Lew Riggs
1934–1946 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, NLS, St. Louis Cardinals
760G
.262AVG
.317OBP
.375SLG
More career statistics
650H
28HR
271RBI
22SB
2Rare feats
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 | 2,477 | 2,476 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 140 | 139 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,712 | 2,711 |
| Batting · RBI | 271 | 272 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 760 | 2,712 | 2,477 | 298 | 650 | 110 | 43 | 28 | 271 | 181 | 140 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 930 | .262 | .317 | .375 | .692 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1938-08-30 to 1938-09-10
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1936-05-31 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1936-05-31 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1937-06-13 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 374 | 1262 | 293 | 6 | 116 | 84 | 51 | .254 | .299 | .353 |
| Away | 386 | 1449 | 357 | 22 | 156 | 97 | 88 | .270 | .313 | .395 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 57 | 202 | 49 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 16 | .283 | .366 | .428 |
| May | 112 | 389 | 87 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 29 | .251 | .303 | .401 |
| June | 138 | 546 | 135 | 6 | 61 | 29 | 30 | .267 | .300 | .366 |
| July | 131 | 465 | 111 | 4 | 42 | 29 | 20 | .261 | .301 | .354 |
| August | 172 | 618 | 154 | 7 | 58 | 39 | 18 | .271 | .312 | .384 |
| September | 147 | 480 | 112 | 4 | 50 | 27 | 25 | .251 | .290 | .360 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .273 | .222 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 116 | 424 | 102 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 31 | .263 | .311 | .402 |
| boston-braves | 114 | 376 | 85 | 1 | 35 | 24 | 12 | .248 | .290 | .362 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 110 | 366 | 86 | 2 | 37 | 25 | 29 | .256 | .303 | .357 |
| chicago-cubs | 107 | 408 | 95 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 24 | .254 | .284 | .345 |
| new-york-giants | 105 | 355 | 78 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 12 | .244 | .304 | .397 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 97 | 359 | 109 | 5 | 47 | 20 | 9 | .325 | .359 | .433 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 86 | 323 | 73 | 1 | 33 | 24 | 18 | .252 | .300 | .352 |
| cincinnati-reds | 25 | 100 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | .244 | .290 | .300 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Cincinnati Reds | 142 | 532 | 148 | 5 | 46 | 8 | .278 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cincinnati Reds | 141 | 537 | 138 | 6 | 57 | 5 | .257 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cincinnati Reds | 122 | 384 | 93 | 6 | 45 | 4 | .242 | – | – |
| 1938 | Cincinnati Reds | 142 | 531 | 134 | 2 | 55 | 3 | .252 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cincinnati Reds | 22 | 38 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | .158 | – | – |
| 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | 41 | 72 | 21 | 1 | 9 | – | .292 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 77 | 197 | 60 | 5 | 36 | 1 | .305 | – | – |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 70 | 180 | 50 | 3 | 23 | – | .278 | – | – |
| 1946 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |