Johnny Rigney

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: October 28, 1914 in Oak Park, IL us

Died: October 21, 1984 in Lombard, IL

Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL

School: University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)

Debut: April 21, 1937 (Age 22-175d, 8,229th in major league history)
vs. SLB 3.2 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: July 4, 1947 (Age 32-249d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: John Dungan Rigney

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.1

ERA

3.59

197

132

1186.1

605

WHIP

1.307

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 90 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 12 tying, 24 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

1 Tm
CHW	89

Platoon
vs RHB	58
vs LHB	31

Home/Road
Away	45
Home	44

Outs
1	33
0	28
2	27
Unk	1

7 Opps
BOS	25
NYY	14
DET	13
SLB	12
CLE	10
PHA	10
WSH	5

45 Batters
Jimmie Foxx	10
Ted Williams	7
Rudy York	6
Bob Johnson	4
Bobby Doerr	4
Ken Keltner	3
Joe DiMaggio	3
Sam Chapman	3
Jim Tabor	3
Joe Gordon	2
Harlond Clift	2
Lou Boudreau	2
Charlie Keller	2
Red Rolfe	2
Myril Hoag	2
George McQuinn	2
Hank Greenberg	2
Rollie Hemsley	2
Rip Radcliff	2
Beau Bell	1
Joe Gallagher	1
Jeff Heath	1
Joe Grace	1
Zeke Bonura	1
Hal Trosky	1
Gee Walker	1
Bill Dickey	1
Mickey Vernon	1
Tommy Henrich	1
Benny McCoy	1
Lou Finney	1
Wally Moses	1
Bill Knickerbocker	1
John Stone	1
Billy Werber	1
Sam West	1
Frankie Crosetti	1
Pat Seerey	1
Aaron Robinson	1
George Case	1
Charlie Gehringer	1
Lou Gehrig	1
Pete Fox	1
Roy Cullenbine	1
Dixie Walker	1

8 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	44
Fenway Pk (BOS)	16
Yankee Stad (NYC)	8
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
League Pk II (CLE)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	36
9	22
78	8
8	2
89	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	19
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	20
12-	9
-2-	6
123	3
--3	2
1-3	2

148 Runs
RISP	22
0 on	46
1 on	28
2 on	11
3 on	3
Any on	42

Inning
1	6
2	7
3	7
4	14
5	12
6	11
7	19
8	6
9	4
Extra	3

1-3	20
4-6	37
7-end	32

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	7
+2	5
+1	15
Tied	18
-1	12
-2	11
-3	6
-4..	5
Unk	1

Ahead	36
Tied	18
Behind	34
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	22
LF	20
RF	11
3B	11
2B	8
CF	7
C	6
SS	4

