Alan Ashby
Alan Dean Ashby
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 8, 1951 in Long Beach, CA
High School: San Pedro (San Pedro, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1973
Final Game: May 9, 1989
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1973 CLE AL 21 C 11 8 72.0 46 45 0 1 0 .978 -2.0 -33.3 -2 5.62 4.09 .985 6.05 5.29 1 8 3 1 25%
1974 CLE AL 22 C 9 0 20.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 1.33 .983 5.90 5.01 1 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 23 C 87 82 711.2 489 441 43 5 6 .990 -3.0 -5.1 -3 6.12 5.56 .983 6.00 5.04 6 28 64 36 36%
1975 CLE AL 23 1B 2 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 12.00 4.00 .988 9.90 8.30
1975 CLE AL 23 3B 1 1 6.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.8 -160.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 3.15 2.80
1975 CLE AL 23 DH 1
1976 CLE AL 24 C 86 75 669.2 533 475 51 7 7 .987 1.0 1.8 1 7.07 6.12 .981 5.75 4.90 3 17 82 39 32%
1976 CLE AL 24 1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 6.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.90
1976 CLE AL 24 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1977 TOR AL 25 C 124 120 1074.2 701 619 71 11 11 .984 6.0 6.7 6 5.78 5.56 .986 6.01 5.06 6 41 64 59 48%
1978 TOR AL 26 C 81 80 694.2 443 399 38 6 6 .986 -1.0 -1.7 -1 5.66 5.40 .983 5.53 4.86 7 17 50 32 39%
1979 HOU NL 27 C 105 104 890.2 613 548 57 8 5 .987 -2.0 -2.7 -2 6.11 5.76 .985 6.13 5.27 9 33 71 31 30%
1980 HOU NL 28 C 114 104 912.1 674 608 60 6 10 .991 -5.0 -6.6 -5 6.59 5.86 .983 6.09 5.23 14 23 91 27 23%
1981 HOU NL 29 C 81 74 672.0 501 434 58 9 6 .982 5.0 8.9 5 6.59 6.07 .983 5.93 5.07 3 18 62 41 40%
1982 HOU NL 30 C 95 90 795.2 599 530 55 14 5 .977 -14.0 -21.1 -14 6.62 6.16 .985 6.29 5.52 10 27 108 26 19%
1983 HOU NL 31 C 85 78 696.2 504 435 56 13 2 .974 -7.0 -12.1 -7 6.34 5.78 .984 6.57 5.55 9 21 85 29 25%
1984 HOU NL 32 C 63 53 476.2 350 303 42 5 3 .986 -5.0 -12.6 -5 6.51 5.48 .986 6.53 5.68 15 18 64 26 29%
1985 HOU NL 33 C 60 55 471.1 357 312 37 8 1 .978 -6.0 -15.3 -6 6.66 5.82 .987 6.42 5.45 14 19 58 21 27%
1986 HOU NL 34 C 103 86 754.0 685 632 43 10 2 .985 -7.0 -11.1 -7 8.06 6.55 .985 6.93 5.88 7 21 92 28 23%
1987 HOU NL 35 C 110 105 904.1 830 778 46 6 6 .993 -8.0 -10.6 -8 8.20 7.49 .987 6.94 5.91 6 25 121 30 20%
1988 HOU NL 36 C 66 60 546.1 441 414 23 4 4 .991 -6.0 -13.2 -6 7.20 6.62 .987 6.56 5.58 1 9 82 15 15%
1989 HOU NL 37 C 19 17 150.2 105 101 4 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -15.9 -2 6.27 5.53 .986 6.67 5.56 1 8 15 4 21%
17 Seasons C 1299 1191 10513.1 7883 7086 684 113 74 .986 -56.0 -6.4 -56 6.65 5.98 .985 6.26 5.35 113 333 1112 445 29%
2 Seasons 1B 4 0 9.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 10.00 2.50 .990 9.90 8.60
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.9 -135.0 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 0 1.12 0.50 1.000 3.15 2.70
1 Season DH 1
17 Seasons TOT 1305 1192 10530.1 7895 7096 685 114 75 .986 -56.5 -6.4 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 -56 6.65 5.96 .970 6.26 5.36 113 333 1112 445 29%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1973 CLE AL 21 11 8 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 22 10 0 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1975 CLE AL 23 90 83 90 88 0 87 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1976 CLE AL 24 89 75 89 88 0 86 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1977 TOR AL 25 124 120 124 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 TOR AL 26 81 80 81 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 27 108 104 108 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1980 HOU NL 28 116 104 116 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1981 HOU NL 29 83 74 83 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 HOU NL 30 100 90 100 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1983 HOU NL 31 87 78 87 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1984 HOU NL 32 66 53 66 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1985 HOU NL 33 65 55 65 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1986 HOU NL 34 120 86 120 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1987 HOU NL 35 125 105 125 110 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1988 HOU NL 36 73 60 73 66 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1989 HOU NL 37 22 17 22 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
