What years did Bud Norris play?

Bud Norris played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018.

Was Bud Norris a pitcher?

Yes. Bud Norris pitched in the major leagues, recording 67 wins and 1153 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bud Norris hit?

Bud Norris hit 0 career home runs with 32 hits.

What were Bud Norris's career stats?

In 355 games, Bud Norris went 67-90 with a 4.45 ERA, 1,153 strikeouts, 1,221.1 innings pitched, and 47 saves. At the plate he had 32 hits and 0 home runs.

What was Bud Norris's salary?

Bud Norris's last recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $8,800,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $401,000, in 2010. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.

What position did Bud Norris play?

Bud Norris played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Bud Norris and how much did he weigh?

Bud Norris was listed at 6 feet and 215 pounds.

What was Bud Norris's career ERA?

Bud Norris finished with a 4.45 career ERA, going 67-90 with 1,153 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Bud Norris have?

Bud Norris recorded 1,153 career strikeouts.

Is Bud Norris in the Hall of Fame?

No. Bud Norris has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Bud Norris

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2018)

Bud Norris was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018 for 7 teams, including the Houston Astros, a span of 10 seasons. Across 355 career appearances, he went 67-90 with a 4.45 ERA, 1,153 strikeouts, and 47 saves. He also batted .157 with 0 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 67–90

ERA 4.45

WHIP 1.40

SO 1,153

Pitcher PIV -5840.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 215 lb
Born: 3/2/1985 in Greenbrae, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2009-07-29
Last Game: 2018-09-28

Full name: David Stefan Norris

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bud Norris — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
67	90	355	188	0	0	47	1221.1	1,220	604	156	485	1,153	4.45	-5840.8

Career ERA 4.45 vs. league average 4.06 across their career seasons — 9.6% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bud Norris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2009	HOU	NL	6	3	11	10	0	55.2	59	28	25	54	4.53	4.32 (-5%)	-620.7
2010	HOU	NL	9	10	27	27	0	153.2	151	84	77	158	4.92	4.08 (-21%)	-330.4
2011	HOU	NL	6	11	31	31	0	186.0	177	78	70	176	3.77	3.94 (+4%)	-360.8
2012	HOU	NL	7	13	29	29	0	168.1	165	87	66	165	4.65	4.01 (-16%)	-903.7
2013	HOU	AL	6	9	21	21	0	126.0	135	55	43	90	3.93	3.87 (-2%)	-24.5
2013	BAL	AL	4	3	11	9	0	50.2	61	27	24	57	4.80	3.87 (-24%)	61.3
2014	BAL	AL	15	8	28	28	0	165.1	149	67	52	139	3.65	3.74 (+3%)	-1985.3
2015	BAL	AL	2	9	18	11	0	66.1	84	52	25	50	7.06	3.96 (-78%)	-2777.1
2015	SDN	NL	1	2	20	0	0	16.2	16	10	6	21	5.40	3.96 (-36%)	546.8
2016	ATL	NL	3	7	22	10	0	70.1	68	33	28	60	4.22	4.19 (-1%)	643.7
2016	LAN	NL	3	3	13	9	0	42.2	48	31	21	42	6.54	4.19 (-56%)	-1037.1
2017	LAA	AL	2	6	60	3	19	62.0	56	29	27	74	4.21	4.36 (+3%)	719.6
2018	SLN	NL	3	6	64	0	28	57.2	51	23	21	67	3.59	4.15 (+13%)	227.4
Career · 13 seasons			67	90	355	188	47	1,221.1	1,220	604	485	1,153	4.45	—	-5,841

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bud Norris — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
357	204	10	32	5	1	0	12	0	7	66	.157	.191	.191	.382	-1,037

Career AVG .157 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 38.4% below league average.

Career OBP .191 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 40.6% below league average.

Career SLG .191 vs. league average .407 across their career seasons — 53.0% below league average.

Career OPS .382 vs. league average .728 across their career seasons — 47.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Bud Norris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	HOU	NL	11	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	.188	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	HOU	NL	27	44	2	7	2	0	2	2	13	.159	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	HOU	NL	31	53	3	7	2	0	5	1	25	.132	.255 (-48%)	.320 (-55%)	.399 (-57%)	.719 (-56%)	-487.1
2012	HOU	NL	30	50	2	5	1	0	3	1	15	.100	.254 (-61%)	.318 (-64%)	.405 (-70%)	.724 (-68%)	-549.7
2013	HOU	AL	21	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	BAL	AL	11	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	BAL	AL	29	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	BAL	AL	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SDN	NL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	ATL	NL	22	12	1	2	0	1	0	3	5	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	LAN	NL	13	15	1	4	0	0	1	0	2	.267	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAA	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SLN	NL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			357	204	10	32	5	1	12	7	66	.157	—	—	—	—	-1,037

