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Billy Ashley

Billy Manual Ashley (Light-Tower Power)

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 11, 1970 in Trenton, MI
High School: Belleville HS (Belleville, MI)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1992
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/RedSox 1992-1998
Agents: Paul Cohen [*]
Final Game: July 30, 1998
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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
1992 21 LAD NL 29 100 95 6 21 5 0 2 6 0 0 5 34 .221 .260 .337 .597 69 32 2 0 0 0 0 9/7
1993 22 LAD NL 14 39 37 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .243 .282 .243 .525 47 9 0 0 0 0 0 7
1994 23 LAD NL 2 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 120 3 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1995 24 LAD NL 81 244 215 17 51 5 0 8 27 0 0 25 88 .237 .320 .372 .692 90 80 8 2 0 2 4 7
1996 25 LAD NL 71 133 110 18 22 2 1 9 25 0 0 21 44 .200 .331 .482 .813 118 53 3 1 0 1 1 7
1997 26 LAD NL 71 140 131 12 32 7 0 6 19 0 0 8 46 .244 .293 .435 .728 94 57 2 1 0 0 0 7
1998 27 BOS AL 13 26 24 3 7 3 0 3 7 0 0 2 11 .292 .346 .792 1.138 182 19 0 0 0 0 0 /D37
7 Yrs 281 688 618 56 144 23 1 28 84 0 0 63 236 .233 .307 .409 .716 95 253 15 4 0 3 5
162 Game Avg. 162 397 356 32 83 13 1 16 48 0 0 36 136 .233 .307 .409 .716 95 146 9 2 0 2 3
LAD (6 yrs) 268 662 594 53 137 20 1 25 77 0 0 61 225 .231 .305 .394 .699 91 234 15 4 0 3 5
BOS (1 yr) 13 26 24 3 7 3 0 3 7 0 0 2 11 .292 .346 .792 1.138 182 19 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 268 662 594 53 137 20 1 25 77 0 0 61 225 .231 .305 .394 .699 91 234 15 4 0 3 5
AL (1 yr) 13 26 24 3 7 3 0 3 7 0 0 2 11 .292 .346 .792 1.138 182 19 0 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 Awards
1992 21 LAD NL 29 100 -4 0 -0 -8 -1 -13 -1.5 3 -10 -1.2 .448 .491 -0.4 -1.0 -3 $ 9/7
1993 22 LAD NL 14 39 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $124,000 7
1994 23 LAD NL 2 6 0 -0 0 -0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .490 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $134,000 /7
1995 24 LAD NL 81 244 -4 -0 -2 -6 -2 -15 -1.5 7 -8 -0.8 .482 .491 -0.3 -0.8 -2 $136,000 7
1996 25 LAD NL 71 133 5 0 -0 -0 -1 3 0.2 4 7 0.6 .504 .502 0.7 -0.2 7 $195,000 7
1997 26 LAD NL 71 140 -1 -0 -0 -10 -1 -13 -1.4 4 -9 -1.0 .481 .492 0.0 -1.1 0 $275,000 7
1998 27 BOS AL 13 26 2 -1 0 -0 -1 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ /D37
7 Seasons 281 688 -4 -1 -3 -24 -7 -39 -4.2 19 -20 -2.3 .485 .496 0.1 -3.2 4 $864,000
LAD (6 yrs) 268 662 -7 -1 -3 -23 -7 -40 -4.3 18 -22 -2.5 .484 .496 -0.1 -3.1 2 $864,000
BOS (1 yr) 13 26 2 -1 0 -0 -1 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $

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
1992 21 LAD NL 100 76 8 2.8 91 .322 .221 .258 .260 .323 .337 .380 .597 .703 69 .335 -4.2 -0.4 .487 .168 .116 .0
1993 22 LAD NL 39 28 3 2.9 98 .346 .243 .264 .282 .328 .243 .402 .525 .730 47 .293 -2.8 -0.3 .393 .054 .000
1994 23 LAD NL 6 4 1 6.7 104 .500 .333 .267 .333 .333 .500 .418 .833 .751 120 .638 0.2 0.0 .750 .167 .167
1995 24 LAD NL 244 174 25 3.9 99 .355 .237 .260 .320 .328 .372 .404 .692 .732 90 .397 -2.6 -0.2 .622 .251 .135 .0
1996 25 LAD NL 133 92 18 5.2 101 .224 .200 .261 .331 .329 .482 .409 .813 .738 118 .537 2.8 0.3 .824 .473 .282 .0
1997 26 LAD NL 140 101 17 4.5 102 .329 .244 .262 .293 .333 .435 .411 .728 .744 94 .465 -1.6 -0.2 .653 .252 .191 .0
1998 27 BOS AL 26 17 7 11.0 111 .400 .292 .274 .346 .343 .792 .436 1.138 .779 182 .798 2.8 0.2 1.235 .583 .500 .0
7 Yrs 688 492 79 4.3 99 .325 .233 .261 .307 .329 .409 .404 .716 .733 95 .456 -5.4 -0.6 .654 .278 .176 .0
162 Game Avg. 397 284 46 4.3 99 .325 .233 .261 .307 .329 .409 .404 .716 .733 95 .456 -5.4 -0.6 .654 .278 .176
LAD (6 yrs) 662 475 72 4.1 99 .323 .231 .261 .305 .328 .394 .403 .699 .731 91 .432 -8.2 -0.8 .633 .266 .163 .0
BOS (1 yr) 26 17 7 11.0 111 .400 .292 .274 .346 .343 .792 .436 1.138 .779 182 .798 2.8 0.2 1.235 .583 .500 .0
NL (6 yrs) 662 475 72 4.1 99 .323 .231 .261 .305 .328 .394 .403 .699 .731 91 .432 -8.2 -0.8 .633 .266 .163 .0
AL (1 yr) 26 17 7 11.0 111 .400 .292 .274 .346 .343 .792 .436 1.138 .779 182 .798 2.8 0.2 1.235 .583 .500 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1995 24 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 25 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1992 21 LAD NL 100 2.0% 34.0% 5.0% 7.0% 33% 6.80 2.8 47.5 15.8 0.65 0.91 59% 20% 5.4% 0%
1993 22 LAD NL 39 0.0% 28.2% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 5.50 3.4 1.00 1.13 67% 19% 0.0% 0%
1994 23 LAD NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 16.7% 50% 3.0 0.33 1.00 67% 25% 0.0% 0%
1995 24 LAD NL 244 3.3% 36.1% 10.3% 5.3% 26% 3.52 2.4 26.9 8.0 0.79 1.32 50% 22% 12.9% 14%
1996 25 LAD NL 133 6.8% 33.1% 15.8% 9.0% 55% 2.10 2.5 12.2 4.4 0.65 0.91 44% 18% 27.3% 18%
1997 26 LAD NL 140 4.3% 32.9% 5.7% 9.3% 41% 5.75 2.8 21.8 6.9 0.87 1.25 56% 14% 16.2% 18%
1998 27 BOS AL 26 11.5% 42.3% 7.7% 23.1% 86% 5.50 2.2 8.0 3.4 0.08 0.20 38% 38% 25.0% 0%
7 Yrs 688 4.1% 34.3% 9.2% 7.6% 36% 3.75 2.6 22.1 7.4 0.73 1.09 52% 19% 14.2% 11%
MLB Averages 2.5% 16.1% 8.8% 7.5% 32% 1.82 5.5 35.2 7.7 0.82 1.09 71% 21% 7.5% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1992 21 LAD NL -4.2 -0.4 101 -0.6 1.3 -1.9 .96 -0.4 -0.2 -3.0 -0.3 0.88 -3.8 0.09 4
1993 22 LAD NL -2.9 -0.3 39 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .82 -0.4 0.0 -4.6 -0.5 0.93 -4.3 0.59 3
1994 23 LAD NL 0.2 0.0 6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .78 0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.76 0.1 0
1995 24 LAD NL -2.6 -0.2 246 -1.7 2.8 -4.6 .99 -0.6 -1.2 -13.0 -1.3 0.99 -8.0 0.88 14
1996 25 LAD NL 2.8 0.3 134 0.7 2.9 -2.2 1.01 0.5 0.2 4.2 0.4 1.02 4.9 1.12 29
1997 26 LAD NL -1.6 -0.2 141 -0.2 2.5 -2.8 1.03 -0.1 -0.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.97 0.8 1.09 34
1998 27 BOS AL 2.8 0.2 26 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .95 0.1 -0.4 1.7 0.2 1.11 1.4 1.80 5
7 Yrs -5.5 -0.6 693 -2.4 10.3 -12.7 .98 -0.9 -1.5 -18.1 -1.9 0.97 -8.9 1.04 89

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 21 LAD NL 0 0 17% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 43% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1993 22 LAD NL 1 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 23 LAD NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 24 LAD NL 1 0 13% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 2
1996 25 LAD NL 4 0 26% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 31% 10 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
1997 26 LAD NL 1 0 17% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 1
1998 27 BOS AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 Yrs 7 0 15% 193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 33% 30 23 7 3 3 0 13 4 8

