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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	6	1	8	1
2	2	Apr 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	NYG		BRO	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
4	4	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 23	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
7	7	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-14	CG	52	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 29	NYG		STL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 30	NYG		STL	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 6	NYG		CIN	L,6-11	GS	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 8	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	15	May 9	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	GS	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
16	16	May 10	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	17	May 11 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	18	May 11 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-11	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
19	19	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
20	20	May 14	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	21	May 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	23	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
25	25	May 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
26	26	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
27	27	May 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	May 24	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	29	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 27	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	31	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-14	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	32	May 29	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
34	34	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
35	35	May 31	NYG		PIT	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
37	37	Jun 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,13-9	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
38	38	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,3-9	GS	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	39	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
40	40	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	GS	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 5 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
43	43	Jun 6	NYG		STL	W,7-4	CG	47	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 9	NYG		PIT	W,13-10	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	55	12.0	4	3	0	7	1
46	46	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
48	48	Jun 15 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
49	49	Jun 15 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
52	52	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	4	5	0	9	3
54	54	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	45	11.0	5	6	0	11	1
55	55	Jun 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
56	56	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
57	57	Jun 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
58	58	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	4
59	59	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	W,14-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
60	60	Jun 29 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	62 (1)	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,15-3	CG	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
62	63	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
63	67 (3)	Jul 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	68	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
65	69	Jul 10	NYG		STL	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	3	8	1	12	2
66	70	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
67	71	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		STL	W,17-9	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
68	72	Jul 12 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
69	73	Jul 12 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
70	74	Jul 13 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
71	75	Jul 13 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
72	76	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
73	77	Jul 15	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	78	Jul 16	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	4	3	2	9	1
75	79	Jul 18	NYG		CIN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	80	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	GS	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
77	81	Jul 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
78	82	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,5-10	GS	45	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
79	83	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
80	84	Jul 24	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	3	5	0	8	1
81	85	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	86	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	2
83	87	Jul 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
84	88	Jul 28	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
85	89	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
86	90	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	0
87	91	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	3	3	1	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	92	Aug 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
89	93	Aug 2 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
90	94	Aug 2 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
91	95	Aug 3 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-8	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	96	Aug 3 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	T,6-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
93	97	Aug 5	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	98	Aug 6	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
95	99	Aug 7	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
96	100	Aug 8	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	CG	50	10.0	8	5	1	14	2
97	101	Aug 9	NYG		BSN	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
98	102	Aug 10 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	103	Aug 10 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
100	104	Aug 11	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
101	105	Aug 12	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
102	106	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
103	107	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
104	108	Aug 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
105	109	Aug 16	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	28	5.1	2	2	0	4	1
106	110	Aug 17 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
107	111	Aug 17 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
108	112	Aug 19	NYG		CIN	L,1-8	GS	17	5.0	0	5	0	5	1
109	123 (10)	Aug 27	NYG		STL	W,6-4	GS	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
110	124	Aug 28	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
111	125	Aug 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
112	126	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	4	0	10	1
113	127	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	128	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
115	129	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
116	130	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
117	131	Sep 5	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
118	132	Sep 6	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
119	133	Sep 7	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
120	134	Sep 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	6	5	1	12	0
121	135	Sep 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	136	Sep 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
123	137	Sep 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	138	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	139	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	140	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	29	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
127	141	Sep 15	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
128	142	Sep 16	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
129	143	Sep 17 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
							137gm		1117.0	264	358	25	647	56