Norm Cash: Difference between revisions

==Early life and career==

Cash was born in [[Justiceburg, Texas|Justiceburg]], [[Garza County]], [[Texas]], and attended (what was then) [[Sul Ross State University|Sul Ross State Teachers College]], where he was All-Lone Star Conference in [[American football|football]] as well as playing baseball; he was drafted by the [[Chicago Bears]] as a running back in [[1955 NFL Draft|1955]], but declined to play pro football.<ref name="The Ballplayers">{{cite book |author1=Charlton, James |author2=Shatzkin, Mike |author3=Holtje, Stephen |title=The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference |publisher=Arbor House/William Morrow |location=New York |year=1990 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ballplayersbaseb00shat/page/167 167–168] |isbn=0-87795-984-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/ballplayersbaseb00shat/page/167 }}</ref> After signing with the [[Chicago White Sox]] in 1955, he spent 1957 in the military<ref name="The Ballplayers"/> and made his debut with the team in {{mlby|1958}}, seeing limited play as an outfielder and pinch hitter. He appeared in 58 games for the {{mlby|1959}} AL pennant-winners; the August 25 acquisition of [[Ted Kluszewski]] left him on the White Sox bench. He was hitless in four pinch-hitting appearances in the [[1959 World Series|World Series]]. In December of that year, he was traded to the [[Cleveland Indians]] in an eight-player deal that brought [[Minnie Miñoso]] back to Chicago,<ref name="The Ballplayers"/> but the Indians [[General manager (baseball)|general manager]] [[Frank Lane]] traded Cash to Detroit for [[Steve Demeter]], who would play only four more games; both Chicago and Cleveland were haunted by Cash for the next 15 years, as he won a [[batting average (baseball)|batting title]] in 1961 and a [[World Series ring]] in 1968 wearing a Detroit uniform.

 

==MLB career==