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Johnny Rigney

John Dungan Rigney

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 28, 1914 in Oak Park, IL
School: University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1937 (Age 22)
Team: WhiteSox 1937-1947

Final Game: July 4, 1947 (Age 32)
Died: October 21, 1984 in Lombard, IL
Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1937 CHW AL 22 P 22 4 0 90.2 19 3 14 2 0 .895 1.69 0.77 .954 2.05 2.01
1938 CHW AL 23 P 38 12 7 167.0 38 4 32 2 4 .947 1.94 0.95 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 CHW AL 24 P 35 29 11 218.2 36 3 30 3 1 .917 1.36 0.94 .951 1.92 1.89 MVP-20
1940 CHW AL 25 P 39 33 19 280.2 50 4 46 0 2 1.000 1.60 1.28 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 CHW AL 26 P 30 29 18 237.0 58 13 42 3 2 .948 2.09 1.83 .960 2.14 2.11
1942 CHW AL 27 P 7 7 6 59.0 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.98 1.86 .957 2.30 2.30
1946 CHW AL 31 P 15 11 3 82.2 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.87 .951 2.01 1.99 0 1 100% 0
1947 CHW AL 32 P 11 7 2 50.2 18 2 15 1 2 .944 3.02 1.55 .955 1.92 1.90 3 2 40% 0
8 Seasons P 197 132 66 1186.1 245 32 202 11 12 .955 1.78 1.19 .955 2.06 2.02 3 3 50% 0
8 Seasons TOT 197 132 66 1186.1 245 32 202 11 12 .955 1.78 1.19 .955 2.06 2.02 3 3 50% 0
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
1937 CHW AL 22 P
1938 CHW AL 23 P
1939 CHW AL 24 P
1940 CHW AL 25 P
1941 CHW AL 26 P
1942 CHW AL 27 P
1946 CHW AL 31 P
1947 CHW AL 32 P
8 Seasons P
8 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1937 CHW AL 22 22 4 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 CHW AL 23 38 12 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 CHW AL 24 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CHW AL 25 40 33 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1941 CHW AL 26 30 29 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CHW AL 27 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 CHW AL 31 15 11 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CHW AL 32 11 7 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 198 132 198 197 197 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1946 CHW AL 31 105 76% 24% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1947 CHW AL 32 190 87% 28% 14 93% 0 1 0 1 13 8 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 67%
2 Seasons 295 83% 27% 17 94% 0 1 0 1 16 11 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 83% 27% 90% 85%



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 AL (20, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1939 AL  3 (5th)
1941 AL  3 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1940 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

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