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Norm
Zauchin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 225
 
Born: November 17, 1929 in Usa, MI, ROYAL OAK
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 21 PIT NL     3 3 4 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 4
1952 22 NYA AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 5
1953 23 NYA AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1954 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6
1955 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 6
1956 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 6
1957 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 6
1958 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 6
1959 29 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1960 30 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1961 31 NYA AL $ 437,143   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 6
1962 32 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5
1963 33 CLN NL $ 842,387   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5
1964 34 CLN NL $ 842,387   4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 842,387   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
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
1951 21 A   137 505 134 162 18 1 70 185 1 1 118 82 .321 .449 .776 1.226 158.4  
1952 22 AAA   2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .273 .000 .273 0.3  
    AA   106 399 65 94 16 1 24 74 1 0 71 98 .236 .351 .461 .812 68.7  
    A   29 93 21 25 4 0 5 17 1 1 41 15 .269 .493 .473 .966 25.4  
1953 23 AAA   83 316 51 94 16 0 26 73 0 0 43 61 .297 .382 .595 .977 68.3  
    AA   54 182 32 48 4 0 12 36 0 0 53 43 .264 .430 .484 .913 41.3  
1954 24 NYA AL 110 284 40 75 14 1 16 47 0 0 35 51 .264 .344 .489 .833 49.1 11.8
    AAA   26 95 23 25 3 1 12 26 0 0 19 14 .263 .386 .695 1.081 24.7  
1955 25 NYA AL 8 31 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .258 .324 .290 .614 2.3 0.0
    AAA   137 510 96 157 21 3 38 109 1 3 94 87 .308 .416 .584 1.000 117.8  
1956 26 NYA AL 153 508 74 118 21 4 25 97 1 0 67 107 .232 .316 .437 .753 72.0 8.6
1957 27 NYA AL 67 139 8 22 7 0 3 14 0 0 16 38 .158 .253 .273 .527 9.0 0.0
    AAA   2 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .833 1.167 1.6  
1958 28 NYA AL 57 120 15 23 7 0 2 10 0 0 12 29 .192 .263 .300 .563 9.0 0.0
1959 29 NYA AL 60 86 10 21 5 1 2 9 0 1 10 21 .244 .323 .395 .718 10.3 1.7
1960 30 NYA AL 89 106 14 25 5 0 6 26 0 0 14 21 .236 .331 .453 .783 16.1 2.7
1961 31 NYA AL 99 122 15 21 1 0 6 18 0 0 17 32 .172 .271 .328 .599 11.8 0.4
1962 32 NYA AL 94 120 14 26 3 0 2 12 0 0 12 30 .217 .304 .292 .595 9.8 0.5
1963 33 AAA   137 531 81 138 13 3 26 57 0 2 65 117 .260 .341 .443 .783 81.7  
1964 34 AAA   136 486 74 136 15 1 32 80 3 1 71 105 .280 .372 .512 .884 92.7  
9 Years Sim 737 1516 194 339 64 6 62 236 1 1 186 336 .224 .308 .396 .705 189.4 25.6
7 Years AAA 523 1952 326 552 68 8 135 348 4 6 295 388 .283 .378 .533 .911 386.9  
2 Years AA 160 581 97 142 20 1 36 110 1 0 124 141 .244 .380 .468 .848 110.0  
2 Years A 166 598 155 187 22 1 75 202 2 2 159 97 .313 .453 .729 1.182 183.7  
11 Years Minors 849 3131 578 881 110 10 246 660 7 8 578 626 .281 .394 .559 .952 680.6  
162 Game Average 333 42 74 14 1 13 51 0 0 40 73 .224 .308 .396 .705 41.6  
Career Highs 153 508 74 118 21 4 25 97 1 1 67 107 .264 .344 .489 .833 72.0  
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   801 86 164 33 2 22 98 0 0 77 173 .205 .275 .333 .609 76.0
