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Norm Cash played 17 major-league seasons (1958-1974) as a 1B (1,943), OF (11). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 25 | CHA | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 | 42 |
| 1959 | 26 | CHA | 58 | 104 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 9 | .240 | .747 | 112 |
| 1960 | 27 | DET | 121 | 353 | 64 | 101 | 18 | 63 | 4 | 65 | 58 | .286 | .903 | 151 |
| 1961 | 28 | DET | 159 | 535 | 119 | 193 | 41 | 132 | 11 | 124 | 85 | .361 | 1.148 | 214 |
| 1962 | 29 | DET | 148 | 507 | 94 | 123 | 39 | 89 | 6 | 104 | 82 | .243 | .894 | 147 |
| 1963 | 30 | DET | 147 | 493 | 67 | 133 | 26 | 79 | 2 | 89 | 76 | .270 | .856 | 147 |
| 1964 | 31 | DET | 144 | 479 | 63 | 123 | 23 | 83 | 2 | 70 | 66 | .257 | .804 | 129 |
| 1965 | 32 | DET | 142 | 467 | 79 | 124 | 30 | 82 | 6 | 77 | 62 | .266 | .883 | 157 |
| 1966 | 33 | DET | 160 | 603 | 98 | 168 | 32 | 93 | 2 | 66 | 91 | .279 | .829 | 144 |
| 1967 | 34 | DET | 152 | 488 | 64 | 118 | 22 | 72 | 3 | 81 | 100 | .242 | .783 | 138 |
| 1968 | 35 | DET | 127 | 411 | 50 | 108 | 25 | 63 | 1 | 39 | 70 | .263 | .816 | 153 |
| 1969 | 36 | DET | 142 | 483 | 81 | 135 | 22 | 74 | 2 | 63 | 80 | .280 | .831 | 139 |
| 1970 | 37 | DET | 130 | 370 | 58 | 96 | 15 | 53 | 0 | 72 | 58 | .259 | .823 | 135 |
| 1971 | 38 | DET | 135 | 452 | 72 | 128 | 32 | 91 | 1 | 59 | 86 | .283 | .903 | 163 |
| 1972 | 39 | DET | 137 | 440 | 51 | 114 | 22 | 61 | 0 | 50 | 64 | .259 | .783 | 140 |
| 1973 | 40 | DET | 121 | 363 | 51 | 95 | 19 | 40 | 1 | 47 | 73 | .262 | .828 | 132 |
| 1974 | 41 | DET | 53 | 149 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 30 | .228 | .744 | 113 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | OF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1B | 31 | 25 | 231 | 14 | 4 | 19 |
| 1960 | 1B | 99 | 86 | 739 | 59 | 7 | 68 |
| 1960 | OF | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1B | 157 | 157 | 1231 | 127 | 11 | 121 |
| 1962 | 1B | 146 | 143 | 1081 | 116 | 10 | 94 |
| 1962 | OF | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1B | 142 | 138 | 1161 | 99 | 7 | 93 |
| 1964 | 1B | 137 | 129 | 1105 | 92 | 4 | 97 |
| 1965 | 1B | 139 | 129 | 1091 | 97 | 9 | 96 |
| 1966 | 1B | 158 | 156 | 1271 | 114 | 17 | 118 |
| 1967 | 1B | 146 | 131 | 1135 | 112 | 6 | 89 |
| 1968 | 1B | 117 | 105 | 924 | 88 | 8 | 66 |
| 1969 | 1B | 134 | 127 | 1016 | 96 | 7 | 99 |
| 1970 | 1B | 114 | 100 | 868 | 70 | 10 | 76 |
| 1971 | 1B | 131 | 122 | 1020 | 75 | 9 | 105 |
| 1972 | 1B | 134 | 119 | 1060 | 70 | 8 | 102 |
| 1973 | 1B | 114 | 104 | 856 | 64 | 8 | 72 |
| 1974 | 1B | 44 | 41 | 368 | 24 | 6 | 32 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Norm Cash won: TSN All-Star 1961 (AL), TSN All-Star 1971 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1971, 1968, 1966, 1965, 1962, 1961.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 151 / 280 | 1 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 3 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 33 | 1 / 280 | 0 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 23 / 280 | 0 |
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 3 / 280 | 0 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
Norm Cash ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | first basemen | 1961 | 214 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.