Alan Ashby vs. Bill Virdon — Career Comparison

Alan Ashby
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueCatcher
Bill Virdon
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueCenter FielderGold GloveRookie of the Year

Alan Ashby and Bill Virdon are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 98 for Alan Ashby, 101 for Bill Virdon), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 99 vs 101). The overall lean goes to Bill Virdon, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Alan Ashby and Bill Virdon

Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1370
175.23
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1583
145.63
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
4691
600
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6522
600
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
4123
527.35
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5980
550.14
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.704
0.704
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
1010
129.18
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1596
146.83
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
724
92.6
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1187
109.2
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
183
23.41
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
21.8
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
13
1.66
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
7.45
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
11.51
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
8.37
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
286
36.58
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
37.63
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
485.41
62.09
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
716.25
65.89
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
1489
190.45
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2268
208.65
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1482
189.55
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2046
188.22
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.681
0.681
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.696
0.696
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
397
50.78
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
735
67.62
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
513
65.62
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
502
46.18
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
820
104.88
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1146
105.43
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
497.25
63.6
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
770.46
70.88
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
1.41
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
8
0.74
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
461
58.96
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
442
40.66
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
8.44
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
41
3.77
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
622
79.56
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
647
59.52
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
7.54
7.54
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
10.08
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
0.68
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
7.03
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
53
4.88
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
5.24
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
39
3.59
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
125
15.99
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
7.73
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
7
0.9
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
4.32
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
10
1.28
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
4.97
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
17
2.17
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
9.29
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
41.18
41.18
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.53
46.53

Fielding Stats for Alan Ashby and Bill Virdon

Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1305
1.12
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1542
1.06
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1192
1.02
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1463
1.01
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
31592
27
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39293
27
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10530.2
9
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13097.2
9
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7096
6.06
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3777
2.6
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
0.59
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.07
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.1
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.05
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7895
6.75
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3950
2.71
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7781
6.65
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3877
2.66
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.56
98.56
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.15
98.15
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.963
5.963
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.514
2.514
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.34
91.34
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.06
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.01
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.1
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1112
0.95
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
0.38
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0