James Norwood
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 7, #199, Chicago Cubs | Saint Louis University
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 16.20 3 0 0 1.2 0 3.00
2021 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 5 3 1.80
2022 1 0 8.31 20 0 0 17.1 22 1.90
5 Seasons 1 2 5.48 48 0 0 44.1 46 1.87
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 3 0-0 16.20 1.2 0 3.00
2021 5 0-0 0.00 5 3 1.80
2022 20 1-0 8.31 17.1 22 1.90
5 Seasons 48 1-2 5.48 44.1 46 1.87
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
2018 24 227 39 3 7.7 5.6 89.6 107.8 17.8 35.9 .250 .378 .312 .297 .323 30.8 18.5 9.3 4.09 3.71
2019 25 206 25 1 4.0 2.3 90.0 109.6 15.5 24.0 .225 .398 .351 .336 .371 40.0 25.0 18.2 2.89 5.06
2020 26 32 8 1 12.5 11.1 91.1 104.4 15.1 50.0 .425 .699 .509 .502 .477 50.0 0.0 11.1 16.20 13.67
2021 27 94 17 1 5.9 4.3 86.9 107.1 17.1 41.2 .361 .476 .335 .407 .428 41.2 13.0 13.0 0.00 7.73
2022 28 370 54 2 3.7 2.4 91.5 112.4 18.9 46.3 .256 .401 .364 .325 .397 46.3 25.9 10.6 8.31 4.43
Player 929 143 8 5.6 3.7 90.2 112.4 17.6 39.2 .267 .415 .351 .336 .380 40.6 21.4 12.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Norwood relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(49.7%) ,
Split Finger
(40.8%) ,
Slider
(9.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2018 30.8 69.2 35.9 28.2 5.1 33.3 28.2 38.5 15.4 5.1 10.3 17.9 23.1 28.2
2019 40.0 60.0 36.0 20.0 4.0 36.0 20.0 44.0 24.0 12.0 4.0 12.0 8.0 40.0
2020 37.5 62.5 25.0 25.0 12.5 62.5 12.5 25.0 25.0 12.5 0.0 37.5 0.0 25.0
2021 47.1 52.9 11.8 29.4 11.8 41.2 29.4 29.4 29.4 11.8 5.9 11.8 17.6 23.5
2022 31.5 68.5 29.6 33.3 5.6 38.9 37.0 24.1 13.0 16.7 1.9 25.9 20.4 22.2
Player 35.0 65.0 30.1 28.7 6.3 38.5 29.4 32.2 18.2 11.9 4.9 20.3 17.5 27.3
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 0.0 30.8 35.9 20.5 5.1 7.7 5.6
2019 4.0 28.0 40.0 20.0 4.0 4.0 2.3
2020 0.0 37.5 12.5 37.5 0.0 12.5 11.1
2021 11.8 17.6 17.6 47.1 0.0 5.9 4.3
2022 3.7 22.2 29.6 29.6 11.1 3.7 2.4
Player 3.5 25.9 30.8 28.0 6.3 5.6 3.7
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2022 Slider PHI R 35 88.4 29.3 -2.8 1.0GLV -3.0 5.9 -4.1 1.0GLV -4.5
2022 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 184 96.6 13.9 -0.7 12.1ARM 4.7 15.5 -0.7 12.1ARM 4.7
2022 Split-Finger PHI R 151 90.7 28.4 -1.0 11.1ARM 1.1 4.6 -0.5 11.1ARM -0.3
2021 Slider SD R 4 86.9 35.2 1.6 0.1GLV -4.3 1.4 0.4 0.1GLV -5.5
2021 Split-Finger SD R 24 87.2 32.2 0.4 6.6ARM -3.4 3.5 0.5 6.6ARM -4.1
2021 4-Seam Fastball SD R 66 97.3 14.5 -1.5 11.8ARM 3.8 14.4 -1.8 11.8ARM 4.6
! 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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -3 184 49.7 37 .375 .594 .455 17.9 16.2 8.7 .309 .555 .414 53.8
2022 Split-Finger -0.5 -1 151 40.8 41 .270 .297 .318 42.7 36.6 23.1 .196 .250 .242 36.4
2022 Slider -0.3 0 35 9.5 7 .286 .429 .307 21.4 14.3 25.0 .328 .493 .351 50.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 1 66 70.2 13 .273 .273 .315 18.8 7.7 5.6 .320 .384 .368 30.0
2021 Split-Finger -1.0 0 24 25.5 9 .250 .375 .317 41.7 22.2 14.3 .348 .530 .414 66.7
2021 Slider -13.1 -1 4 4.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .906 1.071 .870 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 4-Seam Fastball 182 96.6 100 19.6 1:30 1:15 15
2022 Split-Finger 140 90.8 86 12.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 Slider 35 88.4 40 5.4 12:30 11:30 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 66 97.3 99 18.6 1:30 1:30 0
