Norm Cash career batting average
.271Career Regular Season
Norm Cash has a career batting average of .271 over 17 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .361 in 1961.
- Most recent: .228 in 1974.
Average of 17 regular seasons, 1958 through 1974. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1958 |  CHW | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| 1959 | CHW | 58 | 104 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 1 | .240 | .372 | .375 | .747 |
| 1960 |  DET | 121 | 353 | 64 | 101 | 18 | 63 | 4 | .286 | .402 | .501 | .903 |
| 1961 | DET | 159 | 535 | 119 | 193 | 41 | 132 | 11 | .361 | .487 | .662 | 1.148 |
| 1962 | DET | 148 | 507 | 94 | 123 | 39 | 89 | 6 | .243 | .382 | .513 | .894 |
| 1963 | DET | 147 | 493 | 67 | 133 | 26 | 79 | 2 | .270 | .386 | .471 | .856 |
| 1964 | DET | 144 | 479 | 63 | 123 | 23 | 83 | 2 | .257 | .351 | .453 | .804 |
| 1965 | DET | 142 | 467 | 79 | 124 | 30 | 82 | 6 | .266 | .371 | .512 | .883 |
| 1966 | DET | 160 | 603 | 98 | 168 | 32 | 93 | 2 | .279 | .351 | .478 | .829 |
| 1967 | DET | 152 | 488 | 64 | 118 | 22 | 72 | 3 | .242 | .352 | .430 | .783 |
| 1968 | DET | 127 | 411 | 50 | 108 | 25 | 63 | 1 | .263 | .329 | .487 | .816 |
| 1969 | DET | 142 | 483 | 81 | 135 | 22 | 74 | 2 | .280 | .368 | .464 | .831 |
| 1970 | DET | 130 | 370 | 58 | 96 | 15 | 53 | 0 | .259 | .383 | .441 | .823 |
| 1971 | DET | 135 | 452 | 72 | 128 | 32 | 91 | 1 | .283 | .372 | .531 | .903 |
| 1972 | DET | 137 | 440 | 51 | 114 | 22 | 61 | 0 | .259 | .338 | .445 | .783 |
| 1973 | DET | 121 | 363 | 51 | 95 | 19 | 40 | 1 | .262 | .357 | .471 | .828 |
| 1974 | DET | 53 | 149 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .228 | .327 | .416 | .744 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS