MLB / Players

Richie Ashburn

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb

BornMarch 19, 1927 · Tilden, NE, USA

MLB debutApril 20, 1948

Final gameSeptember 30, 1962

Seasons15 (1948–1962)

Philadelphia Phillies 1948–1959; Chicago Cubs 1960–1961; New York Mets 1962

Percentile snapshot

1960 season — qualified batters

151

76.5

672

95.1

547

65.4

92.6

159

75.3

13.6

55.6

RBI

11.1

116

98.8

67.9

85.2

39.5

.291

74.1

OBP

.415

100

SLG

.338

9.9

OPS

.753

40.7

wRC+

123.3

71.6

OPS+

109.7

55.6

wOBA

.363

69.1

sWAR

4.0

81.5

of 82 qualified 1960 batters (min 483 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

117.1

75.2

OPS+

110.7

63.3

sWAR

55.4

99.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1948	117	530	463	78	154	17	4	2	40	60	22	32	0	.333	.410	.400	.810	126.8	121.8	.381	3.6
1949	154	728	662	84	188	18	11	1	37	58	38	9	0	.284	.343	.349	.692	86.5	86.3	.323	1.4
1950	151	670	594	84	180	25	14	2	41	63	32	14	0	.303	.372	.402	.774	108.1	106.4	.355	3.1
1951	154	712	643	92	221	31	5	4	63	50	37	29	6	.344	.393	.426	.819	125.7	123.6	.375	4.8
1952	154	701	613	93	173	31	6	1	42	75	30	16	11	.282	.362	.357	.720	105.6	102.5	.339	3.1
1953	156	702	622	110	205	25	9	2	57	61	35	14	6	.330	.394	.408	.802	115.0	112.0	.365	3.8
1954	153	703	559	111	175	16	8	1	41	125	46	11	8	.313	.441	.376	.817	130.5	118.0	.388	5.1
1955	140	644	533	91	180	32	9	3	42	105	36	12	10	.338	.449	.448	.897	151.1	142.1	.411	6.5
1956	154	719	628	94	190	26	8	3	50	79	45	10	1	.303	.384	.384	.768	117.0	109.8	.353	4.2
1957	156	729	626	93	186	26	8	0	33	94	44	13	10	.297	.390	.364	.754	115.4	107.0	.352	4.1
1958	152	725	615	98	215	24	13	2	33	97	48	30	12	.350	.440	.441	.881	144.8	135.8	.402	6.7
1959	153	660	564	86	150	16	2	1	20	79	42	9	11	.266	.360	.307	.667	84.4	78.6	.316	1.2
1960	151	672	547	99	159	16	5	0	40	116	50	16	4	.291	.415	.338	.753	123.3	109.7	.363	4.0
1961	109	368	307	49	79	7	4	0	19	55	27	7	6	.257	.373	.306	.679	89.8	81.1	.325	0.8
1962	135	473	389	60	119	7	3	7	28	81	39	12	7	.306	.424	.393	.817	127.1	117.2	.385	3.0

Career totals

2,189

152nd-most career G

9,736

104th-most career PA

8,365

119th-most career AB

1,322

120th-most career R

2,574

91st-most career H

317

426th-most career 2B

109

130th-most career 3B

RBI

586

1,198

63rd-most career BB

571

234

274th-most career SB

.3077

133rd-highest career batting average

OBP

.3964

84th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.3821

OPS

.7785

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1956-04-28	PHI @ SF Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	4	1	9
1962-06-23	HOU @ NYM Gameday	4	4	3	0	2	3	1	9
1955-06-21	PHI @ STL Gameday	4	3	2	0	2	4	1	8
1956-06-03	PHI @ STL Gameday	5	3	5	2	0	1	0	7
1951-07-03	PHI @ SF Gameday	7	1	4	0	1	3	0	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1948-04-20	ATL @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948-04-21	ATL @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948-04-22	ATL @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948-04-23	PHI @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948-04-24	PHI @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1995 (Veterans)

5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.