Norm
Cash
 
Nickname: Crusher
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 10, 1934 in Usa, TX, JUSTICEBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1960    1961    1963    1965    1966    1968   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 6
1959 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 5 6 6 8 10 9 6 7 7
1960 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 10 9 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7
1961 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 10 10 6 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 6
1962 27 BOS AL $ 4,757,143   8 8 8 9 10 10 6 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7
1963 28 BOS AL $ 4,757,143   9 9 8 9 10 10 6 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7
1964 29 BOS AL $ 8,780,000   8 8 8 9 10 10 6 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7
1965 30 STL NL $ 8,780,000   9 9 8 10 10 10 6 7 6 8 9 9 5 6 6
1966 31 STL NL $ 8,780,000   8 8 8 9 10 9 5 6 6 7 9 8 5 6 6
1967 32 STL NL $ 8,780,000   7 7 6 8 9 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 5
1968 33 STL NL $ 8,780,000   7 7 6 7 8 8 4 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 5
1969 34 STL NL $ 8,780,000   4 4 3 1 3 2 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
1970 35 MON NL $ 1,020,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,780,000   9 9 8 10 10 10 6 7 6 8 10 9 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 23 BOS AL 129 428 59 108 20 0 18 61 1 0 63 84 .252 .349 .425 .775 63.6 11.3
    AAA   26 91 23 23 2 1 9 23 2 1 23 15 .253 .404 .593 .997 22.3  
1959 24 BOS AL 145 503 88 123 26 0 28 91 0 0 78 107 .245 .351 .463 .814 84.6 17.9
1960 25 BOS AL 126 389 67 126 13 4 30 88 0 0 48 79 .324 .400 .609 1.009 87.4 20.8
1961 26 BOS AL 154 547 100 156 17 2 36 105 0 0 85 108 .285 .387 .521 .908 105.9 24.9
1962 27 BOS AL 155 545 87 148 22 2 34 94 0 0 90 101 .272 .375 .506 .881 102.2 23.8
1963 28 BOS AL 157 574 105 156 23 1 39 132 12 1 85 92 .272 .369 .519 .888 108.4 27.5
1964 29 BOS AL 127 470 71 129 12 3 31 77 6 2 61 78 .274 .361 .511 .872 84.1 19.6
1965 30 STL NL 156 546 97 164 32 2 35 110 5 4 72 104 .300 .384 .559 .943 109.7 28.7
1966 31 STL NL 156 533 108 130 22 3 39 109 2 1 88 116 .244 .355 .516 .871 97.0 21.9
1967 32 STL NL 157 546 85 145 24 0 30 79 0 0 76 99 .266 .357 .474 .831 94.1 21.7
1968 33 STL NL 156 527 69 142 27 1 25 76 0 0 67 122 .269 .353 .467 .820 82.9 16.2
1969 34 STL NL 120 347 33 83 12 0 12 43 0 0 41 86 .239 .324 .378 .702 44.7 5.5
1970 35 A   128 363 41 72 9 1 10 37 1 1 82 79 .198 .346 .311 .657 47.7  
12 Years Sim 1738 5955 969 1610 250 18 357 1065 26 8 854 1176 .270 .365 .498 .863 1064.5 239.8
1 Years AAA 26 91 23 23 2 1 9 23 2 1 23 15 .253 .398 .593 .992 22.3  
1 Years A 128 363 41 72 9 1 10 37 1 1 82 79 .198 .350 .311 .662 47.7  
2 Years Minors 154 454 64 95 11 2 19 60 3 2 105 94 .209 .360 .368 .728 70.0  
162 Game Average 555 90 150 23 1 33 99 2 0 79 109 .270 .365 .498 .863 99.2  
Career Highs 157 574 108 164 32 4 39 132 12 4 90 122 .324 .400 .609 1.009 109.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3956 686 1149 162 15 239 739 17 3 633 713 .290 .391 .520 .911 790.7
vs LH   1999 283 461 88 3 118 326 9 5 221 463 .231 .310 .455 .765 289.9
Home 861 2905 478 771 124 8 174 503 10 6 393 567 .265 .356 .493 .849 509.3
Away 877 3050 491 839 126 10 183 562 16 2 461 609 .275 .373 .503 .876 571.4
RISP   1525 0 394 57 4 107 696 0 0 277 309 .258 .368 .511 .879 297.9
Pinch Hitting   123 16 31 4 0 5 26 1 0 18 19 .252 .350 .407 .756 18.5
Close/Late   725 105 200 30 1 49 142 0 0 139 132 .276 .395 .523 .918 150.1
Mar/Apr 264 942 154 249 33 3 60 171 9 0 139 176 .264 .364 .497 .860 172.1
May 310 1073 177 280 46 2 66 192 8 1 161 218 .261 .360 .492 .852 193.0
June 275 942 154 254 40 3 49 162 3 2 131 181 .270 .361 .475 .835 161.9
July 283 986 166 296 46 2 69 217 2 2 117 185 .300 .378 .561 .939 197.3
August 306 1000 153 249 39 2 56 154 1 0 154 230 .249 .352 .460 .812 167.2
Sep/Oct 300 1012 165 282 46 6 57 169 3 3 152 186 .279 .374 .505 .879 189.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 23 BOS AL 1B 117 113 984.7 1070 72 4 101 .997 10.44   1.7
1959 24 BOS AL 1B 143 139 1224.3 1289 93 11 90 .992 10.16   2.3
1960 25 BOS AL 1B 114 99 895.3 962 81 12 74 .989 10.48   1.3
1961 26 BOS AL 1B 153 149 1345.0 1380 121 12 108 .992 10.04   2.5
