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Richie Ashburn
Don Richard Ashburn (Whitey and Put Put)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 19, 1927 in Tilden, NE
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Final Game: September 30, 1962
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1995.
Died: September 9, 1997 in New York, NY
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1948 21 PHI NL 117 530 463 78 154 17 4 2 40 32 60 22 .333 .410 .400 .810 122 185 1 1 6 *O MVP-11,RoY-3
1949 22 PHI NL 154 728 662 84 188 18 11 1 37 9 58 38 .284 .343 .349 .692 88 231 7 1 7 *O MVP-23
1950 23 PHI NL 151 670 594 84 180 25 14 2 41 14 63 32 .303 .372 .402 .774 105 239 11 2 11 *O
1951 24 PHI NL 154 712 643 92 221 31 5 4 63 29 6 50 37 .344 .393 .426 .819 121 274 4 2 17 *O MVP-7
1952 25 PHI NL 154 701 613 93 173 31 6 1 42 16 11 75 30 .282 .362 .357 .720 101 219 7 2 11 *O
1953 26 PHI NL 156 702 622 110 205 25 9 2 57 14 6 61 35 .330 .394 .408 .802 111 254 3 5 14 *O MVP-19
1954 27 PHI NL 153 703 559 111 175 16 8 1 41 11 8 125 46 .313 .441 .376 .817 117 210 3 4 14 1 *8 MVP-19
1955 28 PHI NL 140 644 533 91 180 32 9 3 42 12 10 105 36 .338 .449 .448 .897 142 239 3 3 2 1 5 *8 MVP-14
1956 29 PHI NL 154 719 628 94 190 26 8 3 50 10 1 79 45 .303 .384 .384 .768 110 241 4 5 6 1 3 *8 MVP-30
1957 30 PHI NL 156 729 626 93 186 26 8 0 33 13 10 94 44 .297 .390 .364 .754 108 228 10 4 1 4 1 *8/9
1958 31 PHI NL 152 725 615 98 215 24 13 2 33 30 12 97 48 .350 .440 .441 .881 136 271 8 4 7 2 7 *8 MVP-7
1959 32 PHI NL 153 660 564 86 150 16 2 1 20 9 11 79 42 .266 .360 .307 .667 80 173 10 6 7 4 4 *8
1960 33 CHC NL 151 672 547 99 159 16 5 0 40 16 4 116 50 .291 .415 .338 .753 111 185 4 1 7 1 1 *87
1961 34 CHC NL 109 368 307 49 79 7 4 0 19 7 6 55 27 .257 .373 .306 .679 83 94 4 3 1 2 2 87
1962 35 NYM NL 135 473 389 60 119 7 3 7 28 12 7 81 39 .306 .424 .393 .817 122 153 4 0 1 2 2 89/74
15 Seasons 2189 9736 8365 1322 2574 317 109 29 586 234 92 1198 571 .308 .396 .382 .778 111 3196 83 43 112 18 25
162 Game Avg. 162 721 619 98 190 23 8 2 43 17 89 42 .308 .396 .382 .778 111 237 6 3 8
PHI (12 yrs) 1794 8223 7122 1114 2217 287 97 22 499 199 75 946 455 .311 .394 .388 .782 111 2764 71 39 103 13 20
CHC (2 yrs) 260 1040 854 148 238 23 9 0 59 23 10 171 77 .279 .400 .327 .727 101 279 8 4 8 3 3
NYM (1 yr) 135 473 389 60 119 7 3 7 28 12 7 81 39 .306 .424 .393 .817 122 153 4 0 1 2 2

