Richie Ashburn Intentional Walks
Richie Ashburn Career Intentional Walks Overview
During Richie Ashburn's 15-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
25 intentional walks, an average of 2 intentional walks per season. 1958 was his best season
with 7 intentional walks and his worst season was 1948 when he had
0 intentional walks. Richie Ashburn is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (11.8855), The Greatest Generation (2.39825), mlb (12.4524), CF (10.5359), and Y (53.733) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Intentional walks (IBB) are walks issued to hitters to avoid risking a strong hitter from having a damaging at bat. Historically a pitcher would need to throw 4 intentional balls, however newer rules removes this requirement and batters can be walked without the pitches using a signal to the upmire. Generally, for Intentional Walks, higher is better. (Source)
Intentional walks (IBB) are walks issued to hitters to avoid risking a strong hitter from having a damaging at bat. Historically a pitcher would need to throw 4 intentional balls, however newer rules removes this requirement and batters can be walked without the pitches using a signal to the upmire. Generally, for Intentional Walks, higher is better. (Source)