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Bill Rigney

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 178lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: January 29, 1918 in Alameda, CA us

Died: February 20, 2001 in Walnut Creek, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Oakland HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 16, 1946 (Age 28-077d, 10,099th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 12, 1953 (Age 35-226d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: William Joseph Rigney

Nicknames: Specs or The Cricket

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

1966

510

.259

281

RBI

212

OBP

.334

SLG

.376

OPS

.710

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	2	7	2
3	4 (1)	Apr 22	NYG		BSN	T,6-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	7 (2)	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	8	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,11-12	GF	16	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	9	Apr 27	NYG		BRO	W,11-8	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	10	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-15	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	11	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	12	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14 (1)	May 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
11	20 (5)	May 8	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
12	21	May 9	NYG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
13	22	May 11	NYG		CIN	L,2-4	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	23	May 12	NYG		CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
15	24	May 13	NYG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
16	25	May 14	NYG		PHI	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
17	26	May 15	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
18	28 (1)	May 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
19	29	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
20	30	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	GS	20	6.0	1	3	0	4	1
21	31	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	19	4.0	3	1	0	4	2
22	32	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
23	33	May 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
24	34	May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	35	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
26	36	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	37	May 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	38	May 29 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	23	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
29	39	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	6	4	0	10	1
30	40	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
31	41	May 31	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	57	14.0	4	6	0	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	42	Jun 1	NYG		CHC	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	47 (4)	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	52 (4)	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
35	53	Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	GS	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
36	54	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
37	55	Jun 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
38	56	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	59 (2)	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	W,6-5	GF	12	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	60	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	L,8-11	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	61	Jun 23	NYG	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	0	8.0	3	5	2	10	1
42	62	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	71 (8)	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	W,16-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
44	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
45	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	48	8.2	3	3	0	6	0
46	74	Jul 7	NYG		PHI	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	75	Jul 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	80 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	GF	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	82 (1)	Jul 18	NYG		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
50	83	Jul 19	NYG		CIN	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	84	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
52	85	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	86	Jul 22	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	2	9	1
54	87	Jul 23	NYG		CHC	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	4	6	1	11	0
55	88	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	89	Jul 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	90	Jul 26	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
58	91	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
59	92	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	93	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS	25	6.0	1	6	0	7	1
61	94	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	2	4	1	7	1
62	95	Jul 31 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-0	GS	20	6.0	2	5	0	7	0
63	96	Jul 31 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-0	GS	28	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	97	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
65	98	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
66	99	Aug 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
67	100	Aug 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
68	101	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	102	Aug 6	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
70	103	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	2	7	1
71	104	Aug 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS	22	6.0	2	2	1	5	1
72	105	Aug 9	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
73	106	Aug 10	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
74	107	Aug 11	NYG		BSN	T,7-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
75	108	Aug 12	NYG		PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
76	109	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
77	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	111	Aug 16	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
79	112	Aug 17	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	113	Aug 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
81	114	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
82	115	Aug 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	116	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
84	117	Aug 21 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	118	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
86	119	Aug 24	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	120	Aug 25	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
88	121	Aug 26	NYG		STL	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
89	122	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
90	123	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	124	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
92	125	Aug 28 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
93	126	Aug 29	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
94	127	Aug 31	NYG		PIT	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	128	Sep 1	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	129	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
97	130	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	W,6-3	GS	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
98	131	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	132	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
100	133	Sep 5 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
101	134	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	135	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	136	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
104	137	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-1	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
105	138	Sep 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	36	8.1	4	2	1	7	1
106	139	Sep 11	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
107	140	Sep 13	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
108	141	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
109	142	Sep 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	45	9.2	4	5	1	10	1
110	143	Sep 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
111	144	Sep 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
112	145	Sep 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	34	5.2	1	1	0	2	1
113	146	Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
114	147	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	148	Sep 21 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	30	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
116	155 (6)	Oct 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
117	156	Oct 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
							121gm		909.0	185	317	32	534	46