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Alan Ashby
Alan Dean Ashby

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut July 3, 1973
  vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 9, 1989
Born July 8, 1951 in Long Beach, CA

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 21 CLE AL  11   29    4    5   1  0   1    3   0  0   2  11  .172  .226  .310   48    9   0   0   0   0   0
 1974 22 CLE AL  10    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .143  .250  .143   16    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1975 23 CLE AL  90  254   32   57  10  1   5   32   3  2  30  42  .224  .309  .331   82   84  16   0   1   1  10
 1976 24 CLE AL  89  247   26   59   5  1   4   32   0  2  27  49  .239  .310  .316   86   78   6   3   4   0   6
 1977 25 TOR AL 124  396   25   83  16  3   2   29   0  2  50  51  .210  .301  .280   60  111  10   1   3   2  14
 1978 26 TOR AL  81  264   27   69  15  0   9   29   1  1  28  32  .261  .333  .420  111  111   4   1   4   1  10
 1979 27 HOU NL 108  336   25   68  15  2   2   35   0  0  26  70  .202  .262  .277   51   93   3   3  10   2   8
 1980 28 HOU NL 116  352   30   90  19  2   3   48   0  0  35  40  .256  .319  .347   93  122   2   5  12   0  11
 1981 29 HOU NL  83  255   20   69  13  0   4   33   0  2  35  33  .271  .356  .369  111   94   3   2   6   0   6
 1982 30 HOU NL 100  339   40   87  14  2  12   49   2  0  27  53  .257  .311  .416  110  141   2   3   4   1   7
 1983 31 HOU NL  87  275   31   63  18  1   8   34   0  0  31  38  .229  .303  .389   97  107   1   4   4   0  12
 1984 32 HOU NL  66  191   16   50   7  0   4   27   0  0  20  22  .262  .330  .361  102   69   4   3   2   1   4
 1985 33 HOU NL  65  189   20   53   8  0   8   25   0  0  24  27  .280  .363  .450  130   85   1   1   2   1   9
 1986 34 HOU NL 120  315   24   81  15  0   7   38   1  0  39  56  .257  .333  .371   97  117   1   6   9   0   7
 1987 35 HOU NL 125  386   53  111  16  0  14   63   0  1  50  52  .288  .367  .438  117  169   0   4   2   1  14
 1988 36 HOU NL  73  227   19   54  10  0   7   33   0  0  29  36  .238  .319  .374  103   85   1   4   3   0   5
 1989 37 HOU NL  22   61    4   10   1  1   0    3   0  0   7   8  .164  .257  .213   38   13   1   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1370 4123  397 1010 183 13  90  513   7 10 461 622  .245  .320  .361   93 1489  55  41  66  11 125
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        488   47  119  22  2  11   61   1  1  55  74  .245  .320  .361   93  176   7   5   8   1  15
 Career High    125  396   53  111  19  3  14   63   3  2  50  70  .288  .367  .438  117  169  16   6  12   2  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1973 21 CLE AL   31   24    2   2.2    96| .172  .263| .226  .332| .310  .386| .536  .719|  48  .230  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1974 22 CLE AL    8    6    0   0.0    88| .143  .257| .250  .322| .143  .370| .393  .691|  16  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1975 23 CLE AL  301  225   26   3.1    92| .224  .257| .309  .327| .331  .377| .640  .704|  82  .355  -5.9  -0.6  60%
 1976 24 CLE AL  283  205   24   3.2    84| .239  .254| .310  .318| .316  .358| .626  .675|  86  .395  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1977 25 TOR AL  459  340   34   2.7   101| .210  .267| .301  .332| .280  .407| .581  .738|  60  .268 -21.7  -2.1   0%
 1978 26 TOR AL  298  211   35   4.4    94| .261  .262| .333  .328| .420  .386| .753  .714| 111  .512   3.7   0.4  50%
