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 Saint Thomas (St. Paul, MN) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1937
Team: WhiteSox 1937-1947

Final Game: July 4, 1947
Died: October 21, 1984 in Lombard, IL
Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1935	20	PIT-CHW-MIN-min	AA,C,A	11	9	.550	4.77	44	9					168.0	193	112	89		79							1.619	10.3		4.2			STP,PMO,DAL,ALB · AA,MATL,TL,IL
1936	21	ATL-min	AA	12	11	.522	5.49	41	27					213.0	261	153	130		98							1.685	11.0		4.1			STP · AA
1937	22	CHW	AL	2	5	.286	4.96	22	4	11	0	0	1	90.2	107	65	50	10	46	38	3	0	3	429	93	1.688	10.6	1.0	4.6	3.8	0.83
1938	23	CHW	AL	9	9	.500	3.56	38	12	19	7	1	1	167.0	164	74	66	16	72	84	2	0	7	728	139	1.413	8.8	0.9	3.9	4.5	1.17
1939	24	CHW	AL	15	8	.652	3.70	35	29	4	11	2	0	218.2	208	103	90	10	84	119	2	1	3	946	129	1.335	8.6	0.4	3.5	4.9	1.42	MVP-20
1940	25	CHW	AL	14	18	.438	3.11	39	33	6	19	2	3	280.2	240	117	97	22	90	141	2	0	5	1152	143	1.176	7.7	0.7	2.9	4.5	1.57
1941	26	CHW	AL	13	13	.500	3.84	30	29	0	18	3	0	237.0	224	116	101	21	92	119	2	0	7	1005	107	1.333	8.5	0.8	3.5	4.5	1.29
1942	27	CHW	AL	3	3	.500	3.20	7	7	0	6	0	0	59.0	40	23	21	2	16	34	1	0	0	234	113	0.949	6.1	0.3	2.4	5.2	2.13

1946	31	CHW	AL	5	5	.500	4.03	15	11	2	3	2	0	82.2	76	37	37	6	35	51	2	0	1	357	85	1.343	8.3	0.7	3.8	5.6	1.46
1947	32	CHW	AL	2	3	.400	1.95	11	7	3	2	0	0	50.2	42	15	11	3	15	19	0	0	1	203	187	1.125	7.5	0.5	2.7	3.4	1.27
8 Yrs				63	64	.496	3.59	197	132	45	66	10	5	1186.1	1101	550	473	90	450	605	14	1	27	5054	122	1.307	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.34
162 Game Avg.				13	13	.496	3.59	41	27	9	14	2	1	245	228	114	98	19	93	125	3	0	6	1045	122	1.307	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.34

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1937	22	CHW	AL	90.2	22	4	65	6.45	5.24	0.36	0.00	100.2	4.89	-16	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-4	.436	.491	$
1938	23	CHW	AL	167.0	38	12	74	3.99	5.68	0.02	0.00	102.3	5.80	32	3.0	1.0	-0.1	4.4	55	.579	.519	$
1939	24	CHW	AL	218.2	35	29	103	4.24	5.17	0.07	0.00	105.2	5.36	26	2.6	1.0	-0.1	4.3	54	.573	.516	$	MVP-20
1940	25	CHW	AL	280.2	39	33	117	3.75	5.20	0.20	0.00	102.2	5.11	40	4.1	1.0	-0.2	5.9	69	.605	.525	$
1941	26	CHW	AL	237.0	30	29	116	4.41	4.97	0.14	0.00	99.0	4.78	8	0.8	1.0	-0.1	2.3	31	.528	.505	$
1942	27	CHW	AL	59.0	7	7	23	3.51	4.32	0.07	0.00	97.4	4.14	4	0.4		-0.0	0.7	8	.560	.503	$

1946	31	CHW	AL	82.2	15	11	37	4.03	4.49	0.14	0.00	97.6	4.25	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.7	8	.515	.501	$
1947	32	CHW	AL	50.2	11	7	15	2.66	4.05	0.05	0.00	98.2	3.93	7	0.8	1.0	-0.0	1.2	11	.577	.505	$
8 Seasons				1186.1	197	132	550	4.17	5.07	0.13	0.00	101.2	5.01	103	10.6	1.0	-0.7	18.8	233	.554	.508	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1937	22	CHW	AL	429	2.3%	8.9%	10.7%			75%
1938	23	CHW	AL	728	2.2%	11.5%	9.9%	3.3%	15%	74%
1939	24	CHW	AL	946	1.1%	12.6%	8.9%	1.9%	9%	75%
1940	25	CHW	AL	1153	1.9%	12.2%	7.8%	4.5%	22%	77%
1941	26	CHW	AL	1005	2.1%	11.8%	9.2%	4.4%	20%	76%
1942	27	CHW	AL	234	0.9%	14.5%	6.8%	6.0%	35%	77%

