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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1935 CIN NL 25 3B 135 135 132 432 132 269 31 21 .928 2.97 .941 2.86
1936 CIN NL 26 3B 140 137 135 402 122 267 13 19 .968 2.78 .947 2.67 AS
1937 CIN NL 27 3B 100 100 94 356 112 223 21 16 .941 3.35 .954 2.87
1937 CIN NL 27 2B 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 .960 5.70
1937 CIN NL 27 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30
1938 CIN NL 28 3B 140 137 136 450 146 280 24 18 .947 3.04 .945 3.03
1939 CIN NL 29 3B 11 9 9 23 6 16 1 1 .957 2.00 .942 3.00
1940 CIN NL 30 3B 11 9 9 35 10 23 2 2 .943 3.00 .948 3.01
1941 BRO NL 31 3B 43 41 37 132 48 75 9 4 .932 2.86 .949 3.33
1941 BRO NL 31 1B 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 1 .800 4.00 .988 10.20
1941 BRO NL 31 2B 1 0 0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 .962 5.60
1942 BRO NL 32 3B 46 37 36 107 36 65 6 7 .944 2.20 .940 3.19
1942 BRO NL 32 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .990 10.20
1946 BRO NL 36 3B 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 .952 3.10
9 Seasons 3B 627 606 589 1941 614 1220 107 88 .945 2.93 .946 2.92
2 Seasons 2B 5 0 0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.80 .961 5.68
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 0 6 4 1 1 1 .833 2.50 .988 10.20
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30
10 Seasons TOT 635 606 589 1956 622 1226 108 90 .945 2.91 .946 2.97
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1934 STL NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1935 CIN NL 25 142 135 142 135 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1936 CIN NL 26 141 137 141 140 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1937 CIN NL 27 122 100 122 103 0 0 0 4 100 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
1938 CIN NL 28 142 137 142 140 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1939 CIN NL 29 22 9 22 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3
1940 CIN NL 30 41 9 41 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
1941 BRO NL 31 77 41 77 45 0 0 1 1 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
1942 BRO NL 32 70 37 70 47 0 0 1 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1946 BRO NL 36 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 760 606 760 633 0 0 2 5 627 1 0 0 0 0 0 114 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
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Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1935 NL  135 (2nd)
1936 NL  140 (2nd)
1937 NL  100 (5th)
1938 NL  140 (2nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1935 NL  132 (3rd)
1936 NL  122 (3rd)
1937 NL  112 (4th)
1938 NL  146 (2nd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1935 NL  269 (1st)
1936 NL  267 (1st)
1937 NL  223 (3rd)
1938 NL  280 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1935 NL  31 (1st)
1937 NL  21 (1st)
1938 NL  24 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1935 NL  2.97 (2nd)
1936 NL  2.78 (3rd)
1937 NL  3.35 (1st)
1938 NL  3.04 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1936 NL  .968 (2nd)
1937 NL  .941 (5th)
1938 NL  .947 (5th)

             

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