Norm Zauchin

Norbert Henry Zauchin

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 17, 1929 in Royal Oak, MI
High School: Kimball HS (Royal Oak, MI)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1951
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators 1951-1959

Final Game: May 2, 1959
Died: January 31, 1999 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, AL
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Standard Batting

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
1948	18	BOS-min	D	120	481	481		170	44	5	33						.353	.353	.672	1.025		323							MFD · ESHL
1949	19	BOS-min	C,A,AAA	107	396	396		127	18	3	22						.321	.321	.543	.864		215							SJO,SCR,LOU · CALL,EL,AA
1950	20	BOS-min	AA	152	568	568		163	37	4	35						.287	.287	.551	.838		313							BIR · SOUA
1951	21	BOS-min	AAA	135	559	498	61	133	30	6	12	104	1		54	79	.267	.346	.424	.770		211	12	6	1				LOU · AA
1951	21	BOS	AL	5	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.167	.167	.250	.417	7	3	1	0	0			/3

1954	24	BOS-min	AAA	145	616	532	76	154	27	11	18	118	2		69	84	.289	.366	.483	.849		257	12	2	1	12			LOU · AA
1955	25	BOS	AL	130	556	477	65	114	10	0	27	93	3	0	69	*105*	.239	.335	.430	.765	98	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	BAL-min	AAA	68	198	165	19	40	7	1	6	26	2		31	39	.242	.364	.406	.770		67		1	0	1	7		MIA · IL
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
1960	30	BAL-PHI-min	AAA	123	407	363	39	78	7	2	8	31	2	1	38	97	.215	.289	.311	.600		113		1	2	3			MIA,BFL · IL
6 Yrs				346	1197	1038	134	242	28	2	50	159	5	1	137	226	.233	.324	.408	.732	94	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	94	199	16	4	1

BOS (4 yrs)				231	769	664	88	158	16	0	32	118	3	1	92	144	.238	.333	.407	.740	92	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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1951	21	BOS	AL	5	12	-2	-0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.447	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/3

1955	25	BOS	AL	130	556	-3	1	-0	10	-6	2	0.2	15	16	1.7	.501	.501	0.6	0.4	7	$	*3	RoY-3
1956	26	BOS	AL	44	99	-5	-0	-1	-2	-1	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.480	.494	-0.5	-0.2	-5	$	3
1957	27	BOS	AL	52	102	-0	0	-1	1	-1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.497	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	3
1958	28	WSH	AL	96	349	-0	-2	-2	0	-5	-8	-0.9	10	2	0.0	.491	.495	0.0	-0.5	2	$	3
1959	29	WSH	AL	19	79	-1	1	-1	0	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.483	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	3
6 Seasons				346	1197	-11	-0	-5	9	-15	-22	-2.4	33	10	0.9	.493	.498	-0.2	-0.5	1	$

BOS (4 yrs)				231	769	-10	1	-2	9	-9	-11	-1.1	21	9	1.0	.495	.498	-0.1	0.1	1	$
WSH (2 yrs)				115	428	-1	-1	-3	1	-6	-11	-1.3	12	1	-0.1	.490	.496	-0.1	-0.6	1	$

Advanced Batting

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	110	.250	.167	.279	.167	.362	.250	.409	.417	.771	7	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.167	.000	.083

1955	25	BOS	AL	556	378	73	5.2	110	.248	.239	.277	.335	.358	.430	.412	.765	.770	98	.555	-2.9	-0.3	.755	.342	.191	5.4
1956	26	BOS	AL	99	70	9	3.4	116	.267	.214	.281	.333	.365	.310	.429	.643	.794	63	.351	-4.6	-0.4	.586	.262	.095	.0
1957	27	BOS	AL	102	73	11	4.1	104	.280	.264	.270	.343	.343	.396	.408	.739	.751	97	.466	-0.5	-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 Yrs				1197	846	139	4.4	105	.248	.233	.270	.324	.347	.408	.407	.732	.754	94	.491	-11.1	-1.1	.689	.311	.175	9.1
162 Game Avg.				560	396	65	4.4	105	.248	.233	.270	.324	.347	.408	.407	.732	.754	94	.491	-11.1	-1.1	.689	.311	.175	4