Standard Fielding

Detailed Stats

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1948 PHI NL 21 OF 116 365 344 14 7 2 .981 3.09 .978 2.20 15-102-0 MVP-11,RoY-3
1949 PHI NL 22 OF 154 538 514 13 11 3 .980 3.42 .977 2.25 0-154-0 MVP-23
1950 PHI NL 23 OF 147 418 405 8 5 2 .988 2.81 .978 2.14 0-147-0
1951 PHI NL 24 OF 154 560 538 15 7 6 .988 3.59 .981 2.23 0-154-0 MVP-7
1952 PHI NL 25 OF 154 460 428 23 9 5 .980 2.93 .981 2.10 0-154-0
1953 PHI NL 26 OF 156 519 496 18 5 4 .990 3.29 .980 2.11 0-156-0 MVP-19
1954 PHI NL 27 CF 153 153 1342.1 508 488 12 8 2 .984 18.5 16.5 19.5 7.2 12.3 -1 3.35 3.27 .983 2.83 2.67 MVP-19
1954 PHI NL 27 OF 153 153 1342.1 503 483 12 8 2 .984 18.5 16.5 19.5 7.2 12.3 -1 3.32 3.24 .975 2.36 2.18 MVP-19
1955 PHI NL 28 CF 140 139 1216.2 411 394 10 7 3 .983 6.1 6.0 7.1 -3.7 10.7 -1 2.99 2.89 .982 2.70 2.50 MVP-14
1955 PHI NL 28 OF 140 139 1216.2 404 387 10 7 3 .983 6.1 6.0 7.1 -3.7 10.7 -1 2.94 2.84 .977 2.30 2.10 MVP-14
1956 PHI NL 29 CF 154 154 1368.1 521 501 11 9 4 .983 16.3 14.3 16.3 10.4 5.9 0 3.37 3.32 .982 2.77 2.55 MVP-30
1956 PHI NL 29 OF 154 154 1368.1 523 503 11 9 3 .983 16.3 14.3 16.3 10.4 5.9 0 3.38 3.34 .977 2.28 2.05 MVP-30
1957 PHI NL 30 OF 156 156 1400.0 527 502 18 7 7 .987 20.3 17.4 17.3 10.9 6.4 3 3.34 3.33 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 PHI NL 30 CF 154 154 1382.0 523 499 17 7 6 .987 19.5 16.9 17.5 10.9 6.6 2 3.36 3.35 .985 2.82 2.62
1957 PHI NL 30 RF 2 2 18.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 0.8 53.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1 2.00 2.00 .975 2.00 1.70
1958 PHI NL 31 CF 152 152 1369.2 510 494 8 8 2 .984 4.1 3.6 5.1 1.9 3.2 -1 3.30 3.30 .986 2.72 2.50 MVP-7
1958 PHI NL 31 OF 152 152 1369.2 511 495 8 8 2 .984 4.1 3.6 5.1 1.9 3.2 -1 3.31 3.31 .980 2.26 1.95 MVP-7
1959 PHI NL 32 CF 149 144 1255.0 374 359 4 11 1 .971 -17.2 -16.4 -9.2 -1.0 -8.2 -8 2.60 2.44 .980 2.63 2.24
1959 PHI NL 32 OF 149 144 1255.0 374 359 4 11 1 .971 -17.2 -16.4 -9.2 -1.0 -8.2 -8 2.60 2.44 .977 2.21 1.90
1960 CHC NL 33 OF 146 145 1261.0 336 317 11 8 2 .976 1.7 1.6 4.7 2.5 2.1 -3 2.34 2.25 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 CHC NL 33 CF 97 90 805.1 220 208 7 5 1 .977 -5.5 -8.2 -1.5 0.3 -1.8 -4 2.40 2.22 .981 2.59 2.32
1960 CHC NL 33 LF 58 55 455.2 116 110 3 3 0 .974 7.2 19.0 6.2 2.2 3.9 1 2.23 1.95 .974 1.98 1.54
1961 CHC NL 34 OF 76 69 604.1 138 131 4 3 0 .978 -12.4 -24.6 -9.4 -6.8 -2.5 -3 2.01 1.78 .977 2.16 1.86
1961 CHC NL 34 CF 62 56 489.1 108 105 2 1 0 .991 -13.0 -31.9 -9.0 -5.2 -3.8 -4 1.97 1.73 .981 2.63 2.28
1961 CHC NL 34 LF 15 13 115.0 29 25 2 2 0 .931 0.6 6.3 -0.4 -1.6 1.3 1 2.11 1.80 .976 1.88 1.50
1962 NYM NL 35 OF 97 91 798.2 201 187 9 5 1 .975 -7.3 -11.0 -5.3 -0.2 -5.1 -2 2.21 2.02 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 NYM NL 35 CF 54 47 413.0 117 110 2 5 1 .957 -8.8 -25.6 -4.8 -0.5 -4.3 -4 2.44 2.07 .979 2.47 2.27
1962 NYM NL 35 RF 45 38 338.2 79 74 5 0 1 1.000 1.1 3.9 0.1 0.9 -0.8 1 2.10 1.76 .975 1.90 1.65
1962 NYM NL 35 LF 8 6 47.0 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 10.2 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 1 2.11 1.38 .964 1.82 1.38
1962 NYM NL 35 2B 2 1 8.0 10 5 4 1 1 .900 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 10.12 4.50 .980 5.29 4.70
15 Seasons OF 2104 1203 10616.0 6377 6089 178 110 43 .983 30.1 3.4 46.1 21.2 24.8 -16 5.31 2.98 .978 2.25 2.07 96-1982-47
9 Seasons (incomplete) CF 1115 1089 9641.2 3292 3158 73 61 20 .981 20.0 2.5 41.0 20.3 20.6 -21 3.02 2.90 .983 2.72 2.47
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 81 74 617.2 156 144 7 5 0 .968 8.2 15.9 5.2 0.0 5.2 3 2.20 1.86 .974 1.95 1.52
2 Seasons RF 47 40 356.2 83 77 6 0 2 1.000 1.9 6.4 -0.1 0.9 -1.0 2 2.09 1.77 .975 1.91 1.65
1 Season 2B 2 1 8.0 10 5 4 1 1 .900 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 10.12 4.50 .980 5.29 4.70
15 Seasons TOT 2106 1204 10624.0 6387 6094 182 111 44 .983 29.8 3.4 45.8 21.0 24.7 -16 0 5.32 2.98 .961 2.25 2.07 96-1982-47
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1948 (CF)
1951 (CF)
1953 *
1958
1962-1
1962-2 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1948-NL-11-14%
1949-NL-23-2%
1951-NL-7-21%
1953-NL-19-1%
1954-NL-19-1%
1955-NL-14-5%
1956-NL-30-0%
1958-NL-7-18%
0.62 Career Shares (361st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL--.333--2nd
1950 NL--.303--10th
1951 NL--.344--2nd
1953 NL--.330--6th
1954 NL--.313--8th
1955 NL--.338--1st
1956 NL--.303--6th
1957 NL--.297--9th
1958 NL--.350--1st
Career--.308--120th

