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Norman
Bates		  
Nickname: Psycho
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 196
 
Born: November 24, 1981 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2018   
All-Star Selections 2004   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 19 MD FF   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2002 20 MD FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
2003 21 MD FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2004 22 MD FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
2005 23 MD FF $ 300,000 9 9 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2006 24 MD FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
2007 25 MD FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2008 26 MD FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 9 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 MD FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
2010 28 MD FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
2011 29 MD FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
2012 30 MD FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
2013 31 MD FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
2014 32 MD FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
2015 33 MD FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
2016 34 MD FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
2017 35 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
2018 36 MD FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2019 37 MD FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2020 38 MD FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 19 AAA   80 337 44 96 20 0 5 31 10 2 17 73 .285 .319 .389 .708 40.9  
    AA   80 336 38 126 13 4 10 46 22 7 17 62 .375 .405 .527 .932 64.8  
2002 20 MD FF 65 221 24 61 6 2 5 20 8 3 14 30 .276 .318 .389 .707 26.0 5.4
    AAA   43 171 25 54 9 2 4 27 6 2 12 34 .316 .361 .462 .823 27.1  
2003 21 MD FF 146 568 64 182 23 4 2 45 14 8 33 68 .320 .359 .386 .744 71.9 15.3
    AAA   8 33 2 11 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 7 .333 .353 .394 .747 3.6  
2004 22 MD FF 154 612 76 195 33 4 5 52 21 12 47 93 .319 .378 .410 .788 88.8 18.7
2005 23 MD FF 159 627 89 200 29 7 2 71 20 9 55 77 .319 .382 .397 .779 91.0 21.8
2006 24 MD FF 155 609 103 209 38 6 6 55 12 4 44 42 .343 .388 .455 .842 100.2 22.4
2007 25 MD FF 122 468 78 138 26 2 7 51 13 5 38 30 .295 .350 .404 .753 63.7 10.8
2008 26 MD FF 154 613 105 192 30 5 6 53 12 8 51 29 .313 .374 .408 .782 88.0 20.1
2009 27 MD FF 155 616 83 175 35 2 8 51 17 13 38 23 .284 .329 .386 .716 73.4 12.6
2010 28 MD FF 150 600 81 165 41 2 5 60 16 7 49 10 .275 .336 .375 .711 76.0 17.6
2011 29 MD FF 153 602 69 168 38 4 9 53 13 5 37 16 .279 .323 .400 .723 74.5 15.5
2012 30 MD FF 154 592 77 146 23 2 7 43 21 10 54 10 .247 .318 .328 .645 62.6 11.1
2013 31 MD FF 144 557 63 153 31 4 4 30 4 2 37 14 .275 .322 .366 .688 64.3 13.7
2014 32 MD FF 138 482 66 136 22 2 4 53 2 0 47 10 .282 .348 .361 .709 59.5 14.1
2015 33 MD FF 106 410 58 120 23 7 6 50 3 2 38 25 .293 .358 .427 .785 57.5 15.4
2016 34 MD FF 124 454 51 117 33 4 6 37 8 7 21 37 .258 .300 .388 .688 48.2 9.9
2017 35 MD FF 132 460 46 112 28 1 2 34 6 4 31 63 .243 .296 .322 .618 41.5 8.1
2018 36 MD FF 143 471 34 121 15 3 0 42 3 1 28 60 .257 .304 .301 .605 40.4 5.0
2019 37 MD FF 117 336 34 81 12 1 0 11 1 3 21 52 .241 .293 .283 .576 24.4 1.2
2020 38 MD FF 114 303 16 72 9 1 1 19 2 3 15 53 .238 .280 .284 .564 21.3 0.6
19 Years Sim 2585 9601 1217 2743 495 63 85 830 196 106 698 742 .286 .339 .377 .716 1173.0 239.2
3 Years AAA 131 541 71 161 31 2 9 58 18 7 30 114 .298 .335 .412 .747 71.6  
1 Years AA 80 336 38 126 13 4 10 46 22 7 17 62 .375 .409 .527 .936 64.8  
4 Years Minors 211 877 109 287 44 6 19 104 40 14 47 176 .327 .363 .456 .819 136.3  
162 Game Average 601 76 171 31 3 5 52 12 6 43 46 .286 .339 .377 .716 73.5  
Career Highs 159 627 105 209 41 7 9 71 21 13 55 93 .343 .388 .455 .842 100.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7062 882 2008 365 46 65 611 149 84 503 548 .284 .337 .377 .714 856.0
vs LH   2539 335 735 130 17 20 219 47 22 195 194 .289 .345 .378 .722 318.6
Home 1284 4684 574 1316 232 33 38 391 75 60 329 373 .281 .334 .369 .703 545.4
Away 1301 4917 643 1427 263 30 47 439 121 46 369 369 .290 .344 .385 .729 629.2
RISP   1880 0 501 103 10 14 669 0 0 188 172 .266 .332 .354 .686 223.3
Pinch Hitting   118 16 29 4 2 2 12 2 0 13 13 .246 .336 .364 .700 14.6
Close/Late   1187 109 323 58 6 14 115 0 0 108 85 .272 .339 .366 .706 144.4
Mar/Apr 378 1430 163 388 60 8 12 112 27 17 97 127 .271 .322 .350 .672 155.2
May 475 1773 243 512 96 12 19 170 39 28 144 116 .289 .346 .389 .735 227.4
June 478 1750 238 528 102 12 19 149 41 13 136 144 .302 .358 .406 .765 242.9
July 401 1489 201 443 73 11 12 133 37 17 118 111 .298 .354 .385 .739 195.7
August 425 1579 182 435 74 8 10 133 27 14 98 139 .275 .324 .351 .675 171.4
Sep/Oct 428 1580 190 437 90 12 13 133 25 17 105 105 .277 .326 .373 .700 182.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2002 20 MD FF SS 63 59 500.0 59 140 5 15 .975 3.58   3.5
