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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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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
1973 21 CLE AL 11 31 29 4 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 11 .172 .226 .310 .536 48 9 0 0 0 0 0 2
1974 22 CLE AL 10 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1975 23 CLE AL 90 301 254 32 57 10 1 5 32 3 2 30 42 .224 .309 .331 .639 82 84 10 1 16 0 1 2/35D
1976 24 CLE AL 89 283 247 26 59 5 1 4 32 0 2 27 49 .239 .310 .316 .626 86 78 6 0 6 3 4 2/35
1977 25 TOR AL 124 459 396 25 83 16 3 2 29 0 2 50 51 .210 .301 .280 .581 60 111 14 2 10 1 3 *2
1978 26 TOR AL 81 298 264 27 69 15 0 9 29 1 1 28 32 .261 .333 .420 .754 111 111 10 1 4 1 4 2
1979 27 HOU NL 108 370 336 25 68 15 2 2 35 0 0 26 70 .202 .262 .277 .538 51 93 8 2 3 3 10 2
1980 28 HOU NL 116 394 352 30 90 19 2 3 48 0 0 35 40 .256 .319 .347 .665 93 122 11 0 2 5 12 *2
1981 29 HOU NL 83 295 255 20 69 13 0 4 33 0 2 35 33 .271 .356 .369 .725 111 94 6 0 3 2 6 *2
1982 30 HOU NL 100 372 339 40 87 14 2 12 49 2 0 27 53 .257 .311 .416 .727 110 141 7 1 2 3 4 2
1983 31 HOU NL 87 311 275 31 63 18 1 8 34 0 0 31 38 .229 .303 .389 .692 97 107 12 0 1 4 4 2
1984 32 HOU NL 66 219 191 16 50 7 0 4 27 0 0 20 22 .262 .330 .361 .691 102 69 4 1 4 3 2 2
1985 33 HOU NL 65 216 189 20 53 8 0 8 25 0 0 24 27 .280 .363 .450 .813 130 85 9 1 1 1 2 2
1986 34 HOU NL 120 361 315 24 81 15 0 7 38 1 0 39 56 .257 .333 .371 .705 97 117 7 0 1 6 9 2
1987 35 HOU NL 125 441 386 53 111 16 0 14 63 0 1 50 52 .288 .367 .438 .805 117 169 14 1 0 4 2 *2
1988 36 HOU NL 73 261 227 19 54 10 0 7 33 0 0 29 36 .238 .319 .374 .694 103 85 5 0 1 4 3 2
1989 37 HOU NL 22 71 61 4 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 7 8 .164 .257 .213 .470 38 13 2 1 1 1 0 2
17 Seasons 1370 4691 4123 397 1010 183 13 90 513 7 10 461 622 .245 .320 .361 .681 93 1489 125 11 55 41 66
162 Game Avg. 162 555 488 47 119 22 2 11 61 1 1 55 74 .245 .320 .361 .681 93 176 15 1 7 5 8
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
HOU (11 yrs) 965 3311 2926 282 736 136 8 69 388 3 3 323 435 .252 .324 .374 .698 98 1095 85 7 19 36 54
CLE (4 yrs) 200 623 537 63 122 16 2 10 67 3 4 60 104 .227 .304 .320 .625 81 172 16 1 22 3 5
TOR (2 yrs) 205 757 660 52 152 31 3 11 58 1 3 78 83 .230 .314 .336 .650 79 222 24 3 14 2 7
NL (11 yrs) 965 3311 2926 282 736 136 8 69 388 3 3 323 435 .252 .324 .374 .698 98 1095 85 7 19 36 54
AL (6 yrs) 405 1380 1197 115 274 47 5 21 125 4 7 138 187 .229 .310 .329 .639 80 394 40 4 36 5 12

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 28 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 3 11 9 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 .111 .273 .444 .717 4 0 0 0 0 1
1986 34 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 6 25 23 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .130 .200 .304 .504 7 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 11 44 40 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 4 1 .125 .205 .300 .505 12 1 0 0 0 1
1 NLDS 3 11 9 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 .111 .273 .444 .717 4 0 0 0 0 1
2 NLCS 8 33 31 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .129 .182 .258 .440 8 1 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1975 AL--16--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL--12--10th
Career--66--235th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (810), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft.

November 5, 1976: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Doug Howard to the Toronto Blue Jays for Al Fitzmorris.

November 27, 1978: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Houston Astros for Joe Cannon, Pedro Hernandez and Mark Lemongello.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

December 3, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

May 11, 1989: Released by the Houston Astros.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Houston Astros$416,667
1986Houston Astros$525,000
1987Houston Astros$575,000
1988Houston Astros$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,966,667
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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