Wayne Norton
Wayne Norton (November 13, 1942 – January 6, 2018) was a Canadian professional baseball outfielder, coach, and scout. He played 10 seasons in Minor League Baseball, then had a lengthy career as a coach and scout. Noted for his impact on baseball in Canada, Norton was inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016. Listed at and , he threw right-handed and batted left-handed. Biography Norton was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and grew up in Port Moody, British Columbia. He played amateur baseball in the Vancouver area for Coquitlam in the late 1950s, then played college baseball for the Whitworth Pirates in Spokane, Washington. After batting .419 during his freshman season, he signed with the New York Yankees in June 1961 and was assigned to the Florida State League (FSL). In his first professional season, Norton batted .238 with one home run and 21 runs batted in (RBIs) in 66 games with the St. Petersburg Saints of the FSL. After the season, he was claimed by the Kansas City Athletics in the minor-league portion of the Rule 5 draft. Norton went on to spend the remainder of his Minor League Baseball career within the Athletics organization. He first