1946	31	CHW	AL	357	1.7%	14.3%	9.8%	2.5%	12%	73%
1947	32	CHW	AL	203	1.5%	9.4%	7.4%	2.5%	12%	80%
8 Yrs				5055	1.8%	12.0%	8.9%	3.3%	15%	76%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.1%	8.9%	2.9%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1937	22	2	5	.286	4.96	22	4	11	0	0	1	90.2	107	65	50	10	46	38	3	0	3	429	93	1.688	10.6	1.0	4.6	3.8	0.83	93
1938	23	11	14	.440	4.05	60	16	30	7	1	2	257.2	271	139	116	26	118	122	5	0	10	1157	119	1.510	9.5	0.9	4.1	4.3	1.03	119
1939	24	26	22	.542	3.89	95	45	34	18	3	2	476.1	479	242	206	36	202	241	7	1	13	2103	123	1.430	9.1	0.7	3.8	4.6	1.19	123
1940	25	40	40	.500	3.60	134	78	40	37	5	5	757.0	719	359	303	58	292	382	9	1	18	3255	130	1.336	8.5	0.7	3.5	4.5	1.31	130
1941	26	53	53	.500	3.66	164	107	40	55	8	5	994.0	943	475	404	79	384	501	11	1	25	4260	124	1.335	8.5	0.7	3.5	4.5	1.30	124
1942	27	56	56	.500	3.63	171	114	40	61	8	5	1053.0	983	498	425	81	400	535	12	1	25	4494	123	1.313	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.34	123
1943	28	56	56	.500	3.63	171	114	40	61	8	5	1053.0	983	498	425	81	400	535	12	1	25	4494	123	1.313	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.34	123
1944	29	56	56	.500	3.63	171	114	40	61	8	5	1053.0	983	498	425	81	400	535	12	1	25	4494	123	1.313	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.34	123
1945	30	56	56	.500	3.63	171	114	40	61	8	5	1053.0	983	498	425	81	400	535	12	1	25	4494	123	1.313	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.34	123
1946	31	61	61	.500	3.66	186	125	42	64	10	5	1135.2	1059	535	462	87	435	586	14	1	26	4851	120	1.316	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.35	120
1947	32	63	64	.496	3.59	197	132	45	66	10	5	1186.1	1101	550	473	90	450	605	14	1	27	5054	122	1.307	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.34	122

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1937	22	5	5	.500	4.00	99.0	103	49	44	10	44	41	3	1.485	9.4	4.0	3.7	0.93	0.9	22
1938	23	14	6	.700	2.77	182.0	155	62	56	15	68	92	2	1.225	7.7	3.4	4.5	1.35	0.7	38
1939	24	17	9	.654	2.95	238.0	199	87	78	10	80	130	2	1.172	7.5	3.0	4.9	1.63	0.4	35
1940	25	22	10	.688	2.76	293.0	236	100	90	22	88	147	2	1.106	7.2	2.7	4.5	1.67	0.7	39
1941	26	14	12	.538	3.70	241.0	226	110	99	21	93	121	2	1.324	8.4	3.5	4.5	1.30	0.8	30
1942	27	3	3	.500	3.34	62.0	43	26	23	2	17	36	1	0.968	6.2	2.5	5.2	2.12	0.3	7

1946	31	4	5	.444	4.83	82.0	85	49	44	7	39	51	2	1.512	9.3	4.3	5.6	1.31	0.8	15
1947	32	4	1	.800	2.34	50.0	46	14	13	3	16	19	0	1.240	8.3	2.9	3.4	1.19	0.5	11
8 Yrs		83	51	.619	3.23	1247.0	1093	497	447	90	445	637	14	1.233	7.9		4.6	1.43	0.6	197

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 (1251st)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1940 AL 5.9 (6th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1938 AL 4.4 (9th) 1939 AL 4.3 (7th) 1940 AL 5.9 (3rd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1938 AL 3.56 (6th) 1940 AL 3.11 (3rd)
Wins s c a p y 1939 AL 15 (6th) 1940 AL 14 (10th) 1941 AL 13 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1939 AL .652 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1938 AL 1.413 (10th) 1939 AL 1.335 (9th) 1940 AL 1.176 (2nd) 1941 AL 1.333 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1938 AL 8.838 (4th) 1940 AL 7.696 (2nd) 1941 AL 8.506 (10th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1940 AL 2.886 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1938 AL 4.527 (8th) 1939 AL 4.898 (4th) 1940 AL 4.521 (6th) 1941 AL 4.519 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1940 AL 39 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1939 AL 218.7 (7th) 1940 AL 280.7 (3rd) 1941 AL 237.0 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1939 AL 119 (4th) 1940 AL 141 (3rd) 1941 AL 119 (4th)	Games Started s c a p y 1939 AL 29 (7th) 1940 AL 33 (6th) 1941 AL 29 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1940 AL 19 (8th) 1941 AL 18 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1939 AL 2 (4th) 1940 AL 2 (9th) 1941 AL 3 (5th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1938 AL 16 (10th) 1940 AL 22 (3rd) 1941 AL 21 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1940 AL 90 (8th) 1941 AL 92 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1940 AL 240 (8th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1938 AL 1.167 (9th) 1939 AL 1.417 (6th) 1940 AL 1.567 (6th) 1941 AL 1.293 (6th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1939 AL 0.412 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1940 AL 18 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1940 AL 97 (9th) 1941 AL 101 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1938 AL 7 (4th) 1941 AL 7 (8th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1939 AL 946 (10th) 1940 AL 1,152 (5th) 1941 AL 1,005 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1938 AL 19 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1938 AL 139 (3rd) 1939 AL 129 (10th) 1940 AL 143 (3rd) Career 122 (100th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1938 AL 26 (5th) 1939 AL 25 (9th) 1940 AL 39 (3rd) Career 100 (244th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1938 AL 2.4 (6th) 1939 AL 2.4 (9th) 1940 AL 3.8 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 63 (402), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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