Norm Gigon
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Norman Phillip Gigon
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
- School Colby College
- Debut April 12, 1967
- Final Game October 1, 1967
- Born May 12, 1938 in Teaneck, NJ USA
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" . . . he was the best teacher I ever had. . ." - Joe Maddon, about Norm Gigon, who was his skipper at Lafayette College
Norm Gigon played 34 games for the 1967 Cubs. He appeared 17 times in the field, mostly at second base, where the Cubs regular was Glenn Beckert and the other back-up was Paul Popovich.
Gigon was at Colby College in 1957-58, one of only two major leaguers to come out of Colby during the period 1950-2000, with the other being Ed Phillips. Norm was in the minors from 1959-67, hitting .306 for Chattanooga in 1961. As he aged, he developed more power, hitting 30 home runs for Arkansas in 1964, where teammates included Fergie Jenkins and Alex Johnson. The previous year with Arkansas Gigon had Dick Allen as a teammate.
He had one career home run. It came on April 23, 1967 against the Pittsburgh Pirates as a member of the Chicago Cubs. The pitcher was Juan Pizarro.
