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Norman Fitzwater	Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 195   Born: March 15, 1920 in Usa

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award	1947

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1947	27	CHI	YL	$ 1,314,286	7			5		5		5		8		8		8		5		5		5
1948	28	WOO	YL	$ 5,220,000	7			5		5		5		8		8		8		5		5		5
1949	29	WOO	YL	$ 5,220,000	7			5		5		5		8		8		8		4		4		4
1950	30	FAI	KL	$ 1,210,000	7			5		5		5		7		7		7		4		4		4
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 1,210,000	7			5		5		5		7		7		7		4		4		4
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 5,220,000	7			5		5		5		8		8		8		5		5		5

Ratings - Batting     Help
								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
1947	27	CHI	YL	$ 1,314,286				3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
1948	28	WOO	YL	$ 5,220,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
1949	29	WOO	YL	$ 5,220,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
1950	30	FAI	KL	$ 1,210,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 1,210,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 5,220,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Pitcher of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1947	27	CHI	YL	13	14	.481	34	34	4	0	0	246.7	249	110	22	95	110	4.01	.264	.334	.388	.722	17.0
1948	28	WOO	YL	9	7	.563	26	25	4	0	0	172.3	184	87	18	48	88	4.54	.275	.326	.413	.739	7.7
1949	29	WOO	YL	16	11	.593	33	33	3	0	0	223.7	238	116	20	74	119	4.67	.272	.327	.401	.728	10.5
1950	30	FAI	KL	13	12	.520	33	33	4	1	0	221.7	268	125	29	80	106	5.08	.299	.358	.471	.829	9.4
4 Years Sim				51	44	.537	126	125	15	1	0	864.3	939	438	89	297	423	4.56	.278	.337	.418	.755	44.7
Season Average				12	11	.522	31	31	3	0	0	216.1	234	109	22	74	105	4.56	.278	.337	.418	.755
Career Highs				16	14	.593	34	34	4	1	0	246.7	268	125	29	95	119	5.08	.299	.358	.471	.829

Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										484	244	45	136	239		.273	.325	.414	.739
vs LH										455	194	44	161	184		.282	.347	.423	.771
Home	26	25	.510	67	67	6	0	0	483.0	522	239	54	153	231	4.45	.277	.331	.420	.751
Away	25	19	.568	59	58	9	1	0	381.3	417	199	35	144	192	4.70	.278	.342	.416	.758
Mar/Apr	7	9	.438	23	22	3	1	0	153.0	152	69	16	54	79	4.06	.259	.321	.396	.717
May	9	4	.692	19	19	1	0	0	137.3	131	62	8	58	68	4.06	.251	.326	.351	.678
June	7	7	.500	21	21	3	0	0	138.7	147	66	15	39	66	4.28	.272	.321	.420	.740
July	10	5	.667	17	17	1	0	0	112.0	146	71	13	41	60	5.71	.319	.376	.473	.848
August	7	9	.438	21	21	3	0	0	156.0	168	74	19	39	76	4.27	.273	.316	.420	.736
Sep/Oct	11	10	.524	25	25	4	0	0	167.3	195	96	18	66	74	5.16	.295	.360	.450	.810

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1947	27	CHI	YL	34	84	7	14	2	1	1	3	0	0	2	21	.167	.195	.250	.445	3.1	0.0
1948	28	WOO	YL	25	64	3	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	16	.141	.154	.141	.294	0.1	0.0
1949	29	WOO	YL	33	81	6	14	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	22	.173	.179	.185	.364	2.0	0.0
1950	30	FAI	KL	33	68	10	16	0	0	0	8	0	0	6	14	.235	.293	.235	.529	5.7	0.0
4 Years Sim				125	297	26	53	3	1	1	21	1	0	10	73	.178	.206	.205	.411	11.0	0.0
162 Game Average					384	33	68	3	1	1	27	1	0	12	94	.178	.206	.205	.411	14.2
Career Highs				34	84	10	16	2	1	1	8	1	0	6	22	.235	.293	.250	.529	5.7

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		221	16	36	2	1	1	13	0	0	6	54	.163	.187	.195	.382	4.2
vs LH		76	10	17	1	0	0	8	1	0	4	19	.224	.259	.237	.496	4.6
Home	67	157	16	30	0	0	1	12	0	0	7	37	.191	.222	.210	.432	6.1
Away	58	140	10	23	3	1	0	9	1	0	3	36	.164	.188	.200	.388	2.7
RISP		79	0	12	1	0	0	19	0	0	3	25	.152	.186	.165	.351	0.8
Close/Late		19	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	.211	.286	.316	.602	1.8
Mar/Apr	22	52	4	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.192	.192	.192	.385	1.0
May	19	43	4	8	1	0	0	4	1	0	3	10	.186	.245	.209	.454	2.1
June	21	51	3	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	12	.098	.098	.176	.275	-0.8
July	17	39	6	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.205	.220	.205	.425	1.4
August	21	55	6	15	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	12	.273	.286	.327	.613	4.8
Sep/Oct	25	57	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	15	.123	.194	.123	.316	0.4

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1947	27	CHI	YL	P	34	34	246.7	20	50	1	5	.986	2.55
1948	28	WOO	YL	P	25	25	172.3	14	30	0	4	1.000	2.30
1949	29	WOO	YL	P	33	33	223.7	13	34	1	3	.979	1.89
1950	30	FAI	KL	P	33	33	221.7	12	56	0	4	1.000	2.76
Career Totals					125	125	864.3	59	170	2	16	.991	2.38
Career Highs					34	34	246.7	20	56	1	5	1.000	2.76

Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
1949	29	WOO	YL	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	4	1	1	4	6.00	.321	.345	.429	.773
Career Post-Season Pitching				0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	4	1	1	4	6.00	.321	.345	.429	.773

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
1949	29	WOO	YL	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Career Post-Season Batting				1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

ERA 1947-8-4.01 Wins 1947-10-13 1949-4-16 CAR-22-51 Losses 1947-8-14 CAR-25-44 Winning Pct 1949-8-.593 Games Started CAR-29-125 Complete Games CAR-28-15 Innings Pitched 1947-9-246.7 CAR-29-864.3 Hits Allowed 1947-10-249 1950-6-268 CAR-14-939 Homeruns Allowed 1947-7-22 1950-4-29 CAR-12-89 Strikeouts CAR-47-423 Walks Allowed CAR-36-297 Walks per 9IP 1948-7-2.5 1949-9-3.0 OOBP 1949-10-.327

Black Ink Test: 0    Gray Ink Test: 22

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History

Drafted in 12th round, 204th overall pick, by Chicago in 1947

Earned first career win on 4/14/1947

Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/2/1947, off Roderick Horner (BER)

Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1947

Signed as a free agent by Woodstock on 2/1/1948 to a 2-year deal worth $5,220,000 per year

Injured on 6/17/1948 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks

Injured on 5/23/1949 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week

Signed as a free agent by Fairfax on 2/12/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $1,210,000 per year

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