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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	5	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-14	GS	33	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	6	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
5	12 (5)	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Washington Nationals
6	16	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
7	17	May 3	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	18	May 4	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
9	19	May 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
10	20	May 7	WSH	@	SLB	W,16-9	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	21	May 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
12	22	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	23	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	24	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
15	25	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
16	26	May 17	WSH	@	CLE	W,12-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
17	27	May 18	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
18	28	May 19	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
19	29	May 21	WSH	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	30	May 22	WSH	@	DET	T,6-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
21	31	May 23	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
22	32	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	33	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
24	34	May 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	35	May 28 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
26	36	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
27	37	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
28	38	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
29	39	May 31	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	9.0	2	1	2	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	40	Jun 1	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	41	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	4
32	42	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
33	43	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
34	44	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,1-9	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	59 (14)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-13	GF	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	88 (28)	Jul 21 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
37	89	Jul 21 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	90	Jul 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	91	Jul 22 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	92	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
41	93	Jul 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	116 (22)	Aug 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
43	122 (5)	Aug 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
							43gm		350.0	77	107	13	197	24