17 Seasons 1370 1192 1370 1301 0 1298 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 5
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1973 CLE AL 21 327 4.75 5.25 2 100% 0 0 45 1 0 1 43 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 22 89 6.75 6.75 2 100% 0 0 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 23 3197 3.88 4.43 34 97% 0 0 442 21 1 22 397 43 8 0 0 1 5 0 1 4 1 6 0 0 1 6 83%
1976 CLE AL 24 2976 3.59 4.03 31 90% 1 0 475 21 3 20 431 50 7 0 0 5 8 0 4 4 2 7 0 1 1 5 60%
1977 TOR AL 25 4920 4.51 5.12 42 88% 0 0 623 27 7 23 565 67 8 2 0 7 11 1 7 3 0 11 0 3 5 5 80%
1978 TOR AL 26 3190 4.63 5.03 31 100% 0 0 400 23 0 12 365 37 5 0 0 2 6 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 1 7 100%
1979 HOU NL 27 3815 3.09 3.48 45 91% 0 0 550 25 2 6 517 55 17 0 0 5 8 0 2 6 0 5 0 1 1 7 100%
1980 HOU NL 28 3964 3.18 3.60 46 100% 0 0 613 30 4 9 570 59 16 0 1 11 5 0 1 4 0 8 0 2 3 6 100%
1981 HOU NL 29 2849 2.30 2.64 36 89% 0 1 433 20 3 6 404 57 11 0 0 6 10 1 3 6 2 6 0 2 3 3 67%
1982 HOU NL 30 3568 3.78 4.24 40 93% 1 0 527 24 4 11 488 61 11 1 0 19 14 0 4 10 2 5 0 0 2 3 100%
1983 HOU NL 31 3106 3.42 4.04 22 100% 3 0 434 9 0 9 416 54 10 2 0 10 13 1 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 4 100%
1984 HOU NL 32 2145 3.76 4.33 21 95% 0 0 308 7 2 15 284 40 3 0 0 7 5 0 2 3 1 3 0 1 1 2 100%
1985 HOU NL 33 2137 3.49 4.22 31 94% 1 0 310 17 0 12 281 38 9 0 0 5 8 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1986 HOU NL 34 3276 3.18 3.55 45 96% 1 0 633 29 1 8 595 43 10 1 0 6 10 0 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 8 88%
1987 HOU NL 35 3968 3.48 3.78 49 100% 2 1 775 39 2 6 728 44 9 0 0 5 6 0 2 4 0 6 0 2 2 9 100%
1988 HOU NL 36 2414 3.48 3.94 28 96% 0 0 415 22 0 5 388 22 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 6 83%
1989 HOU NL 37 659 3.64 3.88 3 100% 0 0 101 2 0 0 99 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
17 Seasons 46600 3.59 4.05 508 95% 9 2 7095 319 29 166 6579 674 129 7 1 91 114 3 34 77 8 72 0 12 22 77 91%
MLB Averages 3.81 4.29 95% 90%
PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1973 CLE AL 21 1 8 128 3 1 0 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 0.52 1.58
1974 CLE AL 22 1 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 CLE AL 23 6 28 1168 64 36 31 36% 56 27 7 4 1 5 0 0 117 39 1.35 1.08
1976 CLE AL 24 4 17 1055 82 39 36 32% 76 31 5 6 1 2 2 0 122 44 1.28 1.33
1977 TOR AL 25 6 41 1834 64 59 44 48% 55 55 8 4 1 0 4 1 148 77 1.11 1.33
1978 TOR AL 26 12 17 1205 50 32 26 39% 44 31 4 1 2 0 0 0 101 39 1.27 1.31
1979 HOU NL 27 8 33 1312 71 31 26 30% 68 30 2 1 1 0 1 0 140 35 1.34 1.32
1980 HOU NL 28 12 23 1417 91 27 25 23% 86 24 3 3 2 0 2 0 158 34 1.29 1.17
1981 HOU NL 29 3 18 953 62 41 37 40% 60 37 2 2 0 2 1 0 99 43 1.44 1.45
1982 HOU NL 30 8 27 1234 108 26 25 19% 99 24 9 1 0 1 1 0 173 27 1.23 1.31
1983 HOU NL 31 9 21 1069 85 29 27 25% 79 23 6 3 0 3 1 1 139 35 1.37 1.19
1984 HOU NL 32 15 18 726 64 26 25 29% 59 22 5 3 0 1 0 0 120 30 1.19 1.24
1985 HOU NL 33 14 19 725 58 21 21 27% 56 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 111 27 1.30 1.17
1986 HOU NL 34 7 21 1051 92 28 24 23% 81 23 11 3 0 2 1 0 145 32 1.41 1.12
1987 HOU NL 35 6 25 1287 121 30 25 20% 114 23 7 6 0 1 0 0 180 30 1.25 1.21
1988 HOU NL 36 1 9 847 82 15 11 15% 75 11 7 3 0 1 0 0 105 17 1.44 1.76
1989 HOU NL 37 1 8 203 15 4 3 21% 14 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 4 1.43 1.17
17 Seasons 114 333 16247 1112 445 386 29% 1025 386 79 41 8 18 13 2 1905 514 1.30 1.28
MLB Averages 34% 1.29 1.27
PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 CLE AL 23 30 60% 83% 30% 1 100% 0 8 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 24 10 60% 60% 20% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 40 60% 78% 28% 2 100% 0 9 0 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 CLE AL 23 29 48% 76% 17% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 24 11 36% 91% 27% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 40 45% 80% 20% 3 33% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 89% 70%

* 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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