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Norris
Adkins		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: August 3, 1954 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980   
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
1973 18 VAN JL   0 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 2
1974 19 VAN JL   0 1 1 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 3
1975 20 VAN JL   2 2 2 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3
1976 21 VAN JL   3 4 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 4 4
1977 22 MAN FL   5 6 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 9 8 6 5 5
1978 23 MAN FL $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 9 9 7 5 6
1979 24 MAN FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 5 6
1980 25 MAN FL $ 300,000 6 7 6 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 5 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 7 6 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 5 6
                                             
  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
1981 26 MAN FL $ 2,664,286   15 15 15 9 9 9 10 12 11 20 20 20 17 14 15
1982 27 MAN FL $ 2,664,286   16 16 15 9 9 9 10 11 11 20 20 20 17 14 15
1983 28 MAN FL $ 2,664,286   16 16 15 8 9 9 10 11 11 20 20 20 17 15 15
1984 29 MAN FL $ 1,690,000   13 13 12 7 8 8 9 10 10 20 20 20 16 13 14
1985 30 CHI JL $ 1,690,000   13 13 12 7 8 8 9 10 10 20 20 20 17 14 15
1986 31 GRE JL $ 1,690,000   13 13 12 7 8 8 10 11 10 20 20 20 16 13 14
1987 32 BUF FL $ 350,000   13 13 12 6 7 7 10 11 10 20 20 20 16 13 14
1988 33 OMA JL $ 350,000   14 14 13 7 8 8 10 11 11 20 20 20 16 14 14
1989 34 OMA JL $ 350,000   13 13 12 7 7 7 9 10 10 20 20 20 16 13 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 350,000   13 13 12 6 7 7 9 10 10 20 20 20 16 13 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,664,286   16 16 15 9 9 9 10 12 11 20 20 20 17 15 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 18 A   158 589 76 148 25 1 9 57 16 16 61 136 .251 .322 .343 .664 64.7  
1974 19 A   137 485 53 123 18 4 4 55 14 6 63 99 .254 .339 .332 .671 58.6  
1975 20 A   94 370 56 109 23 1 8 46 17 5 31 58 .295 .349 .427 .776 54.6  
1976 21 AAA   32 118 15 26 5 2 0 15 2 2 17 25 .220 .319 .297 .615 11.8  
    AA   69 248 34 62 11 1 3 19 5 6 48 56 .250 .372 .339 .710 34.2  
    A   36 135 17 37 4 0 3 14 4 3 23 27 .274 .380 .370 .750 20.4  
1977 22 AAA   137 527 102 170 37 2 15 84 10 7 94 93 .323 .425 .486 .911 105.6  
1978 23 MAN FL 144 499 62 131 26 10 10 50 3 0 68 98 .263 .354 .415 .769 73.2 17.2
1979 24 MAN FL 156 549 73 138 27 4 13 58 3 1 72 95 .251 .344 .386 .731 73.8 15.1
1980 25 MAN FL 157 543 87 160 25 6 10 76 3 1 90 88 .295 .401 .418 .819 96.6 19.8
1981 26 MAN FL 154 558 104 176 29 3 10 66 11 6 76 88 .315 .403 .432 .835 97.4 22.3
1982 27 MAN FL 155 485 63 117 22 4 12 56 2 0 84 65 .241 .364 .377 .741 74.9 11.4
1983 28 MAN FL 151 481 76 129 20 2 11 54 6 4 73 80 .268 .366 .387 .753 71.8 13.1
1984 29 MAN FL 16 37 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 6 .243 .429 .297 .726 6.5 1.4
1985 30 CHI JL 79 80 10 17 2 1 0 2 0 0 9 22 .213 .308 .263 .570 7.5 0.7
1986 31 GRE JL 87 236 35 56 6 2 6 20 2 8 40 47 .237 .351 .356 .707 29.9 2.3
    AAA   36 124 31 41 4 1 7 23 2 4 36 18 .331 .481 .548 1.030 31.9  
1987 32 BUF FL 28 46 7 14 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 11 .304 .360 .326 .686 5.5 0.7
    AAA   74 278 87 100 14 2 16 47 12 7 88 40 .360 .514 .597 1.111 82.0  
1988 33 BUF FL 11 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 0.4 0.0
    AAA   22 69 16 24 4 0 3 10 2 2 11 6 .348 .438 .536 .974 14.8  
1989 34 AAA   108 244 52 70 10 2 5 27 6 4 73 35 .287 .451 .406 .857 50.9  
11 Years Sim 1138 3525 524 948 160 32 72 388 32 20 527 603 .269 .370 .394 .764 537.4 104.0
6 Years AAA 409 1360 303 431 74 9 46 206 34 26 319 217 .317 .449 .486 .935 297.0  
1 Years AA 69 248 34 62 11 1 3 19 5 6 48 56 .250 .375 .339 .713 34.2  
4 Years A 425 1579 202 417 70 6 24 172 51 30 178 320 .264 .343 .362 .704 198.2  
11 Years Minors 903 3187 539 910 155 16 73 397 90 62 545 593 .286 .393 .413 .806 529.4  
162 Game Average 501 74 134 22 4 10 55 4 2 75 85 .269 .370 .394 .764 76.5  
Career Highs 157 558 104 176 29 10 13 76 11 8 90 98 .315 .429 .432 .835 97.4  
