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Topper Rigney
Emory Elmo Rigney

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 150 lb.
School Texas A&M University

Debut April 12, 1922
Final Game August 26, 1927
Born January 7, 1897 in Groveton, TX
Died June 6, 1972 in San Antonio, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 25 DET AL 155  536   68  161  17  7   2   63  17  8  68  44  .300  .380  .369   98  198  37           1    
 1923 26 DET AL 129  470   63  148  24 11   1   74   7  5  55  35  .315  .389  .419  114  197  33           2    
 1924 27 DET AL 147  499   81  144  29  9   4   94  11 11 102  39  .289  .410  .407  112  203  31           1    
 1925 28 DET AL  62  146   21   36   5  2   2   18   2  2  21  15  .247  .341  .349   76   51   3           0    
 1926 29 BOS AL 148  525   71  142  32  6   4   53   6  8 108  31  .270  .395  .377  105  198  26           0     MVP-21
 1927 30 TOT AL  53  150   20   38   6  4   0   13   1  2  23  12  .253  .356  .347   84   52   3           1    
         BOS AL   8   18    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .111  .158  .167  -15    3   1           0    
         WSH AL  45  132   20   36   5  4   0   13   1  2  22  10  .273  .381  .371   96   49   2           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      694 2326  324  669 113 39  13  315  44 36 377 176  .288  .388  .387  104  899 133   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        543   76  156  26  9   3   74  10  8  88  41  .288  .388  .387  104  210  31   0   0   1   0
 Career High    155  536   81  161  32 11   4   94  17 11 108  44  .315  .410  .419  114  203  37   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 25 DET AL  642  420   76   4.9   107| .300  .289| .380  .354| .369  .406| .749  .760|  98  .510   1.6   0.2  68%
 1923 26 DET AL  560  360   76   5.7   106| .315  .288| .389  .357| .419  .397| .808  .755| 114  .585  10.9   1.1  58%
 1924 27 DET AL  633  397   82   5.5   111| .289  .297| .410  .366| .407  .407| .817  .773| 112  .555  14.2   1.3  50%
 1925 28 DET AL  170  115   17   4.0   115| .247  .298| .341  .369| .349  .418| .690  .787|  76  .384  -5.3  -0.5  50%
 1926 29 BOS AL  659  417   77   4.9   107| .270  .286| .395  .357| .377  .401| .772  .759| 105  .522   9.6   0.9  42%
 1927 30 TOT AL  177  117   18   4.1   110| .253  .292| .356  .360| .347  .409| .703  .769|  84  .424  -3.1  -0.3  33%
         BOS AL   20   17    0   0.0   109| .111  .290| .158  .358| .167  .408| .325  .766| -15  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         WSH AL  157  100   18   4.8   110| .273  .292| .381  .360| .371  .410| .752  .769|  96  .495  -0.0   0.0  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2841 1826  346   5.1   108| .288  .290| .388  .359| .387  .404| .775  .764| 104  .526  28.0   2.7  55%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1922 25 DET AL SS 155 262 493 50 74 .938 .946 4.87 5.03 1923 26 DET AL SS 129 209 383 35 46 .944 .947 4.59 4.79 1924 27 DET AL SS 146 273 463 25 72 .967 .949 5.04 4.83 1925 28 DET AL SS 51 51 91 10 7 .934 .944 2.78 4.68 3B 4 5 4 0 1 1.000 .947 2.25 3.02 1926 29 BOS AL SS 146 286 492 25 80 .969 .944 5.33 4.64 1927 30 TOT AL SS 33 69 95 12 22 .932 .945 4.97 4.86 TOT AL 3B 10 8 12 1 2 .952 .948 2.00 3.07 BOS AL 3B 4 4 3 0 1 1.000 .946 1.75 3.08 SS 1 4 2 0 1 1.000 .952 6.00 4.90 WSH AL SS 32 65 93 12 21 .929 .945 4.94 4.86 3B 6 4 9 1 1 .929 .949 2.17 3.07
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 28 DET AL 3B 4 5 4 0 1 1.000 .947 2.25 3.02 1927 30 TOT AL 3B 10 8 12 1 2 .952 .948 2.00 3.07 BOS AL 3B 4 4 3 0 1 1.000 .946 1.75 3.08 WSH AL 3B 6 4 9 1 1 .929 .949 2.17 3.07 1922 25 DET AL SS 155 262 493 50 74 .938 .946 4.87 5.03 1923 26 DET AL SS 129 209 383 35 46 .944 .947 4.59 4.79 1924 27 DET AL SS 146 273 463 25 72 .967 .949 5.04 4.83 1925 28 DET AL SS 51 51 91 10 7 .934 .944 2.78 4.68 1926 29 BOS AL SS 146 286 492 25 80 .969 .944 5.33 4.64 1927 30 TOT AL SS 33 69 95 12 22 .932 .945 4.97 4.86 BOS AL SS 1 4 2 0 1 1.000 .952 6.00 4.90 WSH AL SS 32 65 93 12 21 .929 .945 4.94 4.86
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 660 1150 2017 157 301 .953 .946 4.80 4.82 3B 14 13 16 1 3 .967 .948 2.07 3.06 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 674 1163 2033 158 304 .953 .946 4.74 4.78
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-AL-21-0.05
Car-1085-0.05 shares

Games
1922 AL-155-1

Triples
1923 AL-11-9
1924 AL-9-10

Bases on Balls
1922 AL-68-9
1924 AL-102-2
1926 AL-108-3

Stolen Bases
1922 AL-17-8

Singles
1922 AL-135-10

Sac. Hits
1922 AL-37-2
1923 AL-33-4
1924 AL-31-4
1926 AL-26-10

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1472) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April 7, 1926: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

May 2, 1927: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Buddy Myer.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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