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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

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