Richie Ashburn
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican baseball player (1927-1997)
United StatesLived 1927 to 1997 · aged 70Don Richard Ashburn, also known by the nicknames "Putt-Putt", "the Tilden Flash", and "Whitey", was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator.
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Ashburn and Nick Picciuto as members of the Utica Blue Sox in 1945
Ashburn's 1952 Bowman Gum baseball card
Ashburn's plaque on the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame at Citizens Bank Park
A September 1997 Phillies jersey at the Ashburn memorial
A Richie Ashburn banner in Ashburn Alley at Citizens Bank Park
The Phillies retired Richie Ashburn's number in 1979About this person
Don Richard Ashburn, also known by the nicknames "Putt-Putt", "the Tilden Flash", and "Whitey", 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 member of the Philadelphia Phillies, where he was a four-time All-Star player and member of the 1950 National League pennant winning team known as the Whiz Kids.
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