1972 Topps #150 Norm Cash
About Norm Cash
Cash is printed on League Leaders card #90, the AL home run entry, between Bill Melton of the White Sox and Reggie Jackson of the Athletics, and his own Tigers card, #150, came in the second series. In 1972 he made the All-Star team again, hitting .259 with 22 home runs and 61 RBI. In the five-game ALCS loss to Oakland he went 4-for-15 with a home run and 2 RBI.
Norman Dalton Cash reached the majors with the Chicago White Sox in 1958 and sat on their 1959 American League pennant winners. Chicago packaged him to Cleveland that December in the Minnie Minoso deal, and the following April, before Cash had played an inning for the Indians, Cleveland sent him on to Detroit for Steve Demeter, who appeared in four games for Cleveland. Cash held down first base for the Tigers for the next fifteen seasons. Ernie Harwell hung the nickname on him, borrowed from a Baltimore man known as Stormin' Norman, after a rare flare of temper. He was a four-time All-Star, the 1961 American League batting champion and a World Series winner in 1968, and he later openly admitted using corked bats, including during 1961. He was the only American Leaguer to hit 20 or more home runs in every season from 1961 through 1969, and he led the league in fielding twice and in assists three times. He finished with 377 home runs, fourth most by an American League left-handed hitter when he retired, behind Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig. Detroit released him in August 1974, and he drowned in 1986 after falling from a dock at Beaver Island, Michigan. Cash was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 324 | 2 | 53 | 148 | 68 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Shop 1972 Topps cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
More Norm Cash in this set: #90 League Leaders
Team card: #487 Detroit Tigers
More Detroit Tigers cards:
- #6 Fred Scherman
- #33 Billy Martin
- #34 Billy Martin In Action
- #83 Dalton Jones
- #90 1971 A.L. Home Run Leaders
- #94 1971 A.L. Pitching Leaders
- #96 1971 A.L. Strikeout Leaders
- #120 Bill Freehan
- #175 Tom Haller
- #176 Tom Haller In Action
- #187 Gates Brown
- #216 Joe Niekro
- #239 Tom Timmermann
- #257 Tigers 1972 Rookie Stars
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1972 Topps #150 card?
It is card #150 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Norm Cash of the Detroit Tigers.
How many cards are in the 1972 Topps Baseball set?
787 cards, tracked as 794 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 787 with none skipped, in six print series (#1-132, #133-263, #264-394, #395-525, #526-656 and #657-787, the high numbers); 7 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - four Chicago Cubs cards with yellow or green under the "C" and "S" of the team name, the #251 and #478 checklists with smaller or larger print on the front, and the #604 checklist with its copyright line aligned right or left.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.