[3][4][5] 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.

Norton would get his first major league base hit the very next night against the Detroit Tigers, when he singled against reliever José Lima as a pinch-hitter.

In his final year with the Rockies, Norton led the majors in successful pinch hits and pinch-hit RBI.

Tigers first baseman Carlos Peña led the team in home runs that year, leaving very little room for Norton.

In Norton's first year as a D-Ray, he bested his season home run total (17) and started a career high 26 games in right field.

On Mother's Day, May 14, 2006, Norton was one of more than 50 hitters who brandished a pink bat to benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation.

On February 13, 2008, Norton signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Seattle Mariners.