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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 3)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
2	2	Apr 16	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 19	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
5	5	Apr 20	DET		SLB	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 22	DET		SLB	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
7	7	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	41	9.1	2	6	0	8	2
8	8	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	9	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
10	10	Apr 26	DET		CHW	W,16-7	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
11	11	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
13	13	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	DET	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	15	May 2	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
16	16	May 3	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	2	4	0	6	0
17	17	May 4	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	34	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 5	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
19	19	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
20	20	May 10	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	21	May 13	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
22	22	May 14	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
24	24	May 16	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
25	25	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
26	26	May 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	27	May 19	DET	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
28	28	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
29	29	May 22	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
30	30	May 23	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	3	0	4	1
31	31	May 24	DET	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
32	32	May 25	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	33	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
34	34	May 27	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
35	35	May 28 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
36	36	May 28 (2)	DET		SLB	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
37	37	May 29	DET		SLB	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
39	39	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
40	40	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 3	DET		WSH	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 5	DET		WSH	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
45	45	Jun 6	DET		WSH	L,0-2	GS	0	7.0	4	3	0	7	1
46	46	Jun 7	DET		PHA	W,11-10	CG	52	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 8	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 9	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 10	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
50	50	Jun 11	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
51	51	Jun 12	DET		NYY	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
52	52	Jun 13	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	8.1	2	6	0	8	0
53	53	Jun 14	DET		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
55	55	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	57	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
58	58	Jun 19 (1)	DET		CLE	L,5-16	GS	32	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 19 (2)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 20	DET		CLE	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	61	Jun 21	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
62	62	Jun 22	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
63	63	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
64	64	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
65	65	Jun 25	DET	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
66	66	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	67	Jun 28	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
69	69	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
71	71	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
72	72	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	5	2	1	8	2
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
75	75	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
76	76	Jul 6	DET		SLB	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
78	78	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-10	CG	0	13.0	2	6	0	8	0
80	80	Jul 10 (2)	DET	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
81	81	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
82	82	Jul 12	DET	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
83	83	Jul 14	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	1	1	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 15	DET	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	85	Jul 16 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	86	Jul 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	1	0	2	3	0
88	88	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,18-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
89	89	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	90	Jul 21	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 22	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
92	92	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	1	5	1	7	1
93	93	Jul 24	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
94	94	Jul 26	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	1	2	1	4	1
95	95	Jul 27	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
96	96	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
97	97	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
98	98	Jul 30	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	6	1	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	101 (2)	Aug 2	DET		WSH	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
100	102	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	103	Aug 4	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	51	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
102	104	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
103	105	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	18	5.0	2	5	1	8	1
104	106	Aug 7	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
105	107	Aug 8	DET		BOS	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	108	Aug 9	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
107	109	Aug 10	DET		BOS	W,13-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
108	110	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	111	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
110	112	Aug 14	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
111	113	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	114	Aug 16	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
113	115	Aug 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
114	116	Aug 18	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
115	117	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
116	118	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
117	119	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	53	12.0	6	3	0	9	1
118	120	Aug 23	DET	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
119	121	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	122	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	5	7	0	12	1
121	123	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	124	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
123	126 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	1	6	0	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	129 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,16-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
125	131 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
126	132	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
127	133	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
128	134	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
129	135	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
130	136	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CLE	W,20-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	137	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
132	138	Sep 7	DET		CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
133	139	Sep 9	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
134	140	Sep 10	DET		CHW	L,8-12	CG	50	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
135	141	Sep 11	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	1	5	0	6	1
136	142	Sep 13	DET		WSH	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
137	143	Sep 14	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	144	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
139	145	Sep 16	DET		PHA	L,2-14	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	2
140	146	Sep 17	DET		PHA	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
141	147	Sep 18	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
142	148	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
143	151 (2)	Sep 22	DET		BOS	W,9-1	GS	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	152	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	153	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS	16	4.0	1	5	0	6	0
146	155 (1)	Sep 28	DET	@	CHW	T,10-10	GS	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
							146gm		1284.0	273	463	25	761	72