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Alan Ashby
Full name Alan Dean Ashby Born July 8, 1951, Long Beach, California First Game: July 3, 1973 ; Final Game: May 9, 1989 Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 185 Bats left from 1975 and 1979 and during parts of 1977 and 1978 Ejections as player: 1976 (1), 1980 (1), 1982 (1). Total: 3 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1973 CLE A Daily Splits 11 29 4 5 1 0 1 3 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172 .226 .310 -0.4 1973 CLE A
1974 CLE A Daily Splits 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 -0.1 1974 CLE A
1975 CLE A Daily Splits 90 254 32 57 10 1 5 32 30 1 42 1 16 0 1 8 10 3 2 .224 .309 .331 -0.6 1975 CLE A
1976 CLE A Daily Splits 89 247 26 59 5 1 4 32 27 4 49 0 6 3 0 1 6 0 2 .239 .310 .316 0.2 1976 CLE A
1977 TOR A Daily Splits 124 396 25 83 16 3 2 29 50 3 51 2 10 1 0 4 14 0 2 .210 .301 .280 -1.7 1977 TOR A
1978 TOR A Daily Splits 81 264 27 69 15 0 9 29 28 4 32 1 4 1 0 1 10 1 1 .261 .333 .420 0.1 1978 TOR A
1979 HOU N Daily Splits 108 336 25 68 15 2 2 35 26 10 70 2 3 3 0 5 8 0 0 .202 .262 .277 -1.9 1979 HOU N
1980 HOU N Daily Splits 116 352 30 90 19 2 3 48 35 12 40 0 2 5 0 4 11 0 0 .256 .319 .347 0.1 1980 HOU N
1981 HOU N Daily Splits 83 255 20 69 13 0 4 33 35 6 33 0 3 2 1 6 6 0 2 .271 .356 .369 2.0 1981 HOU N
1982 HOU N Daily Splits 100 339 40 87 14 2 12 49 27 4 53 1 2 3 0 4 7 2 0 .257 .311 .416 0.1 1982 HOU N
1983 HOU N Daily Splits 87 275 31 63 18 1 8 34 31 4 38 0 1 4 0 3 12 0 0 .229 .303 .389 -0.6 1983 HOU N
1984 HOU N Daily Splits 66 191 16 50 7 0 4 27 20 2 22 1 4 3 0 1 4 0 0 .262 .330 .361 0.0 1984 HOU N
1985 HOU N Daily Splits 65 189 20 53 8 0 8 25 24 2 27 1 1 1 0 11 9 0 0 .280 .363 .450 0.8 1985 HOU N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits 120 315 24 81 15 0 7 38 39 9 56 0 1 6 0 1 7 1 0 .257 .333 .371 0.2 1986 HOU N
1987 HOU N Daily Splits 125 386 53 111 16 0 14 63 50 2 52 1 0 4 6 13 14 0 1 .288 .367 .438 1.3 1987 HOU N
1988 HOU N Daily Splits 73 227 19 54 10 0 7 33 29 3 36 0 1 4 0 6 5 0 0 .238 .319 .374 -0.5 1988 HOU N
1989 HOU N Daily Splits 22 61 4 10 1 1 0 3 7 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .164 .257 .213 -0.8 1989 HOU N
Total NL (11 Years) 965 2926 282 736 136 8 69 388 323 54 435 7 19 36 7 54 85 3 3 .252 .324 .374 0.7 Total NL
Total AL ( 6 Years) 405 1197 115 274 47 5 21 125 138 12 187 4 36 5 1 15 40 4 7 .229 .310 .329 -2.5 Total AL
Total (17 Years) Splits 1370 4123 397 1010 183 13 90 513 461 66 622 11 55 41 8 69 125 7 10 .245 .320 .361 -1.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Division Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1981 HOU N Daily Splits 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .111 .273 .444 1981 HOU N
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1980 HOU N Daily Splits 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 1980 HOU N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits 6 23 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .130 .200 .304 1986 HOU N
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 8 31 2 4 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .129 .182 .258 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1973 CLE A Daily Splits C 11 8 6 72 45 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 .978
1974 CLE A Daily Splits C 9 0 0 20 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CLE A Daily Splits C 87 82 66 711.2 441 43 5 6 0 6 64 36 0 .990
1975 CLE A 1B 2 0 0 6 8 0 0 1 0 1.000
1975 CLE A 3B 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 .500
1975 CLE A DH 1 0 0 -
1976 CLE A Daily Splits C 86 75 67 670 475 51 7 7 0 3 82 39 2 .987
1976 CLE A 1B 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CLE A 3B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 TOR A Daily Splits C 124 120 113 1074.2 619 71 11 11 0 6 64 60 4 .984
1978 TOR A Daily Splits C 81 80 74 694.2 399 38 6 6 0 7 50 32 0 .986
1979 HOU N Daily Splits C 105 104 86 891.2 548 57 8 5 0 9 71 31 1 .987
1980 HOU N Daily Splits C 114 104 81 911.1 608 60 6 10 0 14 91 27 2 .991
1981 HOU N Daily Splits C 81 74 69 672 434 58 9 6 0 3 62 41 1 .982
1982 HOU N Daily Splits C 95 90 83 795.2 530 55 14 5 0 10 108 26 1 .977
1983 HOU N Daily Splits C 85 78 68 696.2 435 56 13 2 0 9 85 29 1 .974
1984 HOU N Daily Splits C 63 53 47 476.2 303 42 5 3 0 15 64 26 0 .986
1985 HOU N Daily Splits C 60 55 43 471.1 312 37 8 1 0 14 58 21 0 .978
1986 HOU N Daily Splits C 102 86 62 754 632 43 10 2 0 7 92 28 1 .985
1987 HOU N Daily Splits C 110 105 82 904.1 778 46 6 6 0 6 121 30 0 .993
1988 HOU N Daily Splits C 66 60 48 546.1 414 23 4 4 0 1 82 15 1 .991
1989 HOU N Daily Splits C 19 17 13 150.2 101 4 0 0 0 1 15 4 0 1.000
Total (17 Years) Splits C 1298 1191 1008 10513.2 7086 684 113 74 0 113 1112 446 14 .986
Total ( 2 Years) 1B 4 0 0 9 9 1 0 1 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) 3B 2 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 .500
Total ( 1 Year ) DH 1 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1981 HOU N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 25 24 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1980 HOU N Daily Splits C 2 1 1 14 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1986 HOU N Daily Splits C 6 6 6 62.2 59 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits C 8 7 7 76.2 70 3 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1997 HOU N 4- 1 10- 3
Total ( 1 Year )
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-21-1976 BOX CLE A Terry Cooney Call at HP
8-31-1980 BOX HOU N Joe West Call at 1B (Bumped umpire)
6- 9-1982 BOX HOU N Terry Tata Called third strike
Transaction Information
Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5,
1969 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Doug Howard to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Al
Fitzmorris (November 5, 1976 ).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Houston Astros in exchange for Joe Cannon , Pedro
Hernandez and Mark Lemongello (November 27, 1978 ).
Granted free agency (November 10, 1982 ).
Signed by Houston Astros (December 3, 1982 ).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986 ).
Signed by Houston Astros (December 19, 1986 ).
Released by Houston Astros (May 11, 1989 ).
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