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Bill Rigney

William Joseph Rigney (Specs or The Cricket)

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 29, 1918 in Alameda, CA
High School: Oakland HS (Oakland, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Team: Giants 1946-1953

Final Game: September 12, 1953
Died: February 20, 2001 in Walnut Creek, CA
Cremated
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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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 28 NYG NL 110 404 360 38 85 9 1 3 31 9 36 29 .236 .307 .292 .599 70 105 7 1 5 56
1947 29 NYG NL 130 597 531 84 142 24 3 17 59 7 51 54 .267 .337 .420 .757 99 223 10 5 9 456
1948 30 NYG NL 113 478 424 72 112 17 3 10 43 4 47 54 .264 .342 .389 .731 97 165 9 3 4 *4/6 AS
1949 31 NYG NL 122 441 389 53 108 19 6 6 47 3 47 38 .278 .356 .404 .759 103 157 10 0 5 645
1950 32 NYG NL 56 92 83 8 15 2 0 0 8 0 8 13 .181 .253 .205 .458 21 17 3 0 1 45
1951 33 NYG NL 44 80 69 9 16 2 0 4 9 0 1 8 7 .232 .321 .435 .755 100 30 0 1 2 5/4
1952 34 NYG NL 60 105 90 15 27 5 1 1 14 2 3 11 6 .300 .388 .411 .799 121 37 2 2 2 5/463
1953 35 NYG NL 19 20 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 29 5 0 0 0 /54
8 Yrs 654 2217 1966 281 510 78 14 41 212 25 4 208 206 .259 .334 .376 .710 91 739 41 12 28
162 Game Avg. 162 549 487 70 126 19 3 10 53 6 52 51 .259 .334 .376 .710 91 183 10 3 7

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
1946 28 NYG NL 110 404 -13 -0 0 1 2 -10 -1.1 14 5 0.3 .490 .493 0.2 0.4 4 $ 56
1947 29 NYG NL 130 597 -1 -0 0 -1 5 2 0.3 21 23 2.3 .502 .502 2.4 0.4 24 $ 456
1948 30 NYG NL 113 478 -2 1 -0 -4 5 1 0.0 17 18 1.7 .501 .500 2.1 0.2 21 $ *4/6 AS
1949 31 NYG NL 122 441 2 -1 1 0 7 9 0.8 15 24 2.3 .507 .505 2.4 0.7 24 $ 645
1950 32 NYG NL 56 92 -9 -0 -0 0 1 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .484 .495 -0.6 0.1 -5 $ 45
1951 33 NYG NL 44 80 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.0 3 $ 5/4
1952 34 NYG NL 60 105 3 -2 0 -1 1 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .502 .501 0.6 -0.0 6 $ 5/463
1953 35 NYG NL 19 20 -2 0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .485 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /54
8 Seasons 654 2217 -22 -2 1 -6 21 -7 -1.0 77 70 6.6 .499 .499 7.3 1.6 76 $

