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Norm
Siebern		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: July 26, 1933 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1960    1961    1962    1963    1965   
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
1956 22 CLE AL     6 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 9 9 6 7 6
1957 23 CLE AL     6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7
1958 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 10 9 6 7 7
1959 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 10 9 6 7 7
1960 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 5 7 6 8 10 9 6 7 7
1961 27 CLE AL $ 5,128,571   9 9 8 8 8 8 5 7 6 8 10 9 7 8 7
1962 28 TAM AL $ 5,128,571   9 9 8 8 8 8 5 7 6 8 10 9 7 8 7
1963 29 TAM AL $ 7,350,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 9 9 6 7 7
1964 30 TAM AL $ 7,350,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 9 9 7 8 7
1965 31 NYA AL $ 7,350,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 9 9 6 7 7
1966 32 NYA AL $ 7,350,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 9 9 6 7 7
1967 33 NYA AL $ 7,350,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 9 9 5 6 6
1968 34 NYA AL $ 7,350,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 3 4 3 6 8 7 4 5 5
1969 35 WAS NL $ 2,850,000   6 6 5 3 4 4 2 4 3 4 5 5 3 3 3
1970 36 CLE AL $ 2,850,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,350,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 5 7 6 8 10 9 7 8 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
1956 22 AAA   137 486 98 140 22 1 34 97 6 8 105 89 .288 .415 .547 .962 108.3  
1957 23 AAA   136 506 97 174 28 6 32 102 8 5 78 73 .344 .432 .613 1.044 121.0  
1958 24 CLE AL 133 429 56 106 19 5 20 58 2 0 68 67 .247 .349 .455 .804 66.8 12.3
1959 25 CLE AL 146 458 80 122 27 2 22 72 0 0 76 87 .266 .366 .478 .844 79.8 17.2
1960 26 CLE AL 157 532 89 167 27 3 32 107 0 1 98 86 .314 .420 .556 .977 116.8 31.0
1961 27 CLE AL 156 583 117 184 28 5 34 109 0 0 85 95 .316 .401 .556 .957 117.5 30.1
1962 28 TAM AL 155 580 104 172 28 5 34 94 2 0 90 98 .297 .388 .538 .926 115.7 26.2
1963 29 TAM AL 155 561 86 179 18 4 33 116 1 0 98 76 .319 .418 .542 .960 114.5 28.8
1964 30 TAM AL 155 564 97 167 27 3 21 89 1 0 79 66 .296 .381 .466 .847 95.8 23.3
1965 31 TAM AL 26 96 13 30 2 1 3 17 0 1 10 19 .313 .377 .448 .825 15.0 3.9
  NYA AL 132 466 56 119 15 1 11 51 2 3 63 79 .255 .345 .363 .707 60.3 11.1
  TOT   158 562 69 149 17 2 14 68 2 4 73 98 .265 .350 .377 .727 75.3 15.0
1966 32 NYA AL 157 555 84 164 21 4 20 83 1 5 71 90 .295 .372 .456 .828 89.2 18.8
1967 33 NYA AL 155 565 100 174 19 2 16 91 2 1 85 87 .308 .397 .434 .831 95.5 21.3
1968 34 NYA AL 157 549 63 145 18 5 17 72 3 2 68 112 .264 .343 .408 .752 77.9 12.8
1969 35 NYA AL 101 354 37 108 11 2 6 37 2 3 53 68 .305 .397 .398 .795 54.7 12.0
  WAS NL 40 112 15 29 4 1 5 15 0 1 16 23 .259 .352 .446 .798 16.9 3.3
  TOT   141 466 52 137 15 3 11 52 2 4 69 91 .294 .386 .410 .796 71.5 15.3
1970 36 CLE AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   103 368 48 87 12 0 10 37 0 0 56 98 .236 .337 .351 .688 47.6  
    A   28 67 10 18 1 0 2 6 0 0 12 15 .269 .380 .373 .753 10.5  
13 Years Sim 1827 6407 997 1866 264 43 274 1011 16 17 960 1054 .291 .382 .474 .856 1116.0 252.1
3 Years AAA 376 1360 243 401 62 7 76 236 14 13 239 260 .295 .399 .518 .917 276.9  
1 Years A 28 67 10 18 1 0 2 6 0 0 12 15 .269 .380 .373 .753 10.5  
4 Years Minors 404 1427 253 419 63 7 78 242 14 13 251 275 .294 .398 .512 .909 287.4  
162 Game Average 568 88 165 23 3 24 89 1 1 85 93 .291 .382 .474 .856 99.0  
Career Highs 158 583 117 184 28 5 34 116 3 5 98 112 .319 .420 .556 .977 117.5  
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   4528 748 1391 194 32 197 758 10 9 720 624 .307 .400 .495 .895 883.2
vs LH   1879 249 475 70 11 77 253 6 8 240 430 .253 .337 .425 .761 276.6
Home 907 3149 463 932 129 27 128 510 10 8 456 539 .296 .384 .476 .860 570.7
Away 920 3258 534 934 135 16 146 501 6 9 504 515 .287 .380 .472 .852 589.0
RISP   1519 0 460 63 14 71 703 0 0 320 264 .303 .415 .503 .918 325.3
