Lest we forget: Norm Siebern

November 5, 2015 · 1 comment

https://i2.wp.com/s.ecrater.com/stores/10480/4f317168847b2_10480n.jpg?resize=185%2C253Siebern died Friday at the age of 82.

Another one of the “old” players on the cusp of my introduction to baseball. You know how you’re such a terrible judge of age when you’re a kid? This card comes from the 1968 set, when Siebern was 32 and in the last season of his Major League career. He was a three-time All Star and won a Gold Glove for his outfield work in his first full season (1958).

Seibern’s best season came in 1962 for the Kansas city Athletics when he led the league in games played (162) and batted .308 with 25 doubles, 25 home runs, and 117 RBI, finishing seventh in the AL for MVP. He had 132 homers, 636 RBI, and batted .272 in 12 seasons.

Here’s the New York Times obituary by Bruce Weber.

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1 Mark Harris November 5, 2015 at 3:14 pm

Ron, it has been gradually dawning on me that many of the "name" players I grew up with – such as Rocky Colavito, Tom Tresh, Tony Kubek, Joe Pepitone, Norm Siebern – actually had quite short careers by contemporary standards, even though they were All-Stars and Rookies of the Year and such. Can you comment on this?

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