On-Base% s c a p y
1948 NL--.410--3rd
1951 NL--.393--8th
1953 NL--.394--9th
1954 NL--.441--1st
1955 NL--.449--1st
1956 NL--.384--5th
1957 NL--.390--4th
1958 NL--.440--1st
1960 NL--.415--1st
Career--.396--72nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1955 NL--.897--10th
1958 NL--.881--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1949 NL--154--6th
1951 NL--154--5th
1952 NL--154--1st
1953 NL--156--6th
1954 NL--153--6th
1956 NL--154--4th
1957 NL--156--1st
1958 NL--152--3rd
1959 NL--153--5th
1960 NL--151--7th
Career--2189--127th

At Bats s c a p y
1949 NL--662--1st
1950 NL--594--8th
1951 NL--643--3rd
1952 NL--613--3rd
1953 NL--622--2nd
1956 NL--628--3rd
1957 NL--626--3rd
1958 NL--615--2nd
Career--8365--101st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 NL--728--2nd
1950 NL--670--9th
1951 NL--712--2nd
1952 NL--701--1st
1953 NL--702--2nd
1954 NL--703--3rd
1956 NL--719--1st
1957 NL--729--1st
1958 NL--725--1st
1959 NL--660--9th
1960 NL--672--4th
Career--9736--88th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1952 NL--93--6th
1953 NL--110--5th
1954 NL--111--4th
1956 NL--94--8th
1957 NL--93--8th
1958 NL--98--5th
1960 NL--99--6th
Career--1322--108th

