Johnny Rigney
[edit] Biography
Born on October 28, 1914 in Oak Park, Illinois, Johnny Rigney (John Dungan Rigney) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 8 year career. Rigney broke into the bigs on April 21, 1937 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.96 ERA in 90.2 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Johnny Rigney's best season was 1940, when he posted a 3.11 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 141 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| 22
| 4
| 2
| 5
| 4.96
| 38
| 65
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 90.2
| 107
| 10
| 46
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| 38
| 12
| 9
| 9
| 3.56
| 84
| 74
| 66
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 167
| 164
| 16
| 72
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| 35
| 29
| 15
| 8
| 3.70
| 119
| 103
| 90
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 218.2
| 208
| 10
| 84
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 39
| 33
| 14
| 18
| 3.11
| 141
| 117
| 97
| 19
| 2
| 3
| 280.2
| 240
| 22
| 90
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 29
| 13
| 13
| 3.84
| 119
| 116
| 101
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 237
| 224
| 21
| 92
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 7
| 3
| 3
| 3.20
| 34
| 23
| 21
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 40
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| 15
| 11
| 5
| 5
| 4.03
| 51
| 37
| 37
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 82.2
| 76
| 6
| 35
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 11
| 7
| 2
| 3
| 1.95
| 19
| 15
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 50.2
| 42
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 197
| 132
| 63
| 64
| 3.59
| 605
| 550
| 473
| 66
| 10
| 5
| 1186.1
| 1101
| 90
| 450
| 0
| 27
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 32
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 30
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 46
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 42
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 197
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 202
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| 22
| 30
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .265
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| 38
| 55
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .145
| .161
| .164
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| 35
| 80
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 7
| .200
| .220
| .250
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 40
| 93
| 5
| 20
| 0
| 7
| .215
| .240
| .258
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 28
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 84
| 8
| 17
| 0
| 5
| .202
| .256
| .238
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .100
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| 15
| 26
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
| .154
| .154
| .192
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 11
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 198
| 401
| 25
| 71
| 0
| 27
| .177
| .211
| .209
| 11
| 1
| 17
| 113
| 0
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 13
|
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