Topper
Rigney
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 155
 
Born: January 7, 1897 in Usa, TX, GROVETON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 25 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1923 26 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
1924 27 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1925 28 DET AL $ 1,621,429   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1926 29 DET AL $ 1,707,143   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1927 30 DET AL $ 1,707,143   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1928 31 PHI NL $ 752,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1929 32 DET AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,707,143   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 25 PIT NL 23 62 9 22 1 2 0 5 2 2 8 4 .355 .429 .435 .864 10.7 1.9
  DET AL 74 256 46 74 14 2 1 19 10 9 35 19 .289 .377 .371 .748 35.3 5.4
  TOT   97 318 55 96 15 4 1 24 12 11 43 23 .302 .387 .384 .770 46.0 7.3
1923 26 DET AL 138 484 54 128 15 3 1 43 7 9 42 32 .264 .322 .314 .636 49.5 5.2
1924 27 DET AL 131 390 58 107 15 7 1 34 12 9 52 19 .274 .359 .356 .715 48.4 7.5
1925 28 DET AL 144 526 89 155 17 4 5 51 20 9 76 29 .295 .382 .371 .753 80.3 13.3
1926 29 DET AL 103 299 45 89 13 6 1 21 10 2 49 31 .298 .395 .391 .787 48.1 10.1
1927 30 DET AL 87 235 15 64 11 1 0 26 3 3 23 15 .272 .331 .328 .658 27.3 4.3
1928 31 PHI NL 73 166 13 42 7 4 0 15 0 0 28 11 .253 .361 .343 .704 21.2 3.4
1929 32 AAA   130 485 123 152 35 1 8 65 10 6 154 38 .313 .479 .439 .918 112.0  
7 Years Sim 773 2418 329 681 93 29 9 214 64 43 313 160 .282 .363 .355 .718 320.8 51.0
1 Years AAA 130 485 123 152 35 1 8 65 10 6 154 38 .313 .475 .439 .914 112.0  
162 Game Average 506 68 142 19 6 1 44 13 9 65 33 .282 .363 .355 .718 67.2  
Career Highs 144 526 89 155 17 7 5 51 20 11 76 32 .302 .395 .391 .787 80.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1751 235 491 63 21 6 145 55 35 218 110 .280 .359 .351 .709 228.2
vs LH   667 94 190 30 8 3 69 9 8 95 50 .285 .373 .367 .740 94.3
Home 381 1220 162 366 41 17 6 102 31 20 141 72 .300 .372 .376 .748 172.0
Away 392 1198 167 315 52 12 3 112 33 23 172 88 .263 .353 .334 .687 150.5
RISP   553 0 158 22 4 3 194 0 0 73 42 .286 .361 .356 .717 75.7
Pinch Hitting   45 5 19 2 0 0 8 0 0 6 5 .422 .490 .467 .957 9.5
Close/Late   200 15 53 5 2 0 14 0 0 25 14 .265 .351 .310 .661 23.1
Mar/Apr 79 263 40 81 9 1 1 19 10 3 27 16 .308 .367 .361 .729 36.5
May 131 388 48 101 23 3 3 31 5 9 51 29 .260 .345 .358 .704 47.8
June 120 307 34 72 11 7 1 29 6 8 33 20 .235 .310 .326 .636 30.3
July 163 552 76 160 19 9 2 47 12 10 67 34 .290 .365 .368 .733 75.0
August 144 481 69 139 16 4 1 46 18 6 67 34 .289 .375 .345 .720 67.4
Sep/Oct 136 427 62 128 15 5 1 42 13 7 68 27 .300 .394 .365 .760 65.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1922 25 PIT NL SS 21 20 133.8 24 64 4 11 .957 5.92   1.1
    3B 2 1 6.2 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.35   0.0
  DET AL SS 66 64 559.9 103 267 19 46 .951 5.95   0.5
    3B 5 2 26.1 3 7 0 1 1.000 3.45   0.2
  TOT   SS 87 84 693.7 127 331 23 57 .952 5.94   1.7
      3B 7 3 32.3 4 9 0 1 1.000 3.62   0.2
1923 26 DET AL SS 133 129 1113.3 219 518 29 104 .962 5.96   6.7
    3B 5 0 10.0 1 3 1 0 .800 3.60   0.0
1924 27 DET AL SS 100 94 789.7 158 347 25 67 .953 5.76   3.7
    2B 19 10 99.7 33 47 1 12 .988 7.22   0.4
    3B 10 4 46.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.2
1925 28 DET AL SS 141 139 1164.7 207 511 34 76 .955 5.55   4.5
    3B 3 0 6.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1926 29 DET AL 3B 79 75 606.3 53 162 4 11 .982 3.19   3.6
    SS 13 8 79.0 15 39 2 8 .964 6.15   0.5
1927 30 DET AL 3B 57 55 474.7 38 121 4 5 .975 3.01   3.1
    2B 9 9 78.0 24 34 5 8 .921 6.69   0.2
    SS 4 0 6.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.27   0.0
1928 31 PHI NL SS 54 31 326.0 64 143 8 28 .963 5.71   1.9
    3B 15 11 101.0 5 41 0 2 1.000 4.10   1.1
  SS 532 485 4172.7 791 1891 121 340 .957 5.78   19.0
  3B 176 148 1276.3 107 351 9 19 .981 3.23   8.3
  2B 28 19 177.7 57 81 6 20 .958 6.99   0.6
Career Totals   736 652 5626.6 955 2323 136 379 .960 5.24   27.9
Career Highs   144 139 1170.7 220 521 34 104 .978 5.94    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1927 30 DET AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1925-9-129
Walks
1925-6-76
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1922
Had first career hit on 4/21/1922, off Joe Wood (SLN)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 7/1/1922 (Going to DET: SS Topper Rigney. Going to PIT: 2B Frank O'Rourke)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1922, off Tiny Osborne (SLA)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1924, hitting .619 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 4/10/1928 to a 1-year deal worth $752,000 per year