1942
Born August 20, 1942
San Antonio, TX, USA
Fred Norman Marquee
b. August 20, 1942 · Kansas City Athletics 1962–1963, Chicago Cubs 1964, 1966–1967, Los Angeles Dodgers 1970, St. Louis Cardinals 1970–1971, San Diego Padres 1971–1973, Cincinnati Reds 1973–1979, Montreal Expos 1980
He was 15-42 through his first ten seasons, bouncing between the minor leagues and five organizations. Cincinnati traded for him in June 1973 and he went 12-6 the rest of that year; he then won 12 or more in five of the next six seasons for the Big Red Machine, and won a game in the 1975 World Series and started in the 1976 one.
Sixteen seasons gave him 104 wins against 103, a 3.64 earned run average, 1,939 innings and 1,303 strikeouts. He was the smallest pitcher in the league for most of it and threw a screwball.
He was never an All-Star and no Hall of Fame ballot has listed him.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Week | 1 | 1973 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | KCA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | KCA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1964 | CHC | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .091 |
| 1966 | CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | CHC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | LAD/STL | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .143 |
| 1971 | SDP/STL | 29 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .237 |
| 1972 | SDP | 43 | 64 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .125 |
| 1973 | CIN/SDP | 36 | 80 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 0 | .075 |
| 1974 | CIN | 35 | 61 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0 | .131 |
| 1975 | CIN | 34 | 60 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .117 |
| 1976 | CIN | 33 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .140 |
| 1977 | CIN | 35 | 73 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 0 | .110 |
| 1978 | CIN | 36 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .140 |
| 1979 | CIN | 34 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 0 | .153 |
| 1980 | MON | 48 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .050 |
| Career | — | 409 | 574 | 29 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 37 | 177 | 0 | .125 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | KCA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.25 |
| 1963 | KCA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11.37 |
| 1964 | CHC | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 31.2 | 34 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 6.54 |
| 1966 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4.50 |
| 1967 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 1970 | LAD/STL | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 63.0 | 66 | 36 | 33 | 47 | 5.14 |
| 1971 | SDP/STL | 3 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 131.0 | 121 | 52 | 63 | 81 | 3.57 |
| 1972 | SDP | 9 | 11 | 42 | 28 | 2 | 211.2 | 195 | 81 | 88 | 167 | 3.44 |
| 1973 | CIN/SDP | 13 | 13 | 36 | 35 | 0 | 240.1 | 208 | 96 | 101 | 161 | 3.60 |
| 1974 | CIN | 13 | 12 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 186.1 | 170 | 65 | 68 | 141 | 3.14 |
| 1975 | CIN | 12 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 0 | 188.0 | 163 | 78 | 84 | 119 | 3.73 |
| 1976 | CIN | 12 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 0 | 180.1 | 153 | 62 | 70 | 126 | 3.09 |
| 1977 | CIN | 14 | 13 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 221.1 | 200 | 83 | 98 | 160 | 3.38 |
| 1978 | CIN | 11 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 177.1 | 173 | 73 | 82 | 111 | 3.70 |
| 1979 | CIN | 11 | 13 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 195.1 | 193 | 79 | 57 | 95 | 3.64 |
| 1980 | MON | 4 | 4 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 98.0 | 96 | 45 | 40 | 58 | 4.13 |
| Career | — | 104 | 103 | 403 | 268 | 8 | 1939.2 | 1790 | 784 | 815 | 1303 | 3.64 |
On this day & linked events
1962
Major-league debut: Fred Norman
Fred Norman made a major-league debut on September 21, 1962.
1980
Final major-league game: Fred Norman
Fred Norman played a final major-league game on September 25, 1980.