2021 Split-Finger 17 87.3 90 8.4 1:45 2:15 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 54 227 3 -2 -2 -1 -2
2019 44 206 3 0 -1 -2 -1
2020 9 32 -1 0 0 0 -2
2021 23 94 1 -1 0 -1 0
2022 85 370 -2 2 -2 -2 -4
Player 215 929 5 -1 -5 5 -7
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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 %
2018 227 48.5 76.4 83.3 19.7 78.3 48.0 51.9 47.1 17.8 8.4 89.5
2019 206 42.7 69.3 86.9 26.3 45.2 34.5 72.7 44.7 27.2 9.2 78.9
2020 32 50.0 75.0 91.7 18.8 100.0 43.8 66.7 46.9 6.7 0.0 --
2021 94 47.9 73.3 87.9 28.6 50.0 39.4 78.3 50.0 23.4 8.5 100.0
2022 370 45.4 78.0 82.4 33.2 46.3 43.8 63.5 53.5 29.3 5.4 85.0
Player 929 46.0 75.2 84.4 27.5 52.9 42.3 64.2 49.4 24.8 7.1 86.4
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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
2018 98 45 49
2019 89 55 50
2021 95 39 60
2022 89 29 63
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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 %
2018 -- 0 0.1 0 2 0 0 --
2019 24.25 1 0.6 0 1 1 0 0.0
2020 -- 0 0.4 0 0 1 0 --
2021 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2022 25.99 2 1.0 1 1 0 1 50.0
Player 25.41 3 2.2 1 5 2 1 33.3
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
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
2020 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 2 4 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 1
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

2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022
Results
BA .298 -.048 .250 +.250 .500 -.200 .300 +.016 .316
xBA .250 -.025 .225 +.200 .425 -.064 .361 -.105 .256
OBP .352 +.034 .386 +.170 .556 -.165 .391 -.003 .388
xOBP .311 +.055 .366 +.123 .489 -.045 .444 -.110 .334
SLG .362 +.055 .417 +.208 .625 -.275 .350 +.084 .434
xSLG .378 +.020 .398 +.301 .699 -.223 .476 -.075 .401
ISO .064 +.103 .167 -.042 .125 -.075 .050 +.068 .118
xISO .127 +.046 .173 +.101 .274 -.158 .116 +.029 .145
BABIP .359 -.026 .333 +.167 .500 -.147 .353 +.070 .423
wOBA .312 +.039 .351 +.158 .509 -.174 .335 +.029 .364
xwOBA .297 +.039 .336 +.166 .502 -.095 .407 -.082 .325
wOBACON .344 +.052 .396 +.090 .486 -.154 .332 +.126 .458
xwOBACON .323 +.048 .371 +.106 .477 -.049 .428 -.031 .397
BACON .359 +.001 .360 +.140 .500 -.147 .353 +.091 .444
xBACON .302 +.021 .323 +.102 .425 -.001 .424 -.064 .360
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 30.8 +9.2 40.0 +10.0 50.0 -8.8 41.2 +5.1 46.3
Avg Exit Velocity 89.6 +0.4 90.0 +1.1 91.1 -4.2 86.9 +4.6 91.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 35.9 -11.9 24.0 +26.0 50.0 -8.8 41.2 +5.1 46.3
Barrel % 7.7 -3.7 4.0 +8.5 12.5 -6.6 5.9 -2.2 3.7
Avg Launch Angle 17.8 -2.3 15.5 -0.4 15.1 +2.0 17.1 +1.8 18.9
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 97.6 -1.4 96.2 +1.1 97.3 0.0 97.3 -0.7 96.6
Breaking Velocity 84.8 +0.1 84.9 -1.7 83.2 +3.7 86.9 +1.5 88.4
Offspeed Velocity 88.9 -1.3 87.6 +0.8 88.4 -1.2 87.2 +3.5 90.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 3 -2 1 0 1 0 1 +1 2
Popup % 5.1 -1.1 4.0 +8.5 12.5 -0.7 11.8 -6.2 5.6
Flyball % 35.9 +0.1 36.0 -11.0 25.0 -13.2 11.8 +17.8 29.6
Line Drive % 28.2 -8.2 20.0 +5.0 25.0 +4.4 29.4 +3.9 33.3
Groundball % 30.8 +9.2 40.0 -2.5 37.5 +9.6 47.1 -15.6 31.5
Pull % 33.3 +2.7 36.0 +26.5 62.5 -21.3 41.2 -2.3 38.9
