Lew Riggs

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: April 22, 1910 in Mebane, NC us

Died: August 12, 1975 in Durham, NC

Buried: Rock Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Graham, NC

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: April 28, 1934 (Age 24-006d, 7,717th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 16, 1946 (Age 35-359d)
vs. BSN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Lewis Sidney Riggs

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.8

2477

650

.262

298

RBI

271

OBP

.317

SLG

.376

OPS

.693

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	22 (21)	May 19	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	23	May 20	CIN		BSN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	24	May 21	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	27 (2)	May 24	CIN		BRO	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	28	May 25	CIN		NYG	L,3-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	30 (1)	May 27	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	31	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	32	May 29 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	33	May 29 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	34	May 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	35	May 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
12	36	May 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	37	Jun 2	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
14	38	Jun 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
15	39	Jun 5	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
16	40	Jun 6	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	42 (1)	Jun 8	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	43	Jun 9 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
19	44	Jun 9 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	45	Jun 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS	39	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
21	46	Jun 12	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
22	47	Jun 13 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	48	Jun 13 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
24	49	Jun 15	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	50	Jun 18	CIN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	51	Jun 19	CIN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
27	52	Jun 20	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	53	Jun 22	CIN		PHI	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	54	Jun 23	CIN		PHI	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
30	55	Jun 24	CIN		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	56	Jun 25	CIN		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
32	57	Jun 26	CIN		BSN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
33	58	Jun 27 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
34	59	Jun 27 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
35	60	Jun 29 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	61	Jun 29 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	62	Jun 30	CIN		PIT	L,0-6	GS	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	63	Jul 3	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
39	64	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	65	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	1
41	66	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	68 (1)	Jul 9	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
43	69	Jul 10	CIN	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	70	Jul 11 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
45	71	Jul 11 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	72	Jul 14	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	73	Jul 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
48	74	Jul 17	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	75	Jul 18 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
50	76	Jul 18 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
51	77	Jul 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
52	78	Jul 21	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	79	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	2	3	0	5	0
54	80	Jul 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
55	81	Jul 24	CIN	@	PHI	L,11-13	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	82	Jul 25 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
57	83	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
58	84	Jul 27	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	85	Jul 28	CIN		BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
60	86	Jul 29	CIN		BSN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	87	Jul 30	CIN		PHI	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
62	88	Jul 31	CIN		PHI	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	89	Aug 1 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	90	Aug 1 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	91	Aug 3	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	3	1	6	0
66	92	Aug 4	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
67	93	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	47	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	94	Aug 6	CIN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
69	95	Aug 7	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	96	Aug 8 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	97	Aug 8 (2)	CIN		BRO	T,1-1	CG	36	10.0	2	3	2	7	0
72	98	Aug 10	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	99	Aug 11	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
74	100	Aug 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-22	CG	55	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
75	101	Aug 14	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
76	102	Aug 15 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-6	GS	32	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	103	Aug 15 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
78	104	Aug 17	CIN		STL	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	105	Aug 19 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
80	106	Aug 19 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
81	107	Aug 20	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	108	Aug 21	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
83	109	Aug 22 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	110	Aug 22 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
85	111	Aug 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
86	112	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	113	Aug 28 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	114	Aug 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	115	Aug 30	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
90	116	Aug 31	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	117	Sep 1 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
92	118	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
93	119	Sep 3	CIN		STL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	120	Sep 5 (1)	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	121	Sep 5 (2)	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
96	122	Sep 6 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	123	Sep 6 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
98	124	Sep 8 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	44	9.2	0	6	0	6	0
99	125	Sep 8 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
100	127 (1)	Sep 10	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	46	8.2	0	3	0	3	1
101	128	Sep 11	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
102	129	Sep 12 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,10-7	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
103	130	Sep 12 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
							105gm		873.0	112	226	21	359	16