Richie Ashburn

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: March 19, 1927 in Tilden, NE us

Died: September 9, 1997 in New York, NY

Buried: Gladwyne Methodist Church Cemetery, Gladwyne, PA

High School: Tilden HS (Tilden, NE)

Debut: April 20, 1948 (Age 21-032d, 10,468th in major league history)
vs. BSN 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1962 (Age 35-195d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1995. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Richie Ashburn's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Don Richard Ashburn

Nicknames: Whitey or Put Put

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

64.2

8365

2574

.308

1322

RBI

586

234

OBP

.396

SLG

.382

OPS

.779

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYM	@	STL	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
3	7 (4)	Apr 19	NYM		STL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	8	Apr 21	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	12 (3)	Apr 25	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
6	13	Apr 27	NYM		PHI	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	14	Apr 28	NYM		PHI	W,8-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	33 (18)	May 22	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	34	May 23	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
10	36 (1)	May 25	NYM	@	LAD	L,8-17	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	38 (1)	May 27 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	39	May 27 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	42 (2)	May 31	NYM		LAD	L,3-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	44 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	NYM		SFG	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
15	46 (1)	Jun 3	NYM		SFG	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
16	48 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
17	49	Jun 8 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	50	Jun 8 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	51	Jun 9	NYM	@	CHC	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	53 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	54	Jun 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
22	55	Jun 12	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	56	Jun 14	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	2	8	0	CF
24	58 (1)	Jun 16	NYM		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	59	Jun 17 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	60	Jun 17 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	63 (2)	Jun 20 (1)	NYM		MLN	L,4-9	GF	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
28	65 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	66	Jun 22 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,3-16	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	67	Jun 23	NYM		HOU	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	68	Jun 25	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	69	Jun 26	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
33	70	Jun 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	71	Jun 28	NYM	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	23	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
35	72	Jun 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,10-4	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	73	Jun 30	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	74	Jul 1	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	75	Jul 2	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	76	Jul 3	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	77	Jul 4 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
41	78	Jul 4 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-10	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	80 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	NYM		STL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
43	81	Jul 7 (2)	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
44	82	Jul 8	NYM		STL	L,1-15	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	83	Jul 12	NYM		LAD	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	84	Jul 13	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
47	85	Jul 14	NYM		LAD	L,3-17	GS	47	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
48	86	Jul 15 (1)	NYM		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	87	Jul 15 (2)	NYM		SFG	L,8-9	GS	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF CF
50	88	Jul 16	NYM		SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	89	Jul 19 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,1-5	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
52	90	Jul 19 (2)	NYM		PIT	L,6-7	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	91	Jul 20	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
54	92	Jul 21	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
55	93	Jul 22 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-11	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	94	Jul 22 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	95	Jul 24	NYM	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	96	Jul 25	NYM	@	MLN	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	97	Jul 26	NYM	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	98	Jul 27 (1)	NYM	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	99	Jul 27 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
62	100	Jul 28	NYM	@	STL	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	101	Jul 29 (1)	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	102	Jul 29 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	103	Aug 1	NYM		PHI	L,9-11	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
66	104	Aug 2	NYM		PHI	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	105	Aug 3	NYM		CIN	L,6-8	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
68	106	Aug 4 (1)	NYM		CIN	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
69	109 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	NYM		CIN	L,3-6	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
70	110	Aug 6	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	111	Aug 7	NYM	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	112	Aug 8	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
73	113	Aug 9	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	114	Aug 10	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
75	115	Aug 11	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
76	116	Aug 12	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
77	117	Aug 14	NYM		PHI	L,1-3	GS	57	15.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
78	119 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,7-8	CG	59	13.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
79	120	Aug 18 (1)	NYM		STL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	122 (1)	Aug 19	NYM		STL	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
81	123	Aug 20 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
82	124	Aug 20 (2)	NYM		PIT	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
83	125	Aug 21 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,6-8	GF	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
84	127 (1)	Aug 22	NYM		SFG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
85	128	Aug 23	NYM		SFG	L,1-2	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	129	Aug 24	NYM		LAD	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
87	130	Aug 25	NYM		LAD	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	131	Aug 26	NYM		LAD	L,5-16	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
89	132	Aug 28 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
90	133	Aug 28 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
91	134	Aug 29	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
92	135	Aug 30	NYM	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
93	136	Aug 31	NYM	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	137	Sep 1	NYM	@	STL	L,5-10	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	138	Sep 2	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	139	Sep 3 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	142 (2)	Sep 7	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	155 (12)	Sep 22	NYM		CHC	L,2-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
99	161 (5)	Sep 30	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS	34	7.0	4	4	1	9	1	2B
							109gm		806.2	198	13	6	217	3