Please answer the following question: Facts:   - finalteam: boston red sox    - finalyear: 1968    - statlabel: batting average home runs runs batted in    - position: first baseman / left fielder    - statvalue: .272 132 636    - throws: right    - debutteam: new york yankees    - bats: left    - debutdate: june 15      - birth date: 26 july 1933    - finaldate: july 30    - name: norm siebern    - birth place: st. louis , missouri    - debutyear: 1956   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of norm siebern .
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norman leroy siebern -lrb- born july 26 , 1933 in st. louis , missouri -rrb- was a major league baseball player for the new york yankees , kansas city athletics , baltimore orioles , california angels , san francisco giants , and boston red sox from to .his best season came in with the a 's , when he hit 25 home runs , had 117 runs batted in and a .308 batting average .he might be most remembered however , as being one of the players the yankees traded for roger maris .he was signed by yankees scout lou maguolo .siebern played for the 1956 and 1958 world series champion yankees , and nine years later returned to the '67 series with the red sox .on december 11 , 1959 , he was part of a six-player trade that sent him along with world series heroes don larsen and hank bauer to the kansas city a 's in exchange for outfielder roger maris and two other players .maris ended up breaking babe ruth 's single-season home run record in 1961 .the orioles acquired siebern on november 27 , 1963 in an exchange of starting first basemen , sending jim gentile and $ 25,000 to the athletics .he spent two seasons in baltimore , losing his starting spot in the middle of 1965 to boog powell , who successfully made the transition from the outfield .siebern was traded to the angels on december 2 , 1965 for outfielder dick simpson .seven days later , simpson would be one of three players sent to the cincinnati reds for frank robinson .siebern made the american league all-star teams in 1962 , 1963 and 1964 .he had 1,217 hits for his career , with 132 home runs and a lifetime batting average of .272 .siebern attended southwest missouri state , where he played basketball with future new york baseball teammate jerry lumpe on a team that won two naia championships in 1952 and 1953 .both players had to miss some tournament games to report to baseball spring training camp with the yankees .