Topper Rigney

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 150lb (175cm, 68kg)

Born: January 7, 1897 in Groveton, TX us

Died: June 7, 1972 in San Antonio, TX

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, TX

High School: Leonard HS (Leonard, TX)

School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

Debut: April 12, 1922 (Age 25-095d, 5,403rd in major league history)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 26, 1927 (Age 30-231d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Emory Elmo Rigney

Nicknames: Topper or Trim

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.1

2326

669

.288

325

RBI

312

OBP

.388

SLG

.387

OPS

.775

OPS+

104

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-35 / in Starts: 14-25
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	53 games
Most Games w/o RBI	21 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 177 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	109 (53-36-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 177 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	118 (58-37-22)

Most Driven In
J Judge	5
T Speaker	2
M Ruel	2
G Goslin	2
N Cullop	1
S West	0
P Wanninger	0

Most Driven In By
S Rice	5
O Bluege	4
M Ruel	2
H Thurston	2
T Speaker	1
B Reeves	1
G Braxton	1
B Hadley	1

1927 Batting Game Log

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1927 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	642	2 (1)	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2						3B
2	643	4 (1)	Apr 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	2	1.23	0.038	2.52	0.05%	-0.04	3B
3	644	5	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-14	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	2	.42	-0.032	.79	-0.04%	-0.61	3B
4	645	6	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	2	.85	-0.095	1.49	-0.10%	-0.94	3B
5	646	8 (1)	Apr 21	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	.55	-0.014	.95	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
6	647	9	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	L,3-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	9	1.39	-0.024	2.13	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
7	648	12 (2)	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.167	.176	.343	1	1.08	-0.074	1.34	-0.06%	-0.58	SS
8	649	13	Apr 29	BOS		NYY	L,0-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.158	.167	.325	9	.17	-0.004	.19	0.00%	-0.25	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Washington Nationals
9	650	16	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.130	.136	.267	6	.72	-0.077	1.96	-0.13%	-0.93	SS
10	651	17	May 3	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.148	.192	.340	6	1.25	-0.104	2.87	-0.14%	-0.75	SS
11	652	18	May 4	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.258	.250	.508	6	.58	0.098	1.20	0.12%	1.70	SS
12	653	19	May 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.286	.344	.629	6	.84	-0.028	1.98	-0.04%	0.69	SS
13	654	20	May 7	WSH	@	SLB	W,16-9	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.257	.350	.371	.721	6	.82	0.079	2.04	0.12%	1.60	SS
14	655	21	May 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0	0	.237	.326	.342	.668	6						SS
15	656	22	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.298	.310	.607	6	1.53	-0.166	4.12	-0.27%	-1.38	SS
16	657	23	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.314	.295	.609	6	1.06	-0.046	2.49	-0.07%	-0.33	SS
17	658	24	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.291	.271	.562	6	1.27	-0.139	2.74	-0.18%	-1.11	SS
18	659	25	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.322	.294	.616	7	.85	0.105	1.39	0.10%	1.23	SS
19	660	26	May 17	WSH	@	CLE	W,12-0	CG	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.328	.327	.655	7	.63	-0.025	1.06	-0.03%	0.05	SS
20	661	27	May 18	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.207	.324	.310	.634	7						SS
21	662	28	May 19	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.333	.344	.678	7	.90	0.192	1.36	0.17%	1.67	SS
22	663	29	May 21	WSH	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.219	.342	.344	.686	7	1.32	-0.031	2.31	-0.03%	-0.16	SS
23	664	30	May 22	WSH	@	DET	T,6-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.221	.346	.338	.684	7	.78	0.005	1.63	0.01%	-0.01	SS
24	665	31	May 23	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.239	.357	.380	.737	7	1.46	0.207	3.48	0.30%	1.71	SS
25	666	32	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.371	.392	.763	7	.73	0.149	1.99	0.24%	2.04	SS
26	667	33	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.359	.377	.735	7	.91	-0.070	2.77	-0.13%	-0.82	SS
27	668	34	May 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.365	.383	.747	7	.82	0.000	2.17	0.00%	0.06	SS
28	669	35	May 28 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.360	.376	.736	7	.60	-0.063	1.42	-0.09%	-0.60	SS
29	670	36	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.350	.364	.713	7	.99	-0.102	2.15	-0.13%	-1.20	SS
30	671	37	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.231	.340	.352	.691	7	.62	0.047	.97	0.04%	0.30	SS
31	672	38	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,13-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.342	.347	.690	7	.34	0.019	.59	0.02%	0.03	SS
32	673	39	May 31	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.342	.347	.689	7	.53	0.014	1.01	0.02%	0.17	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	674	40	Jun 1	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.228	.339	.337	.676	7	.91	-0.051	1.39	-0.05%	-0.35	SS
34	675	41	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,11-2	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.231	.344	.346	.690	6	.40	0.015	.56	0.01%	0.09	SS
35	676	42	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	6	.60	-0.063	.79	-0.05%	-1.27	SS
36	677	43	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.326	.324	.650	6	.95	-0.070	1.20	-0.05%	-0.81	SS
37	678	44	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,1-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.321	.319	.639	6	1.09	-0.061	1.19	-0.04%	-0.52	SS
38	679	59 (14)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-13	6-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.323	.316	.639	7	.04	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.13	3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	680	72 (12)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-21	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.328	.322	.650	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
40	681	78 (5)	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-9	7-7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.333	.336	.670	9	2.32	0.162	2.71	0.11%	1.11	PH
41	682	81 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.331	.333	.664	9	.50	-0.017	.87	-0.02%	-0.64	PH
42	683	88 (6)	Jul 21 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	5	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.242	.350	.358	.708	6	.65	0.174	.60	0.10%	2.63	3B
43	684	89	Jul 21 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.343	.350	.692	7	.92	-0.100	.58	-0.04%	-1.04	3B
44	685	90	Jul 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.345	.341	.686	7	1.87	-0.119	1.30	-0.05%	-0.35	3B
45	686	91	Jul 22 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.346	.344	.690	7	2.46	-0.288	1.43	-0.10%	-1.80	3B
46	687	92	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.344	.341	.685	7	1.65	-0.105	.88	-0.03%	-0.50	3B
47	688	93	Jul 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,14-6	CG	6	4	2	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.252	.362	.353	.714	7	1.04	0.284	.55	0.09%	2.97	3B
48	689	95 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.360	.350	.710	9	1.34	-0.036	.77	-0.01%	-0.46	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	690	105 (9)	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.358	.348	.705	9	2.64	-0.062	1.81	-0.03%	-0.38	PH
50	691	107 (1)	Aug 8	WSH		CLE	L,1-6	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.361	.352	.714	9	.24	0.009	.14	0.00%	0.13	PH
51	692	116 (8)	Aug 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.353	.342	.695	6	.44	-0.045	.02	0.00%	-0.97	SS
52	693	122 (5)	Aug 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.353	.342	.695	6	.61	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.48	SS
53	694	124 (1)	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.356	.347	.703	9	.83	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
							16-35		177	150	20	38	6	4	0	13	23	0	12	1	3		4		1	3	.253	.356	.347	.703		.95	-0.456	1.48	-0.43%	0.28

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