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Bill Rigney
William Joseph Rigney (Specs or The Cricket)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 16, 1946
Final Game September 12, 1953
Born January 29, 1918 in Alameda, CA
Died February 20, 2001 in Walnut Creek, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 28 NYG NL 110  360   38   85   9  1   3   31   9     36  29  .236  .307  .292   70  105   5           1   7
 1947 29 NYG NL 130  531   84  142  24  3  17   59   7     51  54  .267  .337  .420   99  223   9           5  10
 1948 30 NYG NL 113  424   72  112  17  3  10   43   4     47  54  .264  .342  .389   97  165   4           3   9 AS
 1949 31 NYG NL 122  389   53  108  19  6   6   47   3     47  38  .278  .356  .404  103  157   5           0  10
 1950 32 NYG NL  56   83    8   15   2  0   0    8   0      8  13  .181  .253  .205   21   17   1           0   3
 1951 33 NYG NL  44   69    9   16   2  0   4    9   0  1   8   7  .232  .321  .435  100   30   2           1   0
 1952 34 NYG NL  60   90   15   27   5  1   1   14   2  3  11   6  .300  .388  .411  121   37   2           2   2
 1953 35 NYG NL  19   20    2    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .250  .250  .250   30    5   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      654 1966  281  510  78 14  41  212  25  4 208 206  .259  .334  .376   91  739  28   0   0  12  41
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        487   70  126  19  3  10   53   6  1  52  51  .259  .334  .376   91  183   7   0   0   3  10
 Career High    130  531   84  142  24  6  17   59   9  3  51  54  .278  .356  .420  103  223   9   0   0   5  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 28 NYG NL  402  287   32   3.0    93| .236  .264| .307  .339| .292  .369| .599  .708|  70  .366 -14.5  -1.5     
 1947 29 NYG NL  596  408   74   4.8   107| .267  .275| .337  .351| .420  .408| .757  .759|  99  .517  -1.6  -0.2     
 1948 30 NYG NL  478  325   56   4.6   103| .264  .270| .342  .345| .389  .400| .731  .744|  97  .512  -2.0  -0.2     
 1949 31 NYG NL  441  296   56   5.1   104| .278  .270| .356  .344| .404  .405| .760  .749| 103  .545   2.1   0.2     
 1950 32 NYG NL   92   72    4   1.5   109| .181  .271| .253  .348| .205  .420| .458  .768|  21  .107  -9.6  -0.9     
 1951 33 NYG NL   80   56    9   4.3   104| .232  .269| .321  .343| .435  .407| .756  .750| 100  .479  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1952 34 NYG NL  105   70   13   5.0    98| .300  .263| .388  .336| .411  .391| .799  .727| 121  .582   3.1   0.3  40%
 1953 35 NYG NL   20   15    1   1.8   112| .250  .276| .250  .348| .250  .431| .500  .779|  30  .136  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2214 1529  245   4.3   102| .259  .270| .334  .345| .376  .398| .710  .743|  91  .481 -24.8  -2.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1946 28 NYG NL 3B 73 77 143 8 8 .965 .952 3.01 2.84 SS 33 53 81 9 14 .937 .957 4.06 4.67 1947 29 NYG NL 2B 72 184 229 11 41 .974 .975 5.74 5.19 3B 41 47 76 9 7 .932 .947 3.00 2.80 SS 24 33 53 5 8 .945 .963 3.58 4.66 1948 30 NYG NL 2B 105 258 275 18 48 .967 .971 5.08 4.83 AS SS 7 7 12 2 1 .905 .960 2.71 4.59 AS 1949 31 NYG NL SS 81 120 215 26 33 .928 .961 4.14 4.70 2B 26 55 79 4 11 .971 .976 5.15 5.07 3B 14 10 23 2 2 .943 .951 2.36 2.98 1950 32 NYG NL 2B 23 29 27 2 8 .966 .974 2.43 5.13 3B 11 15 20 1 2 .972 .949 3.18 3.01 1951 33 NYG NL 3B 12 13 28 2 5 .953 .953 3.42 3.10 2B 9 12 11 1 5 .958 .975 2.56 5.04 1952 34 NYG NL 3B 10 7 9 2 2 .889 .952 1.60 2.92 2B 9 10 17 0 3 1.000 .975 3.00 4.96 SS 4 11 11 4 4 .846 .961 5.50 4.70 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.20 1953 35 NYG NL 3B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.70 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 34 NYG NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.20 1947 29 NYG NL 2B 72 184 229 11 41 .974 .975 5.74 5.19 1948 30 NYG NL 2B 105 258 275 18 48 .967 .971 5.08 4.83 1949 31 NYG NL 2B 26 55 79 4 11 .971 .976 5.15 5.07 1950 32 NYG NL 2B 23 29 27 2 8 .966 .974 2.43 5.13 1951 33 NYG NL 2B 9 12 11 1 5 .958 .975 2.56 5.04 1952 34 NYG NL 2B 9 10 17 0 3 1.000 .975 3.00 4.96 1953 35 NYG NL 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.80 1946 28 NYG NL 3B 73 77 143 8 8 .965 .952 3.01 2.84 1947 29 NYG NL 3B 41 47 76 9 7 .932 .947 3.00 2.80 1949 31 NYG NL 3B 14 10 23 2 2 .943 .951 2.36 2.98 1950 32 NYG NL 3B 11 15 20 1 2 .972 .949 3.18 3.01 1951 33 NYG NL 3B 12 13 28 2 5 .953 .953 3.42 3.10 1952 34 NYG NL 3B 10 7 9 2 2 .889 .952 1.60 2.92 1953 35 NYG NL 3B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.70 1946 28 NYG NL SS 33 53 81 9 14 .937 .957 4.06 4.67 1947 29 NYG NL SS 24 33 53 5 8 .945 .963 3.58 4.66 1948 30 NYG NL SS 7 7 12 2 1 .905 .960 2.71 4.59 1949 31 NYG NL SS 81 120 215 26 33 .928 .961 4.14 4.70 1952 34 NYG NL SS 4 11 11 4 4 .846 .961 5.50 4.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 245 550 638 36 116 .971 .973 4.85 5.00 3B 163 172 300 24 26 .952 .950 2.90 2.88 SS 149 224 372 46 60 .928 .960 4.00 4.68 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 558 950 1310 106 202 .955 .965 4.05 4.30
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   4   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   NYG NL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0       1.000       
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1948 *

Stolen Bases
1947 NL-7-10

Hit By Pitch
1947 NL-5-3

Power/Speed Number
1947 NL-9.9-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 9, 1943: Traded by the Oakland (PCL) to the New York Giants for Dolph Camilli.


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