Norm Zauchin
Norbert Henry Zauchin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 17, 1929 in Royal Oak, MI
High School: Kimball (Royal Oak, MI)
Signed
by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1951
Final Game: May 2, 1959
Died: January 31, 1999 in Birmingham, AL
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1951 21 BOS AL 5 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 8 3 1 0 0 /3
1955 25 BOS AL 130 556 477 65 114 10 0 27 93 3 0 69 105 .239 .335 .430 .765 97 205 8 3 1 6 1 *3 RoY-3
1956 26 BOS AL 44 99 84 12 18 2 0 2 11 0 0 14 22 .214 .333 .310 .643 63 26 4 1 0 0 0 3
1957 27 BOS AL 52 102 91 11 24 3 0 3 14 0 0 9 13 .264 .343 .396 .739 97 36 6 2 0 0 0 3
1958 28 WSH AL 96 349 303 35 69 8 2 15 37 0 0 38 68 .228 .310 .416 .726 100 126 10 1 1 6 1 3
1959 29 WSH AL 19 79 71 11 15 4 0 3 4 2 0 7 14 .211 .291 .394 .686 87 28 6 1 0 0 0 3
6 Seasons 346 1197 1038 134 242 28 2 50 159 5 1 137 226 .233 .324 .408 .732 93 424 35 8 2 12 2
162 Game Avg. 162 560 486 63 113 13 1 23 74 2 0 64 106 .233 .324 .408 .732 93 199 16 4 1
BOS (4 yrs) 231 769 664 88 158 16 0 32 118 3 1 92 144 .238 .333 .407 .740 91 270 19 6 1 6 1
WSH (2 yrs) 115 428 374 46 84 12 2 18 41 2 0 45 82 .225 .307 .412 .719 98 154 16 2 1 6 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1951 21 BOS AL 12 12 0 0.0 109 .250 .167 .278 .167 .361 .250 .407 .417 .768 8 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .167 .000 .083
1955 25 BOS AL 556 378 73 5.2 111 .248 .239 .278 .335 .359 .430 .414 .765 .773 97 .555 -3.5 -0.3 .755 .342 .191 5.4
1956 26 BOS AL 99 70 9 3.4 117 .267 .214 .282 .333 .366 .310 .430 .643 .797 63 .351 -4.7 -0.5 .586 .262 .095 .0
1957 27 BOS AL 102 73 11 4.1 104 .280 .264 .270 .343 .343 .396 .407 .739 .750 97 .466 -0.4 -0.1 .644 .231 .132 .0
1958 28 WSH AL 349 251 39 4.2 96 .239 .228 .259 .310 .328 .416 .394 .726 .722 100 .485 0.0 0.0 .676 .314 .188 .0
1959 29 WSH AL 79 62 7 3.0 98 .222 .211 .260 .291 .332 .394 .398 .686 .729 87 .337 -1.4 -0.2 .613 .310 .183 2.4
6 Seasons 1197 846 139 4.4 106 .248 .233 .271 .324 .347 .408 .408 .732 .755 93 .491 -11.7 -1.2 .689 .311 .175 9.1
162 Game Avg. 560 396 65 4.4 106 .248 .233 .271 .324 .347 .408 .408 .732 .755 93 .491 -11.7 -1.2 .689 .311 .175 4
BOS (4 yrs) 769 533 93 4.7 111 .255 .238 .277 .333 .358 .407 .415 .740 .773 91 .509 -10.3 -1.0 .703 .310 .169 5.5
WSH (2 yrs) 428 313 46 3.9 97 .236 .225 .259 .307 .328 .412 .395 .719 .723 98 .458 -1.4 -0.2 .663 .313 .187 3.6

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1951 21 BOS AL 12 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 8.3% 50% 3.0 67%
1955 25 BOS AL 556 4.9% 18.9% 12.4% 6.7% 33% 1.52 4.5 17.7 5.1 0.51 63%
1956 26 BOS AL 99 2.0% 22.2% 14.1% 4.0% 22% 1.57 3.8 42.0 7.6 0.75 61%
1957 27 BOS AL 102 2.9% 12.8% 8.8% 5.9% 25% 1.44 7.0 30.3 6.5 1.56 74%
1958 28 WSH AL 349 4.3% 19.5% 10.9% 7.2% 36% 1.79 4.5 20.2 8.2 1.01 65%
1959 29 WSH AL 79 3.8% 17.7% 8.9% 8.9% 47% 2.00 5.1 23.7 17.8 0.78 68%
6 Seasons 1197 4.2% 18.9% 11.5% 6.7% 33% 1.65 4.6 20.8 6.5 0.74 65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 25 BOS AL 5 0 24% 196 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 37% 29 25 4 8 4 4 15 4 11
