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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.

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	3	7	1
2	2	Apr 13	DET	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
3	3	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	9.1	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 18	DET	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
6	6	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,15-7	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	3
8	8	Apr 22	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 24	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	1
11	11	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
13	13	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,6-9	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
14	14	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	15	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
17	17	May 2	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
18	18	May 4	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
19	19	May 5	DET		SLB	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
20	20	May 6	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
21	21	May 7	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
22	22	May 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 9	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
24	24	May 10	DET	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	3	3	0
25	25	May 11	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	1
26	26	May 12	DET	@	NYY	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
27	27	May 13	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	56	13.0	2	2	0	4	1
28	28	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
29	29	May 15	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
30	30	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
31	31	May 19	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	8.1	0	1	1	2	0
32	32	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	33	May 22	DET	@	PHA	T,5-5	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 23	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	3	4	0	7	1
35	35	May 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
36	36	May 25	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
37	37	May 26	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	38	May 27	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
39	39	May 28	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
40	40	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
41	41	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	42	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	68	15.2	7	6	0	13	2
43	43	May 31	DET	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	8	1	10	0
45	45	Jun 2	DET	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 3	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	2	2	0	4	1
47	47	Jun 4	DET	@	CLE	L,6-14	CG	44	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
48	48	Jun 6	DET		PHA	W,14-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 7	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	50	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
51	51	Jun 9	DET		PHA	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 10	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 12	DET		WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 13	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
56	56	Jun 14	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
57	57	Jun 15	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
58	58	Jun 16	DET		NYY	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
59	59	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	60	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 19	DET		BOS	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
62	62	Jun 20	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
63	63	Jun 21	DET		BOS	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
64	64	Jun 22	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	65	Jun 23	DET		SLB	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
66	66	Jun 24	DET		SLB	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
67	67	Jun 25	DET		SLB	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
68	68	Jun 27	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
69	69	Jun 28	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
71	71	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	72	Jul 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	58	14.0	3	5	0	8	0
73	73	Jul 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
76	76	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
77	77	Jul 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
78	78	Jul 7 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
79	79	Jul 8 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	80	Jul 8 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
81	81	Jul 9	DET	@	WSH	L,7-13	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	82	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
83	83	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
84	84	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
85	85	Jul 12	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
86	86	Jul 13	DET	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 15	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	88	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	W,16-7	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	89	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	90	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
91	91	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
92	92	Jul 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
93	93	Jul 22	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
94	94	Jul 23	DET		SLB	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
95	95	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	96	Jul 26	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	97	Jul 27	DET		WSH	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	98	Jul 28	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	99	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
100	100	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
101	101	Jul 31	DET		PHA	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 1	DET		PHA	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
103	103	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	104	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
105	105	Aug 4	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
106	106	Aug 5	DET		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	107	Aug 6	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
108	108	Aug 7	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
109	109	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
110	110	Aug 9	DET		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
111	111	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
112	112	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	4	0	6	0
113	113	Aug 15	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	1	4	0	5	0
114	114	Aug 16	DET	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	115	Aug 17	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
116	116	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
117	117	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
118	118	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
119	119	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	120	Aug 22 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
121	121	Aug 22 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,17-3	CG	39	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
122	122	Aug 23	DET	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
123	123	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
124	124	Aug 25	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
125	125	Aug 26	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	126	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
127	127	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
128	128	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	1	5	1	7	0
129	129	Aug 31	DET		CHW	L,1-10	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1	DET		SLB	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	131	Sep 2	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	132	Sep 3	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	1	3	0	4	1
133	133	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
134	134	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	1	8	0	9	1
135	135	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
136	136	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-15	CG	46	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
137	137	Sep 6	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
138	138	Sep 8	DET	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
139	139	Sep 9	DET	@	SLB	L,0-16	CG	49	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
140	140	Sep 11	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
141	141	Sep 12	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
142	142	Sep 13	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
143	143	Sep 14	DET		PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
144	144	Sep 15	DET		PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
145	145	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
146	146	Sep 17	DET		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	2	3	1
147	147	Sep 18	DET		WSH	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
148	148	Sep 19	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
149	149	Sep 20	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
150	150	Sep 21	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
151	151	Sep 22	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
152	152	Sep 23	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
153	153	Sep 24	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
154	154	Sep 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
155	155	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							155gm		1379.0	262	493	50	805	78