Greg Norton (baseball)

Greg Norton
Norton (left) with the Braves in 2008
Corner infielder / Hitting coach
Born: (1972-07-06) July 6, 1972 (age 44) San Leandro, California
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 18, 1996, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 2009, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average	.249
Home runs	89
Runs batted in	338
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1996–2000) Colorado Rockies (2001–2003) Detroit Tigers (2004) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006–2007) Seattle Mariners (2008) Atlanta Braves (2008–2009)

Gregory Blakemoor Norton (born July 6, 1972) is a hitting coordinator in the Boston Red Sox Minor League system and a former corner infielder in Major League Baseball.

Born in San Leandro, California, Norton attended the University of Oklahoma.

Norton spent 13 years in the big leagues with six teams from 1996 through 2009. He began his coaching career with the Florida Marlins in 2010, and later served as hitting coach from 2013-15 at Auburn University. In January 2015, he joined the Red Sox organization.

Norton made his major league debut on August 18, 1996 for the Chicago White Sox, entering the game against the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth inning as a pinch-runner for designated hitter Harold Baines. He would score his first run three batters later on a two-out RBI single by left fielder Tony Phillips. Norton would get his first major league base hit the very next night facing the Detroit Tigers, when he singled against reliever José Lima as a pinch-hitter. His most productive year in Chicago came in 1999, when he hit .255 while getting 50 RBI and hitting 16 homers despite splitting playing time at first base with 3 other players (including slugger Frank Thomas).