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Riggs Stephenson

Jackson Riggs Stephenson (Old Hoss)

Positions: Leftfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 5, 1898 in Akron, AL
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1921
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians 1921-1934

Final Game: September 24, 1934
Died: November 15, 1985 in Tuscaloosa, AL
Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL
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Standard Batting

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/O79
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/O59
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/O9
1925 27 CLE AL 19 65 54 8 16 3 1 1 9 1 1 7 3 .296 .387 .444 .832 110 24 1 2 O9
1926 28 CHC NL 82 324 281 40 95 18 3 3 44 2 31 16 .338 .404 .456 .859 130 128 0 12 O7/9
1927 29 CHC NL 152 668 579 101 199 46 9 7 82 8 65 28 .344 .415 .491 .906 140 284 6 18 *7O/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 *7O
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 *7O 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 7O
1931 33 CHC NL 80 302 263 34 84 14 4 1 52 1 37 14 .319 .405 .414 .820 119 109 1 1 7O
1932 34 CHC NL 147 644 583 86 189 49 4 4 85 3 54 27 .324 .383 .443 .826 121 258 2 5 *7O 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 7O
1934 36 CHC NL 38 82 74 5 16 0 0 0 7 0 7 5 .216 .293 .216 .509 40 16 2 1 1 7O
14 Yrs 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 3963 3474 533 1167 237 40 49 589 39 395 176 .336 .408 .469 .877 129 1631 14 25 70
CLE (5 yrs) 332 1171 1034 181 348 84 14 14 184 14 9 99 71 .337 .403 .485 .888 128 502 16 21
NL (9 yrs) 978 3963 3474 533 1167 237 40 49 589 39 395 176 .336 .408 .469 .877 129 1631 14 25 70
AL (5 yrs) 332 1171 1034 181 348 84 14 14 184 14 9 99 71 .337 .403 .485 .888 128 502 16 21

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1921 23 CLE AL 65 240 7 1 0 -5 1 4 0.4 7 12 1.2 .506 .503 1.6 -0.3 17 $ 4/5
1922 24 CLE AL 86 267 14 1 0 -1 2 16 1.5 8 24 2.4 .518 .510 2.5 0.0 26 $ 54/O79
1923 25 CLE AL 91 327 6 -0 0 -2 2 6 0.6 10 16 1.6 .507 .504 1.8 0.0 18 $ 4/O59
1924 26 CLE AL 71 272 16 -0 0 -6 2 11 1.1 8 20 2.0 .515 .507 2.5 -0.4 26 $ 4/O9
1925 27 CLE AL 19 65 1 -0 0 1 -1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ O9
1926 28 CHC NL 82 324 13 -0 0 -2 -4 7 0.7 9 17 1.6 .509 .505 1.8 -0.6 19 $ O7/9
1927 29 CHC NL 152 668 35 -1 0 0 -7 28 2.7 19 47 4.6 .518 .517 4.7 -0.7 47 $ *7O/5 MVP-20
1928 30 CHC NL 137 591 25 -1 0 2 -6 20 1.9 17 37 3.6 .515 .513 3.5 -0.5 35 $ *7O
1929 31 CHC NL 136 582 42 -1 0 -2 -6 33 2.9 16 49 4.6 .522 .518 4.8 -0.7 51 $ *7O MVP-23
1930 32 CHC NL 109 382 12 0 0 -4 -4 4 0.4 11 15 1.4 .503 .502 1.8 -0.7 19 $15,000 7O
1931 33 CHC NL 80 302 9 0 0 0 -3 6 0.6 9 15 1.4 .508 .504 1.5 -0.3 15 $ 7O
1932 34 CHC NL 147 644 20 0 0 0 -7 13 1.2 18 31 3.0 .509 .508 3.1 -0.7 31 $ *7O MVP-5
1933 35 CHC NL 97 388 18 -0 0 2 -4 15 1.6 11 26 2.7 .517 .510 2.5 -0.3 24 $ 7O
1934 36 CHC NL 38 82 -6 0 0 0 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .483 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $ 7O
14 Seasons 1310 5134 212 -1 0 -17 -35 159 15.2 150 309 30.0 .512 .507 31.9 -5.3 326 $15,000
CHC (9 yrs) 978 3963 168 -3 0 -4 -41 120 11.4 113 233 22.5 .512 .508 23.3 -4.6 237 $15,000
CLE (5 yrs) 332 1171 45 1 0 -13 6 39 3.8 37 76 7.5 .511 .505 8.6 -0.6 89 $