2003 21 MD FF SS 140 133 1229.7 159 391 10 78 .982 4.03   11.0
2004 22 MD FF SS 153 151 1391.7 166 448 15 64 .976 3.97   9.3
2005 23 MD FF SS 159 157 1418.3 212 505 17 85 .977 4.55   15.7
2006 24 MD FF SS 153 145 1310.0 188 439 14 84 .978 4.31   10.7
2007 25 MD FF SS 121 112 1024.3 131 334 7 65 .985 4.09   6.3
2008 26 MD FF SS 154 144 1309.7 160 414 10 63 .983 3.94   8.3
2009 27 MD FF SS 149 143 1267.7 164 432 11 73 .982 4.23   7.9
2010 28 MD FF SS 145 143 1244.0 161 425 18 73 .970 4.24   5.3
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2011 29 MD FF SS 150 144 1270.7 157 449 8 67 .987 4.29   8.2
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2012 30 MD FF SS 151 148 1280.0 160 430 15 84 .975 4.15   7.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2013 31 MD FF SS 142 137 1195.0 168 476 20 57 .970 4.85   7.5
2014 32 MD FF SS 130 123 1093.0 141 426 13 64 .978 4.67   4.3
2015 33 MD FF 3B 71 71 637.3 45 138 12 11 .938 2.58   2.5
    SS 35 31 287.7 47 100 2 24 .987 4.60   1.8
2016 34 MD FF 3B 58 55 487.7 29 108 8 6 .945 2.53   1.1
    SS 44 40 354.7 49 146 6 22 .970 4.95   1.9
    2B 20 20 158.3 36 64 0 10 1.000 5.68   0.6
2017 35 MD FF 3B 125 118 1033.0 69 236 17 23 .947 2.66   2.5
    SS 5 1 28.3 3 11 0 2 1.000 4.45   0.1
2018 36 MD FF 3B 140 139 1184.7 83 301 26 25 .937 2.92   4.6
    SS 1 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
2019 37 MD FF 3B 103 102 841.3 67 196 14 21 .949 2.81   3.7
    SS 3 2 19.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 4.74   0.1
2020 38 MD FF SS 108 99 809.0 138 303 13 62 .971 4.91   4.5
    3B 1 1 7.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 2006 1912 17038.6 2267 5879 184 983 .978 4.30   113.6
  3B 498 486 4191.0 293 983 77 86 .943 2.74   14.6
  2B 20 20 158.3 36 64 0 10 1.000 5.68   0.6
  RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2528 2418 21394.9 2598 6926 261 1079 .973 4.01   128.8
Career Highs   159 157 1418.3 212 505 26 85 .987 4.90    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 21 MD FF 15 61 9 15 0 0 2 6 2 0 8 14 .246 .333 .344 .678
2005 23 MD FF 4 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .267 .353 .333 .686
2008 26 MD FF 10 36 6 8 0 0 1 6 0 1 8 5 .222 .356 .306 .661
2010 28 MD FF 15 64 2 15 4 0 0 5 1 1 4 3 .234 .279 .297 .576
2011 29 MD FF 5 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .130 .130 .130 .261
2012 30 MD FF 5 18 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .333 .611
Career Post-Season Batting 54 217 18 50 6 0 3 20 3 2 22 27 .230 .300 .300 .600
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2003-3-.320
2004-5-.319
2005-8-.319
2006-5-.343
2008-9-.313
 On-Base Pct
2004-9-.378
2005-7-.382
2006-10-.388
2008-10-.374
 XR
CAR-46-1173.0
 Games
2005-3-159
CAR-14-2585
 At-Bats
2004-6-612
2005-1-627
2006-3-609
2008-3-613
2009-1-616
2010-10-600
2011-7-602
2012-9-592
CAR-13-9601
 Runs
2006-10-103
2008-5-105
CAR-34-1217
Hits
2003-3-182
2004-3-195
2005-5-200
2006-1-209
2008-4-192
2009-6-175
2011-10-168
CAR-14-2743
 Total Bases
CAR-33-3619
 Singles
2003-1-153
2004-3-153
2005-3-162
2006-3-159
2008-2-151
2009-7-130
CAR-11-2100
 Doubles
2006-5-38
2009-6-35
2010-3-41
2011-2-38
2016-5-33
2017-9-28
CAR-13-495
 Triples
2005-10-7
2015-3-7
2016-10-4
CAR-44-63
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mason Highsmith (833)
  2. Alex Sullins (817)
  3. Luis Ortiz (815)
  4. Jason Kroner (809)
  5. John McDonald (786)
  6. Vin Koenig (782)
  7. Joseph Gardiner (772)
  8. Jerrold Dukes (771)
  9. Andrew Kegler (744)
  10. Joel Huertas (723)
History
Had first career hit on 7/6/2000, off Clemente Carrero (TEN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/2002, off Joey Barros (Ken)
Injured on 5/29/2002 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/29/2002 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/21/2002 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2003, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York on 10/9/2003
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/2004, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/6/2005, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 9/30/2006 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against D.C. on 4/14/2009
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against D.C. on 6/29/2009
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pennsylvania on 7/25/2009
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Virginia on 8/23/2009
Won National Cup with Maryland in 2010
Injured on 7/17/2013 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 4/13/2014, off William Ratzlaff (Mas)
Injured on 4/23/2014 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/11/2014 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/2015, hitting .577 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 8/8/2015 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 6/24/2016 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/29/2017 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/27/2018 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Won Mays Award at Third Base in 2018
 
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