Lew Riggs

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: April 22, 1910 in Mebane, NC us

Died: August 12, 1975 in Durham, NC

Buried: Rock Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Graham, NC

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: April 28, 1934 (Age 24-006d, 7,717th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 16, 1946 (Age 35-359d)
vs. BSN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Lewis Sidney Riggs

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.8

2477

650

.262

298

RBI

271

OBP

.317

SLG

.376

OPS

.693

OPS+

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

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CIN		CHC	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
3	3	Apr 21	CIN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 25	CIN		STL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 26	CIN		STL	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 27	CIN		STL	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
10	10	Apr 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 30	CIN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 2	CIN		PIT	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	15	May 3	CIN		NYG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
16	16	May 4	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
17	17	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 6	CIN		BRO	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	19	May 7	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
20	20	May 8	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	21	May 9	CIN		PHI	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	22	May 10	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	23	May 12	CIN		BSN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
24	24	May 14	CIN	@	STL	T,7-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
25	25	May 15	CIN	@	STL	L,11-12	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	26	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	27	May 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 20	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	29	May 21	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
30	30	May 22	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	31	May 23	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
32	32	May 24	CIN	@	BSN	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
33	33	May 25	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	3	3	0	6	0
34	34	May 27	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
35	35	May 29	CIN		STL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	36	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	37	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	39	Jun 2	CIN		BRO	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 3	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
41	41	Jun 4	CIN		NYG	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 5	CIN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 6	CIN		NYG	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 8	CIN		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
45	45	Jun 11	CIN		BSN	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 12 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 12 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 15	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 17 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	1	3	1	5	0
50	50	Jun 17 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
51	51	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 20	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	53	13.0	1	5	1	7	0
54	54	Jun 21	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 23	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
57	57	Jun 24	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 25	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	53	11.2	2	2	0	4	1
59	59	Jun 26 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	60	Jun 26 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
62	62	Jun 29	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	63	Jun 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
65	65	Jul 3	CIN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	69	Jul 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
70	70	Jul 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
71	71	Jul 11	CIN	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
72	72	Jul 12	CIN	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
73	73	Jul 13	CIN		NYG	W,6-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	74	Jul 14	CIN		NYG	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
75	75	Jul 15	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	76	Jul 16	CIN		BRO	L,5-12	CG	54	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
77	77	Jul 17 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	78	Jul 17 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
79	79	Jul 19 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
80	80	Jul 19 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
81	81	Jul 20	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
82	82	Jul 22 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	83	Jul 22 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,10-11	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 23	CIN		PHI	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
85	87 (2)	Jul 26	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	88	Jul 27 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	89	Jul 27 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	7	0	7	1
88	90	Jul 28	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
89	91	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	2	2	0	4	1
90	92	Jul 30	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	93	Jul 31	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	52	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	95 (1)	Aug 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	96	Aug 5	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	97	Aug 6	CIN	@	BRO	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	98	Aug 7 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,10-11	CG	46	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
96	99	Aug 7 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	100	Aug 9	CIN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	101	Aug 10	CIN		CHC	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	102	Aug 11	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	CG	60	14.0	2	5	1	8	0
100	103	Aug 12	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	108 (4)	Aug 17	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
102	109	Aug 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	111 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
104	112	Aug 21 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,6-7	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
105	113	Aug 21 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
106	114	Aug 22	CIN	@	STL	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	116 (1)	Aug 24	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
108	117	Aug 25 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,4-6	GS	22	5.0	0	3	1	4	0
109	118	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
110	119	Aug 26	CIN		BSN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
111	122 (2)	Aug 29	CIN		NYG	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	123	Aug 30 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	124	Aug 30 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	125	Aug 31	CIN		BRO	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	126	Sep 3 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
116	127	Sep 3 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
117	128	Sep 4	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	1	0	2	3	0
118	129	Sep 5 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
119	130	Sep 5 (2)	CIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
120	131	Sep 6	CIN		STL	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
121	132	Sep 7	CIN		PIT	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
122	133	Sep 8	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
123	134	Sep 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	135	Sep 11	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
125	136	Sep 14 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	137	Sep 14 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
127	138	Sep 16 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	139	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
129	140	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	141	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	142	Sep 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	143	Sep 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
133	144	Sep 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
134	145	Sep 27	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
135	146	Sep 28	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
136	147	Sep 29	CIN	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
137	148	Sep 30 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
138	149	Sep 30 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	150	Oct 1	CIN		PIT	W,9-6	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	151	Oct 2	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							140gm		1235.0	146	280	24	450	18