1962 27 BOS AL 1B 152 146 1297.0 1353 99 8 111 .995 10.08   2.5
1963 28 BOS AL 1B 154 148 1343.7 1366 101 10 111 .993 9.83   3.4
1964 29 BOS AL 1B 126 120 1031.3 1077 74 6 109 .995 10.04   2.3
1965 30 STL NL 1B 150 144 1268.7 1428 115 10 111 .994 10.95   4.6
1966 31 STL NL 1B 154 145 1273.3 1499 122 11 121 .993 11.46   3.1
1967 32 STL NL 1B 155 147 1287.7 1414 103 22 141 .986 10.60   1.2
1968 33 STL NL 1B 152 147 1265.0 1371 108 14 112 .991 10.52   2.6
1969 34 STL NL 1B 110 93 837.3 954 71 12 88 .988 11.02   1.3
    RF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1680 1590 14053.3 15163 1160 132 1277 .992 10.45   28.9
  RF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1682 1590 14060.3 15163 1160 132 1277 .992 10.45   28.9
Career Highs   155 149 1345.0 1499 122 22 141 .997 11.46    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1958 23 BOS AL 14 49 8 11 1 0 3 4 0 0 9 7 .224 .367 .429 .795
1960 25 BOS AL 6 21 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .238 .333 .333 .667
1961 26 BOS AL 7 25 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 6 .160 .233 .280 .513
1963 28 BOS AL 20 72 4 17 2 1 1 11 0 1 4 12 .236 .282 .333 .615
1966 31 STL NL 5 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .158 .238 .158 .396
Career Post-Season Batting 52 186 17 40 5 1 5 22 0 1 21 37 .215 .300 .333 .634
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1965-7-.300
On-Base Pct
1961-6-.387
1962-6-.375
1963-10-.369
1965-2-.384
Slugging Pct
1960-5-.531*
1961-5-.521
1962-6-.506
1963-4-.519
1964-6-.511
1965-2-.559
1966-7-.516
CAR-49-.498
OPS
1960-5-.886*
1961-4-.908
1962-6-.881
1963-5-.888
1964-6-.872
1965-1-.943
1966-8-.871
CAR-50-.863
XR
1961-5-105.9
1962-4-102.2
1963-3-108.4
1965-2-109.7
1966-8-97.0
1967-6-94.1
Games
1963-7-157
1965-6-156
1966-9-156
1967-4-157
1968-7-156
Runs
1961-4-100
1962-9-87
1963-2-105
1965-4-97
1966-2-108
Hits
1965-10-164
Total Bases
1961-6-285
1962-5-276
1963-4-298
1965-2-305
Doubles
1965-3-32
Homeruns
1960-8-30
1961-3-36
1962-3-34
1963-2-39
1964-2-31
1965-4-35
1966-3-39
1967-6-30
1968-10-25
RBIs
1961-5-105
1962-6-94
1963-1-132
1965-2-110
1966-3-109
Walks
1959-10-78
1961-3-85
1962-3-90
1963-3-85
1965-8-72
1966-4-88
1967-7-76
Strikeouts
1966-10-116
1968-7-122
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 120    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1958
Had first career hit on 5/2/1958, off Ray Herbert (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1958, off Jim Coates (SDP)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 5/27/1959
Injured on 5/31/1959 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 6/16/1959
Injured on 4/11/1960 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/29/1960
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/11/1961
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 6/14/1961
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,757,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1962, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1962, hitting .381 with 8 HR, 22 RBI
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,757,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1963, hitting .361 with 10 HR, 37 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1963, hitting .560 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
9/1/1963: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $8,780,000 per year, for 6 years
Injured on 6/11/1964 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1964, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Traded from Boston (A) to St. Louis on 2/7/1965 (Going to STL: 1B Norm Cash, RF Walt Williams. Going to BOS: 1B Willie Mccovey, P Chuck Stobbs)
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/17/1965
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1965, hitting .379 with 9 HR, 32 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/2/1965
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 6/4/1966
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1967, hitting .462 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1967, hitting .340 with 7 HR, 12 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Toronto, driving in 7 runs on 4/24/1968
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1968, hitting .360 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/4/1970 to a 4-year deal worth $1,020,000 per year