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Bud Norris — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Bud Norris — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2014	ALCS	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2014	ALDS2	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Bud Norris — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	2	2	0	10.2	11	4	2	9	3.38

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bud Norris — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2014	ALCS	BAL	0	0	1	1	0	4.1	9	4	0	3	8.31
2014	ALDS2	BAL	1	0	1	1	0	6.1	2	0	2	6	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bud Norris — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	179	90	3	14	0	3	.156
Away	178	114	7	18	0	9	.158

Pitching — Home / Away

Bud Norris — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	179	640.1	587	258	230	611	3.63
Away	176	581.0	633	346	255	542	5.36

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bud Norris — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2018-09-28	STL	CHC	—	0.0	1	1	0	1	0	0
2018-09-24	STL	MIL	L	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0
2018-09-16	STL	LAD	—	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2018-09-14	STL	LAD	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2018-09-11	STL	PIT	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2018-09-08	STL	DET	L	0.1	0	1	0	2	0	0
2018-09-03	STL	WAS	—	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	1
2018-09-02	STL	CIN	L	0.2	2	3	3	2	1	2
2018-08-28	STL	PIT	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-08-24	STL	COL	SV	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bud Norris — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	355	188	86	132	18	10

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bud Norris — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2009	HOU	P	11	10	1	3	0	0
2010	HOU	P	27	27	12	21	3	3
2011	HOU	P	31	31	22	29	3	0
2012	HOU	P	29	29	16	17	2	2
2013	HOU	P	21	21	8	15	0	2
2013	BAL	P	11	9	1	6	1	0
2014	BAL	P	28	28	9	15	1	0
2015	BAL	P	18	11	4	6	2	0
2015	SDN	P	20	0	2	0	0	0
2016	ATL	P	22	10	5	5	1	0
2016	LAN	P	13	9	1	5	0	1
2017	LAA	P	60	3	3	3	2	0
2018	SLN	P	64	0	2	7	3	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Bud Norris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	355

Salary History

Bud Norris's recorded salaries total $20,949,500 over 7 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Norris's career ran from 2009 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2009.

Bud Norris — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	ATL	NL	$2,500,000
2015	BAL	AL	$8,800,000
2014	BAL	AL	$5,300,000
2013	HOU	AL	$3,000,000
2012	HOU	NL	$511,000
2011	HOU	NL	$437,500
2010	HOU	NL	$401,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$20,949,500

College History

Bud Norris — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	CA	2004, 2005, 2006

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Career Spans

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Bud Norris: the record in brief

July 29, 2009 and September 28, 2018 bracket Bud Norris's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The season rows list, in order, the Houston Astros (2009 through 2013), the Baltimore Orioles (2013 to 2015), the San Diego Padres (2015), the Atlanta Braves (2016), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2017), and the St. Louis Cardinals (2018). Norris, a pitcher by primary position, both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 215 pounds on a 6-foot-0 frame. The birth record reads March 2, 1985, in Greenbrae, CA, USA. On the record, Bud Norris was born David Stefan Norris.

Norris's career pitching line is 67 wins, 90 losses and a 4.45 ERA over 355 appearances. The same table counts 1,153 strikeouts and 47 saves. The league ERA over Norris's seasons was 4.06, so the 4.45 figure ran 9.6% worse than average. The best win total was 15, in 2014. The strikeout high was 176 in 2011.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bud Norris

What years did Bud Norris play?: Bud Norris played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018.
Was Bud Norris a pitcher?: Yes. Bud Norris pitched in the major leagues, recording 67 wins and 1153 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bud Norris hit?: Bud Norris hit 0 career home runs with 32 hits.
What teams did Bud Norris play for?: Bud Norris played for 7 teams: the Houston Astros (2009–2013), the Baltimore Orioles (2013–2015), the San Diego Padres (2015), the Atlanta Braves (2016), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2017), and the St. Louis Cardinals (2018).
What were Bud Norris's career stats?: In 355 games, Bud Norris went 67-90 with a 4.45 ERA, 1,153 strikeouts, 1,221.1 innings pitched, and 47 saves. At the plate he had 32 hits and 0 home runs.
How much did Bud Norris earn in his career?: Bud Norris's recorded salaries total $20,949,500 over 7 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Norris's career ran from 2009 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2009.
What was Bud Norris's salary?: Bud Norris's last recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $8,800,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $401,000, in 2010. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.
What position did Bud Norris play?: Bud Norris played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Bud Norris and how much did he weigh?: Bud Norris was listed at 6 feet and 215 pounds.
What was Bud Norris's career ERA?: Bud Norris finished with a 4.45 career ERA, going 67-90 with 1,153 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bud Norris have?: Bud Norris recorded 1,153 career strikeouts.
Is Bud Norris in the Hall of Fame?: No. Bud Norris has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.