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: 2 (May 14, Jun 6)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	4	Apr 17	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
4	6	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	7	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
6	8	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	0	7	0	7	1
7	9	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	10	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
9	11	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
10	12	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
11	13	Apr 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	14	Apr 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	2
13	15	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	16	Apr 30	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	17	May 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
16	18	May 3	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
17	19	May 4	BOS		WSH	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
18	20	May 5	BOS		WSH	L,0-11	CG	52	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
19	21	May 6	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	8	1	10	1
20	22	May 7	BOS		CLE	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
21	23	May 8	BOS		CLE	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
22	25 (1)	May 12	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
23	26	May 13	BOS		DET	L,10-13	CG	51	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	27	May 14	BOS		DET	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
25	28	May 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	10.2	4	2	0	6	0
26	29	May 18	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
27	30	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	31	May 20	BOS		CHW	L,4-13	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	32	May 21	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	33	May 22	BOS		CHW	W,14-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
31	34	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
32	35	May 24	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
33	36	May 25 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
34	37	May 25 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	38	May 26	BOS		NYY	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	39	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	40	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	1	3	0	4	2
38	41	May 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
39	42	May 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	43	Jun 2 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	44	Jun 2 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
42	45	Jun 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
43	46	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	5	4	0	9	2
44	47	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
45	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	49	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
47	50	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
48	51	Jun 10	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	52	Jun 11	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	1	3	0	4	0
50	53	Jun 12	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	54	Jun 13	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
52	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
53	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
54	57	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
55	58	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	5	3	1	9	1
56	59	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
57	60	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	1	8	0	9	0
58	61	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	49	10.1	1	3	1	5	0
59	62	Jun 24	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	1	6	1	8	1
60	63	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	64	Jun 25 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
62	65	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
63	66	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	67	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
65	68	Jun 30	BOS		WSH	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	69	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	2	9	0	11	2
67	70	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	55	12.1	4	4	1	9	1
68	71	Jul 3 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
69	72	Jul 3 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	73	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	2
71	74	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	75	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	52	11.1	2	7	1	10	0
73	76	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
74	77	Jul 8	BOS		DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
75	78	Jul 9	BOS		DET	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
76	79	Jul 10 (1)	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	10.0	1	5	0	6	2
77	80	Jul 10 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	81	Jul 12	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
79	82	Jul 13	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
80	83	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
81	84	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	10	0	14	3
82	85	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	86	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	87	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	88	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	L,2-13	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	89	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	90	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
88	91	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	L,4-5	CG	50	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
89	92	Jul 23	BOS		SLB	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
90	93	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
91	94	Jul 24 (2)	BOS		SLB	T,5-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
92	99 (4)	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
93	100	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
95	102	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	4	3	0	7	0
96	103	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
97	104	Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
98	105	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
99	106	Aug 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
100	107	Aug 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
101	108	Aug 8	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
102	109	Aug 9	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	110	Aug 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	111	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
105	112	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	113	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
107	114	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
108	115	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	7	0	7	0
109	116	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
110	117	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	118	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-1	CG	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
112	119	Aug 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
113	120	Aug 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	6	0	12	4
114	121	Aug 18	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
115	122	Aug 19	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
116	123	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
117	124	Aug 21	BOS		CHW	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
118	125	Aug 23	BOS		DET	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
119	126	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
120	127	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	128	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
122	129	Aug 27 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	48	12.0	0	5	0	5	1
123	130	Aug 28 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
124	131	Aug 28 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
125	132	Aug 31	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	133	Sep 1	BOS		WSH	L,12-14	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
127	134	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	1	7	0	8	1
128	135	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
129	136	Sep 4	BOS		WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
130	137	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
131	138	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
132	139	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
133	140	Sep 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	2	9	1
134	141	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
135	142	Sep 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
136	143	Sep 12 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
137	144	Sep 12 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
138	145	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
139	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
140	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
142	149	Sep 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
143	150	Sep 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	5	0	7	1
144	151	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
145	152	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	2	6	1
146	154 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	2	3	1	6	1
							146gm		1289.0	286	492	25	803	80