Pinch Hitting   102 12 20 2 0 3 11 0 0 20 20 .196 .328 .304 .632 12.2
Close/Late   718 102 212 29 0 32 107 0 0 148 97 .295 .412 .469 .882 144.2
Mar/Apr 296 1063 164 311 39 6 37 157 3 4 134 179 .293 .371 .445 .816 174.7
May 319 1142 159 344 45 12 48 176 3 3 155 179 .301 .383 .488 .871 209.2
June 308 1059 170 321 37 10 45 173 4 3 170 174 .303 .398 .484 .882 203.1
July 290 1011 154 293 46 4 44 164 3 2 159 162 .290 .385 .474 .859 185.2
August 313 1103 172 297 54 8 48 182 2 3 171 186 .269 .366 .463 .829 190.0
Sep/Oct 301 1029 178 300 43 3 52 159 1 2 171 174 .292 .389 .491 .880 197.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1958 24 CLE AL LF 128 111 962.0 176 3 1 1 .994 1.67 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1959 25 CLE AL LF 135 118 1086.7 191 3 3 1 .985 1.61 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    1B 5 1 20.0 28 1 0 2 1.000 13.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 26 CLE AL LF 150 147 1284.3 175 10 1 2 .995 1.30 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    1B 6 0 11.3 14 1 0 0 1.000 11.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 27 CLE AL LF 150 149 1303.0 197 9 2 2 .990 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 3 0 6.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 28 TAM AL LF 130 130 1139.0 203 2 1 0 .995 1.62 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 20 20 170.0 33 1 4 1 .895 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 9.0 11 2 0 3 1.000 13.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 29 TAM AL LF 151 149 1299.0 220 3 10 1 .957 1.55 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 5.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 30 TAM AL LF 149 148 1275.0 246 5 2 2 .992 1.77 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    1B 3 0 9.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 10.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 31 TAM AL 1B 16 16 141.7 154 13 1 13 .994 10.61 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 9 8 72.2 14 0 1 0 .933 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYA AL 1B 82 80 709.9 770 65 6 65 .993 10.59 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 46 40 361.8 69 1 3 0 .959 1.74 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   1B 98 96 851.6 924 78 7 78 .993 10.59   1.0
      LF 55 48 434.0 83 1 4 0 .955 1.74   1.0
      2B 1 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
1966 32 NYA AL LF 147 146 1276.7 239 6 2 2 .992 1.73 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    1B 7 0 16.0 17 3 0 6 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 33 NYA AL LF 145 145 1298.0 231 4 2 1 .992 1.63 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    1B 6 0 13.0 14 1 0 2 1.000 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 34 NYA AL LF 146 146 1248.0 205 7 5 1 .977 1.53 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    1B 8 0 11.7 15 1 0 1 1.000 12.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 35 NYA AL 1B 27 22 205.6 258 19 5 34 .982 12.13 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 17 17 156.6 36 0 2 0 .947 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 5 47.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.5 0 1 1 0 .500 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WAS NL 1B 11 9 64.4 81 6 1 11 .989 12.16 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 7 7 49.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 2 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 38 31 270.0 339 25 6 45 .984 12.13   0.7
      RF 24 24 205.6 47 0 3 0 .940 2.06   0.4
      LF 7 7 61.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.0
      SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
1970 36 CLE AL 1B 1 0 6.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1493 1444 12667.4 2180 53 33 13 .985 1.59 0 0 .000 0 24.8
  1B 182 128 1229.3 1393 113 13 139 .991 11.03 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  RF 25 24 207.6 47 0 3 0 .940 2.04 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  CF 20 20 170.0 33 1 4 1 .895 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 2 1 11.0 1 2 1 0 .750 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1724 1618 14300.2 3661 171 54 154 .986 2.41 0 0 .000 0 27.2
