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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 17	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	2	4	1	7	0
5	5	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
6	6	Apr 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	3	2	9	2
7	7	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
8	8	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 26	NYG		BRO	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 28 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
12	12	Apr 28 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 3	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
15	15	May 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
16	16	May 5 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	17	May 5 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	18	May 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	19	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
20	20	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	21	May 11	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
22	22	May 12 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	2	2	0	4	0
23	23	May 12 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-7	GS	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
24	24	May 13	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
25	25	May 15	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	GS	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
26	26	May 18	NYG		CHC	L,3-19	CG	54	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
27	27	May 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	28	May 19 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 22	NYG		STL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	30	May 23	NYG		STL	L,1-4	GS	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	31	May 24	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
32	32	May 25	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
33	33	May 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	34	May 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	35	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
36	36	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	40 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-6	GF	15	3.0	0	2	1	3	0
40	63 (22)	Jun 26	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
41	64	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS	22	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	65	Jun 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
43	66	Jun 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	67	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	48	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	68	Jul 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
46	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
47	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	GS	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	71	Jul 5	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
49	72	Jul 6	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	78 (5)	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	79	Jul 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
52	80	Jul 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	81	Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	82	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	83	Jul 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
56	84	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	85	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
58	86	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
59	87	Jul 24	NYG		STL	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	88	Jul 25 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	89	Jul 25 (2)	NYG		STL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	90	Jul 26	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
63	91	Jul 27 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
64	92	Jul 27 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	93	Jul 28 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	94	Jul 28 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
67	95	Jul 29	NYG		CHC	L,4-5	CG	52	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
68	96	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	97	Jul 31	NYG		CHC	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	98	Aug 2 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
71	99	Aug 2 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
72	100	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	GS	0		1	6	0	7	1
73	101	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
74	102	Aug 6	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
75	103	Aug 8	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
76	104	Aug 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
77	105	Aug 11 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
78	106	Aug 11 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
79	107	Aug 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	108	Aug 14 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
81	109	Aug 14 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
82	110	Aug 15	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	111	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
84	112	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-7	GS	0		1	1	1	3	0
85	113	Aug 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	114	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	115	Aug 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
88	119 (3)	Aug 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
89	120	Aug 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
90	121	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,8-13	GS	25	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	123 (1)	Aug 29	NYG	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	125 (1)	Aug 31	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	126	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	127	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
95	128	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
96	129	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
97	130	Sep 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	133 (2)	Sep 6	NYG		PHI	W,16-2	GS	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
99	135 (1)	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-11	CG	48	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
100	143 (7)	Sep 15 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	144	Sep 15 (2)	NYG		STL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	145	Sep 17	NYG		STL	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
103	152 (6)	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							106gm		837.0	130	224	17	371	22