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
1992 21 LAD NL 100 31% 21 4 0 4 2 0 0 0.09 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 2 13% 7 0 0% 46 4 9% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1993 22 LAD NL 39 28% 9 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.59 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 5 0 0% 23 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1994 23 LAD NL 6 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1995 24 LAD NL 244 30% 51 2 0 14 2 0 1 0.88 8 0 8 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 50 8 16% 28 6 21% 162 19 12% 14 7 50% 6 4 67% 0
1996 25 LAD NL 133 73% 22 3 0 29 10 5 7 1.12 9 0 5 1 8 5 4 0 0 0 26 3 12% 16 2 13% 101 17 17% 10 4 40% 9 2 22% 0
1997 26 LAD NL 140 66% 32 3 0 34 6 2 4 1.09 6 0 5 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 31 2 6% 19 3 16% 96 14 15% 12 3 25% 6 2 33% 0
1998 27 BOS AL 26 77% 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 1.80 3 1 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 0% 5 0 0% 25 4 16% 4 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 688 48% 144 12 0 89 21 7 12 1.04 28 1 25 9 19 18 10 0 0 0 136 15 11% 80 11 14% 454 58 13% 46 15 33% 22 8 36% 0
MLB Averages 56% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 21 LAD NL 100 387 3.87 254 66% 22% 29% 25% 24% 78% 0% 51% 63% 47% 2% 2 0 10% 10 6 7% 7 6 32% 0 0 0
1993 22 LAD NL 40 128 3.20 86 67% 15% 36% 17% 30% 84% 0% 56% 56% 50% 0% 0 0 10% 4 4 8% 3 3 9% -1 0 1
1994 23 LAD NL 6 26 4.33 17 65% 29% 35% 12% 24% 71% 0% 46% 50% 50% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 17% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
1995 24 LAD NL 218 886 4.06 551 62% 26% 28% 26% 21% 74% 4% 46% 63% 39% 6% 13 1 17% 37 14 8% 17 11 39% 26 0 0
1996 25 LAD NL 104 404 3.88 226 56% 26% 28% 21% 25% 74% 1% 41% 62% 43% 11% 11 1 17% 18 4 11% 11 7 29% 29 0 0
1997 26 LAD NL 129 505 3.91 303 60% 30% 24% 19% 27% 70% 0% 42% 66% 26% 5% 7 2 16% 21 11 11% 14 9 18% 11 0 1
1998 27 BOS AL 26 113 4.35 72 64% 25% 29% 28% 18% 75% 0% 48% 61% 38% 12% 3 1 19% 5 0 12% 3 1 27% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 623 2449 3.93 1509 62% 25% 28% 23% 24% 74% 1% 46% 63% 39% 6% 36 5 15% 96 39 9% 56 38 30% 65 0 2
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 31% 5% 16% 9% 28%

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
1992 21 29 100 95 6 21 5 0 2 6 0 0 5 34 .221 .260 .337 .597 69 32 2 0 0 0 0
1993 22 43 139 132 6 30 5 0 2 6 0 0 7 45 .227 .266 .311 .577 62 41 2 0 0 0 0
1994 23 45 145 138 6 32 6 0 2 6 0 0 7 47 .232 .269 .319 .588 65 44 2 0 0 0 0
1995 24 126 389 353 23 83 11 0 10 33 0 0 32 135 .235 .301 .351 .652 80 124 10 2 0 2 4
1996 25 197 522 463 41 105 13 1 19 58 0 0 53 179 .227 .308 .382 .691 90 177 13 3 0 3 5
1997 26 268 662 594 53 137 20 1 25 77 0 0 61 225 .231 .305 .394 .699 91 234 15 4 0 3 5
1998 27 281 688 618 56 144 23 1 28 84 0 0 63 236 .233 .307 .409 .716 95 253 15 4 0 3 5

Neutralized Batting

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
1992 21 29 102 97 7 23 5 0 2 7 0 5 34 .237 .275 .351 .625 10 29
1993 22 14 40 38 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .263 .300 .263 .563 3 14
1994 23 3 9 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .556 .889 1 2
1995 24 91 277 244 20 60 6 0 9 32 0 29 99 .246 .329 .381 .710 30 81
1996 25 71 133 110 19 22 2 1 9 26 0 21 44 .200 .331 .482 .813 18 71
1997 26 71 141 132 12 33 7 0 6 20 0 8 46 .250 .298 .439 .737 17 71
1998 27 13 26 24 3 7 3 0 3 6 0 2 11 .292 .346 .792 1.138 6 13
7 Yrs 292 728 654 61 158 25 1 29 91 0 67 248 .242 .315 .416 .730 85 281
162 Game Avg. 162 404 363 34 88 14 1 16 50 0 37 138 .242 .315 .416 .730 47 281

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1992 NL  born 1970-07-11 (8th)

                                         

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