 1979 27 HOU NL  370  282   24   2.3    94| .202  .262| .262  .326| .277  .388| .539  .715|  51  .232 -21.8  -2.2   0%
 1980 28 HOU NL  394  280   38   3.7    88| .256  .257| .319  .318| .347  .373| .666  .691|  93  .434  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1981 29 HOU NL  295  199   34   4.6    88| .271  .257| .356  .321| .369  .368| .725  .689| 111  .553   5.3   0.6   0%
 1982 30 HOU NL  372  264   44   4.5    88| .257  .256| .311  .318| .416  .372| .727  .690| 110  .529   3.7   0.4 100%
 1983 31 HOU NL  311  229   31   3.6    91| .229  .255| .303  .322| .389  .378| .692  .700|  97  .431  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1984 32 HOU NL  219  152   24   4.2    87| .262  .254| .330  .317| .361  .369| .691  .686| 102  .508   1.3   0.1   0%
 1985 33 HOU NL  216  147   29   5.3    92| .280  .257| .363  .324| .450  .382| .813  .706| 130  .606   7.8   0.8   0%
 1986 34 HOU NL  361  248   40   4.4    95| .257  .258| .333  .328| .371  .389| .704  .716|  97  .504   0.2   0.0 100%
 1987 35 HOU NL  441  294   61   5.6   102| .288  .264| .367  .333| .438  .412| .805  .745| 117  .572  10.7   1.0   0%
 1988 36 HOU NL  261  183   28   4.1    86| .238  .252| .319  .315| .374  .369| .693  .684| 103  .516   1.6   0.2   0%
 1989 37 HOU NL   71   55    4   2.0    88| .164  .250| .257  .317| .213  .373| .470  .690|  38  .210  -4.8  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     4691 3344  478   3.8    92| .245  .258| .320  .324| .361  .383| .681  .706|  93  .449 -28.8  -2.8  41%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1973 21 CLE AL C 11 45 0 1 0 .978 .985 4.09 5.29 5.62 6.05 8 72.0 1 8 3 1 1974 22 CLE AL C 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.33 5.01 5.40 5.89 0 20.0 1 0 0 0 1975 23 CLE AL C 87 441 43 5 6 .990 .983 5.56 5.04 6.12 6.00 82 711.7 6 28 64 36 1B 2 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 4.00 8.30 12.00 9.90 0 6.0 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 2.80 1.50 3.15 1 6.0 DH 1 1976 24 CLE AL C 86 475 51 7 7 .987 .981 6.12 4.90 7.07 5.75 75 669.7 3 17 82 39 1B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.90 6.00 9.90 0 3.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1977 25 TOR AL C 124 619 71 11 11 .984 .986 5.56 5.06 5.78 6.01 120 1074.7 6 41 64 59 1978 26 TOR AL C 81 399 38 6 6 .986 .983 5.40 4.86 5.66 5.53 80 694.7 7 17 50 32 1979 27 HOU NL C 105 548 57 8 5 .987 .985 5.76 5.27 6.11 6.13 104 890.7 9 33 71 31 1980 28 HOU NL C 114 608 60 6 10 .991 .983 5.86 5.23 6.59 6.09 104 912.3 14 23 91 27 1981 29 HOU NL C 81 434 58 9 6 .982 .983 6.07 5.07 6.59 5.93 74 672.0 3 18 62 41 1982 30 HOU NL C 95 530 55 14 5 .977 .985 6.16 5.52 6.62 6.29 90 795.7 10 27 108 26 1983 31 HOU NL C 85 435 56 13 2 .974 .984 5.78 5.55 6.34 6.57 78 696.7 9 21 85 29 1984 32 HOU NL C 63 303 42 5 3 .986 .986 5.48 5.68 6.51 6.53 53 476.7 15 18 64 26 1985 33 HOU NL C 60 312 37 8 1 .978 .987 5.82 5.45 6.66 6.42 55 471.3 14 19 58 21 1986 34 HOU NL C 103 632 43 10 2 .985 .985 6.55 5.88 8.06 6.93 86 754.0 7 21 92 28 1987 35 HOU NL C 110 778 46 6 6 .993 .987 7.49 5.91 8.20 6.94 105 904.3 6 25 121 30 1988 36 HOU NL C 66 414 23 4 4 .991 .987 6.62 5.58 7.20 6.56 60 546.3 1 9 82 15 1989 37 HOU NL C 19 101 4 0 0 1.000 .986 5.53 5.56 6.27 6.67 17 150.7 1 8 15 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 23 CLE AL 1B 2 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 4.00 8.30 12.00 9.90 0 6.0 1976 24 CLE AL 1B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.90 6.00 9.90 0 3.0 1975 23 CLE AL 