The Associated Press reported, "Richie Ashburn, fleet footed Philadelphia Phillies outfielder, brought the huge Briggs Stadium crowd of 52,075 to its feet with a brilliant leaping catch in the sixth inning to rob Vic Wertz of a near homer. Ashburn caught the ball in front of the right centerfield screen 400 feet distant after a long run."

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Richie Ashburn Bio. Fullname: Don Richard Ashburn; Nickname: Whitey; Born: 3/19/1927 in Tilden, NE; High School: Tilden, Tilden, NE; Debut: 4/20/1948; Hall of Fame: 1995; Died: 9/09/1997

Richie Ashburn, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Saturday, March 19, 1927, in Tilden, Nebraska. Ashburn was 21 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 20, 1948, with the Philadelphia Phillies.

The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Ashburn excelled from 1948 to 1959 with the Phillies as the prototypical leadoff hitter and center fielder. With an excellent eye at the plate, he led the league in walks on four occasions and his 1958 season marked the first time a leadoff hitter paced the league in both batting average (.350) and bases on balls (97).

2022年6月7日 · A truly beloved figure in Philadelphia, Richie Ashburn was a Hall of Fame centerfielder, broadcaster, and sportswriter. During the 1950's, he had more hits than any other major leaguer. Ashburn was from Tilden, Nebraska, where his father owned the largest general store in town. Richie played baseball in high school and for the American Legion.

2012年1月4日 · Don Richard “Richie” Ashburn, a Hall of Fame outfielder, who made the most putouts of any outfielder in major-league baseball during the 1950s, started out as a catcher, which should not be surprising because throughout his long career in baseball, Richie Ashburn had always been his own man.

2014年7月30日 · Over his ten years in Philly, Ashburn twice managed the best batting average in the National League, posting a .338 mark in 1955 and a .350 mark in his final year.

2013年8月28日 · The Phillies’ Richie Ashburn hit only 29 homers—approximately one per 300 times at bat—in a 15-year career, and none of them are legendary because of their length. Eight were inside-the-parkers that never left the playing field.

Richie Ashburn batted .300 or better nine times and rapped out two-thousand five-hundred seventy-four hits with 86% of them being singles. He won two batting titles, led the National League in hits three times, and on base percentage and walks four times.