What years did Alan Ashby play?

Alan Ashby played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1989.

Was Alan Ashby a pitcher?

No. Alan Ashby was a position player (Catcher).

How many home runs did Alan Ashby hit?

Alan Ashby hit 90 career home runs with 1,010 hits.

What teams did Alan Ashby play for?

Alan Ashby played for 3 teams: the Cleveland Indians (1973–1976), the Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978), and the Houston Astros (1979–1989).

What were Alan Ashby's career stats?

In 1,370 games, Alan Ashby had 1,010 hits, 90 home runs, 513 RBI, 397 runs, and 7 stolen bases, with a .245 batting average.

What was Alan Ashby's salary?

Alan Ashby's last recorded salary was $450,000, in 1988. His highest recorded salary was $575,000, in 1987, and his lowest was $416,667, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1988.

What position did Alan Ashby play?

Alan Ashby played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Alan Ashby and how much did he weigh?

Alan Ashby was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.

How many home runs did Alan Ashby hit each season?

Alan Ashby's home runs by season: 1 in 1973, 0 in 1974, 5 in 1975, 4 in 1976, 2 in 1977, 9 in 1978, 2 in 1979, 3 in 1980, 4 in 1981, 12 in 1982, 8 in 1983, 4 in 1984, 8 in 1985, 7 in 1986, 14 in 1987, 7 in 1988, and 0 in 1989. His most in one season was 14, in 1987.

What was Alan Ashby's career batting average?

Alan Ashby batted .245 over his career, with 1,010 hits in 4,123 at bats.

How many RBI did Alan Ashby have?

Alan Ashby drove in 513 runs in his career.

Is Alan Ashby in the Hall of Fame?

No. Alan Ashby has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Alan Ashby

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1973-1989)

Alan Ashby was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1989 for the Cleveland Guardians, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Houston Astros, a span of 17 seasons. In 1,370 career games, he hit .245 with 1,010 hits, 90 home runs, and 513 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 15, 2026

AVG .245

HR 90

RBI 513

H 1,010

OPS .681

PIV -2,214

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 7/8/1951 in Long Beach, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1973-07-03
Last Game: 1989-05-09

Full name: Alan Dean Ashby

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Career Batting Statistics

Alan Ashby — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,370	4,123	397	1,010	183	13	90	513	7	461	622	.245	.320	.361	.681	-2,214

Career AVG .245 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 5.5% below league average.

Career OBP .320 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .361 vs. league average .385 across their career seasons — 6.2% below league average.

Career OPS .681 vs. league average .709 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Alan Ashby Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1973	CLE	AL	11	29	4	5	1	0	1	3	0	2	11	.172	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	CLE	AL	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	CLE	AL	90	254	32	57	10	1	5	32	3	30	42	.224	.257 (-13%)	.327 (-6%)	.374 (-12%)	.701 (-9%)	-315.8
1976	CLE	AL	89	247	26	59	5	1	4	32	0	27	49	.239	.255 (-6%)	.320 (-3%)	.360 (-13%)	.681 (-8%)	-272.9
1977	TOR	AL	124	396	25	83	16	3	2	29	0	50	51	.210	.264 (-21%)	.329 (-9%)	.401 (-30%)	.730 (-20%)	-1211.0
1978	TOR	AL	81	264	27	69	15	0	9	29	1	28	32	.261	.257 (+1%)	.323 (+3%)	.378 (+11%)	.702 (+7%)	357.7
1979	HOU	NL	108	336	25	68	15	2	2	35	0	26	70	.202	.265 (-24%)	.329 (-21%)	.397 (-30%)	.727 (-26%)	-1422.4
1980	HOU	NL	116	352	30	90	19	2	3	48	0	35	40	.256	.264 (-3%)	.326 (-2%)	.387 (-11%)	.714 (-7%)	-377.2
1981	HOU	NL	83	255	20	69	13	0	4	33	0	35	33	.271	.255 (+6%)	.320 (+11%)	.368 (avg)	.688 (+5%)	333.3
1982	HOU	NL	100	339	40	87	14	2	12	49	2	27	53	.257	.261 (-2%)	.324 (-4%)	.388 (+7%)	.712 (+2%)	66.2
1983	HOU	NL	87	275	31	63	18	1	8	34	0	31	38	.229	.260 (-12%)	.324 (-7%)	.389 (avg)	.714 (-3%)	-172.8
1984	HOU	NL	66	191	16	50	7	0	4	27	0	20	22	.262	.259 (+1%)	.322 (+2%)	.384 (-6%)	.707 (-2%)	-44.6
1985	HOU	NL	65	189	20	53	8	0	8	25	0	24	27	.280	.257 (+9%)	.323 (+12%)	.390 (+15%)	.714 (+14%)	508.8
1986	HOU	NL	120	315	24	81	15	0	7	38	1	39	56	.257	.257 (avg)	.325 (+2%)	.395 (-6%)	.720 (-2%)	-89.8
1987	HOU	NL	125	386	53	111	16	0	14	63	0	50	52	.288	.262 (+9%)	.331 (+11%)	.415 (+5%)	.746 (+8%)	722.7
1988	HOU	NL	73	227	19	54	10	0	7	33	0	29	36	.238	.254 (-6%)	.317 (avg)	.377 (-1%)	.695 (avg)	4.5
1989	HOU	NL	22	61	4	10	1	1	0	3	0	7	8	.164	.254 (-35%)	.319 (-20%)	.375 (-43%)	.694 (-32%)	-300.2
Career · 17 seasons			1,370	4,123	397	1,010	183	13	90	513	7	461	622	.245	—	—	—	—	-2,214

