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Billy Ashley

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Billy Ashley
Left fielder
Born:(1970-07-11)July 11, 1970(age 54)
Trenton, Michigan,U.S.
Batted:Right
Threw:Right
MLB debut
September 1, 1992, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
July 30, 1998, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average.233
Home runs28
Runs batted in84
Teams

Billy Manual Ashley(born July 11, 1970) is an American formerMajor League Baseballoutfielder.

Minor leagues

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Ashley was drafted by theLos Angeles Dodgersin the 3rd round of the 1988MLB Draft.He started his professional career with theGulf Coast Dodgersin 1988 and 1989. He played with theBakersfield Dodgersin 1990, theVero Beach Dodgersin 1991, theSan Antonio Missionsin 1992 and theAlbuquerque Dukesfor most of 1992–1994. A big time home run threat in the minors, Ashley hit 24 homers with San Antonio in 1992, 26 with the Dukes in 1993 and 37 in 1994.

He was a Triple-A All-Star andPacific Coast LeagueAll-Star in 1993 and 1994. Also in 1994, he was selected aBaseball Americafirst team Minor League All-Star, thePacific Coast League MVP,Los Angeles DodgersMinor League Player of the Year in and Triple-A Player of the Year.

He is one of three Dodgers position players to have been twice selected as the organization's Minor League Player of the Year, along withJoc PedersonandPaul Konerko.[1]

Major leagues

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He made his major league debut on September 1, 1992, against theChicago Cubsand recorded his first major league hit on September 6 against thePittsburgh Pirates.

Ashley made the Dodgers Opening Day roster for the 1995 season and for the next three seasons was a spot starter/pinch hitter for the Dodgers. He tied the Dodgers single-season record for pinch-hit homers in 1996. Due to his inability to hit for a high average, his high strikeout frequency, and his poor defensive play, the Dodgers released him before the beginning of the 1998 season.

He was signed as a free agent by theBoston Red Sox.He spent most of the season with the Triple-APawtucket Red Soxbut played in 13 games with the major league team. His most productive day with the Red Sox was on July 3, 1998, when went 3 for 4 and hit a grand slam home run against theChicago White Sox.

He spent 1999 with theToledo Mud Hensin theDetroit Tigersfarm system and then retired from baseball.

Throughout hisMinor Leaguecareer, Ashley was a highly touted power-hitting prospect.[2]However, his success in the minors did not transfer to the big league level, and he did not accumulate abatting averagehigher than.237 or hit more than 9home runsin a season. His career concluded with 144 total hits and 236 totalstrikeouts.He did however achieve a measure of notoriety for a time as apinch-hitter.[3]

Miscellaneous

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He was featured in theFox Reality Channel's original seriesHousehusbands of Hollywood.[4]He is currently the baseball head coach forMalibu High Schoolin Malibu, CA.[5]As of 2015, Ashley is also serving as an Alumni member of theLos Angeles DodgersCommunity Relations team.

References

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  1. ^Stephen, Eric (September 26, 2014)."Joc Pederson, Corey Seager, Julio Urias named Dodgers minor league players of the year".truebluela.RetrievedSeptember 26,2014.
  2. ^"Former Dodger Billy Ashley Named Malibu Baseball Coach".Archived fromthe originalon June 21, 2015.RetrievedDecember 27,2015.
  3. ^"A Pinch of Ashley Does Trick".Los Angeles Times.June 19, 1997.
  4. ^"Househusbands Get Their Turn".Parade. June 11, 2009.
  5. ^"Former Dodger Billy Ashley Named Malibu Baseball Coach".Archived fromthe originalon June 21, 2015.RetrievedDecember 27,2015.
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