Richie Ashburn

Full Name: Don Richard Ashburn	Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/170	First Game: April 20, 1948
Birthdate: March 19, 1927	Final Game: September 30, 1962
Birthplace: Tilden, Nebraska	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: September 9, 1997
Deathplace: New York, New York
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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[edit] Biography

Richie Ashburn (Don Richard Ashburn) was born on March 19, 1927 in Tilden, Nebraska. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1948 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .333 with 2 home runs and 40 RBI. Ashburn played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Richie Ashburn's best season was 1951, when he stole 29 bases, hit for a .344 average and knocked in 63 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	PHI	N	117	463	78	154	2	40	.333	.410	.400	17	4	60	22	1	6	32	0	1
1949	PHI	N	154	662	84	188	1	37	.284	.343	.349	18	11	58	38	1	7	9	0	7
1950	PHI	N	151	594	84	180	2	41	.303	.372	.402	25	14	63	32	2	11	14	0	11
1951	PHI	N	154	643	92	221	4	63	.344	.393	.426	31	5	50	37	2	17	29	0	4
1952	PHI	N	154	613	93	173	1	42	.282	.362	.357	31	6	75	30	2	11	16	0	7
1953	PHI	N	156	622	110	205	2	57	.330	.394	.408	25	9	61	35	5	14	14	0	3
1954	PHI	N	153	559	111	175	1	41	.313	.441	.376	16	8	125	46	4	14	11	4	3
1955	PHI	N	140	533	91	180	3	42	.338	.449	.448	32	9	105	36	3	2	12	5	3
1956	PHI	N	154	628	94	190	3	50	.303	.384	.384	26	8	79	45	5	6	10	3	4
1957	PHI	N	156	626	93	186	0	33	.297	.390	.364	26	8	94	44	4	1	13	1	10
1958	PHI	N	152	615	98	215	2	33	.350	.440	.441	24	13	97	48	4	7	30	7	8
1959	PHI	N	153	564	86	150	1	20	.266	.360	.307	16	2	79	42	6	7	9	4	10
1960	CHI	N	151	547	99	159	0	40	.291	.415	.338	16	5	116	50	1	7	16	1	4
1961	CHI	N	109	307	49	79	0	19	.257	.373	.306	7	4	55	27	3	1	7	2	4
1962	NY	N	135	389	60	119	7	28	.306	.424	.393	7	3	81	39	0	1	12	2	4
Total			2189	8365	1322	2574	29	586	.308	.396	.382	317	109	1198	571	43	112	234	29	83

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1948	PHI	N	OF	116	0	0	344	14	7	2	.981
1949	PHI	N	OF	154	0	0	514	13	11	3	.980
1950	PHI	N	OF	147	0	0	405	8	5	2	.988
1951	PHI	N	OF	154	0	0	538	15	7	6	.988
1952	PHI	N	OF	154	0	0	428	23	9	5	.980
1953	PHI	N	OF	156	0	0	496	18	5	4	.990
1954	PHI	N	OF	153	153	1342.1	483	12	8	2	.984
1954	PHI	N	CF	153	153	1342.1	488	12	8	2	.984
1955	PHI	N	OF	140	0	0	387	10	7	3	.983
1956	PHI	N	OF	154	0	0	503	11	9	3	.983
1957	PHI	N	RF	2	2	18	3	1	0	1	1.000
1957	PHI	N	OF	156	156	1400	502	18	7	7	.987
1957	PHI	N	CF	154	154	1382	499	17	7	6	.987
1958	PHI	N	OF	152	152	1369.2	495	8	8	2	.984
1958	PHI	N	CF	152	152	1369.2	494	8	8	2	.984
1959	PHI	N	OF	149	144	1255	359	4	11	1	.971
1959	PHI	N	CF	149	144	1255	359	4	11	1	.971
1960	CHI	N	CF	97	90	805.1	208	8	5	2	.977
1960	CHI	N	LF	58	55	455.2	110	3	3	0	.974
1960	CHI	N	OF	146	145	1261	317	11	8	2	.976
1961	CHI	N	CF	62	56	489.1	105	2	1	0	.991
1961	CHI	N	LF	15	13	115	25	2	2	0	.931
1961	CHI	N	OF	77	69	604.1	131	4	3	0	.978
1962	NY	N	CF	54	47	413	110	2	5	1	.957
1962	NY	N	2B	2	1	8	5	4	1	1	.900
1962	NY	N	RF	45	38	338.2	74	5	0	1	1.000
1962	NY	N	OF	97	91	798.2	187	9	5	1	.975
1962	NY	N	LF	8	6	47	9	2	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	47	40	356.2	77	6	0	2	1.000
Total			LF	81	74	617.2	144	7	5	0	.968
Total			2B	2	1	8	5	4	1	1	.900
Total			OF	2105	910	8031	6089	178	110	43	.983
Total			CF	821	796	7056.2	2263	53	45	14	.981

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1945).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs in exchange for John Buzhardt, Al Dark and Jim Woods (January 11, 1960).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to New York Mets (December 8, 1961).