OrderPos
5th	23
4th	20
3rd	16
7th	8
6th	8
2nd	7
1st	4
8th	2
Unk	1

Leverage
High Lev	24
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	32

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1937-05-02	Gee Walker	DET		CHW	tied 5-5	b 7	1	---	1	5	9	20%	75%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1937-05-24	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		CHW	ahead 5-4	b 5	1	---	1	5	3	10%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1937-05-31 (2)	Harlond Clift	SLB	@	CHW	behind 4-5	t 7	2	1--	2	5	5	35%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bell Scores
4	4	4	2	1937-05-31 (2)	Bill Knickerbocker	SLB	@	CHW	ahead 6-5	t 7	2	---	1	6	6	14%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1937-06-12	John Stone	WSH	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 8	0	12-	3	4	9	25%	92%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive); B. Lewis Scores; J. Kuhel Scores
6	6	6	1	1937-07-09	Beau Bell	SLB	@	CHW	behind 5-11	t 9	2	--3	2	5	9	0%	0%		Home Run; H. Davis Scores/unER; B. Bell Scores/unER
7	7	7	1	1937-08-17	Rudy York	DET	@	CHW	ahead 7-6	t 4	0	---	1	5	2	10%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	2	1937-08-17	Pete Fox	DET	@	CHW	ahead 8-7	t 7	1	---	1	2	9	13%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	3	1937-08-17	Charlie Gehringer	DET	@	CHW	ahead 9-7	t 7	1	---	1	3	4	9%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	10	1	1937-08-29 (1)	Bob Johnson	PHA	@	CHW	ahead 8-0	t 1	1	123	4	4	7	2%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF); W. Moses Scores; L. Finney Scores; B. Werber Scores
11	11	11	2	1937-08-29 (1)	Bob Johnson	PHA	@	CHW	ahead 14-0	t 7	2	---	1	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1938-04-29	Dixie Walker	DET		CHW	behind 0-1	b 7	0	1--	2	2	7	29%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Fox Scores
13	13	2	1	1938-05-03	Billy Werber	PHA		CHW	ahead 6-2	b 7	2	---	1	2	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	3	1	1938-06-02	Zeke Bonura	WSH		CHW	ahead 5-1	b 5	0	---	1	5	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1938-06-05 (2)	Bob Johnson	PHA		CHW	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---	1	5	8	7%	93%		Home Run
16	16	5	2	1938-06-05 (2)	Sam Chapman	PHA		CHW	ahead 6-4	b 8	0	---	1	6	7	4%	97%		Home Run
17	17	6	1	1938-08-12 (2)	Rollie Hemsley	CLE	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 3	0	1--	2	8	2	15%	50%		Home Run (LF-CF); K. Keltner Scores
18	18	7	2	1938-08-12 (2)	Ken Keltner	CLE	@	CHW	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	1	7	5	8%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	8	1	1938-08-23 (2)	Bill Dickey	NYY		CHW	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	10%	61%		Home Run
20	20	9	2	1938-08-23 (2)	Lou Gehrig	NYY		CHW	tied 1-1	b 8	1	1--	2	5	3	30%	92%		Home Run; J. DiMaggio Scores
21	21	10	1	1938-08-26 (2)	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		CHW	behind 3-5	b 5	1	---	1	3	3	12%	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	11	2	1938-08-26 (2)	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		CHW	behind 5-6	b 7	1	---	1	3	3	20%	56%		Home Run
23	23	12	1	1938-09-11 (2)	Rudy York	DET		CHW	tied 3-3	b 5	1	1--	2	5	2	20%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Greenberg Scores
24	24	13	1	1938-09-22	Joe Gordon	NYY	@	CHW	behind 1-3	t 6	0	12-	3	7	4	26%	64%		Home Run; L. Gehrig Scores; G. Selkirk Scores
25	25	14	2	1938-09-22	Red Rolfe	NYY	@	CHW	tied 4-4	t 9	1	1--	2	2	5	40%	90%		Home Run; F. Crosetti Scores
26	26	15	1	1938-09-29	Jeff Heath	CLE		CHW	behind 0-3	b 4	1	---	1	4	7	9%	31%		Home Run (Pop Fly)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1939-04-23	Myril Hoag	SLB	@	CHW	behind 0-3	t 2	1	1--	2	6	9	14%	38%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bell Scores
28	28	2	1	1939-05-16	Bobby Doerr	BOS		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	-2-	2	7	4	13%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Williams Scores
29	29	3	1	1939-05-27	Rollie Hemsley	CLE		CHW	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	2	10%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	4	1	1939-06-03	Sam West	WSH	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 4	1	12-	3	7	3	23%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Wright Scores; B. Myer Scores
31	31	5	1	1939-06-18 (2)	Bob Johnson	PHA		CHW	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	---	1	4	8	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	6	2	1939-06-18 (2)	Sam Chapman	PHA		CHW	ahead 7-2	b 7	2	-2-	2	6	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Johnson Scores
33	33	7	1	1939-07-04 (1)	Joe Gallagher	SLB		CHW	behind 1-7	b 8	2	1--	2	4	7	2%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Sullivan Scores
34	34	8	1	1939-07-27	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		CHW	behind 0-3	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	8%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	9	1	1939-08-20	Hal Trosky	CLE	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 5	2	1--	2	4	3	24%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Chapman Scores
36	36	10	1	1939-09-06	Harlond Clift	SLB		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	5	9%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1940-04-20	Rip Radcliff	SLB		CHW	ahead 4-1	b 6	1	1--	2	1	9	6%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Auker Scores
38	38	2	1	1940-04-24	Rudy York	DET	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	1	5	3	12%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	3	1	1940-04-30	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		CHW	behind 1-9	b 6	1	12-	3	4	3	3%	5%		Home Run; D. Cramer Scores; T. Williams Scores
40	40	4	1	1940-05-06	Sam Chapman	PHA		CHW	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	7	8	11%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	5	1	1940-05-14	Jimmie Foxx	BOS	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	6	2	1940-05-14	Jim Tabor	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	-2-	2	7	5	14%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Doerr Scores
43	43	7	3	1940-05-14	Jimmie Foxx	BOS	@	CHW	tied 6-6	t 10	0	---	1	4	3	32%	82%		Home Run (LF-CF)
44	44	8	1	1940-05-28 (1)	Myril Hoag	SLB		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	9	22%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Judnich Scores; R. Radcliff Scores
45	45	9	2	1940-05-28 (1)	George McQuinn	SLB		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	1--	2	3	3	8%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Judnich Scores
