Norm Cash
1958–1974 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
2,089G
.271AVG
.374OBP
.488SLG
More career statistics
1,820H
377HR
1,103RBI
43SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 30 | 32 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,910 | 7,914 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,046 | 1,045 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,103 | 1,104 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,043 | 1,044 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,089 | 7,910 | 6,705 | 1,046 | 1,820 | 241 | 41 | 377 | 1,103 | 1,043 | 1,091 | 43 | 30 | 90 | 55 | 3,274 | .271 | .374 | .488 | .862 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1965-09-08 to 1965-09-25
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1960-08-03 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1961-05-13 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1972-09-21 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1050 | 3906 | 909 | 214 | 587 | 532 | 525 | .276 | .369 | .515 |
| Away | 1039 | 4008 | 911 | 163 | 517 | 512 | 566 | .267 | .355 | .463 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 213 | 831 | 169 | 41 | 115 | 136 | 95 | .250 | .367 | .470 |
| May | 359 | 1397 | 300 | 57 | 172 | 169 | 206 | .250 | .336 | .433 |
| June | 373 | 1363 | 311 | 72 | 190 | 164 | 194 | .265 | .348 | .504 |
| July | 390 | 1444 | 330 | 75 | 234 | 186 | 203 | .269 | .357 | .503 |
| August | 396 | 1568 | 381 | 72 | 209 | 230 | 217 | .292 | .390 | .502 |
| September | 342 | 1260 | 317 | 57 | 178 | 150 | 168 | .293 | .371 | .507 |
| October | 16 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | .286 | .412 | .571 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 252 | 993 | 249 | 49 | 145 | 137 | 126 | .295 | .389 | .527 |
| new-york-yankees | 246 | 898 | 213 | 39 | 117 | 109 | 146 | .276 | .359 | .477 |
| cleveland-guardians | 228 | 882 | 233 | 51 | 135 | 111 | 124 | .309 | .390 | .559 |
| baltimore-orioles | 224 | 796 | 152 | 29 | 89 | 112 | 129 | .230 | .332 | .404 |
| chicago-white-sox | 199 | 734 | 165 | 30 | 97 | 102 | 112 | .267 | .364 | .449 |
| minnesota-twins | 187 | 733 | 141 | 29 | 82 | 81 | 111 | .224 | .303 | .395 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 173 | 689 | 168 | 37 | 91 | 77 | 72 | .281 | .356 | .527 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 149 | 595 | 142 | 37 | 113 | 111 | 61 | .301 | .425 | .592 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Chicago White Sox | 13 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 58 | 104 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 1 | .240 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Detroit Tigers | 121 | 353 | 101 | 18 | 63 | 4 | .286 | – | – |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers | 159 | 535 | 193 | 41 | 132 | 11 | .361 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 148 | 507 | 123 | 39 | 89 | 6 | .243 | – | – |
| 1963 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 493 | 133 | 26 | 79 | 2 | .270 | – | – |
| 1964 | Detroit Tigers | 144 | 479 | 123 | 23 | 83 | 2 | .257 | – | – |
| 1965 | Detroit Tigers | 142 | 467 | 124 | 30 | 83 | 6 | .266 | – | – |
| 1966 | Detroit Tigers | 160 | 603 | 168 | 32 | 93 | 2 | .279 | – | – |
| 1967 | Detroit Tigers | 152 | 488 | 118 | 22 | 72 | 3 | .242 | – | – |
| 1968 | Detroit Tigers | 127 | 411 | 108 | 25 | 63 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1969 | Detroit Tigers | 142 | 483 | 135 | 22 | 74 | 2 | .280 | – | – |
| 1970 | Detroit Tigers | 130 | 370 | 96 | 15 | 53 | – | .259 | – | – |
| 1971 | Detroit Tigers | 135 | 452 | 128 | 32 | 91 | 1 | .283 | – | – |
| 1972 | Detroit Tigers | 137 | 440 | 114 | 22 | 61 | – | .259 | – | – |
| 1973 | Detroit Tigers | 121 | 363 | 95 | 19 | 40 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1974 | Detroit Tigers | 53 | 149 | 34 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .228 | – | – |