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Lew Riggs

Lewis Sidney Riggs

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 22, 1910 in Mebane, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1934
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers/Cardinals 1934-1946

Final Game: April 16, 1946
Died: August 12, 1975 in Durham, NC
Buried: Rock Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Graham, NC
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1934 24 STL NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1935 25 CIN NL 142 583 532 73 148 26 8 5 46 8 43 32 .278 .334 .385 .720 96 205 7 2 6 *5
1936 26 CIN NL 141 587 538 69 138 20 12 6 57 5 38 33 .257 .314 .372 .686 89 200 13 7 5 *5 AS
1937 27 CIN NL 122 411 384 43 93 17 5 6 45 4 24 17 .242 .289 .359 .648 79 138 7 1 2 5/46
1938 28 CIN NL 142 589 531 53 134 21 13 2 55 3 40 28 .252 .311 .352 .663 83 187 10 5 13 *5
1939 29 CIN NL 22 43 38 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 4 .158 .256 .184 .440 19 7 1 0 0 5
1940 30 CIN NL 41 74 72 8 21 7 1 1 9 0 2 4 .292 .311 .458 .769 109 33 1 0 0 5
1941 31 BRO NL 77 220 197 27 60 13 4 5 36 1 16 12 .305 .357 .487 .844 131 96 2 0 7 5/34
1942 32 BRO NL 70 199 180 20 50 5 0 3 22 0 13 9 .278 .333 .356 .689 100 64 3 2 4 5/3
1946 36 BRO NL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /5
10 Yrs 760 2711 2477 298 650 110 43 28 271 22 181 140 .262 .317 .375 .692 91 930 44 17 37
162 Game Avg. 162 578 528 64 139 23 9 6 58 5 39 30 .262 .317 .375 .692 91 198 9 4 8
CIN (6 yrs) 610 2287 2095 251 540 92 39 20 213 21 152 118 .258 .313 .368 .680 87 770 39 15 26
BRO (3 yrs) 148 423 381 47 110 18 4 8 58 1 29 21 .289 .342 .420 .762 115 160 5 2 11
STL (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 24 STL NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1935 25 CIN NL 142 583 -1 -1 0 2 3 3 0.3 17 20 2.0 .502 .502 1.7 0.5 18 $ *5
1936 26 CIN NL 141 587 -6 -0 0 4 3 0 -0.0 16 17 1.6 .500 .500 1.1 0.7 13 $ *5 AS
1937 27 CIN NL 122 411 -10 -0 0 4 2 -4 -0.5 12 8 0.7 .496 .497 0.3 0.6 4 $ 5/46
1938 28 CIN NL 142 589 -11 -0 0 4 2 -5 -0.7 17 12 1.0 .496 .497 0.6 0.5 8 $ *5
1939 29 CIN NL 22 43 -4 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .485 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ 5
1940 30 CIN NL 41 74 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 3 4 0.4 .505 .501 0.3 0.1 3 $ 5
1941 31 BRO NL 77 220 8 0 0 -1 0 7 0.7 8 15 1.5 .510 .505 1.6 -0.1 16 $ 5/34
1942 32 BRO NL 70 199 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 6 7 0.7 .501 .500 0.7 -0.0 7 $ 5/3
1946 36 BRO NL 1 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .377 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
10 Seasons 760 2711 -25 -1 0 15 10 -1 -0.5 80 79 7.6 .500 .500 5.9 2.4 63 $
CIN (6 yrs) 610 2287 -32 -1 0 16 9 -8 -1.1 66 58 5.5 .499 .499 3.7 2.5 42 $
BRO (3 yrs) 148 423 7 0 0 -1 0 7 0.6 14 20 2.1 .505 .501 2.2 -0.1 21 $
STL (1 yr) 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1934 24 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .296 .000 .352 .000 .420 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1935 25 CIN NL 583 397 68 4.6 100 .289 .278 .280 .334 .335 .385 .400 .720 .735 96 .490 -2.4 -0.2 .660 .203 .107 6.2
1936 26 CIN NL 587 418 61 3.9 97 .265 .257 .277 .314 .335 .372 .388 .686 .723 89 .419 -8.4 -0.8 .605 .195 .115 5.5
1937 27 CIN NL 411 300 40 3.6 97 .241 .242 .274 .289 .335 .359 .388 .648 .723 79 .393 -12.0 -1.2 .560 .190 .117 4.8
1938 28 CIN NL 589 420 57 3.6 97 .263 .252 .272 .311 .336 .352 .388 .663 .723 83 .414 -13.0 -1.3 .577 .181 .100 2.4
1939 29 CIN NL 43 33 2 1.6 105 .176 .158 .283 .256 .349 .184 .404 .440 .753 19 .131 -4.4 -0.4 .394 .184 .026 .0
1940 30 CIN NL 74 52 10 5.2 99 .299 .292 .273 .311 .338 .458 .393 .769 .730 109 .578 0.6 0.1 .673 .194 .167 .0
1941 31 BRO NL 220 146 34 6.2 98 .306 .305 .272 .357 .343 .487 .383 .844 .725 131 .678 7.5 0.8 .813 .269 .183 1.7
1942 32 BRO NL 199 137 21 4.1 88 .280 .278 .258 .333 .331 .356 .359 .689 .689 100 .537 -0.3 -0.0 .594 .150 .078 .0
1946 36 BRO NL 4 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .264 .000 .339 .000 .369 .000 .708 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
10 Yrs 2711 1908 293 4.1 97 .269 .262 .274 .317 .336 .375 .388 .692 .724 91 .462 -33.7 -3.4 .615 .195 .113 24.6
162 Game Avg. 578 407 62 4.1 97 .269 .262 .274 .317 .336 .375 .388 .692 .724 91 .462 -33.7 -3.4 .615 .195 .113 5
CIN (6 yrs) 2287 1620 238 3.9 98 .266 .258 .276 .313 .336 .368 .391 .680 .727 87 .432 -39.6 -4.0 .601 .192 .110 20.5
BRO (3 yrs) 423 287 55 5.2 93 .290 .289 .265 .342 .337 .420 .371 .762 .708 115 .615 6.2 0.6 .696 .210 .131 1.8
STL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .296 .000 .352 .000 .420 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 30 CIN NL WS DET W 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 31 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 6 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 CIN NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1934 24 STL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1935 25 CIN NL 583 0.9% 5.5% 7.4% 6.7% 26% 0.74 16.6 106.4 11.6 85%
1936 26 CIN NL 587 1.0% 5.6% 6.5% 6.5% 28% 0.87 16.3 89.7 9.4 85%
1937 27 CIN NL 411 1.5% 4.1% 5.8% 6.8% 30% 0.71 22.6 64.0 8.5 88%
1938 28 CIN NL 589 0.3% 4.8% 6.8% 6.1% 27% 0.70 19.0 265.5 9.7 85%
1939 29 CIN NL 43 0.0% 9.3% 11.6% 2.3% 17% 0.80 9.5 38.0 79%
1940 30 CIN NL 74 1.4% 5.4% 2.7% 12.2% 43% 2.00 18.0 72.0 8.0 91%
1941 31 BRO NL 220 2.3% 5.5% 7.3% 10.0% 37% 0.75 16.4 39.4 5.5 82%
1942 32 BRO NL 199 1.5% 4.5% 6.5% 4.0% 16% 0.69 20.0 60.0 8.2 84%
1946 36 BRO NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
10 Yrs 2711 1.0% 5.2% 6.7% 6.7% 28% 0.77 17.7 88.5 9.1 85%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.9% 8.7% 6.4% 27% 1.02 10.0 67.2 8.2 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1935 25 144 584 533 73 148 26 8 5 46 8 43 33 .278 .334 .385 .719 96 205 7 2 6
1936 26 285 1171 1071 142 286 46 20 11 103 13 81 66 .267 .324 .378 .702 93 405 20 9 11
1937 27 407 1582 1455 185 379 63 25 17 148 17 105 83 .260 .315 .373 .688 89 543 27 10 13
1938 28 549 2171 1986 238 513 84 38 19 203 20 145 111 .258 .314 .368 .681 87 730 37 15 26
1939 29 571 2214 2024 243 519 85 38 19 204 21 150 115 .256 .312 .364 .677 86 737 38 15 26
1940 30 612 2288 2096 251 540 92 39 20 213 21 152 119 .258 .312 .367 .680 87 770 39 15 26
1941 31 689 2508 2293 278 600 105 43 25 249 22 168 131 .262 .316 .378 .694 91 866 41 15 33
1942 32 759 2707 2473 298 650 110 43 28 271 22 181 140 .263 .317 .376 .694 91 930 44 17 37
1943 33 759 2707 2473 298 650 110 43 28 271 22 181 140 .263 .317 .376 .694 91 930 44 17 37
1944 34 759 2707 2473 298 650 110 43 28 271 22 181 140 .263 .317 .376 .694 91 930 44 17 37
1945 35 759 2707 2473 298 650 110 43 28 271 22 181 140 .263 .317 .376 .694 91 930 44 17 37
1946 36 760 2711 2477 298 650 110 43 28 271 22 181 140 .262 .317 .375 .692 91 930 44 17 37