46	46	10	1	1940-06-02 (2)	Lou Finney	BOS		CHW	behind 3-4	b 5	1	---	1	1	9	14%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	11	1	1940-07-11	Bobby Doerr	BOS		CHW	tied 2-2	b 13	0	---	1	7	4	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
48	48	12	1	1940-07-27	Joe Gordon	NYY	@	CHW	behind 1-3	t 4	2	---	1	7	4	10%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	13	2	1940-07-27	Tommy Henrich	NYY	@	CHW	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	1	3	9	15%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	14	1	1940-07-31	Wally Moses	PHA	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2	2	9	20%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Beckmann Scores/unER; W. Moses Scores/unER
51	51	15	1	1940-08-07	Lou Boudreau	CLE	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	3	6	12%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	16	2	1940-08-07	Lou Boudreau	CLE	@	CHW	behind 2-3	t 7	2	12-	3	3	6	47%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Smith Scores; B. Chapman Scores
53	53	17	1	1940-08-11 (2)	Hank Greenberg	DET	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 7	0	1--	2	4	7	24%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. McCosky Scores
54	54	18	2	1940-08-11 (2)	Rudy York	DET	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	1	5	3	18%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	19	1	1940-08-16	Rudy York	DET		CHW	behind 2-13	b 9	2	-2-	2	5	3	0%	0%		Home Run; D. Meyer Scores
56	56	20	1	1940-08-27	Red Rolfe	NYY		CHW	behind 2-3	b 5	2	---	1	2	5	15%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	21	1	1940-09-11	George Case	WSH	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 5	1	1--	2	1	8	20%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ferrell Scores
58	58	22	1	1940-09-25 (2)	Hank Greenberg	DET		CHW	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	1	4	7	20%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1941-05-07	Ted Williams	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	7	9%	77%		Home Run
60	60	2	2	1941-05-07	Ted Williams	BOS	@	CHW	tied 3-3	t 11	1	---	1	3	7	38%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	3	1	1941-05-13	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		CHW	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	4	3	11%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	4	2	1941-05-13	Ted Williams	BOS		CHW	behind 1-3	b 9	1	---	1	3	7	7%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	5	1	1941-05-27	Roy Cullenbine	SLB	@	CHW	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	---	1	4	7	11%	68%		Home Run
64	64	6	2	1941-05-27	Joe Grace	SLB	@	CHW	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	1--	2	1	9	13%	91%		Home Run; B. Muncrief Scores
65	65	7	1	1941-06-06	Jimmie Foxx	BOS	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	3	24%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Williams Scores; J. Cronin Scores
66	66	8	2	1941-06-06	Ted Williams	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	1--	2	3	7	10%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. DiMaggio Scores
67	67	9	3	1941-06-06	Jim Tabor	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	5	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
68	68	10	1	1941-06-10	Frankie Crosetti	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	123	4	8	6	19%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Keller Scores; B. Dickey Scores; J. Gordon Scores
69	69	11	2	1941-06-10	Charlie Keller	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 5-0	t 7	1	1--	2	5	7	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. DiMaggio Scores
70	70	12	1	1941-06-17	Charlie Keller	NYY		CHW	behind 5-7	b 8	2	1--	2	5	7	41%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Henrich Scores
71	71	13	1	1941-06-30	Rudy York	DET	@	CHW		t 7			1		3
72	72	14	1	1941-07-04 (2)	Rip Radcliff	DET		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 6	2	12-	3	3	7	21%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Newhouser Scores/unER; C. Gehringer Scores/unER; R. Radcliff Scores/unER
73	73	15	1	1941-07-22	Ted Williams	BOS		CHW	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	10%	65%		Home Run (CF-RF)
74	74	16	2	1941-07-22	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	9%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
75	75	17	3	1941-07-22	Jim Tabor	BOS		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	12-	3	6	5	22%	92%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Cronin Scores; J. Foxx Scores
76	76	18	1	1941-07-31	Benny McCoy	PHA		CHW	ahead 5-1	b 4	1	123	4	3	4	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Suder Scores; J. Knott Scores; W. Moses Scores
77	77	19	1	1941-08-11 (1)	George McQuinn	SLB	@	CHW	behind 3-6	t 7	0	1-3	3	3	3	25%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Heffner Scores; H. Clift Scores
78	78	20	1	1941-08-27	Mickey Vernon	WSH	@	CHW	ahead 5-1	t 5	0	--3	2	5	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Travis Scores
79	79	21	1	1941-09-15	Ted Williams	BOS		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 7	2	12-	3	4	7	6%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. DiMaggio Scores; L. Finney Scores
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
80	80	1	1	1942-05-05	Joe DiMaggio	NYY		CHW	behind 0-4	b 4	1	---	1	4	8	6%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	2	2	1942-05-05	Joe DiMaggio	NYY		CHW	behind 1-4	b 6	1	1--	2	4	8	19%	34%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Hassett Scores
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
82	82	1	1	1946-04-17	Ken Keltner	CLE	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	5	14%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
83	83	2	2	1946-04-17	Ken Keltner	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	-2-	2	5	5	17%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Fleming Scores
84	84	3	1	1946-05-09	Bobby Doerr	BOS		CHW	ahead 5-2	b 4	0	1--	2	4	4	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Williams Scores
85	85	4	1	1946-05-15	Ted Williams	BOS	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
86	86	5	1	1946-08-21 (1)	Joe DiMaggio	NYY		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	-2-	2	4	8	18%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Henrich Scores
87	87	6	2	1946-08-21 (1)	Aaron Robinson	NYY		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	6	2	4%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
88	88	1	1	1947-04-24	Pat Seerey	CLE	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	7	12%	59%		Home Run
89	89	2	1	1947-05-13	Bobby Doerr	BOS		CHW	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	5	4	12%	39%		Home Run (LF-CF)

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