Richie Ashburn
Don Richard
"Whitey" or "Put Put" Ashburn
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: March 19, 1927 in Tilden, NE
Signed: 1945 by the Philadelphia Phillies
Acquired: purchased from the Chicago Cubs, December 1961
Departed: retired following 1962 season
Died: September 9, 1997 in New York, NY
The great Phillies Hall of Famer spent one
season with New York (1962) and was named the Mets' Most Valuable Player for
the season. Since the Mets had lost 120 games that year, Richie promptly
retired. Pictured is a 1950s Red Man Tobacco card. Many more Ashburn cards are
shown below, as well as an extensive biography, which you can reach by clicking
on the SABR banner at the bottom of the page.
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BATTING RECORD (team-leading
totals in red) YEAR CLUB
G AB R
H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS
SO BB HBP SAC SF OBP SLG AVG |
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This is a list of the cards of this player
that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said
collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed
in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity
prior to my divestiture. The cards listed in white text are the ones
that still remained until that final deal. Items listed in green I
kept out of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and
den. At the bottom and listed in orange text are cards that I picked
up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a certain continuity at
this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the top of the page, and
maybe in the autographs and game-used areas. If an orange card is
struck through, it has also departed the collection. I’m still
accepting donations, should you feel so moved. Contact me by
following this link: NYMHall.
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1952 Bowman |
1953 Bowman Color |
1954 Topps |
1955 Bowman |
1949 Bowman reprint #214
1951 Bowman reprint #186
1952 Bowman #53
1952 Red Man Tobacco #NL2
1953 Bowman Color
#10
1954 Red Heart
Dog Food reprint
1954 Topps #45
1955 Bowman #130
1958 Topps #230
1959 Topps #300
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1961 Post |
1961 Topps |
1963 Jell-O |
1960 Topps #305
1961 Post #192
1961 Topps #88
1962 Post #186
1962 Topps #213
1963 Jell-O #197
1963 Topps #135
1977
TCMA Renata Galasso #14
1979 TCMA
Baseball History Series #17
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1982 G. S. Gallery |
2001 Topps American Pie |
2001 SP Legendary Cuts |
2002 SP Legendary Cuts |
1982 G. S.
Gallery All-Time Greats #23
1982 Renata Galasso 20 Years of New York Met Baseball #2
1982 TCMA Baseball's Greatest Hitters #9
1985 Sports
Design Doug West #38
1988
Pacific Baseball Legends #8
1989 Bowman sweepstakes
insert (reprint of 1949 Bowman #214)
1989
Swell (CMC) Baseball Greats #85
1990 Pacific Baseball Legends #70
1991 Nobody Beats
the Wiz Mets #15
1991 Swell (Impel) Baseball
Greats #4
1991 Topps Archives #311 (mockup of 1953 card)
1992 Action
Packed All-Star Gallery #24
1993 Ted Williams #70
1994 Topps
Archives #45 (reprint of 1954
Topps)
1996 Baseball
Hall of Fame Plaque Postcard
1998 Fleer Sports
Illustrated Then and Now #2 (Legends
of the Game)
2000 Danbury Mint
22K Gold Card #150
2000 Fleer Greats of the Game #6
2001 Bowman
Reprint #10 (reprint of 1949
Bowman #214)
2001 Sunoco Dream Team #9 (with Robin Roberts)
2001 Topps American Pie
#105
2001 Topps Archives #335 (reprint
of 1963 Topps #135)
2001 Topps Archives
Reserve #4 (reprint of
1952 Topps #216)
2001 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts
#54
2002 Bowman
Heritage 1954 Reprints #BHR-RA (reprint
of 1954 Bowman #15)
2002 Topps Heritage Then & Now #TN 5 (with Rich Aurilia)
2002 Upper Deck SP
Legendary Cuts #63
2002 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic #65
2003 Fleer Flair
Greats #13
2003 Upper Deck Vintage #144
2004
Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic #66
2005 Donruss
Champions #223, #267
2005 Donruss Greats Hall of Fame Souvenirs #HOFS-24 (game-used bat and jersey)
2005 Leaf Century Collection Stamps #S-68 (vintage
postage stamp; game-used pants; 020/100)
2005 Upper Deck Classics #81
2005 Upper Deck MVP Batter Up! #BU-33
2005 Upper Deck Origins Promo #126
2005 Upper Deck Past Time Pennants #67
2005 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic #72
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1959 Armour Coins |
2007 Upper Deck
SP Legendary Cuts #70
2008 Upper Deck
Goudey #145
2010 Topps Peak Performance
#PP-90
2011 Topps 60
Years of Topps #60YOT-67 (reprint of 1959 Topps #300)
2012 Panini Cooperstown #59
2013 Panini
Cooperstown #73
2013 Panini Cooperstown Colgan's Chips
2016 Topps
Archives #178
2019 Topps
Archives #158
2021
Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary #627
2022
Topps Archives #187
Other Richie Ashburn memorabilia in my
collection:
1959 Armour Coins1980
Casey's Lager Beer commemorative can
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"You know it takes
courage to go out there and get beaten. -- Richie Ashburn 3 |
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"Play for the Mets? I
wouldn't have missed it for anything. I'll never forget the way those Polo
Grounds fans act no matter how badly we're doing. They could make it real
miserable for us, but they don't." -- Richie Ashburn 3 |
