Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- Rice
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- Rice
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 605
- W
- 51
- L
- 54
- ERA
- 3.71
- IP
- 899.1
- K
- 808
- BB
- 409
- WHIP
- 1.34
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | CIN | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3.96 | 61.1 | 39 | 20 | 1.30 |
| 1989 | CIN | 69 | 8 | 3 | 2.93 | 95.1 | 98 | 40 | 1.12 |
| 1990 | CIN | 56 | 12 | 9 | 2.74 | 154.1 | 117 | 70 | 1.30 |
| 1991 | CIN | 39 | 3 | 5 | 2.91 | 108.1 | 77 | 34 | 1.16 |
| 1992 | CIN | 64 | 4 | 2 | 2.99 | 81.1 | 90 | 26 | 1.29 |
| 1993 | SEA | 34 | 1 | 3 | 2.34 | 34.2 | 48 | 17 | 1.13 |
| 1995 |  PHI/SEA | 55 | 4 | 6 | 3.36 | 69.2 | 70 | 31 | 1.11 |
| 1996 | SEA | 70 | 4 | 7 | 4.04 | 75.2 | 73 | 38 | 1.40 |
| 1997 | SEA | 71 | 3 | 8 | 7.27 | 69.1 | 55 | 47 | 1.96 |
| 1998 |  BAL/ATL | 49 | 2 | 1 | 5.44 | 48.0 | 47 | 33 | 1.79 |
| 1999 | TB | 42 | 2 | 3 | 4.44 | 50.2 | 45 | 36 | 1.68 |
| 2000 | CIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 4.00 |
| 2001 | SEA | 44 | 4 | 2 | 3.02 | 47.2 | 48 | 11 | 0.99 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 17
- W
- 3
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 1.08
- IP
- 25.0
- K
- 22
- BB
- 9
- WHIP
- 0.88
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 27
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 1
- K/9
- 8.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 77
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | CIN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1990 | CIN | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1991 | CIN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1992 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1993 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1995 | PHI/SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1996 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1997 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1998 | BAL/ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1999 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
What were Norm Charlton's career stats?
Norm Charlton played 13 seasons for the Reds, the Mariners and the Rays. He had 51 wins and 808 strikeouts with a 3.71 ERA over 899.1 innings. His best season was 1990: 12 wins, a 2.74 ERA and 117 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1988 to 2001
Championships
- 1990 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds
All-time career rank
- 184th in saves (97)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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