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 2.80 1.50 3.15 1 6.0 1976 24 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1973 21 CLE AL C 11 45 0 1 0 .978 .985 4.09 5.29 5.62 6.05 8 72.0 1 8 3 1 1974 22 CLE AL C 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.33 5.01 5.40 5.89 0 20.0 1 0 0 0 1975 23 CLE AL C 87 441 43 5 6 .990 .983 5.56 5.04 6.12 6.00 82 711.7 6 28 64 36 1976 24 CLE AL C 86 475 51 7 7 .987 .981 6.12 4.90 7.07 5.75 75 669.7 3 17 82 39 1977 25 TOR AL C 124 619 71 11 11 .984 .986 5.56 5.06 5.78 6.01 120 1074.7 6 41 64 59 1978 26 TOR AL C 81 399 38 6 6 .986 .983 5.40 4.86 5.66 5.53 80 694.7 7 17 50 32 1979 27 HOU NL C 105 548 57 8 5 .987 .985 5.76 5.27 6.11 6.13 104 890.7 9 33 71 31 1980 28 HOU NL C 114 608 60 6 10 .991 .983 5.86 5.23 6.59 6.09 104 912.3 14 23 91 27 1981 29 HOU NL C 81 434 58 9 6 .982 .983 6.07 5.07 6.59 5.93 74 672.0 3 18 62 41 1982 30 HOU NL C 95 530 55 14 5 .977 .985 6.16 5.52 6.62 6.29 90 795.7 10 27 108 26 1983 31 HOU NL C 85 435 56 13 2 .974 .984 5.78 5.55 6.34 6.57 78 696.7 9 21 85 29 1984 32 HOU NL C 63 303 42 5 3 .986 .986 5.48 5.68 6.51 6.53 53 476.7 15 18 64 26 1985 33 HOU NL C 60 312 37 8 1 .978 .987 5.82 5.45 6.66 6.42 55 471.3 14 19 58 21 1986 34 HOU NL C 103 632 43 10 2 .985 .985 6.55 5.88 8.06 6.93 86 754.0 7 21 92 28 1987 35 HOU NL C 110 778 46 6 6 .993 .987 7.49 5.91 8.20 6.94 105 904.3 6 25 121 30 1988 36 HOU NL C 66 414 23 4 4 .991 .987 6.62 5.58 7.20 6.56 60 546.3 1 9 82 15 1989 37 HOU NL C 19 101 4 0 0 1.000 .986 5.53 5.56 6.27 6.67 17 150.7 1 8 15 4 1975 23 CLE AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1299 7086 684 113 74 .986 .985 5.98 5.35 6.65 6.26 1191 10513.3 113 333 1112 445 1B* 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 .990 2.50 8.60 10.00 9.90 0 9.0 3B* 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 2.70 1.12 3.15 1 8.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1305 7096 685 114 75 .986 .985 5.96 5.36 6.65 6.26 1192 10530
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   2   8   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .125  .125  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  HOU LAD     L   3   9   1   1  0  0  1   2   2   0  .111  .273  .444   0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   6  23   2   3  1  0  1   2   2   1  .130  .200  .304   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   8  31   2   4  1  0  1   3   2   1  .129  .182  .258   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3  11  40   3   5  1  0  2   5   4   1  .125  .205  .300   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1975 AL-16-6

Intentional Walks
1980 NL-12-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.0 (801) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft.

November 5, 1976: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Doug Howard to the Toronto Blue Jays for Al Fitzmorris.

November 27, 1978: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Houston Astros for Joe Cannon, Pedro Hernandez, and Mark Lemongello.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

December 3, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

May 11, 1989: Released by the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Houston Astros$416,667
1986Houston Astros$525,000
1987Houston Astros$575,000
1988Houston Astros$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,966,667

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Alan Ashby's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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