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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 14	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 15	CHC		MLN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	5	Apr 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	6	Apr 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	15 (8)	Apr 30 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	16	Apr 30 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,10-5	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	17	May 2	CHC		SFG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
10	18	May 3	CHC		SFG	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	19	May 4	CHC		SFG	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	LF
12	20	May 6	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
13	24 (3)	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
14	25	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
15	26	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	CG	47	11.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
16	31 (4)	May 20	CHC		STL	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
17	33 (1)	May 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-3	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
18	38 (4)	May 28	CHC		SFG	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	39	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
20	40	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-0	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	41	May 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	42	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	44	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-7	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
25	45	Jun 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	46	Jun 4 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	47	Jun 5	CHC	@	STL	L,8-10	GS	41	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	48	Jun 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	49	Jun 6 (2)	CHC	@	STL	T,3-3	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	50	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	51	Jun 9	CHC		MLN	W,11-10	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	52	Jun 10	CHC		MLN	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	53	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	54	Jun 11 (2)	CHC		MLN	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	56	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	57	Jun 16	CHC	@	SFG	W,12-6	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	58	Jun 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
39	59	Jun 18	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	60	Jun 20	CHC		LAD	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	61	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	62	Jun 21 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	65 (2)	Jun 24	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-13	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	76 (10)	Jul 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-15	GF	26	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
45	83 (6)	Jul 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
46	87 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	89 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	93 (3)	Jul 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-5	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	102 (8)	Aug 2 (2)	CHC		MLN	T,7-7	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	105 (2)	Aug 5	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	56	12.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	107 (1)	Aug 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
52	116 (8)	Aug 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	119 (2)	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
55	125 (4)	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	126	Aug 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
57	129 (2)	Aug 31	CHC		SFG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	130	Sep 1	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	CG	57	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	131	Sep 2	CHC		SFG	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	132	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	133	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	134	Sep 4	CHC		MLN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	135	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
64	136	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
65	137	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
66	138	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	139	Sep 9	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	142 (2)	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	GF	17	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
69	143	Sep 14 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	144	Sep 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
71	145	Sep 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	146	Sep 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	147	Sep 18	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	148	Sep 19	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	149	Sep 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	50	12.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	151 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	153 (1)	Sep 26	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
							77gm		603.1	130	4	3	137	0