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Don Richard Ashburn

First name: Richie

Last name: Ashburn

Birthdate: 1927-03-19

Bats: L Throws: R

RetroID: ashbr101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1948	PHI	6.8	1.3	8.1	5.5	7.8	0.2	24
1949	PHI	9.1	1.8	11.0	2.5	5.7	5.3	17
1950	PHI	8.4	1.7	10.1	3.5	6.5	3.7	19
1951	PHI	8.9	1.8	10.7	8.5	11.7	-0.9	35
1952	PHI	8.9	1.8	10.7	4.0	7.2	3.6	21
1953	PHI	9.0	1.8	10.8	6.9	10.1	0.7	30
1954	PHI	8.8	1.8	10.6	7.0	10.1	0.5	30
1955	PHI	8.2	1.6	9.8	7.0	9.9	-0.1	30
1956	PHI	9.0	1.8	10.9	4.8	8.0	2.8	24
1957	PHI	9.3	1.9	11.1	5.2	8.5	2.7	25
1958	PHI	8.9	1.8	10.7	7.2	10.4	0.4	31
1959	PHI	8.6	1.7	10.3	-1.0	2.0	8.2	6
1960	CHN	8.5	1.4	10.0	3.6	6.6	3.4	20
1961	CHN	4.6	0.7	5.4	-1.0	0.6	4.8	2
1962	NYN	5.9	0.9	6.8	1.2	3.2	3.6	10
Career		122.9	23.8	147.0	64.9	108.3	38.9	324

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1948	PHI	530	16	17	4	3	2	2	7	-1	35	9.3	3.8	-0.1	0.1	3.8	16
1949	PHI	728	-12	-10	-5	2	2	-1	14	-1	2	9.4	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	28
1950	PHI	670	5	7	-3	-3	3	0	8	-1	12	9.3	1.3	-0.1	0.2	1.4	21
1951	PHI	712	20	22	4	3	3	1	24	-1	57	9.2	6.2	-0.1	0.2	6.3	38
1952	PHI	702	3	5	-3	5	2	-1	7	-1	15	8.7	1.7	-0.1	0.2	1.8	21
1953	PHI	702	12	14	1	5	4	3	18	-2	45	9.5	4.7	-0.2	0.2	4.7	32
1954	PHI	703	22	23	1	2	3	1	13	-1	43	9.1	4.7	-0.1	0.2	4.8	27
1955	PHI	644	37	39	-1	4	3	-2	3	-1	46	9.4	4.9	-0.1	0.2	5.0	15
1956	PHI	718	11	12	2	-2	3	1	9	-2	25	9.7	2.6	-0.2	0.2	2.6	23
1957	PHI	729	10	12	-3	1	0	-1	17	-2	26	9.0	2.9	-0.2	0.2	2.9	31
1958	PHI	725	36	37	-4	3	2	0	11	-2	49	9.8	5.0	-0.2	0.2	5.0	25
1959	PHI	660	-11	-13	-1	-3	1	-1	-13	-1	-30	9.3	-3.2	-0.1	0.2	-3.1	0
1960	CHN	672	15	15	2	4	3	0	-8	-3	16	9.7	1.7	-0.3	0.2	1.6	3
1961	CHN	368	-4	-5	2	0	-1	0	-17	-1	-21	10.0	-2.1	-0.1	0.1	-2.1	-11
1962	NYN	473	17	15	-3	-1	-1	-1	-11	-2	-2	10.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.2	-0.2	-4
Career		9,736	177	190	-7	23	29	1	82	-22	318	-	34.2	-2.2	2.7	34.7	265

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1962	NYN	2B	28	6	0.0	0	0	1	1	-0.1	-0.3	0	0
		2B	28	6	0.0	0	0	1	1	-0.1	-0.3	0	0

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1948	PHI	LF	414	44	-3.0	-3	-3	-3	20	0	-3
1948	PHI	CF	2618	382	10.0	9	8	36	112	2	10
1949	PHI	CF	4161	611	19.0	17	15	63	188	-1	14
1950	PHI	CF	4111	542	14.0	13	11	17	148	-3	8
1951	PHI	CF	4331	672	23.0	23	20	96	201	4	24
1952	PHI	CF	4138	544	8.0	7	6	15	158	1	7
1953	PHI	CF	4511	671	17.0	15	13	65	159	5	18
1954	PHI	CF	4192	633	20.0	18	15	79	176	-2	13
1955	PHI	CF	3821	536	7.0	5	4	49	150	-1	3
1956	PHI	CF	4324	675	16.0	12	10	91	213	-1	9
1957	PHI	CF	4312	672	19.0	16	14	83	211	2	16
1957	PHI	RF	35	5	0.0	0	0	-1	3	1	1
1958	PHI	CF	4429	680	13.0	13	11	65	225	0	11
1959	PHI	CF	3963	522	-6.0	-6	-5	-3	196	-8	-13
1960	CHN	LF	1434	165	5.0	4	3	13	47	2	5
1960	CHN	CF	2505	311	-9.0	-11	-9	-18	112	-4	-13
1961	CHN	LF	381	42	-1.0	-1	-1	3	18	1	0
1961	CHN	CF	1565	169	-13.0	-14	-12	-42	86	-5	-17
1962	NYN	LF	158	17	-2.0	-2	-2	1	9	0	-2
1962	NYN	CF	1384	171	-8.0	-8	-7	-12	64	-4	-11
1962	NYN	RF	706	115	0.0	1	1	4	35	1	2
		LF	2387	268	-1.0	-2	-3	14	94	3	0
		CF	54365	7791	130.0	109	94	584	2399	-15	79
		RF	741	120	0.0	1	1	3	38	2	3

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1950	PHI	0.2	0.0	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.3	0
Career		0.2	0.0	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.3	0

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1950	PHI	17	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	5.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0
Career		17	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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