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Riggs Stephenson
Jackson Riggs Stephenson (Old Hoss)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Alabama

Debut April 13, 1921
Final Game September 24, 1934
Born January 5, 1898 in Akron, AL
Died November 15, 1985 in Tuscaloosa, AL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 23 CLE AL  65  206   45   68  17  2   2   34   4  1  23  15  .330  .408  .461  119   95   7           4    
 1922 24 CLE AL  86  233   47   79  24  5   2   32   3  0  27  18  .339  .421  .511  141  119   1           6    
 1923 25 CLE AL  91  301   48   96  20  6   5   65   5  5  15  25  .319  .357  .475  118  143   8           3    
 1924 26 CLE AL  71  240   33   89  20  0   4   44   1  2  27  10  .371  .439  .504  142  121   3           2    
 1925 27 CLE AL  19   54    8   16   3  1   1    9   1  1   7   3  .296  .387  .444  110   24   2           1    
 1926 28 CHC NL  82  281   40   95  18  3   3   44   2     31  16  .338  .404  .456  130  128  12           0    
 1927 29 CHC NL 152  579  101  199  46  9   7   82   8     65  28  .344  .415  .491  142  284  18           6     MVP-20
 1928 30 CHC NL 137  512   75  166  36  9   8   90   8     68  29  .324  .407  .477  131  244   8           3    
 1929 31 CHC NL 136  495   91  179  36  6  17  110  10     67  21  .362  .445  .562  147  278  13           7     MVP-23
 1930 32 CHC NL 109  341   56  125  21  1   5   68   2     32  20  .367  .421  .478  116  163   9           0    
 1931 33 CHC NL  80  263   34   84  14  4   1   52   1     37  14  .319  .405  .414  119  109   1           1    
 1932 34 CHC NL 147  583   86  189  49  4   4   85   3     54  27  .324  .383  .443  122  258   5           2     MVP-5
 1933 35 CHC NL  97  346   45  114  17  4   4   51   5     34  16  .329  .397  .436  138  151   3           5  12
 1934 36 CHC NL  38   74    5   16   0  0   0    7   0      7   5  .216  .293  .216   40   16   1           1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1310 4508  714 1515 321 54  63  773  53  9 494 247  .336  .407  .473  130 2133  91   0   0  41  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        557   88  187  40  7   8   96   7  1  61  31  .336  .407  .473  130  264  11   0   0   5   2
 Career High    152  583  101  199  49  9  17  110  10  5  68  29  .371  .445  .562  147  284  18   0   0   7  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 23 CLE AL  240  146   38   7.0   116| .330  .302| .408  .368| .461  .424| .869  .793| 119  .641   7.3   0.7  80%
 1922 24 CLE AL  267  155   49   8.5   111| .339  .294| .421  .359| .511  .413| .932  .772| 141  .742  15.6   1.5 100%
 1923 25 CLE AL  327  218   49   6.0   108| .319  .290| .357  .360| .475  .401| .832  .761| 118  .613   6.2   0.6  50%
 1924 26 CLE AL  272  156   52   8.9   113| .371  .299| .439  .369| .504  .411| .943  .780| 142  .750  16.4   1.6  33%
 1925 27 CLE AL   64   41    9   5.9   116| .296  .301| .387  .371| .444  .422| .831  .793| 110  .562   0.9   0.1  50%
 1926 28 CHC NL  324  198   52   7.0   104| .338  .288| .404  .348| .456  .400| .860  .748| 130  .690  13.1   1.3     
 1927 29 CHC NL  668  398  116   7.8   104| .344  .290| .415  .349| .491  .400| .906  .749| 142  .726  37.5   3.7     
 1928 30 CHC NL  591  354   98   7.5   108| .324  .289| .407  .354| .477  .411| .884  .764| 131  .688  25.9   2.5     
 1929 31 CHC NL  582  329  122   9.9   121| .362  .304| .445  .368| .562  .443|1.007  .812| 147  .746  40.3   3.6     
 1930 32 CHC NL  382  225   69   8.2   127| .367  .313| .421  .372| .478  .466| .899  .837| 116  .646  10.6   0.9     
 1931 33 CHC NL  302  180   44   6.5   105| .319  .288| .405  .347| .414  .406| .819  .753| 119  .653   9.0   0.9     
 1932 34 CHC NL  644  399   98   6.6   103| .324  .283| .383  .336| .443  .410| .826  .745| 122  .652  21.3   2.1     
 1933 35 CHC NL  388  247   59   6.4    91| .329  .274| .397  .327| .436  .375| .833  .702| 138  .696  18.6   1.9     
 1934 36 CHC NL   83   61    5   2.2   103| .216  .285| .293  .340| .216  .405| .509  .744|  40  .194  -6.2  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5134 3107  860   7.4   109| .336  .292| .407  .353| .473  .413| .880  .766| 130  .685 216.4  20.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1921 23 CLE AL 2B 54 122 153 17 30 .942 .956 5.09 5.35 3B 2 0 2 0 2 1.000 .952 1.00 3.25 1922 24 CLE AL 3B 34 31 69 5 5 .952 .950 2.94 3.24 2B 25 44 67 6 6 .949 .966 4.44 5.49 OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.23 2 0 1 1923 25 CLE AL 2B 66 205 214 13 49 .970 .965 6.35 5.35 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.27 0 0 3 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.25 1924 26 CLE AL 2B 58 114 179 12 20 .961 .966 5.05 5.39 OF 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 .970 1.86 2.27 0 0 7 1925 27 CLE AL OF 16 33 2 2 1 .946 .964 2.19 2.27 0 0 16 1926 28 CHC NL OF 74 126 7 7 0 .950 .965 1.80 2.26 73 0 1 1927 29 CHC NL OF 146 297 18 8 5 .975 .970 2.16 2.35 146 0 0 3B 6 12 7 2 2 .905 .945 3.17 2.82 1928 30 CHC NL OF 135 268 10 5 1 .982 .972 2.06 2.31 135 0 0 1929 31 CHC NL OF 130 245 9 4 4 .984 .973 1.95 2.38 130 0 0 1930 32 CHC NL OF 80 132 5 6 1 .958 .968 1.71 2.28 80 0 0 1931 33 CHC NL OF 66 134 1 2 1 .985 .973 2.05 2.38 66 0 0 1932 34 CHC NL OF 147 298 7 5 2 .984 .976 2.07 2.41 147 0 0 1933 35 CHC NL OF 91 187 5 3 2 .985 .977 2.11 2.35 91 0 0 1934 36 CHC NL OF 15 26 3 0 1 1.000 .973 1.93 2.26 15 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 23 CLE AL 2B 54 122 153 17 30 .942 .956 5.09 5.35 1922 24 CLE AL 2B 25 44 67 6 6 .949 .966 4.44 5.49 1923 25 CLE AL 2B 66 205 214 13 49 .970 .965 6.35 5.35 1924 26 CLE AL 2B 58 114 179 12 20 .961 .966 5.05 5.39 1921 23 CLE AL 3B 2 0 2 0 2 1.000 .952 1.00 3.25 1922 24 CLE AL 3B 34 31 69 5 5 .952 .950 2.94 3.24 1923 25 CLE AL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.25 1927 29 CHC NL 3B 6 12 7 2 2 .905 .945 3.17 2.82 1922 24 CLE AL OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.23 2 0 1 1923 25 CLE AL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.27 0 0 3 1924 26 CLE AL OF 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 .970 1.86 2.27 0 0 7 1925 27 CLE AL OF 16 33 2 2 1 .946 .964 2.19 2.27 0 0 16 1926 28 CHC NL OF 74 126 7 7 0 .950 .965 1.80 2.26 73 0 1 1927 29 CHC NL OF 146 297 18 8 5 .975 .970 2.16 2.35 146 0 0 1928 30 CHC NL OF 135 268 10 5 1 .982 .972 2.06 2.31 135 0 0 1929 31 CHC NL OF 130 245 9 4 4 .984 .973 1.95 2.38 130 0 0 1930 32 CHC NL OF 80 132 5 6 1 .958 .968 1.71 2.28 80 0 0 1931 33 CHC NL OF 66 134 1 2 1 .985 .973 2.05 2.38 66 0 0 1932 34 CHC NL OF 147 298 7 5 2 .984 .976 2.07 2.41 147 0 0 1933 35 CHC NL OF 91 187 5 3 2 .985 .977 2.11 2.35 91 0 0 1934 36 CHC NL OF 15 26 3 0 1 1.000 .973 1.93 2.26 15 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 913 1759 68 42 18 .978 .972 2.00 2.34 885 0 28 2B 203 485 613 48 105 .958 .963 5.41 5.38 3B 44 45 80 7 9 .947 .949 2.84 3.18 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1160 2289 761 97 132 .969 .968 2.63 2.91
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   5  19   3   6  1  0  0   3   2   2  .316  .381  .368   0  0   0   0   0 
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   4  18   2   8  1  0  0   4   0   0  .444  .444  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   9  37   5  14  2  0  0   7   2   2  .378  .410  .432   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1927-NL-20-0.04
1929-NL-23-0.01
1932-NL-5-0.40
Car-452-0.45 shares

