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Richie
Ashburn		  
Nickname: Put Put
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 19, 1927 in Usa, NE, TILDEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1961   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   10 10 10 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 7 10 10 10
1949 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   10 10 10 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 7 10 10 10
1950 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 7 10 10 10
1951 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 7 10 10 10
1952 25 BSN NL $ 2,142,857   9 9 8 2 2 2 5 6 5 6 7 6 10 10 10
1953 26 BSN NL $ 2,142,857   9 9 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1954 27 BSN NL $ 3,221,429   9 9 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1955 28 BSN NL $ 6,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1956 29 BSN NL $ 6,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1957 30 BSN NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1958 31 STL NL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 7 6 10 10 10
1959 32 DET AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 7 6 10 10 10
1960 33 SDP NL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 5 10 10 10
1961 34 SDP NL $ 6,500,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 5 4 9 9 9
1962 35 COL NL $ 748,763   7 7 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 8 9 8
1963 36 COL NL $ 748,763   5 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   10 10 10 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 7 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 21 SEM AL 155 618 81 168 19 3 7 45 33 18 83 27 .272 .357 .346 .703 79.9 7.4
1949 22 SEM AL 151 582 86 186 22 4 5 48 43 21 87 15 .320 .408 .397 .805 95.5 17.1
1950 23 BSN NL 8 29 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 .103 .235 .138 .373 0.8 0.0
    AAA   56 210 51 79 14 2 1 32 16 6 30 12 .376 .454 .476 .930 43.2  
1951 24 BSN NL 156 569 80 175 22 3 2 59 43 19 70 12 .308 .387 .367 .754 76.4 11.3
1952 25 BSN NL 147 474 67 137 21 2 5 71 35 17 51 10 .289 .361 .373 .734 63.4 9.8
1953 26 BSN NL 147 572 91 179 22 3 4 67 12 9 63 15 .313 .380 .383 .763 82.4 16.7
1954 27 BSN NL 147 603 97 170 34 5 11 69 10 12 64 12 .282 .350 .410 .759 84.3 15.0
1955 28 BSN NL 145 553 103 141 18 2 8 44 31 17 60 9 .255 .326 .338 .664 65.8 7.8
1956 29 BSN NL 121 394 81 114 21 2 5 30 18 10 38 8 .289 .353 .391 .743 53.0 9.1
1957 30 BSN NL 87 204 28 60 7 3 0 19 5 2 18 4 .294 .350 .358 .708 25.8 4.3
1958 31 STL NL 158 600 77 178 23 4 10 48 10 7 50 21 .297 .353 .398 .751 78.7 9.6
1959 32 STL NL 24 77 10 19 3 0 0 6 2 1 6 0 .247 .301 .286 .587 6.7 0.5
  DET AL 128 431 74 114 12 2 7 34 12 5 56 13 .265 .349 .350 .699 56.5 9.8
  TOT   152 508 84 133 15 2 7 40 14 6 62 13 .262 .342 .341 .683 63.2 10.3
1960 33 SDP NL 125 314 32 90 9 4 3 40 10 3 29 12 .287 .351 .369 .720 39.4 7.7
1961 34 SDP NL 150 526 67 150 23 5 1 47 29 10 34 28 .285 .329 .354 .683 62.0 11.7
1962 35 CLN NL 66 198 28 57 5 3 0 16 0 0 20 10 .288 .352 .343 .695 21.9 3.7
    AAA   56 199 24 66 8 0 2 29 5 6 24 12 .332 .404 .402 .806 31.0  
1963 36 AAA   131 419 56 133 10 5 3 37 15 6 42 34 .317 .380 .387 .766 61.8  
15 Years Sim 1915 6744 1005 1941 262 45 68 644 294 151 734 196 .288 .358 .370 .728 892.4 141.6
3 Years AAA 243 828 131 278 32 7 6 98 36 18 96 58 .336 .404 .413 .817 136.0  
162 Game Average 570 85 164 22 3 5 54 24 12 62 16 .288 .358 .370 .728 75.5  
Career Highs 158 618 103 186 34 5 11 71 43 21 87 28 .320 .408 .410 .805 95.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4517 715 1357 182 30 50 449 195 106 509 111 .300 .372 .387 .759 652.6
vs LH   2227 290 584 80 15 18 195 99 45 225 85 .262 .330 .336 .666 256.8
Home 936 3235 488 925 117 24 31 315 145 72 369 87 .286 .359 .366 .725 437.1
Away 979 3509 517 1016 145 21 37 329 149 79 365 109 .290 .357 .374 .731 472.3
RISP   1405 0 394 52 14 12 539 0 0 176 39 .280 .357 .363 .720 190.1
Pinch Hitting   196 28 46 6 2 2 25 5 0 23 8 .235 .314 .316 .630 21.6
Close/Late   785 118 205 20 5 12 80 0 1 90 22 .261 .338 .345 .683 95.5
Mar/Apr 327 1153 168 330 44 6 10 100 53 29 122 28 .286 .356 .361 .717 150.1
May 348 1260 188 354 44 9 8 97 50 17 134 44 .281 .351 .349 .700 161.2
June 329 1182 181 339 44 8 15 113 48 31 124 32 .287 .355 .376 .731 157.6
July 300 1088 165 322 44 7 8 114 50 26 119 34 .296 .365 .371 .737 149.6
