292	.153	0.68	2.6	32.5	11.9	17.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.500	--	--	--
College Totals (3 years)									161	608	131	206	37	7	9	124	16	14	70	74	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.407	.467	874	--	--	284	678	416	127	8.3	.375	.247	.128	0.95	1.3	25.7	10.3	10.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
AAA Totals (9 years)									355	1269	219	344	72	6	60	205	9	11	178	299	7	11	2	11	26	.271	.361	.479	840	--	--	608	1467	975	228	6.3	.308	.347	.208	0.60	4.1	40.1	12.1	20.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	.491	--	--	--
AA Totals (3 years)									216	781	107	205	39	5	14	108	24	17	102	149	7	12	4	11	19	.262	.349	.379	728	--	--	296	905	627	108	4.6	.304	.256	.117	0.68	1.5	28.3	11.3	16.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.556	--	--	--
A Totals (2 years)									198	731	109	199	34	4	10	100	5	5	103	115	3	5	3	7	7	.272	.361	.371	732	--	--	271	847	554	111	5.4	.308	.239	.098	0.90	1.2	24.1	12.2	13.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	.444	--	--	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)									3	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	--	--	2	10	7	1	2.5	.250	.111	.000	1.00	0.0	0.0	10.0	10.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.542	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1993	GCL White Sox	GCL	Rk	chw	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	1	7	0
1993	Hickory	SAL	A	chw	20	0	0	0	0	59	13	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.914	.980	--	--	--	--	57	161	17
1994	South Bend	Midw	A	chw	21	0	0	0	0	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.922	--	--	--	--	--	92	265	30
1995	Birmingham	Sou	AA	chw	22	0	0	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.938	--	--	--	--	--	102	277	25
1996	Birmingham	Sou	AA	chw	23	0	0	0	0	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	.949	--	--	--	--	104	214	17
1996	Nashville	Amer	AAA	chw	23	0	0	0	0	3	37	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.889	.915	--	--	--	--	43	95	13
1996	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	23	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	1.000	.778	--	--	--	--	8	5	2
1997	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	24	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	.864	--	--	--	--	--	4	15	3
1997	Nashville	Amer	AAA	chw	24	0	0	0	6	94	18	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	.896	.875	--	--	--	--	83	247	38
1998	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	25	0	0	79	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	--	--	.994	1.000	.917	--	--	--	--	--	654	42	6
1999	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	26	0	0	26	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	1	--	--	.972	--	.922	--	--	--	--	--	160	204	27
2000	Charlotte	IL	AAA	chw	27	0	0	4	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	.986	1.000	--	--	--	--	55	54	1
2000	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	27	0	0	17	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	3	--	--	.990	--	.926	--	--	--	--	--	126	66	8
2001	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	28	0	0	13	0	24	0	22	0	4	0	1	--	--	1.000	--	.895	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	90	31	4
2002	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	29	0	0	15	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	--	--	1.000	--	.896	--	1.000	--	--	--	75	30	5
2002	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	29	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	20	3	0
2003	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	30	0	0	9	0	34	0	0	0	3	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	.924	--	--	--	--	--	44	51	6
2004	Toledo	IL	AAA	det	31	0	0	3	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	.975	--	--	--	--	--	59	122	4
2004	Detroit	AL	MLB	det	31	0	0	7	0	18	0	6	0	0	0	5	--	--	1.000	--	.963	--	1.000	--	--	--	45	21	1
2005	Charlotte	IL	AAA	chw	32	0	0	10	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.989	--	.929	--	--	--	--	--	113	79	9
2006	Durham	IL	AAA	tb	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	13	1	0
2006	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	tb	33	0	0	25	0	0	0	3	0	28	0	30	--	--	.994	--	--	--	1.000	--	.952	--	196	10	3
2007	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	tb	34	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	54	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	9	2	0
2007	Montgomery	Sou	AA	tb	34	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	27	2	0
2008	Atlanta	NL	MLB	atl	35	0	0	10	0	0	0	25	0	1	0	5	--	--	.974	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	102	2	2
2008	Seattle	AL	MLB	sea	35	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	--	--	.889	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	7	1	1
2008	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	sea	35	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	19	1	0
2009	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	atl	36	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	28	3	0
2009	Atlanta	NL	MLB	atl	36	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	21	2	0
MLB Totals						0	0	208	1	289	6	61	0	43	0	109	--	--	.992	1.000	.919	.778	1.000	--	.958	--	1541	482	68
Minor League Totals						0	0	28	6	537	147	4	0	0	3	0	--	--	.996	1.000	.930	.936	1.000	--	--	1.000	816	1531	154

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Drafted: Selected by San Francisco Giants in 7th round (198th overall) of 1990 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase) *Did not sign* ... Selected by Chicago White Sox in 2nd round (59th overall) of 1993 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

1993-06-15 - signed 2000-12-21 - Granted Free Agency. 2001-01-05 - Signed as Free Agent by Rockies. 2003-10-28 - Granted Free Agency. 2004-01-14 - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. 2004-10-04 - Granted Free Agency. 2004-12-21 - Signed as Free Agent by Rockies. 2005-04-23 - Signed by White Sox (Minor) 2006-01-11 - Signed by Devil Rays (minor) 2006-10-13 - Signed by Devil Rays 2007-11-14 - Option declined by Rays for 2008 2008-02-13 - Signed by Mariners to minor league contract 2008-05-05 - Traded by Mariners to Braves for a player to be named later (Nelson Payano) 2008-12-19 - Signed by Braves (1-year)

Awards

No awards in database

Contracts

2006-2006 - Signed by TB to 1-year contract worth $0.327m (4/28/2006) -- Contract purchased from minors
2007-2007 - Signed by TB to 1-year contract worth $0.8m (10/13/2006)
2008-2008 - Signed by SEA to 1-year contract worth $0.39m (2/13/2008) -- Minor league contract
2009-2009 - Signed by ATL to 1-year contract worth $0.8m (12/19/2008)

Disabled List

2002-07-18 - Activated; 2004-06-22 - Disabled (left knee inflammation); 2007-03-31 - Disabled; 2007-05-17 - Activated; 2009-06-11 - Disabled (Strained right hamstring); 2009-07-12 - Activated;

Salaries

$109,000

$155,000

$180,000

$255,000

$285,000

$450,000

$525,000

$600,000

$600,000

$327,000

$800,000

$800,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Jobs

Year	Job	Team	League	Level
2010	Hitting Coach	New Orleans	PCL	AAA
2011	Manager	New Orleans	PCL	AAA

Feats

1993 - Batting Avg Above .330 NCAA --- 0.37

Ebay Auctions

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
SLG	1x		1997-1
OBP	2x		1994-10 1997-7
OPS	1x		1997-2
AB	1x		1994-9
R	1x		1997-3
H	1x		1994-7
TB	1x		1997-9
HR	1x		1997-3
RBI	1x		1997-7
BB	3x		1994-10 1995-7 1997-8
SO	1x		1997-7
IBB	1x		1995-6
SF	1x		1995-2
DOUBLEUP	1x		1997-10
BBSO	1x		1994-9

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