Greg Norton

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb

BornJuly 6, 1972 · San Leandro, CA, USA

MLB debutAugust 18, 1996

Final gameOctober 4, 2009

Seasons13 (1996–2009)

Chicago White Sox 1996–2000; Colorado Rockies 2001–2003; Detroit Tigers 2004; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2006–2007; Atlanta Braves 2008; Seattle Mariners 2008; Atlanta Braves 2009

Percentile snapshot

1999 season — qualified batters

132

12.7

510

3.2

436

1.9

8.3

111

0.6

30.6

33.1

RBI

11.5

65.6

45.9

28.7

52.9

.255

8.3

OBP

.358

45.2

SLG

.424

22.9

OPS

.782

28.7

wRC+

101.3

33.1

OPS+

99.2

31.2

wOBA

.350

32.5

sWAR

1.7

24.8

of 158 qualified 1999 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

4.1

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1996	11	27	23	4	5	0	0	2	3	4	6	0	1	.217	.333	.478	.812	108.3	106.9	.357	0.1
1997	18	37	34	5	9	2	2	0	1	2	8	0	0	.265	.306	.441	.747	95.0	95.8	.328	0.1
1998	105	330	299	38	71	17	2	9	36	26	77	3	3	.237	.301	.398	.699	81.3	82.4	.308	-0.3
1999	132	510	436	62	111	26	0	16	50	69	93	4	4	.255	.358	.424	.782	101.3	99.2	.350	1.7
2000	71	231	201	25	49	6	1	6	28	26	47	1	0	.244	.333	.373	.706	80.4	77.9	.321	0.1
2001	117	246	225	30	60	13	2	13	40	19	65	1	0	.267	.321	.516	.837	88.7	92.3	.355	0.3
2002	113	195	168	19	37	8	1	7	37	24	52	2	3	.220	.314	.405	.719	74.4	75.2	.325	-0.1
2003	114	197	179	19	47	15	0	6	31	16	47	2	1	.263	.325	.447	.772	86.8	87.1	.341	0.3
2004	41	99	86	9	15	1	0	2	2	12	21	0	0	.174	.276	.256	.531	43.8	42.4	.248	-0.5
2006	98	335	294	47	87	15	0	17	45	35	69	1	5	.296	.374	.520	.895	131.2	130.2	.386	1.8
2007	75	240	202	25	49	9	0	4	23	37	55	1	1	.243	.358	.347	.705	93.3	89.2	.326	-0.1
2008	117	220	187	29	49	12	0	7	35	33	44	0	0	.262	.373	.439	.811	116.3	114.7	.361	0.8
2009	95	97	76	3	11	2	0	0	7	20	20	0	0	.145	.330	.171	.501	53.5	38.1	.271	-0.3

Career totals

1,107

2,764

2,410

315

600

126

RBI

338

323

604

.2490

OBP

.3387

SLG

.4187

OPS

.7574

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1999-08-30	SEA @ CWS Gameday	3	2	3	0	2	4	1	9
1999-08-05	CWS @ ATH Gameday	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	8
1999-05-27	CWS @ DET Gameday	3	2	2	0	2	4	1	8
1998-05-14	SEA @ CWS Gameday	3	2	2	0	2	3	0	8
1999-05-28	CWS @ DET Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.