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL--188--6th
1950 NL--180--6th
1951 NL--221--1st
1952 NL--173--6th
1953 NL--205--1st
1955 NL--180--7th
1956 NL--190--2nd
1957 NL--186--5th
1958 NL--215--1st
Career--2574--80th

Total Bases s c a p y
1958 NL--271--8th
Career--3196--208th

Doubles s c a p y
1951 NL--31--7th
1952 NL--31--4th
1955 NL--32--5th

Triples s c a p y
1949 NL--11--4th
1950 NL--14--1st
1953 NL--9--5th
1954 NL--8--7th
1955 NL--9--5th
1956 NL--8--8th
1957 NL--8--5th
1958 NL--13--1st
Career--109--125th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 NL--125--1st
1955 NL--105--2nd
1956 NL--79--6th
1957 NL--94--1st
1958 NL--97--1st
1959 NL--79--5th
1960 NL--116--1st
1962 NL--81--3rd
Career--1198--53rd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 NL--32--1st
1949 NL--9--9th
1950 NL--14--5th
1951 NL--29--2nd
1952 NL--16--4th
1953 NL--14--7th
1954 NL--11--5th
1955 NL--12--6th
1956 NL--10--8th
1957 NL--13--6th
1958 NL--30--2nd
1960 NL--16--7th

Singles s c a p y
1948 NL--131--3rd
1949 NL--158--2nd
1950 NL--139--2nd
1951 NL--181--1st
1952 NL--135--3rd
1953 NL--169--1st
1954 NL--150--2nd
1955 NL--136--3rd
1956 NL--153--2nd
1957 NL--152--1st
1958 NL--176--1st
1959 NL--131--3rd
1960 NL--138--2nd
Career--2119--30th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1955 NL--142--10th
1958 NL--136--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 NL--111--7th
1955 NL--117--7th
1956 NL--101--9th
1958 NL--129--3rd
1960 NL--91--9th
Career--1334--129th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--20--10th
1954 NL--23--10th
1955 NL--40--6th
1958 NL--38--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1951 NL--2.0--10th
1954 NL--2.2--10th
1955 NL--3.9--6th
1958 NL--3.6--4th

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 NL--247--8th
1950 NL--245--7th
1951 NL--273--3rd
1952 NL--250--4th
1953 NL--271--4th
1954 NL--304--1st
1955 NL--288--1st
1956 NL--274--2nd
1957 NL--284--1st
1958 NL--316--1st
1960 NL--276--1st
Career--3815--53rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1948 NL--.659--10th
1951 NL--.670--8th
1955 NL--.748--5th
1958 NL--.732--3rd
1960 NL--.646--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL--5--8th
1956 NL--5--6th
1959 NL--6--4th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1950 NL--11--3rd
1951 NL--17--2nd
1952 NL--11--5th
1953 NL--14--2nd
1954 NL--14--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 NL--11--2nd
1953 NL--6--6th
1954 NL--8--5th
1955 NL--10--5th
1957 NL--10--3rd
1958 NL--12--1st
1959 NL--11--2nd
1961 NL--6--9th
Career--92--138th

AB per SO s c a p y
1948 NL--21.045--6th
1949 NL--17.421--10th
1950 NL--18.563--7th
1952 NL--20.433--3rd
1953 NL--17.771--7th
1955 NL--14.806--8th
1956 NL--13.956--8th
1957 NL--14.227--7th
1958 NL--12.813--6th
1959 NL--13.429--5th
1960 NL--10.940--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 NL--488--2nd
1950 NL--436--9th
1951 NL--449--10th
1952 NL--469--4th
1956 NL--450--6th
1957 NL--465--4th
1959 NL--446--7th
Career--6096--118th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 32 (52), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 156 (78), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 110 (130), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 41 (136), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Stan Hack (850)
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  5. Steve Brodie (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Lloyd Waner (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

January 11, 1960: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for John Buzhardt, Alvin Dark and Jim Woods.

December 8, 1961: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Chicago Cubs.

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