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

Born: January 5, 1898 in Akron, AL
Schools: 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 .932 141 119 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 .943 142 121 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 .859 130 128 0 12 O
1927 29 CHC NL 152 668 579 101 199 46 9 7 82 8 65 28 .344 .415 .491 .906 142 284 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 .880 130 2133 14 41 91
162 Game Avg. 162 635 557 88 187 40 7 8 96 7 61 31 .336 .407 .473 .880 130 264 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 .888 129 502 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 .888 129 502 16 21

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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1921 CLE AL 23 2B 54 292 122 153 17 30 .942 5.09 .957 5.35
1921 CLE AL 23 3B 2 2 0 2 0 2 1.000 1.00 .950 3.25
1922 CLE AL 24 3B 34 105 31 69 5 5 .952 2.94 .950 3.24
1922 CLE AL 24 2B 25 117 44 67 6 6 .949 4.44 .967 5.49
1922 CLE AL 24 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 2.23 2-0-1
1923 CLE AL 25 2B 66 432 205 214 13 49 .970 6.35 .965 5.35
1923 CLE AL 25 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.27 0-0-3
1923 CLE AL 25 3B 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.25
1924 CLE AL 26 2B 58 305 114 179 12 20 .961 5.05 .966 5.39
1924 CLE AL 26 OF 7 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 .969 2.27 0-0-7
1925 CLE AL 27 OF 16 37 33 2 2 1 .946 2.19 .965 2.27 0-0-16
1926 CHC NL 28 OF 74 140 126 7 7 0 .950 1.80 .966 2.26 73-0-1
1927 CHC NL 29 OF 146 323 297 18 8 5 .975 2.16 .970 2.35 146-0-0 MVP-20
1927 CHC NL 29 3B 6 21 12 7 2 2 .905 3.17 .948 2.82 MVP-20
1928 CHC NL 30 OF 135 283 268 10 5 1 .982 2.06 .972 2.31 135-0-0
1929 CHC NL 31 OF 130 258 245 9 4 4 .984 1.95 .973 2.38 130-0-0 MVP-23
1930 CHC NL 32 OF 80 143 132 5 6 1 .958 1.71 .969 2.28 80-0-0
1931 CHC NL 33 OF 66 137 134 1 2 1 .985 2.05 .973 2.38 66-0-0
1932 CHC NL 34 OF 147 310 298 7 5 2 .984 2.07 .976 2.41 147-0-0 MVP-5
1933 CHC NL 35 OF 91 195 187 5 3 2 .985 2.11 .977 2.35 91-0-0
1934 CHC NL 36 OF 15 29 26 3 0 1 1.000 1.93 .972 2.26 15-0-0
13 Seasons OF 913 1869 1759 68 42 18 .978 2.00 .972 2.34 885-0-28
4 Seasons 2B 203 1146 485 613 48 105 .958 5.41 .963 5.38
4 Seasons 3B 44 132 45 80 7 9 .947 2.84 .949 3.18
14 Seasons TOT 1160 3147 2289 761 97 132 .969 2.63 .937 2.91 885-0-28
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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--44th

Slugging % s c a p y
1927 NL--.491--10th
1929 NL--.562--9th
Career--.473--210th

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--142--6th
1929 NL--147--8th
Career--130--163rd

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--38--5th
1928 NL--26--9th
1929 NL--40--7th
1932 NL--21--9th
Career--216--219th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1927 NL--3.7--4th
1928 NL--2.5--8th
1929 NL--3.6--7th
1932 NL--2.1--9th
Career--20.8--242nd

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--103rd

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--18.250--137th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 41 (590), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 56 (329), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

October 30, 1934: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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Name and misspellings: Jackson Old Hoss Riggs stephanson Stephenson stevenson

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