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
1946 28 NYG NL 404 287 32 3.0 93 .250 .236 .262 .307 .338 .292 .368 .599 .706 70 .366 -14.1 -1.5 .535 .181 .056 4.5
1947 29 NYG NL 597 408 74 4.8 107 .272 .267 .275 .337 .351 .420 .408 .757 .759 99 .517 -1.7 -0.2 .717 .262 .153 9.9
1948 30 NYG NL 478 325 56 4.6 103 .283 .264 .270 .342 .345 .389 .400 .731 .744 97 .512 -2.1 -0.2 .682 .245 .125 5.7
1949 31 NYG NL 441 296 56 5.1 104 .296 .278 .270 .356 .344 .404 .405 .759 .749 103 .546 2.1 0.2 .711 .254 .126 4.0
1950 32 NYG NL 92 72 4 1.5 109 .214 .181 .271 .253 .348 .205 .420 .458 .768 21 .107 -9.6 -0.9 .352 .120 .024
1951 33 NYG NL 80 56 9 4.3 104 .207 .232 .269 .321 .343 .435 .407 .755 .750 100 .479 -0.2 -0.0 .704 .304 .203 .0
1952 34 NYG NL 105 70 13 5.0 98 .313 .300 .263 .388 .336 .411 .391 .799 .727 121 .582 3.1 0.3 .721 .222 .111 1.3
1953 35 NYG NL 20 15 1 1.8 113 .333 .250 .278 .250 .350 .250 .433 .500 .782 29 .136 -2.2 -0.2 .333 .000 .000
8 Yrs 2217 1529 245 4.3 102 .273 .259 .270 .334 .345 .376 .398 .710 .743 91 .481 -24.6 -2.5 .653 .233 .116 31.1
162 Game Avg. 549 379 61 4.3 102 .273 .259 .270 .334 .345 .376 .398 .710 .743 91 .481 -24.6 -2.5 .653 .233 .116 8

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
1951 33 NYG NL WS NYY L 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 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
1948 NYG NL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 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
1946 28 NYG NL 404 0.7% 7.2% 8.9% 3.2% 15% 0.81 12.4 120.0 11.6 81%
1947 29 NYG NL 597 2.9% 9.1% 8.5% 7.4% 31% 1.06 9.8 31.2 9.0 77%
1948 30 NYG NL 478 2.1% 11.3% 9.8% 6.3% 27% 1.15 7.9 42.4 9.9 0.90 75%
1949 31 NYG NL 441 1.4% 8.6% 10.7% 7.0% 29% 0.81 10.2 64.8 8.3 1.03 78%
1950 32 NYG NL 92 0.0% 14.1% 8.7% 2.2% 13% 1.63 6.4 10.4 1.05 76%
1951 33 NYG NL 80 5.0% 8.8% 10.0% 7.5% 38% 0.88 9.9 17.3 7.7 0.86 73%
1952 34 NYG NL 105 1.0% 5.7% 10.5% 6.7% 26% 0.55 15.0 90.0 6.4 0.62 79%
1953 35 NYG NL 20 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 20.0 1.50 75%
8 Yrs 2217 1.9% 9.3% 9.4% 6.0% 26% 0.99 9.5 48.0 9.3 0.93 78%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.0% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.03 8.9 49.2 8.2 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 28 NYG NL -14.1 -1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 NYG NL -1.7 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 NYG NL -2.1 -0.2 178 -0.3 2.5 -2.8 .89 -0.3 -0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.92 -4.3 1.44 1
1949 31 NYG NL 1.6 0.2 250 0.5 3.8 -3.3 .86 0.1 0.4 2.6 0.3 0.92 1.5 0.48 3
1950 32 NYG NL -9.6 -0.9 69 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 1.37 -0.4 -0.2 -5.2 -0.5 1.00 -5.2 1.82 17
1951 33 NYG NL -0.2 -0.0 70 1.0 1.9 -0.9 1.08 0.2 0.7 -0.2 -0.0 0.89 0.7 1.29 16
1952 34 NYG NL 3.1 0.3 81 -0.0 1.3 -1.3 1.18 0.4 -0.4 5.0 0.5 1.03 4.2 1.57 27
1953 35 NYG NL -2.2 -0.2 20 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.60 -0.1 -0.1 -2.6 -0.3 1.00 -1.9 1.89 15
8 Yrs -25.1 -2.6 668 0.1 10.8 -10.7 1.01 -0.1 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.94 -5.1 1.59 79

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 30 NYG NL 3 0 41% 68 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 56% 10 5 5 2 2 0 6 1 5
1949 31 NYG NL 4 0 32% 115 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 40% 12 9 3 4 1 2 4 1 3
1950 32 NYG NL 1 0 35% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 6 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
1951 33 NYG NL 1 0 24% 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1952 34 NYG NL 4 0 36% 31 2 3 40% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 46% 5 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 2
1953 35 NYG NL 0 0 40% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
8 Yrs 13 0 35% 285 25 4 417% 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 4 45% 39 24 14 9 5 3 19 6 13

