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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 30	NYG		BSN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	12	May 1	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	6	3	1	10	0
3	13	May 2	NYG		BSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
4	14	May 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
5	15	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
6	16	May 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	3
7	17	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
8	18	May 9	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
9	19	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	20	May 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	21	May 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
12	22	May 18	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
13	23	May 19	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
14	24	May 20	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
15	25	May 21	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
16	26	May 22	NYG		CHC	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	27	May 23	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	28	May 26	NYG		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
19	29	May 27	NYG		STL	L,6-9	CG	50	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
20	30	May 28	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
21	31	May 29	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	32	May 30	NYG		PHI	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	33	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	34	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	35	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	T,4-4	CG	47	11.0	3	3	1	7	0
26	36	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	37	Jun 3	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	38	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	2	9	0
29	39	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
30	40	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
31	41	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
32	42	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
33	43	Jun 9 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	0	5	0	5	1
34	44	Jun 9 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	45	Jun 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
36	46	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
37	47	Jun 12	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
38	48	Jun 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
39	49	Jun 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
40	50	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	51	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
42	52	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
43	53	Jun 18	NYG		STL	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
44	54	Jun 19	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
45	55	Jun 20 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
46	56	Jun 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
47	57	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
48	58	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
49	59	Jun 25	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
50	60	Jun 26	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	61	Jun 27	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	GS	10	2.0	0	2	1	3	0
52	62	Jun 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
53	63	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	2	7	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	64	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	65	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	66	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
57	67	Jul 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,12-13	CG	48	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	68	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	5	6	0	11	0
59	69	Jul 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	70	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	71	Jul 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
62	72	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
63	73	Jul 10	NYG		BRO	L,10-15	CG	51	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
64	74	Jul 11	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
65	75	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	3	3	0	6	1
66	76	Jul 15 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
67	77	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
68	78	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	79	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
70	80	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,14-2	GS	26	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
71	81	Jul 21	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	6	4	0	10	1
72	82	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
73	83	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	51	10.1	3	2	0	5	0
74	84	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
75	85	Jul 24 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	86	Jul 24 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
77	87	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	88	Jul 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
79	89	Jul 27	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	90	Jul 28	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
81	91	Jul 29	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
82	92	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,9-1	GS	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	93	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,14-9	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
84	94	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	95	Aug 2	NYG		STL	L,5-21	CG	59	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
86	96	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	97	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	98	Aug 6	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
89	99	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
90	100	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
91	102 (1)	Aug 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
92	104 (1)	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-12	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
93	106 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
94	108 (1)	Aug 17	NYG		BSN	L,2-10	GS	38	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
95	109	Aug 18	NYG		BSN	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
96	110	Aug 21	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
97	111	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
98	112	Aug 22 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	20	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	113	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
100	114	Aug 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	115	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	GS	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	116	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
103	117	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	41	9.2	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	141 (23)	Sep 18	NYG		CIN	W,12-7	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
105	142	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
106	143	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	CG	29	7.0	1	6	0	7	0
107	144	Sep 21 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
108	145	Sep 21 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	8	3	1	12	1
109	147 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,7-11	GS	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
							112gm		913.2	265	287	20	572	49