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Bill Rigney

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Full Name: William Joseph Rigney Primary Position: 2B,3B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/178 First Game: April 16, 1946
Birthdate: January 29, 1918 Final Game: September 12, 1953
Birthplace: Alameda, California MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: February 20, 2001
Deathplace: Walnut Creek, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Bill Rigney (William Joseph Rigney) was born on January 29, 1918 in Alameda, California. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1946 for the New York Giants. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .236 with 3 home runs and 31 RBI. Rigney played for the New York Giants for his entire 8 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Rigney's best season was 1947, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 59 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1946 NY N 110 360 38 85 3 31 .236 .307 .292 9 1 36 29 1 5 9 0 7
1947 NY N 130 531 84 142 17 59 .267 .337 .420 24 3 51 54 5 9 7 0 10
1948 NY N 113 424 72 112 10 43 .264 .342 .389 17 3 47 54 3 4 4 0 9
1949 NY N 122 389 53 108 6 47 .278 .356 .404 19 6 47 38 0 5 3 0 10
1950 NY N 56 83 8 15 0 8 .181 .253 .205 2 0 8 13 0 1 0 0 3
1951 NY N 44 69 9 16 4 9 .232 .321 .435 2 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 0
1952 NY N 60 90 15 27 1 14 .300 .388 .411 5 1 11 6 2 2 2 0 2
1953 NY N 19 20 2 5 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 654 1966 281 510 41 212 .259 .334 .376 78 14 208 206 12 28 25 0 41

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1946 NY N 3B 73 0 0 77 143 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1946 NY N SS 33 0 0 53 81 9 14 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1947 NY N 3B 41 0 0 47 76 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 .932
1947 NY N SS 24 0 0 33 53 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1947 NY N 2B 72 0 0 184 229 11 41 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1948 NY N SS 7 0 0 7 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1948 NY N 2B 105 0 0 258 275 18 48 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1949 NY N 3B 14 0 0 10 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1949 NY N SS 81 0 0 120 215 26 33 0 0 0 0 0 .928
1949 NY N 2B 26 0 0 55 79 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1950 NY N 2B 23 0 0 29 27 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1950 NY N 3B 11 0 0 15 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1951 NY N 3B 12 0 0 13 28 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1951 NY N 2B 9 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1952 NY N 3B 10 0 0 7 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1952 NY N 1B 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 NY N 2B 9 0 0 10 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 NY N SS 4 0 0 11 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .846
1953 NY N 3B 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 NY N 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 149 0 0 224 372 46 60 0 0 0 0 0 .928
Total 2B 245 0 0 550 638 36 116 0 0 0 0 0 .971
Total 3B 163 0 0 172 300 24 26 0 0 0 0 0 .952

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Oakland (PCL) to New York Giants in exchange for Dolph Camilli (December 9, 1943).

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