Tucker Ashford

Thomas Steven Ashford

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 4, 1954 in Memphis, TN
School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1976
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mets/Rangers/Royals/Yankees 1976-1984

Final Game: May 14, 1984
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Standard Batting

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
1974	19	SDP-min	A-,AA	78	325	267	56	64	7	2	4	30	4	2	52	36	.240	.372	.326	.698		87	12	5	0	1	0		WWA,ALX · NORW,TL
1975	20	SDP-min	AA	120	410	376	33	89	12	1	3	38	3	1	25	39	.237	.282	.298	.580		112	10	0	6	3	2		ALX · TL
1976	21	SDP-min	AA	132	589	519	91	141	29	0	12	67	10	3	55	77	.272	.341	.397	.738		206		3	6	6			AMA · TL
1976	21	SDP	NL	4	6	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467	331	4	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1977	22	SDP-min	AAA	73	317	281	53	79	21	4	7	45	14	3	29	36	.281	.344	.459	.803		129		0	3	4			HAW · PCL
1977	22	SDP	NL	81	277	249	25	54	18	0	3	24	2	3	21	35	.217	.278	.325	.604	70	81	5	1	4	2	4	56/4
1978	23	SDP-min	AAA	14	54	45	6	14	4	0	0	6	3	0	6	7	.311	.385	.400	.785		18		0	2	1			HAW · PCL
1978	23	SDP	NL	75	174	155	11	38	11	0	3	26	1	0	14	31	.245	.301	.374	.675	96	58	3	0	1	4	1	543

1979	24	SDP-min	AAA	146	584	509	70	130	25	6	13	62	17	9	62	91	.255	.334	.405	.739		206		2	4	7			HAW · PCL
1980	25	TEX-min	AAA	107	421	366	50	102	18	3	8	38	16	8	45	45	.279	.365	.410	.774		150		5	4	1			CHL · IL
1980	25	TEX	AL	15	35	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	.125	.200	.125	.325	-7	4	1	0	0	0	0	5/6
1981	26	NYY-min	AAA	132	582	504	81	151	32	8	17	86	7	5	65	61	.300	.380	.496	.876		250		3	6	4	6		CLB · IL
1981	26	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/4

1982	27	NYY-min	AAA	137	612	540	98	179	35	4	10	101	5	6	64	57	.331	.399	.467	.866		252		1	1	6	6		CLB · IL
1983	28	NYM-min	AAA	12	53	49	8	16	3	0	1	8	0	1	2	5	.327	.358	.449	.807		22		1	0	1	0		TID · IL
1983	28	NYM	NL	35	63	56	3	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	7	4	.179	.270	.214	.484	37	12	1	0	0	0	1	54/2
1984	29	BAL-min	AAA	105	432	384	55	95	20	2	7	40	1	1	40	32	.247	.316	.365	.681		140		0	5	3	1		ROC · IL
1984	29	KCR	AL	9	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.231	.445	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	/5
1985	30	PHI-min	AAA	16	34	30	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.100	.176	.100	.276		3		0	0	1	0		POR · PCL
7 Yrs				222	569	510	42	111	31	1	6	55	5	3	47	75	.218	.282	.318	.600	70	162	11	1	5	6	6
162 Game Avg.				162	415	372	31	81	23	1	4	40	4	2	34	55	.218	.282	.318	.600	70	118	8	1	4	4	4

SDP (3 yrs)				160	457	409	36	95	30	0	6	50	5	3	36	66	.232	.292	.350	.642	83	143	8	1	5	6	5
KCR (1 yr)				9	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.231	.445	24	3	1	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				35	63	56	3	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	7	4	.179	.270	.214	.484	37	12	1	0	0	0	1
TEX (1 yr)				15	35	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	.125	.200	.125	.325	-7	4	1	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				195	520	465	39	105	30	1	6	52	5	3	43	70	.226	.289	.333	.623	77	155	9	1	5	6	6
AL (3 yrs)				27	49	45	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	5	.133	.204	.156	.360	2	7	2	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1976	21	SDP	NL	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.3	.561	.502	0.2	0.1	2	$	/5
1977	22	SDP	NL	81	277	-8	-1	-0	-4	2	-11	-1.1	8	-3	-0.3	.486	.493	0.1	-0.2	2	$	56/4
1978	23	SDP	NL	75	174	-2	-1	1	-11	0	-12	-1.4	5	-7	-0.8	.481	.491	0.3	-1.1	4	$	543