Batting Average
1927 NL-.344-4
1929 NL-.362-5
1930 NL-.367-8
Car-.336-22

On-base %
1927 NL-.415-4
1928 NL-.407-5
1929 NL-.445-5
1932 NL-.383-9
Car-.406-45

Slugging %
1927 NL-.491-10
1929 NL-.562-9

OPS
1927 NL-.906-7
1929 NL-1.006-8
Car-.880-91

Games
1927 NL-152-6

At Bats
1927 NL-579-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1927 NL-668-7

Runs
1927 NL-101-7

Hits
1927 NL-199-5
1932 NL-189-7

Total Bases
1927 NL-284-7

Doubles
1927 NL-46-1
1928 NL-36-8
1932 NL-49-3

Bases on Balls
1927 NL-65-7
1928 NL-68-8
1932 NL-54-10

Singles
1927 NL-137-8
1932 NL-132-8

Adjusted OPS+
1927 NL-142-6
1929 NL-147-8

Runs Created
1927 NL-116-4
1932 NL-98-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1927 NL-38-5
1928 NL-26-9
1929 NL-40-7
1932 NL-21-9

Batting Wins
1927 NL-3.7-4
1928 NL-2.5-8
1929 NL-3.6-7
1932 NL-2.1-9

Extra-Base Hits
1927 NL-62-6
1932 NL-57-10

Times on Base
1927 NL-270-3
1932 NL-245-10

Offensive Win%
1927 NL-.726-6
1929 NL-.746-7

Hit By Pitch
1927 NL-6-5
1929 NL-7-3
1933 NL-5-6

Power/Speed Number
1929 NL-12.6-7

 

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 41 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 33.3 (209) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 56.5 (324) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

October 30, 1934: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


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