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   2487 359 660 107 25 52 268 19 16 364 483 .265 .366 .391 .757 362.6
vs LH   1038 165 288 53 7 20 120 13 4 163 120 .277 .380 .400 .780 162.7
Home 576 1753 245 466 78 13 34 182 15 11 254 307 .266 .364 .383 .748 251.1
Away 562 1772 279 482 82 19 38 206 17 9 273 296 .272 .375 .404 .779 274.2
RISP   861 0 213 37 4 14 288 0 0 151 153 .247 .358 .348 .707 119.1
Pinch Hitting   158 26 35 10 3 1 17 2 0 28 42 .222 .353 .342 .694 20.3
Close/Late   458 76 136 20 5 13 57 0 0 89 70 .297 .418 .448 .865 86.7
Mar/Apr 191 605 90 166 26 4 10 65 5 3 110 105 .274 .393 .380 .773 95.5
May 183 593 96 150 28 3 10 52 4 3 90 91 .253 .360 .361 .721 80.0
June 192 628 101 167 30 4 15 71 5 6 101 100 .266 .371 .398 .769 95.4
July 195 609 81 170 23 7 20 76 12 4 85 108 .279 .372 .438 .810 100.3
August 201 565 85 148 22 9 8 62 3 1 80 97 .262 .361 .375 .736 78.6
Sep/Oct 175 525 71 147 31 5 9 62 3 3 61 102 .280 .361 .410 .771 75.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 23 MAN FL LF 139 135 1188.3 264 8 3 2 .989 2.06   3.0
    CF 4 2 22.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.09    
1979 24 MAN FL LF 100 97 871.7 173 4 2 3 .989 1.83   2.8
    CF 53 51 445.0 116 2 0 0 1.000 2.39    
1980 25 MAN FL CF 148 145 1287.3 403 4 2 1 .995 2.85   5.5
    LF 8 0 13.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32    
1981 26 MAN FL CF 74 74 650.0 188 7 0 0 1.000 2.70   2.7
    RF 71 71 631.3 123 3 2 3 .984 1.80    
    LF 7 0 19.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1982 27 MAN FL LF 150 142 1284.7 242 10 1 2 .996 1.77   3.3
1983 28 MAN FL LF 109 103 937.0 167 4 1 0 .994 1.64   2.8
    CF 23 8 101.3 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.22    
    RF 6 6 53.3 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.36    
1984 29 MAN FL LF 5 5 38.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.3
    CF 5 3 35.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    RF 2 1 16.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56    
1985 30 CHI JL LF 8 6 53.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.2
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25    
1986 31 GRE JL CF 67 56 506.7 159 7 0 1 1.000 2.95   1.9
    LF 5 3 28.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1987 32 BUF FL CF 11 8 78.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42    
1988 33 BUF FL CF 3 1 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.0
  LF 532 491 4435.6 876 28 7 7 .992 1.83   12.3
  CF 388 348 3140.3 932 20 2 2 .998 2.73   10.2
  RF 82 79 712.7 139 4 3 3 .979 1.81    
Career Totals   1002 918 8288.6 1947 52 12 12 .994 2.17   22.5
Career Highs   156 148 1316.7 405 10 3 3 1.000 2.87    
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
1987 32 BUF FL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
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
1981-8-.315
 On-Base Pct
1980-2-.401
1981-4-.403
CAR-42-.370
 XR
1980-10-96.6
 Games
1979-10-156
1980-1-157
 Runs
1981-5-104
 Triples
1978-6-10
Walks
1978-4-68
1979-6-72
1980-1-90
1982-3-84
1983-5-73
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Arthur Michael (952)
  4. Buster Hall (949)
  5. Jeff Jarrett (935)
  6. Dale Parks (931)
  7. Christopher Crawford (931)
  8. Leron Lee (927)
  9. Kipper Kengos (926)
  10. Jerry Fitzgerald (918)
History
Drafted in 46th round, 1088th overall pick, by Vancouver in 1973
Injured on 6/7/1974 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/15/1975 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/9/1975 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Injured on 6/14/1976 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Vancouver to Manhattan on 7/31/1977 (Going to VAN: LF P. Donzaluz, P S. Meyer. Going to MAN: LF N. Adkins, 3B J. Fredricks, P B. Awaradardo)
Injured on 8/15/1977 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/1/1978, off Kurt Stallwith (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1978, off Alvin Barela (MON)
Injured on 7/13/1978 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/11/1978 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1979, hitting .381 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
 
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