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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 LAD NL 21 OF 27 24 20 214.0 42 34 2 6 0 .857 -8 -43 1.51 1.33 .983 2.34 2.34
1992 LAD NL 21 RF 26 23 19 206.0 39 33 1 5 0 .872 -7 -40 1.49 1.31 .979 2.08 2.08
1992 LAD NL 21 LF 1 1 1 8.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -1 -105 2.25 2.00 .980 2.14 2.20
1993 LAD NL 22 LF 11 9 4 80.0 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 0 6 1.35 1.09 .975 2.12 2.10
1993 LAD NL 22 OF 11 9 4 80.0 14 11 3 0 0 1.000 0 6 1.58 1.27 .979 2.34 2.33
1994 LAD NL 23 LF 2 2 1 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.59 1.50 .980 1.91 1.90
1994 LAD NL 23 OF 2 2 1 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.59 1.50 .980 2.22 2.25
1995 LAD NL 24 LF 69 64 23 490.2 107 102 2 3 0 .972 -6 -14 1.91 1.51 .972 1.87 1.86
1995 LAD NL 24 OF 69 64 23 490.2 107 102 2 3 0 .972 -6 -14 1.91 1.51 .979 2.15 2.14
1996 LAD NL 25 LF 38 33 5 220.2 43 39 2 2 1 .953 -0 -3 1.67 1.08 .975 1.85 1.83
1996 LAD NL 25 OF 38 33 5 220.2 42 38 2 2 1 .952 -0 -3 1.63 1.05 .978 2.13 2.12
1997 LAD NL 26 LF 35 31 7 225.0 46 40 2 4 0 .913 -10 -52 1.68 1.20 .980 1.95 1.93
1997 LAD NL 26 OF 35 31 7 225.0 45 39 2 4 0 .911 -10 -52 1.64 1.17 .980 2.13 2.12
1998 BOS AL 27 DH 5 4
1998 BOS AL 27 1B 2 0 0 6.0 7 6 0 1 2 .857 -0 -80 9.00 3.00 .991 9.45 9.35
1998 BOS AL 27 LF 2 0 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.50 .980 2.16 2.10
1998 BOS AL 27 OF 2 0 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.50 .980 2.34 2.30
7 Seasons OF 184 163 60 1252.1 254 227 12 15 1 .941 -23 -22 1.72 1.30 .980 2.19 2.18
7 Seasons LF 158 140 41 1046.1 215 195 10 10 1 .953 -17 -19 1.76 1.30 .975 1.91 1.89
1 Season RF 26 23 19 206.0 39 33 1 5 0 .872 -7 -40 1.49 1.31 .979 2.08 2.08
1 Season 1B 2 0 0 6.0 7 6 0 1 2 .857 -0 -80 9.00 3.00 .991 9.45 9.35
7 Seasons TOT 186 163 60 1258.1 261 233 12 16 3 .939 -24 -23 1.75 1.32 .980 2.22 2.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1992 LAD NL 21 RF -7 -40 -5 -4 -0 -2
1992 LAD NL 21 LF -1 -105 -1 0 -1 0
1993 LAD NL 22 LF 0 6 -1 0 -1 1
1994 LAD NL 23 LF -0 -7 -0 -0 0 0
1995 LAD NL 24 LF -6 -14 -4 -4 0 -2
1996 LAD NL 25 LF -0 -3 -0 -2 2 0
1997 LAD NL 26 LF -10 -52 -10 -4 -5 0
1998 BOS AL 27 1B -0 -80 -0 0 -0 0
1998 BOS AL 27 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons LF -17 -19 -16 -11 -5 -1
1 Season RF -7 -40 -5 -4 -0 -2
1 Season 1B -0 -80 -0 0 -0 0
7 Seasons TOT -24 -23 -21 -15 -6 0 -3

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1992 LAD NL 21 29 24 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 27 0 5 0
1993 LAD NL 22 14 9 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 4 0
1994 LAD NL 23 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
1995 LAD NL 24 81 64 81 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 69 0 15 0
1996 LAD NL 25 71 33 71 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 38 0 38 0
1997 LAD NL 26 71 31 71 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 37 0
1998 BOS AL 27 13 4 13 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 6 1
7 Seasons 281 167 281 186 0 0 2 0 0 0 158 0 26 184 5 105 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1992 LAD NL 21 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 38 84% 82% 37% 5 40%
1993 LAD NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 2 2 22.2% 0 340 54% 75% 33% 28 43%
1994 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 74 28% 69% 32% 7 43%
1995 LAD NL 24 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 31 22 0 12 2 1 4 2 0 7 1 0 7 7 0 61 34 55.7% 26 1 1.6% 1 2046 55% 75% 36% 210 50%
1996 LAD NL 25 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 10 8 0 6 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 1 3 2 0 26 15 57.7% 10 1 3.8% 1 924 58% 76% 38% 98 41%
1997 LAD NL 26 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18 14 0 12 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 36 22 61.1% 14 0 0.0% 2 972 47% 72% 35% 103 41%
1998 BOS AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 19 63% 84% 42% 4 25%
7 Seasons 10 0 9 1 5 10 0 4 0 5 64 48 0 37 9 5 11 7 0 12 1 1 15 14 0 139 79 56.8% 54 6 4.3% 4 4413 53% 74% 36% 455 45%
MLB Averages 60.9% 2.7% 58% 78% 40% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1992 LAD NL 21 5 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 887 53% 83% 39% 70 47%
1 Season 5 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 887 53% 83% 39% 70 47%
MLB Averages 43.0% 2.5% 58% 78% 40% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1998 BOS AL 27 26 50% 77% 31% 4 50% 0 6 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 26 50% 77% 31% 4 50% 0 6 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 33% 92% 87%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1992 NL  5 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1992 NL  6 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1992 NL  born 1970-07-11 (8th)

             

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