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 30 NYG NL 478 23% 112 1 0 0 0 1.44 10 0 3 2 3 3 7 0 3 4 133% 26 9 35% 11 7 64% 89 19 21% 9 6 67% 2 2 100% 0
1949 31 NYG NL 441 28% 108 3 0 0 0 0.48 6 0 5 1 3 5 1 0 4 5 125% 32 10 31% 16 8 50% 126 19 15% 13 6 46% 5 4 80% 0
1950 32 NYG NL 92 67% 15 17 3 0 2 1.82 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 16 3 19% 12 6 50% 47 6 13% 8 5 63% 3 3 100% 0
1951 33 NYG NL 80 39% 16 16 4 2 3 1.29 4 0 2 4 0 3 1 0 2 2 100% 11 0 0% 6 5 83% 34 4 12% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
1952 34 NYG NL 105 33% 27 27 6 0 3 1.57 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 22 2 9% 10 7 70% 57 8 14% 8 5 63% 4 2 50% 0
1953 35 NYG NL 20 55% 5 15 3 0 1 1.89 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 15 1 7% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1216 33% 510 79 16 2 9 1.59 41 0 16 7 7 12 9 0 14 28 200% 112 41 37% 59 34 58% 368 57 15% 43 26 60% 16 12 75% 0
MLB Averages 51% 138% 17% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1946 28 110 404 360 38 85 9 1 3 31 9 36 29 .236 .307 .292 .599 70 105 7 1 5
1947 29 240 1001 891 122 227 33 4 20 90 16 87 83 .255 .325 .368 .693 88 328 17 6 14
1948 30 353 1479 1315 194 339 50 7 30 133 20 134 137 .258 .331 .375 .705 91 493 26 9 18
1949 31 475 1920 1704 247 447 69 13 36 180 23 181 175 .262 .336 .381 .718 94 650 36 9 23
1950 32 531 2012 1787 255 462 71 13 36 188 23 189 188 .259 .332 .373 .706 90 667 39 9 24
1951 33 575 2092 1856 264 478 73 13 40 197 23 1 197 195 .258 .332 .376 .708 91 697 39 10 26
1952 34 635 2197 1946 279 505 78 14 41 211 25 4 208 201 .260 .335 .377 .712 92 734 41 12 28
1953 35 654 2217 1966 281 510 78 14 41 212 25 4 208 206 .259 .334 .376 .710 91 739 41 12 28

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
1946 28 115 428 382 45 95 10 1 3 36 10 40 30 .249 .322 .304 .625 38 110
1947 29 136 618 552 84 145 25 3 17 59 7 52 56 .263 .332 .411 .743 74 130
1948 30 118 498 442 74 116 18 3 10 44 4 49 56 .262 .340 .385 .725 57 113
1949 31 127 455 402 53 110 19 6 6 47 3 48 39 .274 .351 .396 .747 56 122
1950 32 59 95 86 8 15 2 0 0 8 0 8 14 .174 .245 .198 .442 4 56
1951 33 46 82 71 9 16 2 0 4 9 0 8 7 .225 .313 .423 .735 9 44
1952 34 63 112 96 17 30 6 1 1 16 2 12 6 .313 .400 .427 .827 16 60
1953 35 20 21 21 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .238 .238 .238 .476 1 19
8 Yrs 684 2309 2052 292 532 82 14 41 220 26 217 213 .259 .334 .373 .706 255 654
162 Game Avg. 162 547 486 69 126 19 3 10 52 6 51 50 .259 .334 .373 .706 60 654

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1948 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1949 NL  0.7 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  7 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 NL  5 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 NL  9.9 (4th)

                                         

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 - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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