Advanced Batting

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 .296 .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 65 41 9 5.9 116 .300 .296 .301 .387 .371 .444 .422 .832 .793 110 .563 0.9 0.1 .821 .278 .148 1.0
1926 28 CHC NL 324 198 52 7.0 104 .351 .338 .288 .404 .348 .456 .400 .859 .748 130 .690 13.1 1.3 .866 .235 .117 2.4
1927 29 CHC NL 668 398 116 7.8 106 .353 .344 .293 .415 .352 .491 .404 .906 .755 140 .726 35.9 3.5 .955 .273 .147 7.5
1928 30 CHC NL 591 354 98 7.4 108 .333 .324 .289 .407 .354 .477 .411 .883 .765 131 .688 25.8 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 .838 116 .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 6.6 104 .335 .324 .284 .383 .337 .443 .411 .826 .749 121 .652 20.5 2.0 .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 82 61 5 2.2 103 .232 .216 .285 .293 .340 .216 .405 .509 .744 40 .196 -6.2 -0.6 .400 .095 .000
14 Yrs 5134 3107 860 7.4 109 .346 .336 .293 .407 .354 .473 .414 .880 .768 129 .685 213.2 20.3 .899 .256 .137 57.6
162 Game Avg. 635 384 106 7.4 109 .346 .336 .293 .407 .354 .473 .414 .880 .768 129 .685 26 3 .899 .256 .137 7
CHC (9 yrs) 3963 2391 663 7.4 108 .344 .336 .292 .408 .351 .469 .415 .877 .765 129 .686 167.5 15.9 .900 .258 .134 43.4
CLE (5 yrs) 1171 716 197 7.4 112 .352 .337 .297 .403 .365 .485 .413 .888 .777 128 .682 45.7 4.4 .895 .250 .149 14.0
NL (9 yrs) 3963 2391 663 7.4 108 .344 .336 .292 .408 .351 .469 .415 .877 .765 129 .686 167.5 15.9 .900 .258 .134 43.4
AL (5 yrs) 1171 716 197 7.4 112 .352 .337 .297 .403 .365 .485 .413 .888 .777 128 .682 45.7 4.4 .895 .250 .149 14.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1921 23 CLE AL 240 0.8% 6.3% 9.6% 8.8% 31% 0.65 13.7 103.0 6.1 79%
1922 24 CLE AL 267 0.8% 6.7% 10.1% 11.6% 39% 0.67 12.9 116.5 7.3 80%
1923 25 CLE AL 327 1.5% 7.7% 4.6% 9.5% 32% 1.67 12.0 60.2 4.6 83%
1924 26 CLE AL 272 1.5% 3.7% 9.9% 8.8% 27% 0.37 24.0 60.0 5.5 83%
1925 27 CLE AL 65 1.5% 4.6% 10.8% 7.7% 31% 0.43 18.0 54.0 6.0 77%
1926 28 CHC NL 324 0.9% 4.9% 9.6% 7.4% 25% 0.52 17.6 93.7 6.4 81%
1927 29 CHC NL 668 1.1% 4.2% 9.7% 9.3% 31% 0.43 20.7 82.7 7.1 81%
1928 30 CHC NL 591 1.4% 4.9% 11.5% 9.0% 32% 0.43 17.7 64.0 5.7 80%
1929 31 CHC NL 582 2.9% 3.6% 11.5% 10.1% 33% 0.31 23.6 29.1 4.5 79%
1930 32 CHC NL 382 1.3% 5.2% 8.4% 7.1% 22% 0.63 17.1 68.2 5.0 83%
1931 33 CHC NL 302 0.3% 4.6% 12.3% 6.3% 23% 0.38 18.8 263.0 5.1 82%
1932 34 CHC NL 644 0.6% 4.2% 8.4% 8.9% 30% 0.50 21.6 145.8 6.9 86%
1933 35 CHC NL 388 1.0% 4.1% 8.8% 6.4% 22% 0.47 21.6 86.5 6.8 84%
1934 36 CHC NL 82 0.0% 6.1% 8.5% 0.0% 0% 0.71 14.8 10.6 84%
14 Yrs 5134 1.2% 4.8% 9.6% 8.5% 29% 0.50 18.3 71.6 5.8 82%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.6% 7.9% 6.8% 27% 0.96 11.8 76.3 7.7 80%

