Riggs Stephenson
Jackson Riggs Stephenson (Old Hoss)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 5, 1898 in Akron, AL
School: University of Alabama (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1921
Final Game: September 24, 1934
Died: November 15, 1985 in Tuscaloosa, AL
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Standard Batting

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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
1921 23 CLE AL 65 240 206 45 68 17 2 2 34 4 1 23 15 .330 .408 .461 .869 119 95 4 7 4/5
1922 24 CLE AL 86 267 233 47 79 24 5 2 32 3 0 27 18 .339 .421 .511 .932 140 119 6 1 54/O
1923 25 CLE AL 91 327 301 48 96 20 6 5 65 5 5 15 25 .319 .357 .475 .832 118 143 3 8 4/O5
1924 26 CLE AL 71 272 240 33 89 20 0 4 44 1 2 27 10 .371 .439 .504 .943 141 121 2 3 4/O
1925 27 CLE AL 19 64 54 8 16 3 1 1 9 1 1 7 3 .296 .387 .444 .832 110 24 1 2 O
1926 28 CHC NL 82 324 281 40 95 18 3 3 44 2 31 16 .338 .404 .456 .859 129 128 0 12 O
1927 29 CHC NL 152 668 579 101 199 46 9 7 82 8 65 28 .344 .415 .491 .906 141 284 6 18 *O/5 MVP-20
1928 30 CHC NL 137 591 512 75 166 36 9 8 90 8 68 29 .324 .407 .477 .883 131 244 3 8 *O
1929 31 CHC NL 136 582 495 91 179 36 6 17 110 10 67 21 .362 .445 .562 1.006 147 278 7 13 *O MVP-23
1930 32 CHC NL 109 382 341 56 125 21 1 5 68 2 32 20 .367 .421 .478 .899 116 163 0 9 O
1931 33 CHC NL 80 302 263 34 84 14 4 1 52 1 37 14 .319 .405 .414 .820 119 109 1 1 O
1932 34 CHC NL 147 644 583 86 189 49 4 4 85 3 54 27 .324 .383 .443 .826 122 258 2 5 *O MVP-5
1933 35 CHC NL 97 388 346 45 114 17 4 4 51 5 34 16 .329 .397 .436 .834 138 151 12 5 3 O
1934 36 CHC NL 38 83 74 5 16 0 0 0 7 0 7 5 .216 .293 .216 .509 40 16 2 1 1 O
14 Seasons 1310 5134 4508 714 1515 321 54 63 773 53 9 494 247 .336 .407 .473 .880 129 2133 14 41 91
162 Game Avg. 162 635 557 88 187 40 7 8 96 7 61 31 .336 .407 .473 .880 129 264 5 11
CHC (9 yrs) 978 3964 3474 533 1167 237 40 49 589 39 395 176 .336 .408 .469 .877 130 1631 14 25 70
CLE (5 yrs) 332 1170 1034 181 348 84 14 14 184 14 9 99 71 .337 .403 .485 .888 128 502 16 21
NL (9 yrs) 978 3964 3474 533 1167 237 40 49 589 39 395 176 .336 .408 .469 .877 130 1631 14 25 70
AL (5 yrs) 332 1170 1034 181 348 84 14 14 184 14 9 99 71 .337 .403 .485 .888 128 502 16 21

