Norm Charlton
Cincinnati Reds 1988–1992; Seattle Mariners 1993; Philadelphia Phillies 1995; Seattle Mariners 1995–1997; Atlanta Braves 1998; Baltimore Orioles 1998; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1999; Cincinnati Reds 2000; Seattle Mariners 2001
Percentile snapshot
No qualified season. This player never reached the qualification floor — 3.1 plate appearances, or one inning, per game his team played — in any archived season, so there is no season population to rank him inside.
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .063 | .000 | .063 | -98.1 | -80.8 | .047 | 0.2 |
| 1989 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.6 |
| 1990 | 57 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .238 | .135 | .373 | 6.8 | 4.3 | .199 | 3.8 |
| 1991 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .087 | .130 | -88.1 | -64.6 | .057 | 2.1 |
| 1992 | 64 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | -3.5 | 12.5 | .186 | 1.4 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 |
| 1995 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 720.1 | 668.1 | 1.285 | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5 |
| 1997 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.3 |
| 1998 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.7 |
| 2001 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 27 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 61.3 | 3.96 | 1.304 | 5.72 | 3.78 | 106.1 | 90.0 | 0.2 |
| 1989 | 69 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 31 | 40 | 98 | 5 | 95.3 | 2.93 | 1.122 | 9.25 | 2.61 | 72.8 | 122.4 | 1.6 |
| 1990 | 56 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 47 | 70 | 117 | 10 | 154.3 | 2.74 | 1.302 | 6.82 | 3.57 | 91.0 | 143.2 | 3.8 |
| 1991 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 35 | 34 | 77 | 6 | 108.3 | 2.91 | 1.163 | 6.40 | 3.20 | 84.5 | 130.2 | 2.1 |
| 1992 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 27 | 26 | 90 | 7 | 81.3 | 2.99 | 1.291 | 9.96 | 2.75 | 76.2 | 120.8 | 1.4 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 4 | 34.7 | 2.34 | 1.125 | 12.46 | 3.20 | 73.4 | 186.8 | 1.1 |
| 1995 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 26 | 31 | 70 | 4 | 69.7 | 3.36 | 1.105 | 9.04 | 3.36 | 75.8 | 135.9 | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34 | 38 | 73 | 7 | 75.7 | 4.04 | 1.401 | 8.68 | 4.07 | 81.7 | 123.2 | 1.5 |
| 1997 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 56 | 47 | 55 | 7 | 69.3 | 7.27 | 1.962 | 7.14 | 5.08 | 111.9 | 62.4 | -1.3 |
| 1998 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 29 | 33 | 47 | 5 | 48.0 | 5.44 | 1.792 | 8.81 | 4.70 | 105.6 | 81.8 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 25 | 36 | 45 | 4 | 50.7 | 4.44 | 1.678 | 7.99 | 4.64 | 94.4 | 110.7 | 0.7 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 27.00 | 4.000 | 3.00 | 12.72 | 270.9 | 17.4 | -0.7 |
| 2001 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 48 | 4 | 47.7 | 3.02 | .986 | 9.06 | 3.12 | 74.4 | 138.8 | 1.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
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 | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-06-19 | PHI @ NYM Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1991-06-11 | CIN @ WSH Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1990-05-10 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990-06-02 | CIN @ LAD Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990-08-15 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-09-14 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 4.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988-09-25 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991-04-11 | HOU @ CIN Gameday | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990-09-20 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988-08-23 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.