1980	25	TEX	AL	15	35	-5	0	-0	0	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.468	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4	$	5/6
1981	26	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/4

1983	28	NYM	NL	35	63	-5	0	0	-1	0	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.484	.496	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$60,000	54/2
1984	29	KCR	AL	9	14	-1	-0	-0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.461	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/5
7 Seasons				222	569	-18	-2	0	-17	3	-34	-3.6	17	-17	-1.9	.483	.497	-0.2	-1.4	0	$60,000

SDP (3 yrs)				160	457	-8	-2	0	-14	2	-21	-2.2	13	-8	-0.8	.486	.495	0.6	-1.3	7	$
KCR (1 yr)				9	14	-1	-0	-0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.461	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$
NYM (1 yr)				35	63	-5	0	0	-1	0	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.484	.496	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$60,000
TEX (1 yr)				15	35	-5	0	-0	0	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.468	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4	$
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1976	21	SDP	NL	6	2	4	53.9	85	.600	.600	.253	.667	.318	.800	.361	1.467	.679	331	.991	1.6	0.2	3.500	.800	.200	.0
1977	22	SDP	NL	277	209	22	2.8	93	.239	.217	.256	.278	.322	.325	.390	.604	.711	70	.292	-9.1	-0.9	.502	.189	.108	2.4
1978	23	SDP	NL	174	125	18	3.9	87	.280	.245	.251	.301	.318	.374	.370	.675	.687	96	.464	-0.2	-0.0	.608	.226	.129	1.5

1980	25	TEX	AL	35	29	1	0.9	95	.138	.125	.264	.200	.326	.125	.392	.325	.718	-7	.051	-4.7	-0.5	.241	.094	.000

1983	28	NYM	NL	63	47	3	1.7	96	.192	.179	.262	.270	.330	.214	.388	.484	.719	37	.161	-4.9	-0.5	.404	.161	.036
1984	29	KCR	AL	14	12	0	0.0	97	.182	.154	.264	.214	.326	.231	.398	.445	.724	24	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.154	.077
7 Yrs				569	424	48	3.0	92	.241	.218	.256	.282	.322	.318	.384	.600	.705	70	.335	-18.6	-1.9	.513	.196	.100	5.5
162 Game Avg.				415	309	35	3.0	92	.241	.218	.256	.282	.322	.318	.384	.600	.705	70	.335	-18.6	-1.9	.513	.196	.100	4

SDP (3 yrs)				457	336	44	3.5	91	.259	.232	.254	.292	.320	.350	.382	.642	.702	83	.395	-7.6	-0.8	.560	.210	.117	5.5
KCR (1 yr)				14	12	0	0.0	97	.182	.154	.264	.214	.326	.231	.398	.445	.724	24	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.154	.077
NYM (1 yr)				63	47	3	1.7	96	.192	.179	.262	.270	.330	.214	.388	.484	.719	37	.160	-4.9	-0.5	.404	.161	.036
TEX (1 yr)				35	29	1	0.9	95	.138	.125	.264	.200	.326	.125	.392	.325	.718	-7	.051	-4.7	-0.5	.241	.094	.000

NL (4 yrs)				520	383	47	3.3	92	.251	.226	.255	.289	.321	.333	.383	.623	.704	77	.369	-12.5	-1.3	.540	.204	.108	5.5
AL (3 yrs)				49	41	1	0.7	96	.150	.133	.264	.204	.326	.156	.394	.360	.720	2	.028	-6.0	-0.6	.268	.111	.022

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	21	SDP	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	33%	0.00				1.00	83%
1977	22	SDP	NL	277	1.1%	12.6%	7.6%	7.6%	39%	1.67	7.1	83.0	10.4	0.78	77%
1978	23	SDP	NL	174	1.7%	17.8%	8.1%	8.1%	37%	2.21	5.0	51.7	6.0	1.14	72%

1980	25	TEX	AL	35	0.0%	8.6%	8.6%	0.0%	0%	1.00	10.7		10.7	1.45	83%

1983	28	NYM	NL	63	0.0%	6.4%	11.1%	1.6%	10%	0.57	14.0		28.0	1.05	83%
1984	29	KCR	AL	14	0.0%	14.3%	7.1%	7.1%	50%	2.00	6.5			2.00	79%
7 Yrs				569	1.1%	13.2%	8.3%	6.7%	34%	1.60	6.8	85.0	9.3	0.97	76%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.55	6.9	45.4	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	21	SDP	NL	1.6	0.2	8	0.3	0.3	-0.0	1.39	0.2	0.0	1.7	0.2	1.09	1.6	0.60	2
1977	22	SDP	NL	-9.5	-1.0	285	-0.1	4.7	-4.8	.97	-1.0	0.9	-5.9	-0.6	0.92	-7.8	0.52	1
1978	23	SDP	NL	-0.2	-0.0	177	0.1	3.6	-3.6	1.25	-0.1	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.08	-1.9	1.54	18

