Connor David Norby (born June 8, 2000) is an American

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second baseman for the

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(MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the

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. Norby played

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for the

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Early life and amateur career

Norby was born and lived in

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, until he moved to

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, before starting high school at East Forsyth High School. Norby enrolled at

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and played

for the

. In his freshman season, he played in 26 games with two starts and batted .194. As a sophomore, he batted .403 with 25 hits and 14

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in 17 games before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. The following season, he batted .415 with 15

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s, 15 doubles, 51

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(RBIs) and 18

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s. He was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. He led

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with 102 total hits and was named a first team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association and ''

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'' and won the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award.

Professional career

Baltimore Orioles

The

selected Norby in the second round, with the 41st overall pick, in the

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. He signed with the team on July 16, 2021, and received a $1.7 million bonus. Norby was assigned to the Rookie-level

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to start his professional career. He was later promoted to the Delmarva Shorebirds of the Low-A East. Over 33 games between the two teams, he slashed .264/.380/.405 with three home runs, 19 RBI, and six stolen bases. For the start of the 2022 season, the Orioles assigned Norby to the High-A Aberdeen Ironbirds. Norby hit .237 with 8 home runs, 6 stolen bases, and an 8.8 walk percentage in 209 plate appearances with Aberdeen before he was promoted to the Double-A

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on June 27. He went 3-for-3 with a pair of runs scored, one RBI and walks each and a homer at the Triple-A National Championship Game won by the Norfolk Tides over the Oklahoma City Dodgers 7–6 on September 30. His homer to center came with two-outs in the 9th inning. Norby spent the 2023 campaign with Norfolk, playing in 138 games and hitting .290/.359/.483 with 21 home runs, 92 RBI, and 10 stolen bases. He began 2024 with Norfolk, batting .286/.374/.510 with nine home runs, 36 RBI, and seven stolen bases across 51 contests. On June 3, 2024, the Orioles selected Norby to the

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and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time. He went 0–for–3 with two swinging

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s as the starting second baseman in his MLB debut in a 7–2

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win over the

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later that evening. He achieved his first major league hit and RBI with a one-out two-run homer over the left-field wall off Nate Pearson in the eighth inning of a 10–1 victory over the same opponent the following night on June 4.

Miami Marlins

On July 30, 2024, the Orioles traded Norby and

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to the

in exchange for pitcher Trevor Rogers.

References

External links

East Carolina Pirates bio
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