1956 26 BOS AL 0 0 32% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 27% 7 5 2 2 2 0 2 0 1
1957 27 BOS AL 1 0 25% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 7 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1958 28 WSH AL 4 0 22% 113 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 39% 17 10 7 7 5 2 4 2 2
1959 29 WSH AL 1 0 40% 29 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14% 4 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
6 Seasons 11 0 25% 412 5 1 83% 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 16 36% 64 49 15 18 12 6 26 7 18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 25 BOS AL 555 27% 114 4 2 0 0 1.44 27 1 28 23 4 17 10 0 1 1 100% 105 8 8% 43 11 26% 431 68 16% 34 19 56% 29 4 14% 1
1956 26 BOS AL 99 59% 18 12 1 0 1 2.30 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 27 4 15% 10 1 10% 74 9 12% 13 6 46% 7 3 43% 0
1957 27 BOS AL 80 33% 24 20 4 0 2 1.33 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 23 6 26% 8 3 38% 63 10 16% 9 3 33% 2 1 50% 22
1958 28 WSH AL 349 25% 69 5 1 0 1 2.34 15 0 7 14 1 6 9 0 1 1 100% 74 10 14% 39 12 31% 211 25 12% 22 13 59% 16 4 25% 0
1959 29 WSH AL 79 23% 15 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 6 33% 9 1 11% 42 1 2% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
6 Seasons 1162 29% 242 41 8 0 4 1.75 50 1 44 43 6 26 23 0 2 2 100% 247 35 14% 109 28 26% 821 113 14% 81 41 51% 57 13 23% 23
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 21 5 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 8 3 1 0 0
1952 22 5 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 8 3 1 0 0
1953 23 5 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 8 3 1 0 0
1954 24 5 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 8 3 1 0 0
1955 25 135 568 489 65 116 11 0 27 93 3 1 69 109 .237 .332 .425 .757 95 208 9 3 1 6 1
1956 26 179 667 573 77 134 13 0 29 104 3 1 83 131 .234 .332 .408 .740 90 234 13 4 1 6 1
1957 27 231 769 664 88 158 16 0 32 118 3 1 92 144 .238 .333 .407 .740 91 270 19 6 1 6 1
1958 28 327 1118 967 123 227 24 2 47 155 3 1 130 212 .235 .326 .410 .736 94 396 29 7 2 12 2
1959 29 346 1197 1038 134 242 28 2 50 159 5 1 137 226 .233 .324 .408 .732 93 424 35 8 2 12 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 21 5 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1955 25 136 574 495 61 116 10 0 27 88 3 70 110 .234 .329 .418 .747 69 130
1956 26 46 100 86 10 17 2 0 2 9 0 13 23 .198 .310 .291 .601 7 44
1957 27 55 105 94 12 24 3 0 3 15 0 9 14 .255 .333 .383 .716 12 52
1958 28 100 368 320 39 75 9 2 16 41 0 41 71 .234 .318 .425 .743 44 96
1959 29 20 82 74 12 15 4 0 3 4 2 7 15 .203 .280 .378 .659 7 19
6 Seasons 362 1242 1082 134 247 28 2 51 157 5 140 237 .228 .318 .399 .717 139 346
162 Game Avg. 162 556 484 60 111 13 1 23 70 2 63 106 .228 .318 .399 .717 62 346

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  27 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1955 AL  93 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 AL  105 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1955 AL  17.7 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1951 AL  born 1929-11-17 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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