Cumulative Batting

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 1171 1034 181 348 84 14 14 184 14 9 99 71 .337 .403 .485 .888 128 502 16 21
1926 28 414 1495 1315 221 443 102 17 17 228 16 9 130 87 .337 .403 .479 .882 128 630 16 33
1927 29 566 2163 1894 322 642 148 26 24 310 24 9 195 115 .339 .407 .483 .889 132 914 22 51
1928 30 703 2754 2406 397 808 184 35 32 400 32 9 263 144 .336 .407 .481 .888 132 1158 25 59
1929 31 839 3336 2901 488 987 220 41 49 510 42 9 330 165 .340 .413 .495 .908 135 1436 32 72
1930 32 948 3718 3242 544 1112 241 42 54 578 44 9 362 185 .343 .414 .493 .907 132 1599 32 81
1931 33 1028 4020 3505 578 1196 255 46 55 630 45 9 399 199 .341 .414 .487 .901 131 1708 33 82
1932 34 1175 4664 4088 664 1385 304 50 59 715 48 9 453 226 .339 .409 .481 .890 130 1966 35 87
1933 35 1272 5052 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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1921 23 68 243 210 40 65 16 2 2 30 4 22 16 .310 .386 .433 .819 34 65
1922 24 90 273 239 45 78 24 5 2 30 3 27 19 .326 .408 .494 .902 46 86
1923 25 96 338 312 46 96 20 6 5 63 5 15 26 .308 .345 .458 .804 48 91
1924 26 75 276 245 30 86 19 0 4 41 1 26 11 .351 .418 .478 .895 48 71
1925 27 20 66 56 7 16 3 1 1 8 1 7 3 .286 .375 .429 .804 8 19
1926 28 86 336 291 40 97 18 3 3 44 2 32 17 .333 .399 .447 .846 52 82
1927 29 160 693 602 100 202 47 9 7 82 8 66 29 .336 .407 .478 .885 116 152
1928 30 144 615 534 75 170 37 9 8 90 8 70 31 .318 .400 .466 .867 99 137
1929 31 143 580 498 79 166 33 6 16 95 9 62 22 .333 .413 .520 .934 105 136
1930 32 114 374 337 45 111 19 1 4 55 2 28 21 .329 .381 .427 .808 55 109
1931 33 84 314 274 35 87 14 4 1 53 1 38 15 .318 .403 .409 .811 45 80
1932 34 154 667 605 87 193 50 4 4 86 3 55 28 .319 .378 .435 .812 99 147
1933 35 101 416 369 52 127 19 4 4 59 6 38 17 .344 .414 .450 .864 68 97
1934 36 40 87 78 5 16 0 0 0 7 0 7 5 .205 .279 .205 .484 4 38
14 Yrs 1375 5278 4650 686 1510 319 54 61 743 53 493 260 .325 .394 .456 .850 827 1310
162 Game Avg. 162 622 548 81 178 38 6 7 88 6 58 31 .325 .394 .456 .850 97 1310

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1927 NL (20, 4%)
1929 NL (23, 1%)
1932 NL (5, 40%)
0.45 Career Shares (472nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1927 NL  4.6 (8th)
1929 NL  4.6 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1927 NL  4.7 (6th)
1929 NL  4.8 (7th)

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  .407 (42nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1927 NL  .491 (10th)
1929 NL  .562 (9th)
Career  .473 (227th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1927 NL  .906 (7th)
1929 NL  1.006 (8th)
Career  .880 (95th)

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 (7th)
1929 NL  147 (7th)
Career  129 (174th)

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  20 (9th)
Career  213 (242nd)

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  2.0 (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 (154th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 41 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 56 (344), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  9. Ross Youngs (884) *
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  7. Jake Stenzel (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bing Miller (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bing Miller (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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