Norm Cash

First Base

1958—1974

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#29

Player Detail

Norman Dalton
GIVEN NAME
Cash
SURNAME
November 10, 1933, in Justiceburg, TX
BORN
October 11, 1986, in Beaver Island, MI, USA
DIED
1958—1974
Playing Career
Played from 23-39
PLAYING AGE
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Detroit Tigers
PRIMARY TEAM
1968
World Series titles
Stormin' Norman
NICKNAME
25
UNIFORM NUMBER
#5 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
June 18, 1958
Major League Debut
August 6, 1974
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 First Baseman —
— Tigers ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Norm Cash?

Once took a table leg to plate to face Nolan Ryan when the flamethrower was pitching a no-hitter.
On June 11, 1961, “Stormin Norman” Cash became the first Detroit Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium.
  • Norm Cash Scouting Report

60

HITTING

70

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2089
1820
377
1104
.271
5 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
42.9
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.862
.763
113.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.271
.374
.488

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Jim Gentile
Norm Siebern
Dick Stuart
Boog Powell

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Bill Freehan
Earl Torgeson
Nellie Fox
Dick McAuliffe
Aurelio Rodriguez
Willie Horton
Mickey Stanley
Al Kaline
Jim Bunning
Mickey Lolich
Mayo Smith

Norm Cash Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Cash
509
138
79
18
3
29
84
79
83
3
248
224
.271
.374
.488
862
AVG 1B
527
138
68
22
3
19
61
83
4
223
203
.261
.340
.423
.763

Norm Cash Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
29
31
27
32
29
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
26
38
37
32
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Norm Cash PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
52.0
33.8
25.4
18.8
4.03
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Norm Cash
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
314.0
184.6
130.1
95.5
24.3
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Norm Cash
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B