 He played in his final major league game on May 9, 1989, at the age of 37.On May 11, 1989, the Astros released Ashby.In a seventeen-year major league career, Ashby played in 1,370 games, accumulating 1,010 hits in 4,123 at bats for a .245 career batting average along with 90 home runs, 513 runs batted in and a .320 on-base percentage.