vs LH   715 108 175 31 4 40 138 1 1 109 163 .245 .344 .467 .811 119.2
Home 362 710 97 160 29 3 37 134 1 0 86 150 .225 .309 .431 .740 99.4
Away 375 806 97 179 35 3 25 102 0 1 100 186 .222 .308 .366 .674 95.8
RISP   380 0 100 19 2 22 175 0 0 59 69 .263 .351 .497 .848 69.1
Pinch Hitting   300 34 57 9 1 9 38 0 0 40 75 .190 .289 .317 .606 29.8
Close/Late   229 9 41 5 3 3 20 0 0 27 57 .179 .268 .266 .535 17.2
Mar/Apr 97 182 18 34 5 0 4 20 0 0 25 47 .187 .287 .280 .567 16.2
May 127 265 40 59 11 2 11 41 1 0 31 48 .223 .308 .404 .712 34.3
June 127 267 33 58 11 2 15 46 0 0 23 60 .217 .279 .442 .721 34.4
July 121 224 32 54 12 1 13 47 0 0 34 51 .241 .338 .478 .816 37.6
August 144 296 41 70 14 1 12 42 0 0 40 71 .236 .327 .412 .740 41.8
Sep/Oct 121 282 30 64 11 0 7 40 0 1 33 59 .227 .305 .340 .646 31.0
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
1954 24 NYA AL LF 86 68 612.0 143 2 1 0 .993 2.13   1.4
    3B 7 4 42.7 1 10 1 1 .917 2.32   0.1
    1B 3 1 15.0 16 1 0 1 1.000 10.20   0.0
1955 25 NYA AL 1B 7 7 60.7 73 8 0 7 1.000 12.02   0.2
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00   0.0
1956 26 NYA AL 3B 128 127 1049.0 66 267 4 15 .988 2.86   5.0
    1B 22 22 190.3 195 16 4 8 .981 9.98   0.2
1957 27 NYA AL RF 30 30 237.7 45 0 3 0 .938 1.70   0.7
    LF 5 5 40.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    3B 5 3 26.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
1958 28 NYA AL 3B 31 29 239.7 11 68 1 10 .988 2.97   1.0
    1B 5 2 21.3 26 3 0 4 1.000 12.24   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 29 NYA AL LF 10 9 75.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.16   0.2
    1B 4 2 27.0 35 1 0 6 1.000 12.00   0.1
    3B 6 2 25.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 30 NYA AL LF 19 6 70.0 22 2 0 0 1.000 3.09   0.4
    1B 5 2 24.7 26 4 0 5 1.000 10.95   0.1
    3B 3 2 20.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 31 NYA AL 3B 14 7 71.0 7 10 3 0 .850 2.15   0.1
    1B 12 5 56.0 54 6 0 4 1.000 9.64   0.1
    LF 9 2 29.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.1
1962 32 NYA AL 3B 55 12 192.0 17 42 2 1 .967 2.77   0.8
    LF 2 2 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    1B 5 1 14.0 17 0 0 2 1.000 10.93   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 250 187 1674.3 106 406 11 28 .979 2.75   7.1
  LF 131 92 842.0 200 5 1 1 .995 2.19   2.1
  1B 65 42 412.0 446 39 4 37 .992 10.60   0.7
  RF 33 30 242.7 45 0 3 0 .938 1.67   0.7
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   481 351 3175.0 798 450 19 66 .985 3.54   10.5
Career Highs   150 149 1239.3 261 283 8 23 1.000 10.59    
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.
RBIs
1956-10-97
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1951
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 7/31/1952 (Going to PIT: 1B Joe Adcock, P Saul Rogovin, P Dave Koslo. Going to NYA: P Hersh Freeman, 1B Norm Zauchin, CF Elmer Valo)
Had first career hit on 5/2/1954, off Harvey Haddix (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/1954, off Paul Foytack (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1956, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $437,143 through salary arbitration
3/3/1961: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/15/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $842,387 per year
9/1/1964: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
 
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