How Fred Norman's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Fred Norman posted a career Equivalent Average of .395, well below the league average of .745 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1970, posting .636, below the league average of .754 that year. The lowest point came in 1963 at .000, well below the league average of .706 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .434 in 1978 to .465 in 1979 and .182 in 1980. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .000 to .636 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Fred Norman Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Fred Norman Equivalent Average Per Season

Fred Norman's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Fred Norman Equivalent Average per season line chart

Fred Norman Equivalent Average by Team

Fred Norman's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Fred Norman career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Fred Norman Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Fred Norman's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Fred Norman Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Fred Norman Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Fred Norman's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Fred Norman Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Fred Norman Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Fred Norman's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Fred Norman Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table