Norris Hopper
CF · Last on a Brewers farm club: Nashville Sounds, 2010
- B/T
- R/R
- Size
- 5' 11", 205 lb
- Born
- 1979-03-24 · Shelby, NC, USA
- Acquired
- Drafted 1998, round 8, pick 227, by Kansas City Royals
- MLB debut
- 2006-08-20
The path and tables below cover his minor-league seasons with any club, as the MLB Stats API lists them, through 2026. His major-league seasons are in the "Major leagues" section.
Level path
- ROK1998GCL Royals
- ROK1999GCL Royals
- A1999Charleston AlleyCats
- A2000Charleston AlleyCats
- A+2001Wilmington Blue Rocks
- A+2002Wilmington Blue Rocks
- AA2003Wichita Wranglers
- AA2004Wichita Wranglers
- AA2005Chattanooga Lookouts
- AA2006Chattanooga Lookouts
- AAA2006Louisville Bats
- A+2007Sarasota Reds
- AAA2007Louisville Bats
- A+2008Sarasota Reds
- AAA2008Louisville Bats
- AAA2009Louisville Bats
- AAA2009Charlotte Knights
- AAA2009Syracuse Chiefs
- AAA2009
- AAA2010Nashville Sounds
- AAA2012Petroleros de Minatitlan
Hitting
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | ROK | GCL Royals | 19 | 40 | 150 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | .308 | .365 | .338 | .703 | .030 | 8.0% | 8.7% | .333 |
| 1999 | ROK | GCL Royals | 20 | 46 | 204 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 22 | .257 | .322 | .296 | .618 | .039 | 9.8% | 9.3% | .282 |
| 1999 | A | Charleston AlleyCats | 20 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .682 | 1.182 | .182 | 4.5% | 0.0% | .524 |
| 2000 | A | Charleston AlleyCats | 21 | 116 | 514 | 127 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 29 | 51 | 55 | 24 | .280 | .357 | .350 | .707 | .070 | 10.7% | 9.9% | .318 |
| 2001 | A+ | Wilmington Blue Rocks | 22 | 110 | 437 | 96 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 32 | 60 | 16 | .247 | .312 | .280 | .592 | .033 | 13.7% | 7.3% | .290 |
| 2002 | A+ | Wilmington Blue Rocks | 23 | 125 | 577 | 140 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 46 | 31 | 55 | 22 | .272 | .323 | .313 | .636 | .041 | 9.5% | 5.4% | .302 |
| 2003 | AA | Wichita Wranglers | 24 | 115 | 472 | 127 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 40 | 27 | 58 | 24 | .300 | .346 | .342 | .688 | .042 | 12.3% | 5.7% | .346 |
| 2004 | AA | Wichita Wranglers | 25 | 98 | 413 | 101 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 40 | 33 | 44 | 17 | .278 | .345 | .309 | .654 | .031 | 10.7% | 8.0% | .315 |
| 2005 | AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | 26 | 116 | 487 | 140 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 37 | 27 | 38 | 25 | .310 | .354 | .368 | .722 | .058 | 7.8% | 5.5% | .337 |
| 2006 | AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | 27 | 13 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .283 | .365 | .370 | .735 | .087 | 5.8% | 11.5% | .302 |
| 2006 | AAA | Louisville Bats | 27 | 98 | 410 | 133 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 26 | 20 | 25 | 25 | .347 | .378 | .392 | .770 | .045 | 6.1% | 4.9% | .369 |
| 2007 | A+ | Sarasota Reds | 28 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | .000 | 11.8% | 0.0% | .333 |
| 2007 | AAA | Louisville Bats | 28 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .353 | .267 | .620 | .000 | 5.9% | 5.9% | .286 |
| 2008 | A+ | Sarasota Reds | 29 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | .000 | 0.0% | 22.2% | .286 |
| 2008 | AAA | Louisville Bats | 29 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .353 | .647 | .059 | 22.2% | 0.0% | .385 |
| 2009 | AAA | Louisville Bats | 30 | 52 | 232 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 13 | .280 | .320 | .350 | .670 | .070 | 3.9% | 6.0% | .288 |
| 2009 | AAA | Charlotte Knights | 30 | 20 | 83 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .329 | .386 | .368 | .754 | .039 | 4.8% | 8.4% | .347 |
| 2009 | AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | 30 | 34 | 138 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | .252 | .336 | .269 | .605 | .017 | 8.7% | 10.1% | .280 |
| 2009 | AAA | — | 30 | 106 | 453 | 115 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 23 | .281 | .337 | .330 | .667 | .049 | 5.5% | 7.7% | .297 |
| 2010 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 31 | 119 | 509 | 131 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 38 | 37 | 43 | 22 | .286 | .337 | .317 | .654 | .031 | 8.4% | 7.3% | .313 |
| 2012 | AAA | Petroleros de Minatitlan | 33 | 20 | 76 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .243 | .293 | .300 | .593 | .057 | 6.6% | 6.6% | .262 |
OPS by game
No 2026 game log on record, so there is no chart.
Major leagues
Hitting
| Year | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Cincinnati Reds | 27 | 21 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .359 | .435 | .462 | .897 | .103 | 8.5% | 12.8% | .371 |
| 2007 | Cincinnati Reds | 28 | 121 | 335 | 101 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 14 | 20 | 33 | 14 | .329 | .371 | .388 | .759 | .059 | 9.9% | 6.0% | .367 |
| 2008 | Cincinnati Reds | 29 | 26 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .200 | .286 | .200 | .486 | .000 | 10.3% | 8.6% | .227 |
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Stats from the MLB Stats API, through Oct 9, 2026.