Bud Norris
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 215LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 6, #189, Houston Astros | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 6 10 5.10 35 19 0 113 102 1.46
2017 2 6 4.21 60 3 19 62 74 1.34
2018 3 6 3.59 64 0 28 57.2 67 1.25
10 Seasons 67 90 4.45 355 188 47 1,221.1 1,153 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 35 6-10 5.10 113 102 1.46
2017 60 2-6 4.21 62 74 1.34
2018 64 3-6 3.59 57.2 67 1.25
10 Seasons 355 67-90 4.45 1,221.1 1,153 1.40
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 30 1463 271 21 7.7 5.6 90.5 112.9 10.3 33.9 .275 .461 .382 .352 .403 37.3 18.8 8.2 6.72 5.30
2016 31 2001 341 19 5.6 3.8 90.2 112.7 10.4 31.4 .255 .417 .329 .326 .373 40.8 20.6 9.9 5.10 4.52
2017 32 1103 163 8 4.9 3.0 88.7 113.7 11.4 34.4 .232 .361 .301 .298 .367 33.7 27.7 10.1 4.21 3.79
2018 33 974 152 9 5.9 3.7 88.0 110.5 11.8 34.9 .216 .354 .301 .285 .350 33.3 27.3 8.6 3.59 3.40
Player 5541 927 57 6.1 4.1 89.6 113.7 10.8 33.2 .249 .407 .333 .320 .377 37.3 22.7 9.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Norris relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(36.1%) ,
Sinker
(29.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(26.5%) ,
Slider
(7.4%) ,
Changeup
(0.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 46.5 19.6 27.7 6.3 39.9 39.5 20.7 2.2 33.9 19.2 26.2 6.3 7.7 5.6
2016 49.6 21.4 23.8 5.3 35.8 36.4 27.9 2.3 37.5 20.2 24.9 7.0 5.6 3.8
2017 44.8 19.0 29.4 6.7 29.4 37.4 33.1 1.8 31.9 25.2 33.1 2.5 4.9 3.0
2018 44.7 21.1 27.0 7.2 31.6 39.5 28.9 4.6 33.6 25.0 22.4 5.3 5.9 3.7
Player 47.0 20.4 26.4 6.1 35.2 38.0 26.9 2.6 34.8 21.6 26.3 5.7 6.1 4.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2018 4-Seam Fastball STL R 257 94.4 13.4 1.8 5.5ARM -2.0 17.6 1.9 5.5ARM -1.7
2018 Slider STL R 72 84.1 44.5 5.9 5.7GLV 0.8 -4.5 6.3 5.7GLV 0.4
2018 Cutter STL R 350 89.7 28.9 -2.6 3.8GLV 1.8 5.7 -2.6 3.8GLV 1.2
2018 Changeup STL R 2 88.3 25.2 -3.5 13.4ARM -0.7 10.8 -4.1 13.4ARM 0.1
2018 Sinker STL R 288 94.6 15.7 -4.9 13.1ARM -1.5 15.3 -6.0 13.1ARM -1.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 266 94.1 13.5 0.4 7.3ARM -0.7 17.6 0.5 7.3ARM -0.8
2017 Cutter LAA R 377 89.9 27.1 -2.7 3.7GLV 1.9 7.1 -2.2 3.7GLV 1.4
2017 Sinker LAA R 224 94.2 17.4 -2.5 14.6ARM -0.5 13.8 -3.0 14.6ARM -0.8
2017 Changeup LAA R 2 87.5 26.7 -2.2 12.3ARM -1.5 10.1 -1.6 12.3ARM -1.3
2017 Slider LAA R 223 84.9 41.4 6.0 4.3GLV 0.3 -2.5 6.1 4.3GLV 0.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2018 Cutter 0.7 3 350 35.9 83 .208 .325 .266 36.6 25.3 19.8 .201 .301 .243 29.8
2018 Sinker 1.2 4 288 29.6 58 .191 .277 .283 17.1 20.7 14.8 .235 .373 .327 27.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -3 257 26.4 71 .323 .532 .405 21.8 28.2 22.0 .217 .395 .308 37.2
2018 Slider -0.4 0 72 7.4 27 .231 .385 .280 35.7 48.1 37.1 .229 .387 .276 53.8
2018 Changeup -3.9 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Cutter 2.2 8 377 34.2 106 .214 .296 .267 32.8 21.7 25.3 .246 .371 .295 26.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 266 24.1 59 .327 .510 .433 12.9 22.0 14.9 .281 .418 .368 55.6
2017 Sinker -0.8 -2 224 20.3 32 .222 .370 .323 32.9 31.3 22.2 .171 .231 .254 23.5
2017 Slider -0.6 -1 223 20.2 66 .210 .387 .306 38.8 40.9 24.5 .203 .360 .287 31.4
2017 Changeup -2.9 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 243 934 11 3 -9 -4 1
2010 667 2,672 -1 4 -14 -11 -21
2011 783 3,109 11 16 -21 -12 -6
2012 730 2,811 9 12 -17 -9 -5
2013 773 3,015 9 12 -16 -13 -9
2014 731 2,926 13 21 -17 -15 1
2015 377 1,463 -13 4 -10 -6 -25
2016 491 1,985 9 4 -13 -7 -6
2017 263 1,093 9 9 -7 -6 4
