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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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1946	NYG	NL	28	3B	73	69	54		228	77	143	8	8	.965				3.01	.952		3.08
1946	NYG	NL	28	SS	33	29	28		143	53	81	9	14	.937				4.06	.957		5.15
1947	NYG	NL	29	2B	72	71	66		424	184	229	11	41	.974				5.74	.975		5.57
1947	NYG	NL	29	3B	41	40	33		132	47	76	9	7	.932				3.00	.947		3.06
1947	NYG	NL	29	SS	24	18	17		91	33	53	5	8	.945				3.58	.963		5.11
1948	NYG	NL	30	2B	105	103	92		551	258	275	18	48	.967				5.08	.971		5.40	AS
1948	NYG	NL	30	SS	7	5	3		21	7	12	2	1	.905				2.71	.959		4.99	AS
1949	NYG	NL	31	SS	81	71	59		361	120	215	26	33	.928				4.14	.961		5.04
1949	NYG	NL	31	2B	26	22	18		138	55	79	4	11	.971				5.15	.976		5.57
1949	NYG	NL	31	3B	14	11	11		35	10	23	2	2	.943				2.36	.952		3.18
1950	NYG	NL	32	2B	23	3	3	79.0	58	29	27	2	8	.966			6.38	2.43	.974	5.65	5.59
1950	NYG	NL	32	3B	11	9	6	76.1	36	15	20	1	2	.972			4.13	3.18	.948	3.31	3.27
1951	NYG	NL	33	3B	12	10	9	95.1	43	13	28	2	5	.953			3.87	3.42	.953	3.37	3.36
1951	NYG	NL	33	2B	9	3	3	40.0	24	12	11	1	5	.958			5.18	2.56	.976	5.69	5.68
1952	NYG	NL	34	3B	10	8	7	75.1	18	7	9	2	2	.889			1.91	1.60	.954	3.15	3.12
1952	NYG	NL	34	2B	9	5	3	42.0	27	10	17	0	3	1.000			5.79	3.00	.975	5.49	5.43
1952	NYG	NL	34	SS	4	2	2	23.0	26	11	11	4	4	.846			8.61	5.50	.960	5.05	5.00
1952	NYG	NL	34	1B	1	0	0	3.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000			12.00	4.00	.990	9.90	9.80
1953	NYG	NL	35	3B	2	2	0	11.0	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-98	3.27	2.00	.950	3.03	3.00
1953	NYG	NL	35	2B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	18.00	2.00	.970	5.40	5.30
	7 Seasons			2B	245	207	185	162.0	1224	550	638	36	116	.971	0	0	6.00	4.85	.973	5.62	5.50
	7 Seasons			3B	163	149	120	258.0	496	172	300	24	26	.952	-1	-4	3.35	2.90	.951	3.28	3.12
	5 Seasons			SS	149	125	109	23.0	642	224	372	46	60	.928			8.61	4.00	.960	5.05	5.07
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	3.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000			12.00	4.00	.990	9.90	9.80
	8 Seasons			TOT	558	481	414	446.0	2366	950	1310	106	202	.955	-1	-2	4.64	4.05	.965	4.26	4.70
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1946	NYG	NL	28	3B
1946	NYG	NL	28	SS
1947	NYG	NL	29	2B
1947	NYG	NL	29	3B
1947	NYG	NL	29	SS
1948	NYG	NL	30	2B
1948	NYG	NL	30	SS
1949	NYG	NL	31	SS
1949	NYG	NL	31	2B
1949	NYG	NL	31	3B
1950	NYG	NL	32	2B
1950	NYG	NL	32	3B
1951	NYG	NL	33	3B
1951	NYG	NL	33	2B
1952	NYG	NL	34	3B
1952	NYG	NL	34	2B
1952	NYG	NL	34	SS
1952	NYG	NL	34	1B
1953	NYG	NL	35	3B	-1	-98	-1	0	-1	0
1953	NYG	NL	35	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			3B	-1	-4	-1	0	-1	0
	5 Seasons			SS
	1 Season			1B
	8 Seasons			TOT	-1	-2	-1	0	-1	0
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1946	NYG	NL	28	110	98	110	103	0	0	72	35	4	3
1947	NYG	NL	29	130	129	130	129	0	72	41	24	1	0
1948	NYG	NL	30	113	108	113	109	0	105	0	7	2	2
1949	NYG	NL	31	122	104	122	117	0	26	15	81	5	0
1950	NYG	NL	32	56	12	56	33	0	23	11	0	24	2
1951	NYG	NL	33	45	13	45	22	0	10	12	0	21	3
1952	NYG	NL	34	60	15	60	24	1	9	10	4	38	3
1953	NYG	NL	35	19	2	19	3	0	1	2	0	15	1
	8 Seasons			655	481	655	540	1	246	163	151	110	14

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.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1948	NYG	NL	30	1370	66%	82%	26%	120	94%	0	89	36	31	22	90	69	17	0	3	5	0	5	0	5	17	5	2	5	1	16	6	9	1	1	0
1949	NYG	NL	31	554	62%	83%	29%	67	94%	0	32	14	13	5	50	36	14	0	0	4	0	3	1	4	8	1	0	4	2	8	6	1	0	0	0
1950	NYG	NL	32	235	61%	81%	29%	18	89%	0	13	3	9	1	15	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	0
1951	NYG	NL	33	112	66%	79%	28%	4	100%	0	8	1	7	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	0
1952	NYG	NL	34	164	60%	80%	30%	19	100%	0	10	4	3	3	16	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	0
1953	NYG	NL	35	6	67%	50%	33%	0		0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6 Seasons			2441	64%	82%	27%	228	94%	0	154	58	65	31	177	140	33	0	4	10	0	9	1	10	36	13	2	10	6	35	16	17	1	1	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1948	NYG	NL	30	13	46%	85%	23%	1	100%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	NYG	NL	31	1410	70%	83%	27%	170	90%	0	73	36	31	6	124	91	30	0	1	13	1	9	3	12	18	6	1	4	2	2	15	7	8	3	1	2
1952	NYG	NL	34	12	67%	67%	0%	2	100%	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			1435	70%	83%	27%	173	90%	0	76	39	31	6	124	91	30	0	1	14	1	9	4	12	18	6	1	4	2	2	15	7	8	3	1	2
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1949	NYG	NL	31	220	60%	82%	28%	18	67%	0	4	4	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%
1950	NYG	NL	32	272	60%	83%	31%	29	97%	0	14	10	1	3	18	15	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
1951	NYG	NL	33	371	69%	83%	26%	30	90%	0	11	7	2	2	22	18	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	4	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	50%
1952	NYG	NL	34	246	53%	78%	30%	14	71%	0	5	3	1	1	7	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	100%
1953	NYG	NL	35	51	63%	80%	18%	4	50%	0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			1160	61%	82%	28%	95	83%	0	37	25	5	7	56	48	4	1	4	8	0	8	0	7	8	3	2	6	1	1	0	6	67%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		89%																								69%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1952	NYG	NL	34	15	67%	87%	27%	0		0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			15	67%	87%	27%	0		0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%																											85%

* 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 *	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1947 NL 25 (4th) 1949 NL 32 (2nd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1948 NL 105 (4th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1948 NL 258 (3rd)
Assists as 2B s c a p y 1948 NL 275 (4th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1948 NL 18 (1st)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1949 NL 26 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1948 NL 5.08 (4th)

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