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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: 1 (Jun 1)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
3	3	Apr 20	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	SLB	W,16-1	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	38	9.2	2	3	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
9	9	Apr 26	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 27	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 28	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	12	Apr 29	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 30	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	41 (26)	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,4-17	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	42	Jun 2	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
17	43	Jun 3	DET		CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	44	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	45	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	46	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	L,4-16	CG	51	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	47	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	48	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
23	49	Jun 12	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
24	50	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	51	Jun 14	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
26	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
28	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
29	55	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	9	0	11	3
30	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
31	57	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	58	Jun 23	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	59	Jun 24	DET		CHW	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
34	60	Jun 25	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
35	61	Jun 26	DET		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
36	62	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
37	63	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
38	64	Jun 30	DET	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	2	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	65	Jul 1	DET	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
40	66	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,12-8	CG	45	10.0	5	2	0	7	1
41	67	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-10	CG	45	9.1	3	3	2	8	1
42	68	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,15-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	69	Jul 5	DET	@	CLE	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
44	70	Jul 7 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	71	Jul 7 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	72	Jul 8	DET		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
47	73	Jul 9	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
48	74	Jul 11 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
49	75	Jul 11 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
50	76	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
51	77	Jul 13	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	78	Jul 14	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	79	Jul 15	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
54	80	Jul 16	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
55	81	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	82	Jul 18	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	83	Jul 19	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	84	Jul 21	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	85	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
60	86	Jul 24 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	2
61	87	Jul 24 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
62	88	Jul 25	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
63	89	Jul 29	DET	@	WSH	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	90	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	91	Jul 31	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	92	Aug 2	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	93	Aug 4	DET	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
68	94	Aug 5	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	95	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	96	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
71	97	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
72	98	Aug 9	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
73	99	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
74	100	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	50	9.2	2	4	1	7	0
75	101	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
76	102	Aug 14	DET		PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
77	103	Aug 15	DET		PHA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
78	104	Aug 16	DET		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	105	Aug 17	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	106	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	107	Aug 19	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	108	Aug 20	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
83	109	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	110	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
85	111	Aug 24	DET		NYY	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
86	112	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
87	113	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	13.0	5	7	0	12	0
88	114	Aug 27	DET		WSH	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
89	115	Aug 28	DET		WSH	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
90	116	Aug 29	DET		WSH	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
91	117	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	118	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
93	119	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
94	120	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CHW	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
95	121	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	2	9	1
96	122	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
97	123	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	50	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
98	124	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	125	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
100	126	Sep 12	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	49	12.0	1	1	0	2	1
101	127	Sep 13	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	128	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
103	129	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	42	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
104	130	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
105	131	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
106	132	Sep 18 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
107	133	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,9-10	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
108	134	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
109	135	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
110	136	Sep 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	137	Sep 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	138	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
113	139	Sep 21 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,15-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
114	140	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
115	141	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
116	142	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
117	143	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
118	144	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	10.0	1	7	1	9	0
119	145	Sep 27	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
120	146	Sep 28	DET		CLE	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
121	147	Sep 29	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
122	148	Sep 30	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	149	Oct 1	DET	@	CHW	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	150	Oct 2	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
125	151	Oct 3	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
126	152	Oct 4	DET	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
127	153	Oct 5	DET		SLB	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
128	154	Oct 6	DET		SLB	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
129	155	Oct 7	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							129gm		1138.0	209	383	35	627	46