Riggs Stephenson
1921–1934 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians
1,310G
.336AVG
.407OBP
.473SLG
More career statistics
1,515H
63HR
773RBI
53SB
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 · Games | 1,310 | 1,309 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 9 | 43 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 247 | 249 |
| Batting · Runs | 715 | 714 |
| Batting · RBI | 773 | 783 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 53 | 55 |
| Batting · Walks | 494 | 493 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,310 | 5,134 | 4,508 | 715 | 1,515 | 321 | 54 | 63 | 773 | 494 | 247 | 53 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 2,133 | .336 | .407 | .473 | .880 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1930-07-02 to 1930-07-20
44longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1924-08-30 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1929-07-01 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1923-07-07 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 646 | 2457 | 724 | 22 | 369 | 258 | 107 | .340 | .400 | .474 |
| Away | 663 | 2677 | 791 | 41 | 414 | 235 | 142 | .333 | .383 | .473 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 144 | 599 | 185 | 7 | 73 | 59 | 31 | .353 | .407 | .490 |
| May | 208 | 835 | 233 | 11 | 131 | 101 | 30 | .325 | .400 | .482 |
| June | 226 | 894 | 263 | 4 | 142 | 75 | 45 | .329 | .378 | .439 |
| July | 268 | 996 | 292 | 19 | 157 | 98 | 35 | .335 | .392 | .489 |
| August | 235 | 933 | 286 | 10 | 145 | 84 | 57 | .348 | .397 | .474 |
| September | 214 | 824 | 238 | 11 | 125 | 70 | 46 | .326 | .374 | .465 |
| October | 14 | 53 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | .400 | .453 | .556 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 157 | 650 | 172 | 4 | 93 | 63 | 26 | .304 | .362 | .422 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 147 | 610 | 163 | 5 | 78 | 63 | 35 | .305 | .370 | .421 |
| new-york-giants | 142 | 561 | 165 | 10 | 73 | 60 | 15 | .337 | .401 | .466 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 141 | 565 | 165 | 11 | 83 | 63 | 36 | .333 | .404 | .501 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 138 | 575 | 195 | 12 | 115 | 52 | 32 | .386 | .430 | .533 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 127 | 494 | 138 | 5 | 75 | 44 | 17 | .315 | .368 | .438 |
| cincinnati-reds | 126 | 509 | 169 | 2 | 76 | 49 | 16 | .378 | .428 | .515 |
| detroit-tigers | 61 | 243 | 74 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 16 | .344 | .391 | .479 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |  Cleveland Guardians | 65 | 206 | 68 | 2 | 36 | 4 | .330 | – | – |
| 1922 | Cleveland Guardians | 86 | 233 | 79 | 2 | 33 | 3 | .339 | – | – |
| 1923 | Cleveland Guardians | 90 | 301 | 96 | 5 | 66 | 6 | .319 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cleveland Guardians | 71 | 239 | 89 | 4 | 47 | 1 | .372 | – | – |
| 1925 | Cleveland Guardians | 19 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .291 | – | – |
| 1926 |  Chicago Cubs | 82 | 281 | 95 | 3 | 44 | 2 | .338 | – | – |
| 1927 | Chicago Cubs | 152 | 579 | 199 | 7 | 84 | 8 | .344 | – | – |
| 1928 | Chicago Cubs | 137 | 512 | 166 | 8 | 88 | 8 | .324 | – | – |
| 1929 | Chicago Cubs | 136 | 495 | 179 | 17 | 109 | 10 | .362 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago Cubs | 109 | 341 | 125 | 5 | 68 | 2 | .367 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago Cubs | 80 | 263 | 84 | 1 | 55 | 1 | .319 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago Cubs | 147 | 583 | 189 | 4 | 88 | 3 | .324 | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago Cubs | 97 | 346 | 114 | 4 | 50 | 6 | .329 | – | – |
| 1934 | Chicago Cubs | 38 | 74 | 16 | – | 7 | – | .216 | – | – |