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Jim Norman could hit.

For the first half of his career, his BA was a bit low, but his control of the strike zone and his power made up for it; from 1910 to 1913–and especially 1911 and 1912–his BA jumps and he becomes a borderline star.

We have added years in 1907, 1908, and 1910 but have followed his collapse in 1914 leading him out of the game. There are a lot of hints in his career that point to a player who was fairly injury prone.

He should appear on league leaderboards a few times in hits, doubles, and strikeouts, but never be a real threat to lead the league in those categories. He was fairly slow, which made him not great on the basepaths and limited his triples output a bit, especially in the final third of his career.

Defensively, Norman was a decent 3B, but his lack of mobility made his time at 2B a bit of a misadvanture.

These projections feel solid in terms of capturing Norman’s offensive shape, the real question is about usage and whether we have over estimated the amount of playing time he would see, whether through injury or the relatively slow start to his career. I would also not be surprised if his walk rate drops slightly in future revisions, but his overall value, especially late in his career, should hold steady.

Name	Jim Norman (Big Jim)
ID / Status	norma01jim / Draft
Pos	3B
DOB / i9s Career	1883 / 1906 - 1914
Birthplace	TN (USA)
Height / Weight	/
B / T	/ R

 

Batting Projections

Year	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1906	220	56	9	2	0	25	33	4	4	0.255	0.331	0.314	0.644
1907	325	72	12	7	1	27	45	5	4	0.222	0.281	0.311	0.592
1908	470	101	20	8	2	37	60	7	6	0.215	0.272	0.304	0.576
1909	560	124	23	14	2	51	71	10	8	0.221	0.286	0.323	0.610
1910	579	135	33	12	3	62	82	11	9	0.233	0.307	0.347	0.654
1911	597	164	42	11	7	66	88	23	10	0.275	0.347	0.417	0.764
1912	611	184	31	7	9	80	91	16	14	0.301	0.382	0.419	0.801
1913	484	129	22	5	4	36	72	7	8	0.267	0.317	0.357	0.675
1914	76	13	1	0	1	3	19	1	1	0.171	0.203	0.224	0.426

 

Pitching Projections