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About Richie Ashburn. A fleet-footed center fielder who used his athletic gifts to get on base and chase down fly balls on the field, then a broadcaster that used his storytelling skills to become a much beloved voice off the field, Richie Ashburn would become a fixture on the Philadelphia sports scene for a half century.
Richie Ashburn. Seamus Kearney. 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.
Sep 10, 1997 · Richie Ashburn, the Hall of Fame center fielder who starred for the Philadelphia Phillies' pennant-winning Whiz Kids of 1950 and concluded his career as the lone All-Star and designated...
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
Sep 10, 1997 · September 9, 1997 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Richie Ashburn, 70, the longtime Philadelphia Phillies baseball announcer and National League Hall of Fame center fielder, died at the Phillies team hotel in...
Jan 12, 2022 · Phillies alumni: Richie Ashburn, always No. 1. January 12th, 2022. Larry Shenk. Richie Ashburn is No. 1 in the hearts of generations of Phillies fans. During his 15-year career in the Majors with the Phillies (1948-59), Cubs (1960-61) and Mets (1962), the only uniform number he wore was No. 1.
Don Richard Ashburn (March 19, 1927 – September 9, 1997), also known by the nicknames " Putt-Putt ", " the Tilden Flash ", and " Whitey " (due to his light-blond hair), was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder from 1948 to 1962, most prominently as a ...
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