Norm Cash Baseball player

Norman Dalton Cash (November 10, 1934 – October 11, 1986) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who spent almost his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. An outstanding power hitter, his 377 career home runs were the fourth most by an American League left-handed hitter when he retired, behind Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig; his 373 home runs with the Tigers rank second in franchise history behind his teammate Al Kaline (399). He also led the AL in assists three times and fielding percentage twice; he ranked among the all-time leaders in assists (4th, 1317) and double plays (10th, 1347) upon his retirement, and was fifth in AL history in games at first base (1943). He was known to fans and teammates during his playing days as "Stormin' Norman."

Personal facts

Norm Cash
Birth dateNovember 10, 1934
Birth place
Texas , Justiceburg Texas
Date of deathOctober 11, 1986
Place of death
Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)

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Baseball player

Career startJune 18, 1958
Career endAugust 06, 1974
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former teams
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
position
First baseman
teams
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
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Norm Cash on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070612&content_id=2021545&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
  2. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Norm_Cash_1934
  3. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B06270MIN1963.htm