Saturday, December 29, 2018

#150 Norm Cash


Tiger comeback Kid 1971....at age 36 not much a kid and 7th oldest player in the league... .an amazing season since he was known about the league for his fun loving, outspoken ways....known to drink an alcoholic beverage or two, or several....this scenario usually not the back-story of doubling home runs  and an 80% rise in run driven in….his second best season...but his best season was way back in 1961 would be hard to top…. an outstanding offensive display….the best batting average in the decade…..361 complementing 131 RBIs 41 homers…number obscured by the Maris Mantle pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run mark…..A quick ascension  for the former White Sox farmhand acquired just a year earlier…..next year BA free fell to .243 but power numbers were still strong….from then on he  is a consistent source of 20+ home runs in Tiger line up that changed very little for another 8-9 years…1970 was a difficult year dropping to 15 home runs and 53 RBIs….seemed to signify the end....post 1971 played as a regular for next two years posted fair hitting figures;  typical for him...limited work in final year of 1974.....traded twice in the winter  of 1959/60, first Chisox to Cleveland then to Detroit....a steal for Tigers who gave up outfielder that only played 5 games for the tribe...Cash played in 2018 games....lost his life in drowning accident at age 51.



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