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Canadian baseball player and scout (1942–2018)
Baseball player
Wayne Norton
Norton in 1983
Outfielder / Coach / Scout Born: (1942-11-13 ) November 13, 1942Winnipeg , Manitoba , CanadaDied: January 6, 2018(2018-01-06) (aged 75 )
Threw: Right
Induction 2016
Wayne Norton (November 13, 1942 – January 6, 2018) was a Canadian professional baseball outfielder , coach , and scout . He played 10 seasons in Minor League Baseball , then had a lengthy career as a coach and scout. Noted for his impact on baseball in Canada , Norton was inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.[1] [2] m ) and 188 pounds (85 kg ), he threw right-handed and batted left-handed.
Biography [ edit ]
Norton was born in Winnipeg , Manitoba ,[3] Port Moody , British Columbia .[4] Vancouver area for Coquitlam in the late 1950s,[5] college baseball for the Whitworth Pirates in Spokane, Washington .[6] batting .419 during his freshman season, he signed with the New York Yankees in June 1961 and was assigned to the Florida State League (FSL).[7]
In his first professional season, Norton batted .238 with one home run and 21 runs batted in (RBIs) in 66 games with the St. Petersburg Saints of the FSL.[8] Kansas City Athletics in the minor-league portion of the Rule 5 draft .[9] [10] Minor League Baseball career within the Athletics organization.[8] [a] Triple-A in 1966 with the Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast League , and finished his playing career in 1970 with the Triple-A Iowa Oaks of the American Association .[8] [8] [8] fielding percentage ; he also played 10 games as a third baseman and made one appearance as a second baseman .[8]
After his playing career, Norton had a long career in coaching and scouting.[2] Canada national baseball team at the 1975 Pan American Games .[2] [11] [6] Matt Stairs and Corey Koskie .[6]
Norton left NBI in 1994, worked as a scout for the Baltimore Orioles from 1996 to 1999, then moved to the Seattle Mariners in 2000.[6] Pat Gillick .[3] [6] [2] Phillippe Aumont , Tyler O'Neill , James Paxton , and Michael Saunders .[6] Greg Halman , Alex Liddi , and Dylan Unsworth .[6] [b] [6] [12]
Port Moody, when Norton grew up, honored him with a civic award in 2015,[13] [14] ALS in 2015,[4] [15] Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame .[3] ceremonial first pitch at Safeco Field in September 2017.[6] [3] [6]
^ The Athletics franchise was in Kansas City through 1967, then relocated and became the Oakland Athletics .
^ Unsworth, born in South Africa, attended the European Baseball Academy in Italy.
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d Ringolsby, Tracy (January 8, 2018). "Norton left indelible mark on Canada, baseball" . MLB.com . Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^ a b c d "Wayne Norton" . baseballhalloffame.ca . Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^ a b Douglas, Greg (September 26, 2015). "Baseball's 'Pride of Port Moody' diagnosed with ALS" . Vancouver Sun . Retrieved December 26, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ McKenna, Gary (January 10, 2018). "Port Moody's Mr. Baseball mourned" . tricitynews.com . Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j Johns, Greg (January 7, 2018). "Mariners international scout Norton dies at 75" . MLB.com . Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^ "Yanks Sign Buc Player" . Spokane Daily Chronicle 8 . Retrieved December 26, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ a b c d e f "Wayne Norton Minor League Statistics & History" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^ Boyd, Denny (November 28, 1961). "A's Yank Norton From Yanks" . Vancouver Sun 14 . Retrieved December 26, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Longtime Mariners scout Wayne Norton passes away" . KAFE KPUG . January 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2021 . chosen by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1961 Rule 5 Draft
^ "Wayne Norton named coach" . Sedalia Democrat Sedalia, Missouri . AP 15 . Retrieved December 26, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Brash wins CBN's Wayne Norton award" canadianbaseballnetwork.com . November 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^ "Sports Award recipients – 2015" . portmoody.ca . Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^ "Port Moody names baseball diamond after Canadian baseball legend Wayne Norton" . portmoody.ca . May 12, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^ Stone, Larry (June 11, 2016). "Mariners scouting legend Wayne Norton battles ALS with courage, grace" . The Seattle Times . Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
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