2018 239 969 0 11 -4 -5 3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,463 48.7 61.9 83.2 27.6 60.9 44.7 58.6 44.3 23.6 5.8 72.9
2016 2,001 49.2 65.9 81.9 27.4 62.0 42.5 62.0 46.3 23.3 8.2 72.0
2017 1,103 45.4 69.4 79.7 27.1 48.1 36.4 53.6 46.2 30.0 7.7 76.2
2018 974 47.6 67.5 81.7 32.9 51.5 42.7 59.3 49.3 27.5 6.3 80.3
Player 5,541 48.0 65.7 81.8 28.4 56.8 41.9 59.0 46.3 25.5 7.1 74.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
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Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 6 12 8 8 10 29 9 1 13 38 36 58 28 74 65 64
2016 31 38 39 42 26 39 60 6 6 48 21 50 31 70 84 59
2017 68 70 76 78 48 78 70 14 46 83 22 84 44 68 89 51
2018 75 77 75 64 63 77 61 59 67 78 43 67 93 74 92 50
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.9 14 13.1 1 7 9 7 50.0
2017 22.3 8 6.5 2 1 5 3 37.5
2018 23.7 8 8.2 0 3 2 7 87.5
Player 23.0 30 27.9 2 11 16 17 56.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 14 14 15 15 13 11 14 13 10 10 11 18 14 12 13 15 8 10 13 13 11 10 17 18 14 12 14 18 15 13 10
2017 8 6 7 8 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 6 6 8 8 5 7 7 6 7 5 9 5 5 6 6 8 7 7 5
2018 8 9 7 8 8 7 9 8 8 7 9 10 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 8 9 9 9 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
Player 30 29 29 31 27 25 30 28 23 23 26 36 28 26 29 32 22 25 28 28 26 24 35 32 26 25 28 34 30 28 23
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.5 93.4 -1.1 ↓ 92.3 -1.1 ↓ 92.6 0.3 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.0 85.1 -0.9 ↓ 87.5 2.4 ↑ 88.3 0.8 ↑
Breaking Velocity 86.1 85.4 -0.7 ↓ 84.9 -0.5 ↓ 84.1 -0.8 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.5 90.2 -0.3 ↓ 88.7 -1.5 ↓ 88.0 -0.7 ↓
Launch Angle 10.3 10.4 0.1 ↑ 11.4 1.0 ↑ 11.8 0.4 ↑
Barrel % 7.7 5.6 -2.1 ↓ 4.9 -0.7 ↓ 5.9 1.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.3 40.8 3.5 ↑ 33.7 -7.1 ↓ 33.3 -0.4 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.9 31.4 -2.5 ↓ 34.4 3.0 ↑ 34.9 0.5 ↑
xBA .275 .255 -0.020 ↓ .232 -0.023 ↓ .216 -0.016 ↓
BA .297 .265 -0.032 ↓ .236 -0.029 ↓ .237 0.001 ↑
xwOBA .352 .326 -0.026 ↓ .298 -0.028 ↓ .285 -0.013 ↓
wOBA .382 .329 -0.053 ↓ .301 -0.028 ↓ .301 0.000
xSLG .461 .417 -0.044 ↓ .361 -0.056 ↓ .354 -0.007 ↓
SLG .534 .421 -0.113 ↓ .371 -0.050 ↓ .377 0.006 ↑
K% 18.8 20.6 1.8 ↑ 27.7 7.1 ↑ 27.3 -0.4 ↓
BB% 8.2 9.9 1.7 ↑ 10.1 0.2 ↑ 8.6 -1.5 ↓
Swing % 44.3 46.3 2.0 ↑ 46.2 -0.1 ↓ 49.3 3.1 ↑
Whiff% 23.6 23.3 -0.3 ↓ 30.0 6.7 ↑ 27.5 -2.5 ↓
In Zone % 48.7 49.2 0.5 ↑ 45.4 -3.8 ↓ 47.6 2.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.3 50.8 -0.5 ↓ 54.6 3.8 ↑ 52.4 -2.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 27.6 27.4 -0.2 ↓ 27.1 -0.3 ↓ 32.9 5.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 24.1 28.5 4.4 ↑ 25.7 -2.8 ↓ 32.9 7.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.6 62.0 3.4 ↑ 53.6 -8.4 ↓ 59.3 5.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 486 .330 272 18 6.6 214 37 17.3
2017 Shifts 262 .300 149 0 0.0 113 6 5.3
2018 Shifts 242 .301 112 1 0.9 130 7 5.4
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 783 15.0 51.9% 2.3% 459 22.0 2.0% 10.7%
2011 910 15.1 48.4% 1.6% 435 22.0 0.2% 10.1%
2012 801 16.6 35.0% 0.9% 471 24.7 0.0% 14.4%
2013 891 18.1 19.8% 2.5% 526 24.9 0.0% 18.3%
2014 825 18.1 15.0% 2.2% 457 24.5 0.2% 12.5%
2015 431 18.0 22.5% 5.1% 286 24.1 9.4% 24.5%
2016 571 18.4 17.5% 3.5% 336 25.6 2.4% 24.7%
2017 289 23.5 2.4% 14.9% 203 27.1 0.0% 26.6%
2018 243 24.9 0.0% 13.6% 176 28.8 0.0% 39.2%

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Pitch Distribution

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