2013 Baseball Roster
Roster
Daryl Norris
- Position:
- INF/RHP
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fairhope, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Fairhope HS
CAREER:
Played three seasons for the Bulldogs, seeing time both as a position player and a pitcher ยท Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week in 2011 ยท Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll ยท Played in 110 contests, starting in 93 ยท Hit .263 with 14 doubles, 2 triples and a home run ยท Scored 45 runs while driving in 53 ยท Made 17 appearances on the mound, including one start ยท Owned a 2-0 record with a 3.64 ERA while striking out 28 and walking 14 in 29.2 innings.
2013:
Made appearances in 33 games in the field, drawing 23 starts, and also appeared in 3 games on the mound ยท Hit .219 with 8 RBIโs in his junior season ยท Walked 9 times in 64 plate appearances ยท Struck out 9 batters in 4.1 Innings on the mound ยท Made his first pitching appearance of the year vs Oral Roberts May 14 pitching 1.1 innings of 1 hit ball ยท Threw a season high 3 innings vs #1 Vanderbilt May 25 ยท Tallied 2 hits and an RBI vs Central Arkansas March 9 ยท Picked up 2 hits and 2 RBIโs vs Purdue on Feb. 23 ยท Tied a career high 3 hits in an Opening Day win against Portland ยท Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 22nd round of the 2013 MLB Draft.
2012:
Played in 45 games with 43 starts during an injury-impacted sophomore season โข Drew his first career start at third base against Washington State (Feb. 17) on opening day and started 35 games at the hot corner โข Also made eight starts as the DH after missing 15 games with a knee injury โข Hit .273 and set career highs with 38 hits and 25 RBI โข Did not pitch as a sophomore โข Hits in 25 games and RBI in 17 games โข Led team with seven game-winning RBI, including walk-off RBI double in series-clinching win over Vanderbilt (Apr. 8) โข Registered another GWRBI with his first career home run, a 3-run blast against Kentucky (May 18) โข Hits in 12 of his first 13 games and finished with 10 multi-hit games, seven of those prior to his knee injury (Mar. 7) โข Set a career-high with three hits in a 3-for-4 game against Washington State (Feb. 17) on openingย day โข Matched that with three-hit performances against Lipscomb (Mar. 3) and Vanderbilt (Apr. 8) โข After a month's absence due to injury returned to the lineup as the DH in the Vanderbilt series โขย Went 6-for-10 with four RBI against the Commodores โข Collected season-high three RBI in Vandy series finale โข Lashed six doubles, four in his first six games โข Returned to starting role at third base in Saturday game of South Carolina series (Apr. 14) โข Belted his first career home run in series-clinching win over Kentucky (May 18), his seventh GWRBI โข Hit .218 with starts in 18 of his 20 SEC games played โข Among 19 Bulldogs named to the 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2011:
Dual position performer as a rookie with 19 starts at first base, eight starts as the DH and 14 mound appearances โข Compiled a .277 batting average with five doubles and a triple โข Also posted a 2-0 pitching record with a save with a 3.20 earned run average and held opponents to a .213 batting average, second-best on the staff โข Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors twice (Feb. 20 and Mar. 28), starring on opening weekend against Akron and Lamar and later against Auburn โข Made his collegiate debut on opening day with two innings of scoreless relief pitching, fanning five of the seven batters he faced in MSU's 11-0 shutout of Akron (Feb. 18) โข Drew his first collegiate start the next day at first base against Akron (Feb. 19) โข Collected a double, a triple and drove in five runs in an impressive 3-for-5 debut day at the plate โข Added a 2-for-3, 3-RBI showing as the DH against Lamar (Feb. 20) to nail down the SEC's first weekly rookie honor in 2011 โข Claimed the SEC Freshman of the Week honor again after a series against Auburn (Mar. 28) โข Went 5-for-9 (.556) with four runs scored in two starts at first base and picked up his first career win with a season-longest 5.1-inning relief stint and career-first win in a series sweep-clinching Sunday win over the Tigers โข Recorded his second win with 3.1 scoreless inning of relief at South Alabama (May 3) โข Picked up his first career save with 3.2 innings of successful game-closing pitching against Georgia State (Mar. 6) โข Registered 19 strikeouts in 25.1 innings of mound duty โข Made his first pitching start (1.0 innings) against eventual national champion South Carolina (Apr. 24) โข Singled, doubled and drove in four runs in a 9-4 win over Eastern Illinois (Mar. 15) โข Reached base in 21 consecutive games, second-best on the team โข Hit .237 with a .370 on-base percentage in 15 SEC games played (11 starts) โข Compiled a 1-0 record with a 3.38 ERA over 13.1 innings pitched in seven SEC mound appearances (1 start) โข One of three Diamond Dogs with a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the 2011 fall term.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Versatile dual position, multi-sport standout as an infielder and pitcher at Fairhope (Ala.) High School โข Coached by Stu Fuller โข Highly-decorated prep star, honored as the Louisville Slugger Player of the Year for Alabama, the Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year and as the Alabama Sports Writers Association Mr. Baseball for 2010 โข Compiled an 11-2 record with a 2.31 ERA and 108 strikeouts as a senior โข Helped lead the Pirates to a 35-9 record and a berth in the 2010 AHSAA Class 6A state semifinals โข Played four different infield positions, batting .444 with 67 runs scored, 65 RBI, 13 doubles and 11 home runs โข Registered an 8-3 record with a save and a 1.25 earned run average en route to Louisville Slugger All-American and Alabama Class 6A All-State/Player of the Year honors as a junior โข Hit a team-leading .487 with 57 hits, 50 RBI and 13 home runs โข 2009 Alabama Sports Writers and Birmingham News All-State selection and Mobile Press Register Deadly Diamond All-Metro team/Player of the Year selection โข Second-team all-state pick as a sophomore, hitting .410 while posting a 3-3 worksheet with two saves, an 0.94 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 37 innings โข Four-time All-Baldwin County selection and a four-year regular in football โข Quarterbacked the Pirates and was invited to play in the Alabama-Mississippi High School All-Star Football Game โข Member of the National Honor Society and the Future Business Leaders of America.
DRAFT HISTORY:
Selected by the Texas Rangers in the 46th round of Major League Baseball's 2010 First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL:
Born Daryl Gordon Norris on June 12, 1991 in Mobile, Ala. โข Son of Charlotte and Ronnie Norris of Fairhope, Ala. โข Majoring in business administration.
