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Richie Ashburn
Richie Ashburn
Full name Don Richard Ashburn
Born March 19, 1927, Tilden, Nebraska
Died September 9, 1997, New York, New York
Buried at Gladwyne Methodist Church Cemetery, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania (South West Corner- (Directly Behind The Church))
First Game: April 20, 1948 ; Final Game: September 30, 1962
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 170
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1995
Named Major League Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News (1948)
Ejections: 1956 (1), 1959 (1), 1960 (2), 1961 (1), 1962 (2). Total: 7 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1948 PHI N Daily Splits 117 463 78 154 17 4 2 40 60 3 22 1 6 0 14 1 32 10 .333 .410 .400 2.4 1948 PHI N
1949 PHI N Daily Splits 154 662 84 188 18 11 1 37 58 0 38 1 7 0 9 7 9 6 .284 .343 .349 -0.7 1949 PHI N
1950 PHI N Daily Splits 151 594 84 180 25 14 2 41 63 0 32 2 11 0 11 11 14 9 .303 .372 .402 0.1 1950 PHI N
1951 PHI N Daily Splits 154 643 92 221 31 5 4 63 50 1 37 2 17 0 12 4 29 6 .344 .393 .426 4.1 1951 PHI N
1952 PHI N Daily Splits 154 613 93 173 31 6 1 42 75 5 30 2 11 0 11 7 16 11 .282 .362 .357 0.6 1952 PHI N
1953 PHI N Daily Splits 156 622 110 205 25 9 2 57 61 2 35 5 14 0 17 3 14 6 .330 .394 .408 2.2 1953 PHI N
1954 PHI N Daily Splits 153 559 111 175 16 8 1 41 125 4 46 4 14 1 0 12 3 11 8 .313 .441 .376 2.7 1954 PHI N
1955 PHI N Daily Splits 140 533 91 180 32 9 3 42 105 5 36 3 2 1 0 3 3 12 10 .338 .449 .448 3.9 1955 PHI N
1956 PHI N Daily Splits 154 628 94 190 26 8 3 50 79 3 45 5 6 1 0 12 4 10 1 .303 .384 .384 2.5 1956 PHI N
1957 PHI N Daily Splits 156 626 93 186 26 8 0 33 94 1 44 4 1 4 0 9 10 13 10 .297 .390 .364 2.9 1957 PHI N
1958 PHI N Daily Splits 152 615 98 215 24 13 2 33 97 7 48 4 7 2 0 12 8 30 12 .350 .440 .441 4.4 1958 PHI N
1959 PHI N Daily Splits 153 564 86 150 16 2 1 20 79 4 42 6 7 4 0 8 10 9 11 .266 .360 .307 -2.6 1959 PHI N
1960 CHI N Daily Splits 151 547 99 159 16 5 0 40 116 1 50 1 7 1 0 10 4 16 4 .291 .415 .338 0.7 1960 CHI N
1961 CHI N Daily Splits 109 307 49 79 7 4 0 19 55 2 27 3 1 2 0 6 4 7 6 .257 .373 .306 -1.6 1961 CHI N
1962 NY N Daily Splits 135 389 60 119 7 3 7 28 81 2 39 0 1 2 0 6 4 12 7 .306 .424 .393 1.2 1962 NY N
Total (15 Years) Splits 2189 8365 1322 2574 317 109 29 586 1198 40 571 43 112 18 0 152 83 234 117 .308 .396 .382 22.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1950 PHI N Daily Splits 4 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .235 1950 PHI N
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1948 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1948 NL
1951 NL Daily Splits 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .750 1951 NL
1953 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1953 NL
1962 NL Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1962 NL
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 4 10 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .600 .636 .700 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1948 PHI N Daily Splits OF 116 114 111 1005.1 344 14 7 2 0 .981 15 102 0
1948 PHI N CF 102 101 98 884.1 317 12 7 2 0 .979
1948 PHI N LF 15 13 13 121 27 2 0 0 0 1.000
1949 PHI N Daily Splits OF 154 154 152 1386 514 13 11 3 0 .980 0 154 0
1949 PHI N CF 154 154 152 1386 507 12 11 1 0 .979