Advanced Batting

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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
1921 23 CLE AL 240 146 38 7.0 116 .349 .330 .302 .408 .368 .461 .424 .869 .793 119 .641 7.3 0.7 .899 .257 .131 2.7
1922 24 CLE AL 267 155 49 8.5 111 .362 .339 .295 .421 .361 .511 .415 .932 .776 140 .742 15.3 1.5 1.006 .300 .172 2.4
1923 25 CLE AL 327 218 49 6.0 108 .336 .319 .290 .357 .360 .475 .401 .832 .761 118 .613 6.2 0.6 .767 .206 .156 5.0
1924 26 CLE AL 272 156 52 8.9 114 .376 .371 .300 .439 .370 .504 .412 .943 .783 141 .750 16.1 1.5 .974 .242 .133 1.6
1925 27 CLE AL 64 41 9 5.9 116 .300 .296 .301 .387 .371 .444 .422 .832 .793 110 .562 0.9 0.1 .821 .278 .148 1.0
1926 28 CHC NL 324 198 52 7.0 105 .351 .338 .289 .404 .350 .456 .401 .859 .751 129 .690 12.7 1.2 .866 .235 .117 2.4
1927 29 CHC NL 668 398 116 7.8 105 .353 .344 .291 .415 .350 .491 .402 .906 .752 141 .726 36.7 3.6 .955 .273 .147 7.5
1928 30 CHC NL 591 354 98 7.5 108 .333 .324 .289 .407 .354 .477 .411 .883 .764 131 .688 25.9 2.5 .934 .301 .152 8.0
1929 31 CHC NL 582 329 122 9.9 121 .354 .362 .304 .445 .368 .562 .443 1.006 .812 147 .746 40.3 3.6 1.146 .356 .200 12.6
1930 32 CHC NL 382 225 69 8.2 127 .380 .367 .313 .421 .372 .478 .466 .899 .837 116 .646 10.6 0.9 .912 .211 .111 2.9
1931 33 CHC NL 302 180 44 6.5 105 .335 .319 .288 .405 .347 .414 .406 .820 .753 119 .653 9.0 0.9 .827 .240 .095 1.0
1932 34 CHC NL 644 399 98 6.6 103 .335 .324 .283 .383 .336 .443 .410 .826 .745 122 .652 21.3 2.1 .805 .216 .118 3.4
1933 35 CHC NL 388 247 59 6.4 91 .337 .329 .274 .397 .327 .436 .375 .834 .702 138 .696 18.6 1.9 .799 .220 .107 4.4
1934 36 CHC NL 83 61 5 2.2 103 .232 .216 .285 .293 .340 .216 .405 .509 .744 40 .194 -6.2 -0.6 .400 .095 .000
14 Seasons 5134 3107 860 7.4 109 .346 .336 .292 .407 .354 .473 .414 .880 .767 129 .685 214.6 20.4 .899 .256 .137 57.6
162 Game Avg. 635 384 106 7.4 109 .346 .336 .292 .407 .354 .473 .414 .880 .767 129 .685 27 3 .899 .256 .137 7
CHC (9 yrs) 3964 2391 663 7.4 108 .344 .336 .291 .408 .350 .469 .414 .877 .764 130 .686 168.8 16.1 .900 .258 .134 43.4
CLE (5 yrs) 1170 716 197 7.4 112 .352 .337 .297 .403 .365 .485 .412 .888 .777 128 .682 45.7 4.4 .895 .250 .149 14.0
NL (9 yrs) 3964 2391 663 7.4 108 .344 .336 .291 .408 .350 .469 .414 .877 .764 130 .686 168.8 16.1 .900 .258 .134 43.4
AL (5 yrs) 1170 716 197 7.4 112 .352 .337 .297 .403 .365 .485 .412 .888 .777 128 .682 45.7 4.4 .895 .250 .149 14.0

Postseason Batting

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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
1929 31 CHC NL WS PHA L 5 21 19 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .316 .381 .368 .749 7 2 0 0 0 0
1932 34 CHC NL WS NYY L 4 18 18 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .500 .944 9 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 9 39 37 5 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 .378 .410 .432 .843 16 3 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 39 37 5 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 .378 .410 .432 .843 16 3 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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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
1921 23 65 240 206 45 68 17 2 2 34 4 1 23 15 .330 .408 .461 .869 119 95 4 7
1922 24 151 507 439 92 147 41 7 4 66 7 1 50 33 .335 .415 .487 .902 130 214 10 8
1923 25 242 834 740 140 243 61 13 9 131 12 6 65 58 .328 .392 .482 .875 125 357 13 16
1924 26 313 1106 980 173 332 81 13 13 175 13 8 92 68 .339 .404 .488 .892 129 478 15 19
1925 27 332 1170 1034 181 348 84 14 14 184 14 9 99 71 .337 .403 .485 .888 128 502 16 21
1926 28 414 1494 1315 221 443 102 17 17 228 16 9 130 87 .337 .403 .479 .882 128 630 16 33
1927 29 566 2162 1894 322 642 148 26 24 310 24 9 195 115 .339 .407 .483 .889 132 914 22 51
1928 30 703 2753 2406 397 808 184 35 32 400 32 9 263 144 .336 .407 .481 .888 132 1158 25 59
1929 31 839 3335 2901 488 987 220 41 49 510 42 9 330 165 .340 .413 .495 .908 135 1436 32 72
1930 32 948 3717 3242 544 1112 241 42 54 578 44 9 362 185 .343 .414 .493 .907 132 1599 32 81
1931 33 1028 4019 3505 578 1196 255 46 55 630 45 9 399 199 .341 .414 .487 .901 132 1708 33 82
1932 34 1175 4663 4088 664 1385 304 50 59 715 48 9 453 226 .339 .409 .481 .890 130 1966 35 87
1933 35 1272 5051 4434 709 1499 321 54 63 766 53 9 487 242 .338 .408 .477 .886 131 2117 12 40 90
1934 36 1310 5134 4508 714 1515 321 54 63 773 53 9 494 247 .336 .407 .473 .880 129 2133 14 41 91

