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Bill Rigney
William Joseph Rigney (Specs,The Cricket)

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

MLB Debut April 16, 1946
Final Game September 12, 1953
Born January 29, 1918 in Alameda, CA
Died February 20, 2001 (age 83)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 28 NYN NL   78  282   23   73   5   1   2   29   6   4   23   27  .259  .316  .305  .621    91    86   0   1   1   1   6  
 1947 29 NYN NL  124  459   61  125  22   1  20   70   2   2   29   55  .272  .314  .455  .769   102   209   1   3   0   0  10  
 1948 30 NYN NL  132  415   54   96  19   3  12   59   2   5   45   66  .231  .308  .378  .687    96   157   0   4   0   3  12  
 1949 31 NYN NL  120  427   44  110  22   6   4   52   4   1   50   54  .258  .339  .365  .704    97   156   0   1   5   3  11  
 1950 32 NYN NL    8   13    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .154  .214  .154  .368    49     2   0   0   0   0   1  
 1951 33 NYN NL   16   21    3    7   1   0   0    5   0   1    1    2  .333  .391  .381  .772   102     8   0   0   0   1   0  
 1952 34 NYN NL   47   82   20   33   4   2   2   10   0   1   23    8  .402  .537  .573 1.110   160    47   0   1   1   2   2  
 1953 35 PHA AL    6   22    0    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    7  .227  .227  .227  .455    61     5   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      531 1721  207  451  73  13  40  230  14  14  172  220  .262  .331  .389  .720         670   1  10   7  10  43
 Per 600 PA           539   65  141  23   4  13   72   4   4   54   69                                 210   0   3   2   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NY2      525 1699  207  446  73  13  40  227  14  14  172  213  .263  .332  .391  .724         665   1  10   7  10  42
   With PHA        6   22    0    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    7  .227  .227  .227  .455           5   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      654 1966  281  510  78  14  41  212  25   4  208  206  .259  .334  .376  .710         739  28          12  41
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1946 28 NYN NL  52   27   3.3   4   1   0  .250  11   34   19  .559    0    0  .000  3B   3e23       22   
 1947 29 NYN NL  29   63   4.9   2   1   0  .500  18  101   56  .554    0    0  .000  UT              12   
 1948 30 NYN NL  43   46   3.7   8   3   0  .375  18  132   89  .674    0    0  .000  2B   3e28      -44   
 1949 31 NYN NL  28   53   4.4   4   0   0  .000  17  106   61  .575    0    0  .000  UT             -55   
 1950 32 NYN NL  79    0    .7   5   1   0  .200   1    3    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             -89   
 1951 33 NYN NL  45    2   5.3   6   1   0  .167   3    4    0  .000    0    0  .000  2B   4e20       17   
 1952 34 NYN NL  79   27  13.9  21   8   0  .381   2   21   15  .714    0    0  .000  UT             311   
 1953 35 PHA AL  95    0   1.4   0   0   0  .000   0    5    1  .200    0    0  .000  2B   4e23      -45   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          222   4.5  50  15   0  .300  70  406  241  .594    0    0  .000                  -1   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1946 28 NYN NL  3B    74    79   154   11   26   .955    72   651.1   3.22
 1947 29 NYN NL  3B    48    46    93   13   15   .914    44   392.2   3.19
                 2B    45   113   114    2   27   .991    43   381.1   5.36
                 SS    30    49    69    3   19   .975    26   231.0   4.60
 1948 30 NYN NL  2B   124   348   420   18  109   .977   119  1072.2   6.44
 1949 31 NYN NL  2B    64   143   185    7   43   .979    64   544.2   5.42
                 SS    36    71    86    9   19   .946    32   282.0   5.01
                 3B    18    25    36    1    3   .984    18   146.2   3.74
                 1B     1     3     0    0    1  1.000     0     3.0   9.00
 1950 32 NYN NL  2B     2     6     5    1    2   .917     2    17.0   5.82
 1951 33 NYN NL  2B    11     9     7    3    3   .842     2    33.0   4.36
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1952 34 NYN NL  3B    12     7    22    1    3   .967    11    91.1   2.86
                 2B     9    16    37    1    6   .981     8    72.0   6.62
                 SS     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   1.80
                 1B     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1953 35 PHA AL  2B     4     6     7    0    3  1.000     4    25.0   4.68
                 3B     2     5     3    0    0  1.000     2    16.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   259   641   775   32  193   .978   242  2145.2   5.94
                 3B   155   162   309   26   47   .948   147  1299.0   3.26
                 SS    68   120   156   12   38   .958    58   518.0   4.80
                 1B     2     5     0    0    1  1.000     0     5.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1946  NYN   60-94   Rick Field
 1947  NYN   75-79   Rick Field
 1948  NYN   67-87   Rick Field
 1949  NYN   78-76   Rick Field
 1950  NYN   72-82   Rick Field
 1951  NYN   88-66   Rick Field
 1952  NYN   69-85   Rick Field
 1953  PHA   74-80   Drew Kennedy

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