Bill Rigney
1946–1953 · bats R / throws R · NLS, New York Giants
655G
.259AVG
.334OBP
.376SLG
More career statistics
510H
41HR
212RBI
25SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,966 | 1,967 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 4 | 24 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 12 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 206 | 210 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,214 | 2,217 |
| Batting · Runs | 281 | 280 |
| Batting · RBI | 212 | 211 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 25 | 27 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 655 | 2,214 | 1,966 | 281 | 510 | 78 | 14 | 41 | 212 | 208 | 206 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 739 | .259 | .334 | .376 | .710 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1949-08-21 to 1949-09-01
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1947-09-15 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1947-04-18 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1948-05-08 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 329 | 1057 | 255 | 29 | 125 | 105 | 109 | .274 | .341 | .424 |
| Away | 326 | 1160 | 255 | 12 | 86 | 103 | 101 | .246 | .309 | .332 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 44 | 137 | 33 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | .282 | .343 | .479 |
| May | 117 | 447 | 101 | 6 | 45 | 56 | 41 | .262 | .351 | .370 |
| June | 116 | 364 | 75 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 39 | .229 | .299 | .352 |
| July | 143 | 538 | 132 | 11 | 56 | 35 | 46 | .272 | .310 | .393 |
| August | 139 | 446 | 104 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 43 | .254 | .298 | .359 |
| September | 91 | 271 | 64 | 3 | 21 | 38 | 28 | .278 | .376 | .374 |
| October | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .091 | .214 | .091 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 98 | 322 | 79 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 32 | .267 | .317 | .405 |
| chicago-cubs | 98 | 337 | 78 | 6 | 33 | 42 | 42 | .271 | .356 | .389 |
| cincinnati-reds | 97 | 347 | 88 | 3 | 26 | 32 | 25 | .284 | .346 | .365 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 93 | 302 | 53 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 34 | .202 | .278 | .335 |
| boston-braves | 90 | 312 | 74 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 24 | .267 | .317 | .357 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 89 | 298 | 76 | 11 | 40 | 28 | 33 | .285 | .349 | .453 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 86 | 295 | 62 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 19 | .237 | .302 | .328 |
| milwaukee-braves | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  New York Giants | 110 | 360 | 85 | 3 | 31 | 9 | .236 | – | – |
| 1947 | New York Giants | 130 | 532 | 142 | 17 | 58 | 8 | .267 | – | – |
| 1948 | New York Giants | 113 | 424 | 112 | 10 | 43 | 5 | .264 | – | – |
| 1949 | New York Giants | 122 | 389 | 108 | 6 | 47 | 3 | .278 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Giants | 56 | 83 | 15 | – | 8 | – | .181 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Giants | 45 | 69 | 16 | 4 | 9 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Giants | 60 | 90 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 2 | .300 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Giants | 19 | 20 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .250 | – | – |