P · 2019
James Norwood
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Born
- December 24, 1993 in New York, NY, USA
- MLB debut
- July 11, 2018
Age shown as of the 2022 season.
- dbWAR
- .4 7 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -121 100 = avg
James Norwood is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2019 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .252. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .758. He averaged 80.4 mph off the bat and made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -121 wRC+ puts his offence 221% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2019.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2019. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -121 | -0.0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | -0.8 | -118 | -0.1 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 8.31 | 3.63 | 1.90 | 11.4 | 4.7 | 209 | 92 | 0.2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.77 | 1.80 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 0 | 88 | 0.1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16.20 | 4.99 | 3.00 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 364 | 112 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2.89 | 4.82 | 1.82 | 10.6 | 7.7 | 64 | 107 | 0.0 | |
| 2018 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4.09 | 2.71 | 1.73 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 99 | 65 | 0.2 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .200 | .385 | .200 | .298 | 7.7% |
| vs RHB | 31 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .269 | .387 | .500 | .380 | 32.3% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2019.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2019. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 80.4 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 80.4 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 100.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- 8.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2019.
Situational hitting
How James Norwood hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2019.
Pitch sequencing
What James Norwood 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, and how often it misses in 2019.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 130 | 96.2 | 2,267 | 43.1% | 14.0% | |
| Splitter | 38 | 87.6 | 1,166 | 44.7% | 33.3% | |
| Slider | 37 | 84.9 | 1,899 | 48.6% | 71.4% |
Head to head
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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.