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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:18AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #641. Dontrelle Willis… #642. Brett Myers… #643. Joel Pineiro… #644. JOHNNY RIGNEY… #645. Bob Smith… #646. Moose Haas… #647. Win Mercer… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1937 22 CHW AL 90.2 4 65 62 2 1.0 -3 -0.5 $
1938 23 CHW AL 167.0 12 74 119 0 1.0 45 4.1 $
1939 24 CHW AL 218.2 29 103 149 1 1.0 46 4.3 $ MVP-20
1940 25 CHW AL 280.2 33 117 184 5 1.0 67 6.0 $
1941 26 CHW AL 237.0 29 116 146 3 1.0 30 2.6 $
1942 27 CHW AL 59.0 7 23 31 0 1.0 8 0.8 $
1946 31 CHW AL 82.2 11 37 44 1 1.0 7 0.5 $
1947 32 CHW AL 50.2 7 15 28 0 1.0 13 1.3 $
8 Seasons 1186.1 132 550 763 12 1.0 213 19.1 $

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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
1937 22 CHW AL 22 36 30 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .167 .265 .167 .431 11 5 0 2 1
1938 23 CHW AL 38 59 55 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .145 .161 .164 .324 -20 9 0 3 1
1939 24 CHW AL 35 87 80 4 16 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 18 .200 .220 .250 .470 18 20 2 0 5 1 MVP-20
1940 25 CHW AL 40 108 93 5 20 4 0 0 7 1 0 3 28 .215 .240 .258 .498 28 24 3 0 12 1
1941 26 CHW AL 30 92 84 8 17 1 1 0 5 0 1 6 27 .202 .256 .238 .494 32 20 4 0 2 1
1942 27 CHW AL 7 22 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 3 0 2 /1
1946 31 CHW AL 15 30 26 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .154 .154 .192 .346 -2 5 0 0 4 1
1947 32 CHW AL 11 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 1
8 Seasons 198 449 401 25 71 11 1 0 27 1 1 17 113 .177 .211 .209 .420 9 84 13 0 31
162 Game Avg. 162 367 328 20 58 9 1 0 22 1 1 14 92 .177 .211 .209 .420 9 69 0 25

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1937 22 CHW AL 36 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1938 23 CHW AL 59 -11 0 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
1939 24 CHW AL 87 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-20
1940 25 CHW AL 108 -10 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1941 26 CHW AL 92 -8 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1942 27 CHW AL 22 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /1
1946 31 CHW AL 30 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1947 32 CHW AL 15 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
8 Seasons 449 -55 0 0 0 0 34 12 -9 -0.9 -9 -0.9 -0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 CHW AL 22 P 22 90.2 19 3 14 2 0 .895 1.69 0.77 .954 2.05 2.01
1938 CHW AL 23 P 38 167.0 38 4 32 2 4 .947 1.94 0.95 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 CHW AL 24 P 35 218.2 36 3 30 3 1 .917 1.36 0.94 .951 1.92 1.89 MVP-20
1940 CHW AL 25 P 39 280.2 50 4 46 0 2 1.000 1.60 1.28 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 CHW AL 26 P 30 237.0 58 13 42 3 2 .948 2.09 1.83 .960 2.14 2.11
1942 CHW AL 27 P 7 59.0 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.98 1.86 .957 2.30 2.30
1946 CHW AL 31 P 15 82.2 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.87 .951 2.01 1.99
1947 CHW AL 32 P 11 50.2 18 2 15 1 2 .944 3.02 1.55 .955 1.92 1.90
8 Seasons P 197 1186.1 245 32 202 11 12 .955 1.78 1.19 .955 2.06 2.02
8 Seasons TOT 197 1186.1 245 32 202 11 12 .955 1.78 1.19 .955 2.06 2.02
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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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  6.1 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1938 AL  4.1 (10th)
1939 AL  4.3 (9th)
1940 AL  6.0 (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 (102nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1938 AL  26 (5th)
1939 AL  25 (9th)
1940 AL  39 (3rd)
Career  100 (250th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1938 AL  2.4 (6th)
1939 AL  2.4 (9th)
1940 AL  3.8 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1940 AL  12 (4th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 63 (398), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Jim Nash (970)
  3. Orval Grove (967)
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  5. Vern Bickford (965)
  6. David Palmer (964)
  7. Mike Norris (962)
  8. Steve McCatty (962)
  9. Pat Zachry (962)
  10. Cinders O'Brien (960)
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  3. Chuck Dobson (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chuck Dobson (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Howard Ehmke (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Zachry (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Danny Cox (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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