On This Day In Alabama History: Birmingham Barons First Baseman Norm Zauchin Was Born

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Norbert Henry Zauchin was born Nov. 17, 1929, in Royal Oak, Michigan. He was a first baseman for the 1950 Birmingham Barons and played six seasons in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators.

Zauchin, the son of Polish immigrant Casmer “Charles” Zauchin and his wife, Catherine, grew up in Michigan and graduated from Kimball High School with hopes of becoming a basketball star. But when a team he’d hoped to play for folded (Detroit Falcons), he looked to baseball. He began his career at age 18 assigned to the Milford (Delaware) Red Sox of the Class D Eastern Shore League, hitting 33 home runs in 120 games to earn recognition as the league’s most valuable player.

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