BOS (4 yrs)				769	533	93	4.7	110	.255	.238	.276	.333	.357	.407	.414	.740	.771	92	.509	-9.7	-1.0	.703	.310	.169	5.5
WSH (2 yrs)				428	313	46	3.9	97	.236	.225	.260	.307	.328	.412	.395	.719	.723	98	.458	-1.4	-0.2	.663	.313	.187	3.6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	21	BOS	AL	12	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	8.3%	50%		3.0			2.00	67%

1955	25	BOS	AL	556	4.9%	18.9%	12.4%	6.7%	33%	1.52	4.5	17.7	5.1	0.52	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	1.45	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 Yrs				1197	4.2%	18.9%	11.5%	6.7%	33%	1.65	4.6	20.8	6.5	0.75	65%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.6%	9.1%	6.5%	29%	1.27	7.6	40.4	8.3	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	21	BOS	AL	-1.6	-0.2	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.89	-0.2	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.88	-1.7		0

1955	25	BOS	AL	-3.5	-0.3	563	0.8	10.7	-10.0	1.04	0.5	0.2	13.4	1.3	1.02	10.8	1.42	4
1956	26	BOS	AL	-4.7	-0.5	100	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	1.19	-0.6	0.2	-3.6	-0.3	0.99	-5.5	2.30	12
1957	27	BOS	AL	-0.5	-0.1	86	-0.5	1.4	-1.9	1.07	-0.0	-0.5	-1.5	-0.1	1.05	-0.5	1.27	21
1958	28	WSH	AL	0.0	0.0	353	-0.5	6.1	-6.7	1.02	0.5	-1.0	-8.4	-0.9	0.95	3.8	2.28	5
1959	29	WSH	AL	-1.4	-0.2	83	-0.7	0.9	-1.6	.86	-0.3	-0.5	-7.6	-0.8	0.95	-3.1		0
6 Yrs				-11.7	-1.2	1198	-1.6	21.0	-22.6	1.04	-0.0	-1.5	-9.7	-1.1	0.99	3.8	1.70	42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	21	BOS	AL	1	0	0%	6	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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%	41	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	55%	7	5	2	0	0	0	4	0	4
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 Yrs				12	0	25%	421	5	1	83%	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	16	37%	64	49	15	18	12	6	27	7	19

Situational Hitting*

						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
1951	21	BOS	AL	12	25%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1955	25	BOS	AL	556	27%	114			4	2	0	0	1.42	27	1	28	23	4	17	10	0	1	1	100%	105	8	8%	43	11	26%	431	68	16%	34	19	56%	21	9	43%	0
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%	2	2	100%	0
1957	27	BOS	AL	102	36%	24			21	4	0	2	1.27	3	0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	0		23	6	26%	8	3	38%	63	10	16%	9	3	33%	1	1	100%	0
1958	28	WSH	AL	349	25%	69			5	1	0	1	2.28	15	0	7	14	1	6	9	0	1	1	100%	74	10	14%	39	12	31%	211	25	12%	22	13	59%	9	4	44%	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%	2	1	50%	0
6 Yrs				1197	30%	242			42	8	0	4	1.70	50	1	44	43	6	26	24	0	2	2	100%	248	35	14%	110	28	25%	826	113	14%	81	41	51%	35	17	49%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			81%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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	7	3	1	0	0
1952	22	5	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.167	.167	.250	.417	7	3	1	0	0
1953	23	5	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.167	.167	.250	.417	7	3	1	0	0
1954	24	5	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.167	.167	.250	.417	7	3	1	0	0
1955	25	135	568	489	65	116	11	0	27	93	3	1	69	109	.237	.332	.425	.757	96	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	91	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	92	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	94	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	570	492	62	113	10	0	27	89	3	68	110	.230	.323	.415	.738	66	130
1956	26	46	100	86	10	17	2	0	2	9	0	13	23	.198	.310	.291	.601	7	44
1957	27	55	106	95	12	25	3	0	3	15	0	9	14	.263	.340	.389	.729	13	52
1958	28	100	371	321	40	76	9	2	17	42	0	42	71	.237	.322	.436	.758	45	96
1959	29	20	83	75	12	16	4	0	3	4	2	7	15	.213	.289	.387	.676	8	19
6 Yrs		362	1243	1082	136	247	28	2	52	159	5	139	237	.228	.317	.402	.720	139	346
162 Game Avg.		162	556	484	61	111	13	1	23	71	2	62	106	.228	.317	.402	.720	62	346

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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 Ink	Batting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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