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 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 TSN Rookie of the Year
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Richie Ashburn
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record 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 Team
1948 PHI N 32 .333 .410 .400 2.2 1948 PHI N 1949 PHI N 662 84 188 18 11 1 37 58 38 1 7 7 9 .284 .343 .349 -0.5 1949 PHI N 1950 PHI N 14 2 41 63 32 2 11 11 14 .303 .372 .402 0.0 1950 PHI N 1951 PHI N 221 31 5 4 63 50 37 2 17 4 29 6 .344 .393 .426 4.2 1951 PHI N 1952 PHI N 154 613 93 173 31 6 1 42 75 30 2 11 7 16 11 .282 .362 .357 0.7 1952 PHI N 1953 PHI N 205 25 9 2 57 61 35 5 14 3 14 6 .330 .394 .408 2.2 1953 PHI N 1954 PHI N 125 46 4 14 1 3 11 8 .313 .441 .376 2.8 1954 PHI N 1955 PHI N .338 .449 .448 3.7 1955 PHI N 1956 PHI N 1956 PHI N 1957 PHI N 156 626 93 186 26 8 0 33 94 1 44 4 1 4 10 13 10 .297 .390 .364 3.0 1957 PHI N 1958 PHI N 215 24 13 2 33 97 7 48 4 7 2 8 30 12 .350 .440 .441 4.5 1958 PHI N 1959 PHI N 1959 PHI N 1960 CHI N Daily Splits 151 547 99 159 16 5 0 40 116 1 50 1 7 1 0 11 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 -1.5 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 0.8 1962 NY N Splits 2189 8365 1322 2574 317 109 29 586 1198 25i 571 43 112 18i 0i 23i 83 234 92i .308 .396 .382 22.6 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 Team
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World Series Batting Record 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 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 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 Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1948 PHI N 1949 PHI N 514 13 11 3 .980 0 154 0
1950 PHI N 405 8 5 2 .988 0 147 0
1951 PHI N 538 15 7 6 .988 0 154 0
1952 PHI N 154 428 23 9 5 .980 0 154 0
1953 PHI N 496 18 5 4 .990 0 156 0
1954 PHI N 153 483 12 8 2 .984 0 153 0
1955 PHI N 1956 PHI N 154 503 11 9 3 .983 0 154 0
1957 PHI N 156 502 18 7 7 .987 0 156 1
1958 PHI N 495 8 8 2 .984 0 152 0
1959 PHI N 1960 CHI N Daily OF 146 145 120 1262 317 11 8 2 0 .976 58 97 0
1960 CHI N 1960 CHI N 1961 CHI N Daily OF 77 69 48 604.1 131 4 3 0 0 .978 15 62 0
1961 CHI N 1961 CHI N 1962 NY N Daily OF 97 91 73 798.2 187 9 5 1 0 .975 8 54 45
1962 NY N 1962 NY N 1962 NY N 1962 NY N Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record 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 OF 4 4 4 35.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
1950 PHI N CF 4 4 4 35.2 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record 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 OF 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1948 NL CF 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1951 NL CF 1 1 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 2 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
Total 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
Transactions Transactions
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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