Career Highs   156 150 1318.0 1009 81 11 79 1.000 7.60 0 0 .000 0  
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
1960 26 CLE AL 11 38 4 9 1 2 1 2 0 0 5 12 .237 .326 .447 .773
1962 28 TAM AL 12 49 9 22 5 0 5 13 0 0 10 2 .449 .542 .857 1.400
1963 29 TAM AL 7 22 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 .273 .407 .273 .680
1964 30 TAM AL 5 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 .188 .381 .375 .756
1966 32 NYA AL 5 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .063 .250 .063 .313
1967 33 NYA AL 9 39 7 5 1 0 2 5 1 0 3 14 .128 .190 .308 .498
1969 35 WAS NL 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432
Career Post-Season Batting 53 191 23 48 7 2 9 21 1 0 33 44 .251 .362 .450 .812
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
1960-1-.314
1961-4-.316
1962-10-.297
1963-3-.319
1964-10-.296
1967-5-.308
 On-Base Pct
1960-1-.420
1961-3-.401
1962-4-.388
1963-1-.418
1964-6-.381
1966-9-.372
1967-3-.397
 Slugging Pct
1960-3-.556
1961-3-.556
1962-2-.538
1963-2-.542
1964-10-.466
 OPS
1960-3-.977
1961-3-.957
1962-2-.926
1963-2-.960
1964-8-.847
 XR
1960-3-116.8
1961-3-117.5
1962-2-115.7
1963-2-114.5
1964-4-95.8
1967-6-95.5
 Games
1960-2-157
1961-5-156
1964-9-155
1965-3-158
1966-2-157
1968-5-157
At-Bats
1964-9-564
 Runs
1960-6-89
1961-2-117
1962-1-104
1964-1-97
1967-6-100
 Hits
1960-9-167
1961-4-184
1962-9-172
1963-6-179
1964-6-167
1967-4-174
 Total Bases
1960-6-296
1961-4-324
1962-4-312
1963-3-304
1964-7-263
 Singles
1961-9-117
1964-10-116
1965-7-116
1966-8-119
1967-2-137
 Homeruns
1960-4-32
1961-4-34
1962-3-34
1963-3-33
1964-9-21
RBIs
1960-4-107
1961-4-109
1962-6-94
1963-3-116
1964-5-89
 Walks
1960-3-98
1961-3-85
1962-3-90
1963-2-98
1964-6-79
1965-10-73
1967-10-85
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 133    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1956
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1958, off Ryne Duren (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1958, off Don Drysdale (NYA)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1958, hitting .438 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1959, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1960, hitting .636 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1960, hitting .393 with 7 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1960, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1961, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1961, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1961, hitting .522 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/21/1962 (Going to CLE: C Stan Lopata, C Hal Smith, P Ralph Terry, LF Manny Jimenez, C Phil Roof. Going to TAM: LF Norm Siebern, 1B Jim Gentile)
3/23/1962: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $7,350,000 per year, for 6 years
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1962, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1963, hitting .364 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 9 RBI against Seattle on 7/27/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1963, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1964, hitting .440 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1964, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1964, hitting .358 with 6 HR, 19 RBI
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 5/1/1965 (Going to NYA: LF Norm Siebern. Going to TAM: CF Ty Cline, P Dan Schneider)
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1966, hitting .333 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,850,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from New York (A) to Washington on 7/31/1969 (Going to NYA: 3B Aurelio Rodriguez. Going to WAS: LF Norm Siebern)
Traded from Washington to Cleveland (A) on 7/31/1970 (Going to CLE: LF Nate Colbert, LF Norm Siebern. Going to WAS: C John Bateman, P Jack Billingham)
 
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