Andy Ashby

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1991-2004)

Andy Ashby was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2004 for 5 teams, including the Philadelphia Phillies, a span of 14 seasons. Across 309 career appearances, he went 98-110 with a 4.12 ERA and 1,173 strikeouts. He also batted .134 with 1 home runs. Andy Ashby was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9658.1.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 98–110
ERA 4.12
WHIP 1.32
SO 1,173
Pitcher PIV 9658.1
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'1" / 180 lb
Born
7/11/1967 in Kansas City, MO, USA
MLB Debut
1991-06-10
Last Game
2004-09-14
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: Andrew Jason Ashby

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Career Pitching Statistics

Andy Ashby — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
98 110 309 285 21 7 1 1810.2 1,857 829 205 540 1,173 4.12 9658.1

Career ERA 4.12 vs. league average 4.38 across their career seasons — 6.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Andy Ashby Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1991 PHI NL 1 5 8 8 0 0 0 42.0 41 28 19 26 6.00 3.91 (-53%) -866.7
1992 PHI NL 1 3 10 8 0 0 0 37.0 42 31 21 24 7.54 3.75 (-101%) -1509.9
1993 COL NL 0 4 20 9 0 0 1 54.0 89 51 32 33 8.50 4.19 (-103%) -977.0
1993 SDN NL 3 6 12 12 0 0 0 69.0 79 42 24 44 5.48 4.19 (-31%) -2151.1
1994 SDN NL 6 11 24 24 4 0 0 164.1 145 62 43 121 3.40 4.51 (+25%) 3175.9
1995 SDN NL 12 10 31 31 2 2 0 192.2 180 63 62 150 2.94 4.45 (+34%) 3110.5
1996 SDN NL 9 5 24 24 1 0 0 150.2 147 54 34 85 3.23 4.61 (+30%) 1414.1
1997 SDN NL 9 11 30 30 2 0 0 200.2 207 92 49 144 4.13 4.39 (+6%) 4214.7
1998 SDN NL 17 9 33 33 5 1 0 226.2 223 84 58 151 3.34 4.43 (+25%) 2641.8
1999 SDN NL 14 10 31 31 4 3 0 206.0 204 87 54 132 3.80 4.71 (+19%) 1755.0
2000 PHI NL 4 7 16 16 1 0 0 101.1 113 64 38 51 5.68 4.77 (-19%) -2057.0
2000 ATL NL 8 6 15 15 2 1 0 98.0 103 45 23 55 4.13 4.77 (+13%) 1078.0
2001 LAN NL 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 11.2 14 5 1 7 3.86 4.42 (+13%) 24.2
2002 LAN NL 9 13 30 30 0 0 0 181.2 179 79 65 107 3.91 4.28 (+9%) -648.2
2003 LAN NL 3 10 21 12 0 0 0 73.0 90 42 17 41 5.18 4.40 (-18%) 453.7
2004 SDN NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 16 seasons 98 110 309 285 21 7 1 1,810.2 1,857 829 540 1,173 4.12 — 9,658

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.

Career Batting Statistics

Andy Ashby — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
313 521 26 70 13 0 1 26 1 16 218 .134 .160 .165 .325 -3,421

Career AVG .134 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 49.4% below league average.

Career OBP .160 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 52.3% below league average.

Career SLG .165 vs. league average .418 across their career seasons — 60.5% below league average.

Career OPS .325 vs. league average .753 across their career seasons — 56.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Andy 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
1991 PHI NL 8 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .083 — — — — 0.0
1992 PHI NL 10 11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 .091 — — — — 0.0
1993 COL NL 20 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .267 — — — — 0.0
1993 SDN NL 12 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .048 — — — — 0.0
1994 SDN NL 24 49 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 .163 — — — — -444.8
1995 SDN NL 31 49 2 8 1 0 0 3 1 1 24 .163 — — — — -420.3
1996 SDN NL 25 45 6 11 5 0 0 5 0 0 13 .244 — — — — 0.0
1997 SDN NL 31 60 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 24 .067 .266 (-75%) .336 (-71%) .419 (-80%) .756 (-76%) -760.0
1998 SDN NL 33 72 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 35 .111 .266 (-58%) .335 (-60%) .420 (-67%) .755 (-64%) -762.3
1999 SDN NL 31 62 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 25 .129 .271 (-52%) .344 (-51%) .433 (-63%) .778 (-58%) -610.7
2000 PHI NL 16 28 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 10 .179 — — — — 0.0
2000 ATL NL 16 33 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 .121 — — — — 0.0
2001 LAN NL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
2002 LAN NL 30 48 5 6 0 0 1 4 0 2 23 .125 — — — — -423.0
2003 LAN NL 21 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 SDN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 16 seasons 313 521 26 70 13 0 1 26 1 16 218 .134 — — — — -3,421

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

Andy Ashby — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Andy Ashby — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2000 NLDS1 ATL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 NLCS SDN 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000
1998 NLDS2 SDN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 WS SDN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 NLDS2 SDN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Andy Ashby — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 1 7 5 0 28.2 38 15 8 20 4.71

Playoff Pitching by Year

Andy Ashby — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2000 NLDS1 ATL 0 0 2 0 0 3.2 1 1 3 5 2.45
1998 NLCS SDN 0 0 2 2 0 13.0 14 3 2 5 2.08
1998 NLDS2 SDN 0 0 1 1 0 4.0 6 3 1 4 6.75
1998 WS SDN 0 1 1 1 0 2.2 10 4 1 1 13.50
1996 NLDS2 SDN 0 0 1 1 0 5.1 7 4 1 5 6.75

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Andy Ashby — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home148248831113.125
Away1652731839013.143

Pitching — Home / Away

Andy Ashby — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home147906.28583722706203.69
Away162904.09994572705534.55