1950 PHI N Daily Splits OF 147 144 143 1291 405 8 5 2 0 .988 0 147 0
1950 PHI N CF 147 144 143 1291 410 8 5 2 0 .988
1951 PHI N Daily Splits OF 154 154 153 1380.1 538 15 7 6 0 .988 0 154 0
1951 PHI N CF 154 154 153 1380.1 533 14 7 6 0 .987
1952 PHI N Daily Splits OF 154 152 152 1372.2 428 23 9 5 0 .980 0 154 0
1952 PHI N CF 154 152 152 1372.2 421 19 9 5 0 .980
1953 PHI N Daily Splits OF 156 156 156 1369 496 18 5 4 0 .990 0 156 0
1953 PHI N CF 156 156 156 1369 491 17 6 4 0 .988
1954 PHI N Daily Splits OF 153 153 150 1341.1 483 12 8 2 0 .984 0 153 0
1954 PHI N CF 153 153 150 1341.1 489 12 8 2 0 .984
1955 PHI N Daily Splits OF 140 139 138 1215.2 387 10 7 3 0 .983 0 140 0
1955 PHI N CF 140 139 138 1215.2 394 10 7 3 0 .983
1956 PHI N Daily Splits OF 154 154 152 1368.1 503 11 9 3 0 .983 0 154 0
1956 PHI N CF 154 154 152 1368.1 500 12 9 3 0 .983
1957 PHI N Daily Splits OF 156 156 155 1400 502 18 7 7 0 .987 0 154 2
1957 PHI N CF 154 154 153 1382 499 17 7 6 0 .987
1957 PHI N RF 2 2 2 18 3 1 0 1 0 1.000
1958 PHI N Daily Splits OF 152 152 150 1369.2 495 8 8 2 0 .984 0 152 0
1958 PHI N CF 152 152 150 1369.2 494 8 8 2 0 .984
1959 PHI N Daily Splits OF 149 144 141 1255 359 4 11 1 0 .971 0 149 0
1959 PHI N CF 149 144 141 1255 359 4 11 1 0 .971
1960 CHI N Daily Splits OF 146 145 120 1261 317 11 8 2 0 .976 58 97 0
1960 CHI N CF 97 90 78 805.1 209 8 5 2 0 .977
1960 CHI N LF 58 55 42 455.2 112 3 3 0 0 .975
1961 CHI N Daily Splits OF 77 69 48 603.1 131 4 3 0 0 .978 15 62 0
1961 CHI N CF 62 56 38 488.1 105 2 1 0 0 .991
1961 CHI N LF 15 13 10 115 25 2 2 0 0 .931
1962 NY N Daily Splits OF 97 91 73 798.2 187 9 5 1 0 .975 8 54 45
1962 NY N CF 54 47 40 413 110 2 5 1 0 .957
1962 NY N RF 45 38 28 338.2 74 5 0 1 0 1.000
1962 NY N LF 8 6 5 47 9 2 0 0 0 1.000
1962 NY N 2B 2 1 0 8 5 4 1 1 0 .900
Total (15 Years) Splits OF 2105 2077 1994 18417.1 6089 178 110 43 0 .983 96 1982 47
Total (15 Years) CF 1982 1950 1894 17322 5838 157 106 40 0 .983
Total ( 4 Years) LF 96 87 70 738.2 173 9 5 0 0 .973
Total ( 2 Years) RF 47 40 30 356.2 77 6 0 2 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 2 1 0 8 5 4 1 1 0 .900
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1950 PHI N Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 35.2 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 0
1950 PHI N CF 4 4 4 35.2 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1948 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1948 NL CF 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1951 NL CF 1 1 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 2 2 0 13 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 0
Total ( 2 Years) CF 2 2 0 13 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
9- 5-1956 BOX PHI N Frank Secory Called third strike (Threw bat)
8-21-1959(1) BOX PHI N Ken Burkhart Balls and strikes
6- 3-1960 BOX CHI N Bill Jackowski Called third strike
7-17-1960(2) BOX CHI N Ken Burkhart Balls and strikes
6-16-1961 BOX CHI N Chris Pelekoudas Called third strike
7-22-1962(1) BOX NY N Vinnie Smith Balls and strikes
8-11-1962 BOX NY N Tony Venzon Called third strike
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1945).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs in exchange for John Buzhardt , Al
Dark and Jim Woods (January 11, 1960 ).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to New York Mets (December 8, 1961 ).
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