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.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 15	DET		CHW	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 16	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
6	6	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	63	15.0	4	4	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
9	9	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	1	4	0	5	0
10	15 (5)	Apr 29	DET		SLB	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	16	May 1	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	36	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
12	17	May 2	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	50	10.2	1	2	0	3	0
13	18	May 3	DET	@	CLE	T,6-6	CG	33	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
14	19	May 4	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
15	20	May 5	DET	@	SLB	W,14-8	GS	29	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	21	May 6	DET	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	22	May 7	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	2	4	1	7	0
18	24 (1)	May 9	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GF	16	3.2	0	1	1	2	1
19	25	May 10	DET		BOS	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
20	26	May 11	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GS	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	52 (25)	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	53	Jun 10	DET	@	WSH	L,7-11	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	54	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	55	Jun 12	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
25	56	Jun 13	DET	@	WSH	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	58 (1)	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	62 (3)	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	W,11-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	67 (4)	Jun 28	DET		SLB	L,2-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	70 (2)	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	71	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	GF	20	4.0	1	2	1	4	1
31	73 (1)	Jul 2	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	GF	27	5.0	2	3	0	5	1
32	76 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-12	GF	0		2	2	0	4	0
33	87 (10)	Jul 16	DET		WSH	L,1-2	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	88	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	89	Jul 18	DET		NYY	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	97 (7)	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
37	98	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
38	99	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	100	Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	101	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
41	108 (6)	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
42	114 (5)	Aug 18	DET		NYY	L,2-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	119 (4)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,13-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	120	Aug 25	DET		BOS	W,14-4	GF	25	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	126 (5)	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
46	128 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	129	Sep 7 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	1
48	133 (3)	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	136 (2)	Sep 13	DET		CLE	L,6-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	138 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-9	GF	0	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	139	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
52	140	Sep 18 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	GF	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	141	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	153 (11)	Sep 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
55	154	Oct 1	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							55gm		335.0	56	95	10	161	8