Last 10 Games — Batting

Andy Ashby — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2004-09-14 SDPLADL 000000000
2004-09-08 SDPSTLW 000000000
2003-09-01 LADHOUL 000000000
2003-08-27 LADHOUL 000000000
2003-08-23 LADNYNL 100000000
2003-08-08 LADCHCW 200000001
2003-08-02 LADATLL 200000002
2003-07-26 LADAZL 200000001
2003-07-21 LADCOLL 100000000
2003-07-12 LADCOLL 200000002

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Andy Ashby — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2004-09-14 SDPLAD — 1.0100010
2004-09-08 SDPSTL — 1.0000010
2003-09-01 LADHOU — 2.0311000
2003-08-27 LADHOU — 1.0000010
2003-08-23 LADNYN L 6.01144121
2003-08-08 LADCHC W 5.0311251
2003-08-02 LADATL L 4.1855110
2003-07-26 LADAZ L 7.0511230
2003-07-21 LADCOL L 5.2944231
2003-07-12 LADCOL L 5.0844161

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Andy Ashby — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 309 285 131 265 11 16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Andy Ashby — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1991 PHI P 8 8 7 4 0 1
1992 PHI P 10 8 1 6 0 0
1993 COL P 20 9 5 12 0 0
1993 SDN P 12 12 10 7 0 1
1994 SDN P 24 24 14 22 0 0
1995 SDN P 31 31 6 21 1 0
1996 SDN P 24 24 10 29 2 3
1997 SDN P 30 30 16 34 1 0
1998 SDN P 33 33 14 35 1 4
1999 SDN P 31 31 14 35 2 4
2000 PHI P 16 16 6 15 1 0
2000 ATL P 15 15 8 15 2 0
2001 LAN P 2 2 0 1 0 0
2002 LAN P 30 30 16 18 1 2
2003 LAN P 21 12 4 11 0 1
2004 SDN P 2 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Andy Ashby Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 309

Salary History

Andy Ashby's recorded salaries total $44,214,000 over 12 seasons, 1992 to 2003. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ashby's career ran from 1991 to 2004. No salary is recorded for 1991 and 2004.

Andy Ashby — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2003 LAN NL $8,500,000
2002 LAN NL $8,000,000
2001 LAN NL $6,000,000
2000 PHI NL $5,900,000
1999 SDN NL $5,050,000
1998 SDN NL $4,125,000
1997 SDN NL $3,400,000
1996 SDN NL $2,000,000
1995 SDN NL $755,000
1994 SDN NL $225,000
1993 COL NL $150,000
1992 PHI NL $109,000
Total recorded salary (partial) $44,214,000

College History

Andy Ashby — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
Crowder College Neosho MO 1986

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Andy Ashby (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Ismael Valdez
    104-105, 4.09 ERA
  2. 73
    Jarrod Washburn
    107-109, 4.10 ERA
  3. 62
    Jason Vargas
    99-99, 4.29 ERA
  4. 39
    Matt Morris
    121-92, 3.98 ERA
  5. 38
    Mark Portugal
    109-95, 4.03 ERA
  6. 36
    Jeremy Guthrie
    91-109, 4.42 ERA

Andy Ashby: the record in brief

Between the debut on June 10, 1991 and the final game on September 14, 2004, Andy Ashby built the record summarized on this page. Club by club, the record runs the Philadelphia Phillies (1991 to 2000), the Colorado Rockies (1993), the San Diego Padres (1993 to 2004), the Atlanta Braves (2000), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2001 through 2003). Ashby played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Born on July 11, 1967, in Kansas City, MO, USA, Ashby was listed at 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds. Andy Ashby was the playing name; the full given name is Andrew Jason.

Ashby went 98-110 with a 4.12 ERA in 309 games, 285 of them starts. The same table counts 1,173 strikeouts, 21 complete games, and 7 shutouts. Against a 4.38 league ERA for the same years, Ashby was 6.0% better. The best win total was 17, in 1998. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.94 in 1995, when the league's was 4.45.

Frequently Asked Questions about Andy Ashby

What years did Andy Ashby play?
Andy Ashby played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2004.
Was Andy Ashby a pitcher?
Yes. Andy Ashby pitched in the major leagues, recording 98 wins and 1173 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Andy Ashby hit?
Andy Ashby hit 1 career home run with 70 hits.
What teams did Andy Ashby play for?
Andy Ashby played for 5 teams: the Philadelphia Phillies (1991–1992, 2000), the Colorado Rockies (1993), the San Diego Padres (1993–1999, 2004), the Atlanta Braves (2000), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2001–2003).
Did Andy Ashby win a Cy Young Award?
No. Andy Ashby did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Andy Ashby win?
Andy Ashby was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Andy Ashby's career stats?
In 309 games, Andy Ashby went 98-110 with a 4.12 ERA, 1,173 strikeouts, 1,810.2 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 70 hits and 1 home runs.
How much did Andy Ashby earn in his career?
Andy Ashby's recorded salaries total $44,214,000 over 12 seasons, 1992 to 2003. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ashby's career ran from 1991 to 2004. No salary is recorded for 1991 and 2004.
What was Andy Ashby's salary?
Andy Ashby's last recorded salary was $8,500,000, in 2003. His highest recorded salary was $8,500,000, in 2003, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1992. The Salary History table lists each season from 1992 to 2003.
What position did Andy Ashby play?
Andy Ashby played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Andy Ashby and how much did he weigh?
Andy Ashby was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 180 pounds.
What was Andy Ashby's career ERA?
Andy Ashby finished with a 4.12 career ERA, going 98-110 with 1,173 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Andy Ashby have?
Andy Ashby recorded 1,173 career strikeouts.
Is Andy Ashby in the Hall of Fame?
No. Andy Ashby has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.