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1921 23 68 236 210 40 65 16 2 2 30 4 22 16 .310 .386 .433 .819 34 65
1922 24 90 273 240 45 79 24 5 2 31 3 27 19 .329 .410 .496 .906 47 86
1923 25 96 328 310 46 94 20 6 5 63 5 15 26 .303 .341 .455 .796 47 91
1924 26 75 272 244 30 85 19 0 4 40 1 26 11 .348 .415 .475 .891 47 71
1925 27 20 61 54 7 14 3 1 1 7 1 6 3 .259 .344 .407 .752 7 19
1926 28 86 321 290 40 96 18 3 3 44 2 31 17 .331 .396 .445 .840 51 82
1927 29 160 675 603 101 203 47 9 7 82 8 66 29 .337 .407 .479 .887 117 152
1928 30 144 607 534 75 170 37 9 8 90 8 70 31 .318 .400 .466 .867 99 137
1929 31 143 566 498 79 166 33 6 16 95 9 62 22 .333 .413 .520 .934 105 136
1930 32 114 365 337 45 111 19 1 4 55 2 28 21 .329 .381 .427 .808 55 109
1931 33 84 313 274 35 87 14 4 1 53 1 38 15 .318 .403 .409 .811 45 80
1932 34 154 665 607 88 195 51 4 4 87 3 56 28 .321 .380 .438 .819 100 147
1933 35 101 413 369 52 127 19 4 4 59 6 38 17 .344 .414 .450 .864 68 97
1934 36 40 86 78 5 16 0 0 0 7 0 7 5 .205 .279 .205 .484 4 38
14 Seasons 1375 5181 4648 688 1508 320 54 61 743 53 492 260 .324 .394 .456 .850 826 1310
162 Game Avg. 162 610 548 81 178 38 6 7 88 6 58 31 .324 .394 .456 .850 97 1310

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1927-NL-20-4%
1929-NL-23-1%
1932-NL-5-40%
0.45 Career Shares (455th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 NL--.344--4th
1929 NL--.362--5th
1930 NL--.367--8th
Career--.336--22nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1927 NL--.415--4th
1928 NL--.407--5th
1929 NL--.445--5th
1932 NL--.383--9th
Career--.406--42nd

Slugging % s c a p y
1927 NL--.491--10th
1929 NL--.562--9th
Career--.473--212th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1927 NL--.906--7th
1929 NL--1.006--8th
Career--.880--97th

Games Played s c a p y
1927 NL--152--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1927 NL--579--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1927 NL--668--7th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1927 NL--101--7th

Hits s c a p y
1927 NL--199--5th
1932 NL--189--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1927 NL--284--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1927 NL--46--1st
1928 NL--36--8th
1932 NL--49--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1927 NL--65--7th
1928 NL--68--8th
1932 NL--54--10th

Singles s c a p y
1927 NL--137--8th
1932 NL--132--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1927 NL--141--6th
1929 NL--147--8th
Career--129--169th

Runs Created s c a p y
1927 NL--116--4th
1932 NL--98--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1927 NL--37--5th
1928 NL--26--9th
1929 NL--40--7th
1932 NL--21--9th
Career--215--233rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1927 NL--3.6--5th
1928 NL--2.5--9th
1929 NL--3.6--7th
1932 NL--2.1--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1927 NL--62--6th
1932 NL--57--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1927 NL--270--3rd
1932 NL--245--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1927 NL--.726--6th
1929 NL--.746--7th
Career--.685--104th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1927 NL--6--5th
1929 NL--7--3rd
1933 NL--5--6th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1929 NL--12.6--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
Career--18.3--137th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 41 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 56 (335), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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