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
High School: Tilden (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 Fielding

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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 AS,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 AS,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 AS,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 AS,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 AS,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 AS
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 AS
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 AS
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 AS
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 AS
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

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 PHI NL 21 117 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 102 0 116
1949 PHI NL 22 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154
1950 PHI NL 23 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 147
1951 PHI NL 24 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154
1952 PHI NL 25 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154
1953 PHI NL 26 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156
1954 PHI NL 27 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 0 0
1955 PHI NL 28 140 139 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 1 0
1956 PHI NL 29 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 0
1957 PHI NL 30 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 2 156 0 0
1958 PHI NL 31 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 0 0
1959 PHI NL 32 153 144 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 5 0
1960 CHC NL 33 151 145 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 97 0 146 6 0
1961 CHC NL 34 109 69 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 62 0 76 40 0
1962 NYM NL 35 135 92 135 135 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 54 45 97 37 4
15 Seasons 2189 1204 2189 2189 0 0 0 2 0 0 96 1982 47 2104 89 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PHI NL 27 8 0 8 0 1 12 0 2 4 4 42 24 1 39 7 2 10 2 1 20 2 0 35 29 0 146 64 43.8% 78 4 2.7% 8 5198 63% 82% 35% 685 66%
1955 PHI NL 28 7 0 7 0 3 8 0 1 4 2 39 23 2 36 4 0 9 6 0 15 2 0 21 15 0 120 50 41.7% 68 2 1.7% 6 4902 59% 80% 34% 590 64%
1956 PHI NL 29 9 1 8 0 0 11 0 3 4 3 59 34 4 49 5 0 7 2 0 26 5 2 42 35 0 183 81 44.3% 96 6 3.3% 5 5866 65% 80% 32% 786 65%
1957 PHI NL 30 7 0 7 0 2 17 0 2 9 3 65 42 1 54 8 1 10 3 1 27 5 1 31 23 2 187 81 43.3% 100 6 3.2% 11 5958 62% 79% 32% 876 58%
1958 PHI NL 31 8 0 8 0 2 8 0 4 2 1 71 44 1 39 5 0 16 5 1 32 7 0 41 32 0 199 93 46.7% 104 2 1.0% 6 6052 61% 80% 32% 846 59%
1959 PHI NL 32 11 0 9 2 3 4 0 0 1 1 65 25 0 45 2 0 15 7 0 15 2 0 35 27 0 175 63 36.0% 112 0 0.0% 4 5563 54% 79% 29% 720 50%
1960 CHC NL 33 5 0 3 2 1 8 0 3 3 0 30 15 1 25 1 0 16 3 0 10 0 0 16 11 0 97 30 30.9% 66 1 1.0% 7 3637 58% 76% 27% 390 55%
1961 CHC NL 34 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 29 12 0 22 2 0 6 3 0 9 0 0 5 4 0 71 21 29.6% 50 0 0.0% 2 2185 65% 80% 27% 244 44%
1962 NYM NL 35 5 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 23 9 0 13 0 0 5 0 0 7 2 0 6 2 1 54 13 24.1% 40 1 1.9% 1 1953 61% 79% 29% 224 49%
9 Seasons 61 1 55 5 13 72 0 17 28 15 423 228 10 322 34 3 94 31 3 161 25 3 232 178 3 1232 496 40.3% 714 22 1.8% 50 41314 61% 80% 31% 5361 58%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 CHC NL 33 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 15 15 0 7 2 1 8 1 2 4 1 0 6 6 0 40 25 62.5% 12 3 7.5% 0 1969 57% 80% 27% 206 55%
1961 CHC NL 34 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 5 4 0 6 2 1 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 17 10 58.8% 6 1 5.9% 1 522 60% 81% 28% 64 42%
1962 NYM NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 2 241 62% 76% 21% 27 41%
3 Seasons 5 0 3 2 2 7 0 2 1 4 22 21 0 17 6 2 12 3 2 6 3 0 8 8 0 65 41 63.1% 20 4 6.2% 3 2732 58% 80% 27% 297 51%
MLB Averages 56.6% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 76 76% 75% 42% 8 38%
1962 NYM NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 13 5 0 7 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 1 6 5 0 32 12 37.5% 18 2 6.3% 3 1569 57% 81% 29% 150 52%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 3 14 5 0 7 1 1 3 2 0 5 1 1 6 5 0 35 14 40.0% 19 2 5.7% 4 1645 58% 81% 30% 158 51%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1962 NYM NL 35 44 68% 77% 32% 5 80% 0 5 1 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1 Season 44 68% 77% 32% 5 80% 0 5 1 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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