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1934 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1935 25 149 611 558 76 154 27 8 5 48 8 45 34 .276 .332 .380 .712 70 142
1936 26 147 615 563 73 145 21 13 6 60 5 40 34 .258 .315 .373 .688 65 141
1937 27 128 435 406 47 100 18 5 6 49 4 26 18 .246 .293 .360 .653 43 122
1938 28 150 625 563 57 143 22 14 2 59 3 43 30 .254 .313 .353 .666 61 142
1939 29 23 47 41 6 7 1 0 0 1 1 6 4 .171 .277 .195 .472 2 22
1940 30 43 78 76 8 22 7 1 1 9 0 2 4 .289 .308 .447 .755 11 41
1941 31 80 228 204 28 62 13 4 5 37 1 17 12 .304 .357 .480 .838 35 77
1942 32 74 215 194 23 56 6 0 3 26 0 15 10 .289 .346 .366 .712 24 70
1946 36 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
10 Yrs 797 2859 2610 318 689 115 45 28 289 22 194 147 .264 .319 .375 .694 311 760
162 Game Avg. 162 581 531 65 140 23 9 6 59 4 39 30 .264 .319 .375 .694 63 760

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1936 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1936 NL  0.7 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1936 NL  12 (4th)
1938 NL  13 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1936 NL  7 (3rd)
1938 NL  5 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1938 NL  13 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1937 NL  22.6 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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