Tucker Ashford
Thomas Steven Ashford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 4, 1954 in Memphis, TN
School: University of Mississippi
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1976
Final Game: May 14, 1984
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Standard Batting

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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
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 NL 81 277 249 25 54 18 0 3 24 2 3 21 35 .217 .278 .325 .604 69 81 5 1 4 2 4 56/4
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
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 AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4
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 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
7 Seasons 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 82 143 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

Advanced Batting

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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 94 .239 .217 .257 .278 .323 .325 .392 .604 .715 69 .290 -9.5 -0.9 .502 .189 .108 2.4
1978 23 SDP NL 174 125 18 3.8 87 .280 .245 .251 .301 .318 .374 .369 .675 .687 96 .462 -0.1 -0.0 .608 .226 .129 1.5
1980 25 TEX AL 35 29 1 0.9 96 .138 .125 .266 .200 .327 .125 .394 .325 .721 -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 Seasons 569 424 48 3.0 92 .241 .218 .257 .282 .322 .318 .385 .600 .707 70 .335 -18.9 -1.9 .513 .196 .100 5.5
162 Game Avg. 415 309 35 3.0 92 .241 .218 .257 .282 .322 .318 .385 .600 .707 70 .335 -18.9 -1.9 .513 .196 .100 4
SDP (3 yrs) 457 336 44 3.5 91 .259 .232 .255 .292 .321 .350 .383 .642 .704 82 .395 -7.9 -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 96 .138 .125 .266 .200 .327 .125 .394 .325 .721 -7 .051 -4.7 -0.5 .241 .094 .000
NL (4 yrs) 520 383 47 3.3 92 .251 .226 .256 .289 .322 .333 .384 .623 .706 77 .369 -12.8 -1.3 .540 .204 .108 5.5
AL (3 yrs) 49 41 1 0.7 96 .150 .133 .265 .204 .327 .156 .395 .360 .722 2 .028 -6.1 -0.6 .268 .111 .022

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 569 1.1% 13.2% 8.3% 6.7% 34% 1.60 6.8 85.0 9.3 0.97 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1977 22 SDP NL 277 25% 54 1 0 0 0 0.62 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 7 4 57% 45 5 11% 22 7 32% 157 23 15% 12 5 42% 18 5 28% 0
1978 23 SDP NL 174 49% 38 18 7 0 3 1.59 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 100% 41 3 7% 20 9 45% 151 23 15% 15 10 67% 10 2 20% 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 1.31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 3 1 33% 31 2 6% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 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 1 1 100% 0
7 Seasons 569 32% 111 31 9 0 3 1.41 6 0 9 6 0 3 3 0 8 5 63% 104 11 11% 47 18 38% 361 51 14% 31 17 55% 33 9 27% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 74 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 82 143 8 1 5 6 5
1979 24 160 457 409 36 95 30 0 6 50 5 3 36 66 .232 .292 .350 .642 82 143 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 71 159 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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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 21 4 7 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 .667 .714 .833 1.548 4 4
1977 22 81 277 252 28 57 19 0 3 27 2 22 35 .226 .289 .337 .626 25 81
1978 23 75 180 160 13 43 12 0 3 31 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 3 11 0 1 0 2 0 8 4 .193 .292 .228 .520 4 35
1984 29 9 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 9
6 Seasons 219 580 521 46 120 32 1 6 64 6 52 75 .230 .298 .330 .628 56 219
162 Game Avg. 162 429 385 34 89 24 1 4 47 4 38 55 .230 .298 .330 .628 41 219

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