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Alan Ashby — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	40	3	5	1	0	2	5	4	1	.125

Playoff Batting by Year

Alan Ashby — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1986	NLCS	HOU	6	23	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	.130
1981	NWDIV	HOU	3	9	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	.111
1980	NLCS	HOU	2	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.125

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Alan Ashby — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	690	1991	177	473	33	254	.238
Away	679	2128	220	536	57	259	.252

Last 10 Games — Batting

Alan Ashby — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO
1989-05-09	HOU	WSN	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1989-05-08	HOU	WSN	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989-05-03	HOU	WSN	L	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989-05-02	HOU	PHI	W	6	1	1	0	0	0	0
1989-04-30	HOU	NYN	W	4	0	2	0	1	0	0
1989-04-29	HOU	NYN	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989-04-26	HOU	PHI	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989-04-25	HOU	PHI	W	3	1	1	1	0	0	1
1989-04-24	HOU	PHI	L	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
1989-04-22	HOU	CIN	L	2	0	1	0	0	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Alan Ashby — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	4	0	9	1	0	1
3B	2	1	1	0	1	0
C	1299	1191	7086	684	113	74

Season-by-Season Fielding

Alan Ashby — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1973	CLE	C	11	8	45	0	1	0
1974	CLE	C	9	0	12	0	0	0
1975	CLE	1B	2	0	8	0	0	1
1975	CLE	3B	1	1	1	0	1	0
1975	CLE	C	87	82	441	43	5	6
1976	CLE	1B	2	0	1	1	0	0
1976	CLE	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CLE	C	86	75	475	51	7	7
1977	TOR	C	124	120	619	71	11	11
1978	TOR	C	81	80	399	38	6	6
1979	HOU	C	105	104	548	57	8	5
1980	HOU	C	114	104	608	60	6	10
1981	HOU	C	81	74	434	58	9	6
1982	HOU	C	95	90	530	55	14	5
1983	HOU	C	85	78	435	56	13	2
1984	HOU	C	63	53	303	42	5	3
1985	HOU	C	60	55	312	37	8	1
1986	HOU	C	103	86	632	43	10	2
1987	HOU	C	110	105	778	46	6	6
1988	HOU	C	66	60	414	23	4	4
1989	HOU	C	19	17	101	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Alan Ashby Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Catcher	1298
First Base	4
Third Base	2
Designated Hitter	1

Salary History

Alan Ashby's recorded salaries total $1,966,667 over 4 seasons, 1985 to 1988. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ashby's career ran from 1973 to 1989. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1989.

Alan Ashby — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1988	HOU	NL	$450,000
1987	HOU	NL	$575,000
1986	HOU	NL	$525,000
1985	HOU	NL	$416,667
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,966,667

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Career Spans

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Alan Ashby: the record in brief

July 3, 1973 and May 9, 1989 bracket Alan Ashby's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the Cleveland Indians (1973 to 1976), the Toronto Blue Jays (1977 through 1978), and the Houston Astros (1979 to 1989). Born on July 8, 1951, in Long Beach, CA, USA, Ashby is listed as a catcher and batted from both sides and threw right-handed. Ashby's listed size is 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds. Ashby's full given name, per the bio, is Alan Dean Ashby.

Ashby collected 1,010 hits in 4,123 at bats across 1,370 games, good for a .245 batting average, along with 90 home runs and 513 RBI. The on-base percentage is .320 and the slugging percentage .361, for an OPS of .681. Set against a .259 league average for the same years, Ashby's .245 average sits 5.5% below it. The home run peak was 14 in 1987 with the Houston Astros. Ashby collected a career-high 111 hits in 1987. In 1987, a season of regular play, Ashby hit .288 while the league hit .262.

Frequently Asked Questions about Alan Ashby

What years did Alan Ashby play?: Alan Ashby played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1989.
Was Alan Ashby a pitcher?: No. Alan Ashby was a position player (Catcher).
How many home runs did Alan Ashby hit?: Alan Ashby hit 90 career home runs with 1,010 hits.
What teams did Alan Ashby play for?: Alan Ashby played for 3 teams: the Cleveland Indians (1973–1976), the Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978), and the Houston Astros (1979–1989).
What were Alan Ashby's career stats?: In 1,370 games, Alan Ashby had 1,010 hits, 90 home runs, 513 RBI, 397 runs, and 7 stolen bases, with a .245 batting average.
How much did Alan Ashby earn in his career?: Alan Ashby's recorded salaries total $1,966,667 over 4 seasons, 1985 to 1988. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ashby's career ran from 1973 to 1989. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1989.
What was Alan Ashby's salary?: Alan Ashby's last recorded salary was $450,000, in 1988. His highest recorded salary was $575,000, in 1987, and his lowest was $416,667, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1988.
What position did Alan Ashby play?: Alan Ashby played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Alan Ashby and how much did he weigh?: Alan Ashby was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.
How many home runs did Alan Ashby hit each season?: Alan Ashby's home runs by season: 1 in 1973, 0 in 1974, 5 in 1975, 4 in 1976, 2 in 1977, 9 in 1978, 2 in 1979, 3 in 1980, 4 in 1981, 12 in 1982, 8 in 1983, 4 in 1984, 8 in 1985, 7 in 1986, 14 in 1987, 7 in 1988, and 0 in 1989. His most in one season was 14, in 1987.
What was Alan Ashby's career batting average?: Alan Ashby batted .245 over his career, with 1,010 hits in 4,123 at bats.
How many RBI did Alan Ashby have?: Alan Ashby drove in 513 runs in his career.
Is Alan Ashby in the Hall of Fame?: No. Alan Ashby has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.