August 311 1113 167 341 49 6 14 141 56 25 129 36 .306 .376 .399 .775 169.5
Sep/Oct 300 948 136 255 37 9 13 79 37 23 106 22 .269 .343 .368 .711 121.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1948 21 SEM AL CF 146 143 1255.7 402 8 5 6 .988 2.94   3.3
    2B 6 6 54.3 14 21 1 8 .972 5.80   0.1
1949 22 SEM AL CF 147 138 1237.7 383 7 7 4 .982 2.84   4.4
1950 23 BSN NL CF 8 8 72.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
1951 24 BSN NL CF 150 149 1321.3 317 3 6 0 .982 2.18   2.5
1952 25 BSN NL CF 131 123 1070.0 304 5 9 3 .972 2.60   3.4
    2B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1953 26 BSN NL CF 145 137 1223.3 346 4 11 4 .970 2.57   4.0
1954 27 BSN NL CF 146 140 1251.0 341 6 11 2 .969 2.50   4.0
1955 28 BSN NL CF 143 135 1171.3 305 3 11 3 .966 2.37   3.1
1956 29 BSN NL CF 109 90 809.0 198 2 2 2 .990 2.22   2.2
1957 30 BSN NL CF 54 41 388.3 96 2 2 1 .980 2.27   1.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 31 STL NL CF 153 145 1317.3 353 3 6 1 .983 2.43   3.9
1959 32 STL NL CF 20 19 156.1 43 1 1 0 .978 2.54   0.4
  DET AL CF 108 101 916.2 250 5 3 0 .988 2.50   1.9
  TOT   CF 128 120 1072.3 293 6 4 0 .987 2.51   2.3
1960 33 SDP NL CF 100 67 676.7 179 2 3 1 .984 2.41   1.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 34 SDP NL CF 138 123 1074.3 331 4 6 3 .982 2.81   4.2
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 35 CLN NL CF 56 43 405.7 122 0 3 0 .976 2.71   1.2
  CF 1754 1602 14345.9 3985 55 86 30 .979 2.53   41.0
  2B 7 6 58.3 14 23 1 8 .974 5.71   0.1
  RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1764 1608 14409.3 3999 78 87 38 .979 2.55   41.1
Career Highs   153 149 1321.3 416 29 11 14 1.000 3.06    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1957 30 BSN NL 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1949-10-.320
1953-9-.313
 On-Base Pct
1949-10-.408
 Games
1948-10-155
1951-5-156
1958-4-158
 At-Bats
1948-2-618
1951-8-569
1953-9-572
1954-4-603
1958-2-600
 Hits
1951-8-175
1953-6-179
1954-9-170
1958-5-178
 Singles
1948-2-139
1949-1-155
1951-2-148
1953-2-150
1954-5-120
1955-9-113
1958-1-141
1961-8-121
Doubles
1954-6-34
 Triples
1960-10-4
 Stolen Bases
1948-4-33
1949-1-43
1951-1-43
1952-2-35
1955-2-31
1956-2-18
1957-9-5
1958-2-10
1959-5-12
1960-6-10
1961-2-29
 Caught Stealing
1948-2-18
1949-2-21
1951-1-19
1952-2-17
1953-6-9
1954-2-12
1955-1-17
1956-1-10
1958-2-7
1959-4-5
1961-3-10
CAR-32-151
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jerry White (911)
  2. George Myatt (903)
  3. Jose Cruz (902)
  4. Bobby Brown (901)
  5. Barney McCosky (899)
  6. Bob Skinner (894)
  7. Dick Howser (892)
  8. Matty Alou (892)
  9. Cleon Jones (890)
  10. Lyman Bostock (889)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Seattle in 1948
Had first career hit on 4/2/1948, off Bob Chipman (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1948, off Harry Brecheen (CIN)
Traded from Seattle to Boston (N) on 2/1/1950 (Going to SEM: P Warren Hacker. Going to BSN: 1B Gordon Goldsberry, CF Richie Ashburn)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1951, hitting .545 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/6/1953 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/24/1954 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
10/3/1954: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $6,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/9/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $6,500,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1958, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Traded from St. Louis to Detroit on 5/1/1959 (Going to STL: P Don Carlsen, P Bob Smith, P Dick Rozek. Going to DET: CF Richie Ashburn)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/1/1960 (Going to DET: RF Bob Hazle, 2B Billy Gardner, 3B Dick Williams, 3B Rocky Krsnich. Going to SDP: CF Richie Ashburn, P Jack Spring)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 8/12/1961
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1961
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $748,763 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 7/1/1962 (Going to CLN: C Danny Kravitz, P Earl Francis. Going to COL: 1B Billy Klaus, C Russ Nixon, CF Richie Ashburn)
Injured on 7/23/1963 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
 
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