1980	25	TEX	AL	-4.7	-0.5	35	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.90	-0.4	0.1	-4.0	-0.4	0.92	-4.5		0
1981	26	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1983	28	NYM	NL	-4.9	-0.5	65	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.12	-0.3	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.94	-3.3	1.23	10
1984	29	KCR	AL	-1.3	-0.1	14	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.79	-0.1	-0.2	-1.6	-0.2	0.79	-1.1		0
7 Yrs				-19.0	-1.9	584	-0.6	9.9	-10.6	1.07	-1.8	1.1	-11.9	-1.2	0.97	-17.0	1.35	31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	21	SDP	NL	0	0	0%	7	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1977	22	SDP	NL	7	0	30%	84	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	52%	8	6	2	1	1	0	12	2	9
1978	23	SDP	NL	1	0	16%	48	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	24%	11	10	1	1	1	0	5	1	3

1980	25	TEX	AL	0	0	29%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1983	28	NYM	NL	0	0	18%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	29	KCR	AL	1	0	33%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				9	0	24%	177	5	3	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	6	9	31%	29	26	3	2	2	0	18	3	12

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1976	21	SDP	NL	6	17%	3			2	1	0	0	0.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	22	SDP	NL	277	25%	54			1	0	0	0	0.52	3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	7	4	57%	45	5	11%	22	7	32%	157	23	15%	12	5	42%	11	5	45%	0
1978	23	SDP	NL	174	49%	38			18	7	0	3	1.54	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	100%	41	3	7%	20	9	45%	151	23	15%	15	10	67%	5	4	80%	0

1980	25	TEX	AL	35	26%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	1	50%	17	3	18%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1983	28	NYM	NL	63	32%	10			10	1	0	0	1.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	8%	3	1	33%	31	2	6%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1984	29	KCR	AL	14	7%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				569	32%	111			31	9	0	3	1.35	6	0	9	6	0	3	3	0	8	5	63%	104	11	11%	47	18	38%	361	51	14%	31	17	55%	17	10	59%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	21	4	6	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467	331	4	0	0	0	0	0
1977	22	85	283	254	25	57	19	0	3	24	4	3	22	35	.224	.287	.335	.621	75	85	5	1	4	2	4
1978	23	160	457	409	36	95	30	0	6	50	5	3	36	66	.232	.292	.350	.642	83	143	8	1	5	6	5
1979	24	160	457	409	36	95	30	0	6	50	5	3	36	66	.232	.292	.350	.642	83	143	8	1	5	6	5
1980	25	175	492	441	38	99	30	0	6	53	5	3	39	69	.224	.285	.333	.619	76	147	9	1	5	6	5
1981	26	178	492	441	38	99	30	0	6	53	5	3	39	69	.224	.285	.333	.619	76	147	9	1	5	6	5
1982	27	178	492	441	38	99	30	0	6	53	5	3	39	69	.224	.285	.333	.619	76	147	9	1	5	6	5
1983	28	213	555	497	41	109	30	1	6	55	5	3	46	73	.219	.284	.320	.604	72	159	10	1	5	6	6
1984	29	222	569	510	42	111	31	1	6	55	5	3	47	75	.218	.282	.318	.600	70	162	11	1	5	6	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	21	4	6	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467	3	4
1977	22	81	281	252	28	57	19	0	3	27	2	22	35	.226	.289	.337	.626	25	81
1978	23	75	181	160	14	43	12	0	3	32	1	16	31	.269	.328	.400	.728	22	75

1980	25	15	37	33	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	.152	.243	.152	.395	1	15

1983	28	35	65	57	4	11	0	1	0	2	0	8	4	.193	.292	.228	.520	4	35
1984	29	9	16	14	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.214	.313	.357	.670	1	9
6 Yrs		219	586	521	50	122	34	1	6	65	5	53	75	.234	.303	.338	.641	56	219
162 Game Avg.		162	433	385	37	90	25	1	4	48	4	39	55	.234	.303	.338	.641	41	219

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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