How Nelson Norman's Fielding Percentage Compares to Similar Players

Nelson Norman posted a career Fielding Percentage of 95.39, near the league average of 97.79 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Fielding Percentage season came in 1982, posting 100.0, near the league average of 97.96 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at 66.67, well below the league average of 97.92 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 96.3 in 1981 to 100.0 in 1982 and 66.67 in 1987. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 6 seasons.

Nelson Norman Lifetime Fielding Percentage

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Nelson Norman
Fielding Percentage
Career95.39
Season Avg.95.39
162 Game Avg.95.39
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Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage Per Season

Nelson Norman's Fielding Percentage for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SS, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage per season line chart

Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage by Team

Nelson Norman's career Fielding Percentage totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Nelson Norman career Fielding Percentage by team bar chart

Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Nelson Norman's career Fielding Percentage 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.
Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage year-over-year waterfall chart

Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Nelson Norman's seasonal Fielding Percentage 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.
Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage distribution box chart versus comparable players

Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Nelson Norman's MLB career with Fielding Percentage 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.
Nelson Norman Fielding Percentage season-by-season breakdown table