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Daniel Norris

Cleveland Guardians American League Central

Age: 30
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 207 lb
Number: #44

Born: April 25, 1993 in Johnson City, TN, United States
MLB debut: September 5, 2014

dbWAR: 4.1
IP: 12.2
ERA: 5.68
FIP: 7.68
K/9: 7.8
FIP−: 177

Daniel Norris was a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2023 he struck out 11 batters over 12.2 innings across 7 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.68 was 31.2% higher than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 7.68 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.5% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 19.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.5%. His -0.4 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2023.

FIP7.68

K/97.8

WHIP1.74

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2023	CLE	7	0	12.2	0	0	0	10	8	11	12	5.68	7.68	1.74	7.8	8.5	131	177	-0.4
2022	CHC/DET	41	3	58.2	2	4	0	45	34	66	29	5.22	5.14	1.26	10.1	4.4	131	130	-0.5
2021	DET/MIL	56	0	57.0	2	3	1	55	39	58	30	6.16	4.87	1.49	9.2	4.7	144	114	-0.1
2020	DET	14	1	27.2	3	1	0	25	10	28	7	3.25	2.87	1.16	9.1	2.3	73	64	0.7
2019	DET	32	29	144.1	3	13	0	154	72	125	38	4.49	4.61	1.33	7.8	2.4	100	102	1.6
2018	DET	11	8	44.1	0	5	0	46	28	51	19	5.68	4.63	1.47	10.4	3.9	137	111	0.2
2017	DET	22	18	101.2	5	8	0	120	60	86	44	5.31	4.39	1.61	7.6	3.9	122	101	1.2
2016	DET	14	13	69.1	4	2	0	75	26	71	22	3.38	3.93	1.40	9.2	2.9	81	94	1.0
2015	DET/TOR	13	13	60.0	3	2	0	53	25	45	19	3.75	4.63	1.20	6.8	2.9	95	117	0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	MIL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-118	-0.0
2019	DET	3	6	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.000	.333	0.0%	50.0%	.145	-0.9	-20	-0.0
2018	DET	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-122	-0.0
2016	DET	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.000	.000	33.3%	0.0%	.232	-0.2	40	0.0
2015	DET	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	.500	.667	2.000	1.500	—	33.3%	33.3%	.933	+1.5	549	0.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2023. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	21	16	4	1	4	3	.250	.381	.438	.356	14.3%
vs RHB	42	33	6	2	8	8	.182	.357	.394	.340	19.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Daniel Norris throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Changeup	42.6%	110	82.9	1,426	39.1%	27.5%	14	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	41.1%	106	88.8	2,323	46.2%	22.0%	24	.167	.647
Slider	14.0%	36	81.9	2,365	22.2%	13.3%	9	—	—

Daniel Norris's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.