Straight Away % 28.2 -8.2 20.0 -7.5 12.5 +16.9 29.4 +7.6 37.0
Opposite Field % 38.5 +5.5 44.0 -19.0 25.0 +4.4 29.4 -5.3 24.1
Weak Contact % 0.0 +4.0 4.0 -4.0 0.0 +11.8 11.8 -8.1 3.7
Pull Airball % 17.9 -5.9 12.0 +25.5 37.5 -25.7 11.8 +14.1 25.9
Topped Contact % 30.8 -2.8 28.0 +9.5 37.5 -19.9 17.6 +4.6 22.2
Under Contact % 35.9 +4.1 40.0 -27.5 12.5 +5.1 17.6 +12.0 29.6
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.5 -0.5 20.0 +17.5 37.5 +9.6 47.1 -17.5 29.6
Solid Contact % 5.1 -1.1 4.0 -4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 +11.1 11.1
HR/FB % 0.0 +11.1 11.1 -11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 +12.5 12.5
Popups 2 -1 1 0 1 +1 2 +1 3
Flyballs 14 -5 9 -7 2 0 2 +14 16
Line Drives 11 -6 5 -3 2 +3 5 +13 18
Groundballs 12 -2 10 -7 3 +5 8 +9 17
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.5 -5.8 42.7 +7.3 50.0 -2.1 47.9 -2.5 45.4
Out of Zone % 51.5 +5.8 57.3 -7.3 50.0 +2.1 52.1 +2.5 54.6
Edge % 48.0 -13.5 34.5 +9.3 43.8 -4.4 39.4 +4.4 43.8
Zone Swing % 76.4 -7.1 69.3 +5.7 75.0 -1.7 73.3 +4.7 78.0
Out of Zone Swing % 19.7 +6.6 26.3 -7.5 18.8 +9.8 28.6 +4.6 33.2
In Zone Contact % 83.3 +3.6 86.9 +4.8 91.7 -3.8 87.9 -5.5 82.4
Out of Zone Contact % 78.3 -33.1 45.2 +54.8 100.0 -50.0 50.0 -3.7 46.3
Whiff % 17.8 +9.4 27.2 -20.5 6.7 +16.7 23.4 +5.9 29.3
First Strike % 51.9 +20.8 72.7 -6.0 66.7 +11.6 78.3 -14.8 63.5
First Pitch Swing % 31.5 +4.9 36.4 -3.1 33.3 +23.2 56.5 -15.3 41.2
Swing % 47.1 -2.4 44.7 +2.2 46.9 +3.1 50.0 +3.5 53.5
Meatball Swing % 89.5 -10.6 78.9 -- -- -- 100.0 -15.0 85.0
Meatball % 8.4 +0.8 9.2 -9.2 0.0 +8.5 8.5 -3.1 5.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 16.7 -3.6 13.1 -4.8 8.3 +3.8 12.1 +5.5 17.6
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 21.7 +33.1 54.8 -54.8 0.0 +50.0 50.0 +2.2 52.2
In Zone 110 -22 88 -72 16 +29 45 +123 168
Out of Zone 117 +1 118 -102 16 +33 49 +153 202
Edge 109 -38 71 -57 14 +23 37 +125 162
In Zone Swings 84 -23 61 -49 12 +21 33 +98 131
Out of Zone Swings 23 +8 31 -28 3 +11 14 +53 67
In Zone Swing & Misses 14 -6 8 -7 1 +3 4 +19 23
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 5 +12 17 -17 0 +7 7 +28 35
Basic
Pitches 227 -21 206 -174 32 +62 94 +276 370
PA 54 -10 44 -35 9 +14 23 +62 85
AB 47 -11 36 -28 8 +12 20 +56 76
Hits 14 -5 9 -5 4 +2 6 +18 24
Singles 11 -5 6 -3 3 +2 5 +14 19
Doubles 3 -2 1 0 1 0 1 +2 3
Triples 0 +1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 0 +1 1 -1 0 0 0 +2 2
Walks 5 +3 8 -7 1 +2 3 +6 9
Strikeouts 10 +1 11 -11 0 +3 3 +19 22
K% 18.5 +6.5 25.0 -25.0 0.0 +13.0 13.0 +12.9 25.9
BB% 9.3 +8.9 18.2 -7.1 11.1 +1.9 13.0 -2.4 10.6
HBP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batted Balls 39 -14 25 -17 8 +9 17 +37 54
Number of Fastballs 161 -30 131 -109 22 +44 66 +118 184
Number of Offspeed 35 +3 38 -30 8 +16 24 +127 151
Number of Breaking 31 +6 37 -35 2 +2 4 +31 35
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 54 .312 33 0 0.0 21 4 19.0
2019 Shifts 44 .351 31 1 3.2 13 3 23.1
2020 Shifts 9 .509 5 2 40.0 4 2 50.0
2021 Shifts 23 .335 15 0 0.0 8 3 37.5
2022 Shifts 85 .364 46 11 23.9 39 28 71.8
! 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 %
2018 27 15.9 25.9% 0.0% 75 19.2 2.7% 1.3%
2019 52 17.7 7.7% 1.9% 44 20.2 0.0% 4.5%
2020 4 20.9 0.0% 0.0% 8 19.7 0.0% 12.5%
2021 20 16.8 20.0% 10.0% 22 21.2 0.0% 4.5%
2022 76 18.6 6.6% 0.0% 73 21.1 1.4% 4.1%

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Pitch Distribution