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Don Richard "Richie" Ashburn (March 19, 1927 - September 9, 1997) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. He was born in Tilden, Nebraska. From his youth on a farm, he grew up to become a professional outfielder and veteran broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies, and one of the most beloved sports figures in Philadelphia history. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The position of the center fielder A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position between left field and right field (e. ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...
Tilden is a city located in Nebraska. ...
individually-donated time and energy direct government payments or operation indirect government payments, such as radio and television licenses grants from foundations or business entities selling advertising or sponsorship public subscription or membership fees charged to all owners of TV sets or radios, regardless of whether they intend to receive...
Major league affiliations National League (1883-present) East Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark Citizens Bank Park (2004-present) Major league titles World Series titles (1) 1980 NL Pennants (5) 1993 • 1983 • 1980 • 1950 1915 East Division titles (6) [1] 1993 • 1983 • 1980 • 1978 1977 • 1976 Wild card berths (0...
Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 369. ...
Ashburn spent 12 of his 15 major-league seasons as the Phillies' center fielder (from 1948 through 1959, one of the famous "Whiz Kids"), during which he led the National League twice in batting average (.308 lifetime batting average) and routinely led the league in fielding percentage. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1960 and 1961. Upon his retirement from the infamous 1962 New York Mets, he became a radio and TV color commentator for the Phillies starting in 1963, where he was paired for 27 seasons with the 2002 Ford C. Frick Award-winning broadcaster Harry Kalas, who joined the Phillies in 1971. During that time, Ashburn and Kalas became best friends. Ashburn also regularly wrote for The Philadelphia Bulletin and, later, The Philadelphia Daily News. The following are the baseball events of the year 1948 throughout the world. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1959 throughout the world. ...
This article refers to the American baseball league. ...
Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ...
In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player handles a batted ball properly. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1876-present) Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark Wrigley Field (1916-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1908 • 1907 NL Pennants (10) 1945 • 1938 • 1935 • 1932 1929 • 1918 • 1910 • 1908 1907 • 1906 Central Division titles (1) 2003 East Division titles (2) 1984...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1960 throughout the world. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1961 throughout the world. ...
The following are the events of the year 1962 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1962-present) East Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark Shea Stadium (1964-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1986 • 1969 NL Pennants (4) 2000 • 1986 • 1973 • 1969 East Division titles (4) 1988 • 1986 • 1973 • 1969 Wild card berths (2) 2000 • 1999 The New...
A color (or colour) commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ...
The following are the events of the year 1963 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ...
This year in baseball: 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 Events January-March January 8 - Ozzie Smith is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. ...
The Ford C. Frick Award is an award bestowed annually by the Baseball Hall of Fame in the United States to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball. ...
Harry Kalas (born March 26, 1936) is an American sportscaster, and a popular baseball broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies. ...
This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 31 - The new Special Veterans Committee selects seven men for enshrinement to the Hall of Fame: former players Dave Bancroft, Jake Beckley, Chick Hafey, Harry Hooper, Joe Kelley, Rube Marquard, and executive George Weiss. ...
The Evening Bulletin is the name of two Philadelphia, Pennsylvania newspapers. ...
The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that began publishing on March 31, 1925, under founding editor Lee Ellmaker. ...
Ashburn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Hall's Veterans Committee in 1995 and was inducted in the same ceremony with Phillies great Mike Schmidt. Over 25,000 fans, mostly from Philadelphia, traveled to Cooperstown for the ceremony. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 915 KB) Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY, Feb. ...
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display...
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display...
The Veterans Committee, officially the Committee on Baseball Veterans, is a committee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame that provides a second chance for Hall of Fame election to players passed over in regular Hall of Fame balloting. ...
Events July-December 1995 World Series: The Atlanta Braves win 4 games to 2 over the Cleveland Indians. ...
Michael Jack Schmidt (born September 27, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former professional baseball player, playing his entire career for the Philadelphia Phillies, and is widely regarded as being the greatest third baseman in the history of baseball. ...
Cooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York and is the County Seat. ...
Ashburn died unexpectedly in his sleep of a heart attack in New York City at age 70, after broadcasting a Phillies-Mets game at Shea Stadium. A large crowd of fans paid tribute to him, passing by his coffin in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. He is interred in the Gladwyne Methodist Church Cemetery, at Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,214. ...
William A. Shea Municipal Stadium usually shortened to Shea Stadium, is a baseball stadium in Flushing, New York. ...
Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is one of the largest municipal public parks in the world, at over 9,100 acres (37 km²). This figure includes all parkland within the city limits, as all 65 city parks are considered part of Fairmount Park and overseen by the Fairmount Park Commission...
Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 160 miles (255 km) - Length 280 miles (455 km) - % water 2. ...
The center-field entertaiment area at the Phillies current stadium, Citizens Bank Park, is named Ashburn Alley in his honor. Citizens Bank Park is a 43,500-seat baseball-only stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that opened on April 3, 2004 and hosted its first regular season baseball game on April 12. ...
Trivia - During an August 17 1957 game, Ashburn hit a foul ball into the stands that struck spectator Alice Roth, wife of Philadelphia Bulletin sports editor Earl Roth, breaking her nose. When play resumed, Ashburn fouled off another ball that struck Roth while she was being carried off in a stretcher.
- The band Yo La Tengo tooks its name from an Ashburn anecdote from the inaugural 1962 season of the New York Mets. Frequently, on short flies to center or left-center, center fielder Ashburn would collide with shortstop Elio Chacón. Chacón, from Venezuela, spoke little English and had difficulty understanding when Ashburn was calling him off the ball. To remedy matters, someone in the Mets organization taught Ashburn to say "Yo la tengo," Spanish for "I’ve got it." When Ashburn first used this phrase, it worked fine in keeping Chacón from running into him. But left fielder Frank Thomas didn’t understand the phrase, and thus slammed into Ashburn.
August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year [[= Headline text == = 1957]] throughout the world. ...
Yo La Tengo is an American rock band. ...
Elio Chacón RodrÃguez (October 26, 1936 - April 24, 1992) was a Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop who played in the National League between 1960-64. ...
Frank Joseph Thomas (born June 11, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1951-58), Cincinnati Reds (1959), Chicago Cubs (1960-61), Milwaukee Braves (1961), New York Mets (1962-64), Philadelphia Phillies (1964-65), Houston Astros (1965), Montreal...
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