Johnny Rigney
1937–1947 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox
198G
.177AVG
.211OBP
.209SLG
More career statistics
71H
0HR
27RBI
1SB
63–64W–L
1,186.1IP
605K
3.59ERA
132GS
5SV
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 | 401 | 400 |
| Batting · Hits | 71 | 70 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 449 | 447 |
| Batting · RBI | 27 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 17 | 16 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,054 | 5,045 |
| Pitching · p er | 473 | 471 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,101 | 1,102 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,559 | 3,558 |
| Pitching · p k | 605 | 609 |
| Pitching · p r | 550 | 549 |
| Pitching · p w | 450 | 448 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | 449 | 401 | 25 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 113 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | .177 | .211 | .209 | .420 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,186.3 | 197 | 132 | 66 | 63 | 64 | 5 | 1,101 | 550 | 473 | 90 | 450 | 605 | 0 | 0 | 3.59 | 1.307 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1940-07-11 to 1940-07-27
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1941-06-25 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1940-07-11 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-08-29 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 100 | 243 | 39 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 57 | .180 | .193 | .226 |
| Away | 98 | 204 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 56 | .169 | .191 | .186 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .103 | .119 | .154 |
| May | 40 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | .113 | .141 | .141 |
| June | 34 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | .100 | .136 | .100 |
| July | 37 | 92 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 20 | .232 | .228 | .293 |
| August | 36 | 83 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 | .197 | .217 | .224 |
| September | 31 | 91 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | .225 | .242 | .250 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 36 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | .169 | .176 | .234 |
| detroit-tigers | 34 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | .155 | .156 | .169 |
| st-louis-browns | 28 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | .271 | .297 | .322 |
| new-york-yankees | 28 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | .212 | .220 | .250 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 26 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | .125 | .169 | .125 |
| cleveland-guardians | 23 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .184 | .214 | .211 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 23 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .106 | .127 | .128 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Chicago White Sox | 22 | 30 | 5 | – | – | – | .167 | 90 | 42 |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 38 | 55 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .145 | 166 | 84 |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 79 | 15 | – | 8 | – | .190 | 218 | 119 |
| 1940 | Chicago White Sox | 40 | 93 | 20 | – | 7 | 1 | .215 | 280 | 141 |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 30 | 84 | 17 | – | 5 | – | .202 | 237 | 119 |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | .053 | 59 | 34 |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 15 | 26 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .154 | 82 | 51 |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 11 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 50 | 19 |