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Lew Riggs

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: April 22, 1910 in Mebane, NC us

Died: August 12, 1975 in Durham, NC

Buried: Rock Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Graham, NC

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: April 28, 1934 (Age 24-006d, 7,717th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 16, 1946 (Age 35-359d)
vs. BSN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Lewis Sidney Riggs

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.8

2477

650

.262

298

RBI

271

OBP

.317

SLG

.376

OPS

.693

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-31 / in Starts: 22-14
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 199 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	123 (66-39-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 199 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	129 (67-41-20)

Most Driven In
P Reese	5
B Herman	4
M Owen	3
Self	3
D Camilli	2
H Casey	1
S Rowe	1
S Rojek	1

Most Driven In By
J Medwick	6
Self	3
A Galan	2
D Camilli	2
J Rizzo	1
P Reiser	1
B Herman	1
D Walker	1

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	690	2 (1)	Apr 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	9	.52	0.042	1.47	0.07%	1.00	PH
2	691	3	Apr 16	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	9	1.60	0.051	4.20	0.08%	1.00	PH
3	692	5 (1)	Apr 18	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.667	2.000	2.667	9	3.31	-0.081	9.51	-0.14%	-0.21	PH
4	693	8 (2)	Apr 21	BRO		BSN	W,13-2	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.667	2.417	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	3B
5	694	10 (1)	Apr 23	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-5	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.250	1.917	2	.22	0.009	.82	0.02%	-0.09	3B
6	695	11	Apr 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.625	1.025	2	.94	-0.055	3.47	-0.12%	-0.54	3B
7	696	12	Apr 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.429	.583	1.012	2	.72	0.075	2.71	0.17%	0.40	3B
8	697	13	Apr 26 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.533	.978	2	.36	0.020	1.43	0.05%	0.06	3B
9	698	14	Apr 26 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.381	.714	2	.71	-0.101	2.86	-0.25%	-1.58	3B
10	699	15	Apr 28	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	2-2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.455	.815	9	1.53	0.178	6.84	0.48%	1.56	PH
11	700	16	Apr 29	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.435	.781	9	3.63	-0.038	16.50	-0.10%	-0.18	PH
12	701	17	Apr 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,11-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.417	.750	9	2.35	-0.054	11.02	-0.15%	-0.26	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	702	20 (2)	May 3 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,10-14	5-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.357	.560	.917	9	1.61	0.302	7.54	0.85%	2.68	PH
14	703	21	May 3 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	4-GF(6)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.379	.560	.939	4	1.63	0.069	7.38	0.19%	0.60	1B
15	704	24 (2)	May 10	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.367	.538	.905	7	1.01	-0.057	4.78	-0.16%	-1.50	PH
16	705	25	May 12	BRO		CIN	L,1-5	6-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.387	.593	.980	9	2.40	0.176	11.84	0.52%	1.10	PH
17	706	34 (8)	May 20	BRO		STL	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	9	3.31	-0.081	19.34	-0.29%	-0.21	PH
18	707	44 (9)	May 31 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,10-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	2						3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	708	46 (1)	Jun 2	BRO	@	PIT	W,17-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.364	.552	.915	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.30	3B
20	709	52 (5)	Jun 14 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.342	.500	.842	2	.59	-0.030	2.77	-0.09%	-0.64	3B
21	710	53	Jun 14 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.310	.447	.757	2	1.51	-0.138	6.48	-0.36%	-0.77	3B
22	711	54	Jun 15	BRO		CHC	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.238	.304	.429	.733	2	.63	-0.046	2.72	-0.12%	-0.83	3B
23	712	59 (4)	Jun 21 (1)	BRO		STL	L,0-11	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.298	.419	.716	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	3B
24	713	61 (1)	Jun 23	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.333	.447	.780	2	.91	0.048	3.74	0.12%	0.54	3B
25	714	62	Jun 25	BRO		CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.327	.431	.759	2	.42	0.004	2.02	0.01%	-0.23	3B
26	715	63	Jun 26	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.418	.752	2	1.98	-0.129	8.30	-0.32%	-0.79	3B
27	716	64	Jun 27	BRO		CIN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.328	.407	.735	2	1.57	-0.079	5.77	-0.18%	-0.28	3B
28	717	65	Jun 28 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.324	.413	.736	2	1.02	0.177	4.40	0.46%	1.17	3B
29	718	66	Jun 28 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.319	.403	.722	2	1.27	-0.051	5.99	-0.14%	-0.40	3B
30	719	67	Jun 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	6	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.292	.346	.417	.763	3	.80	0.150	2.68	0.30%	1.25	3B
31	720	68	Jun 30	BRO		BSN	L,3-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.361	.413	.775	3	2.05	-0.064	6.54	-0.12%	0.15	3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	721	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,14-0	3-GF	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.384	.429	.812	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.66	3B
33	722	72 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.379	.423	.802	9	2.39	-0.052	6.64	-0.09%	-0.33	PH
34	723	77 (4)	Jul 11 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG(15)	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.301	.376	.410	.786	2	2.15	-0.035	6.61	-0.06%	-0.33	3B
35	724	83 (5)	Jul 16 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.378	.402	.780	2	1.19	-0.057	3.20	-0.09%	-0.25	3B
36	725	84	Jul 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.379	.402	.781	2	.69	0.116	1.54	0.16%	0.89	3B
37	726	86 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.295	.368	.389	.757	2	1.02	-0.104	4.88	-0.30%	-1.13	3B
38	727	87	Jul 19 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.373	.388	.760	2	.62	0.002	2.22	0.01%	-0.42	3B
39	728	92 (4)	Jul 24	BRO		PIT	W,6-4	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.296	.373	.388	.760	8	.41	-0.021	.97	-0.03%	-0.72	PH 3B
40	729	93	Jul 25	BRO		PIT	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.360	.373	.732	6	.77	-0.076	1.77	-0.11%	-0.72	3B
41	730	94	Jul 26 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.364	.387	.751	1	.44	0.065	1.27	0.11%	0.54	3B
42	731	95	Jul 26 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.377	.394	.772	1	.63	-0.004	1.64	-0.01%	-0.03	3B
43	732	98 (2)	Jul 29	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG(7)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.365	.381	.746	1	.87	-0.083	4.26	-0.24%	-0.90	3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	733	101 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.370	.381	.751	9	2.44	0.004	3.74	0.00%	0.43	PH
45	734	102	Aug 2 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,6-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.288	.364	.373	.737	1	1.84	-0.121	2.33	-0.09%	-0.09	3B
46	735	103	Aug 3	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.360	.369	.729	6	.32	-0.009	.49	-0.01%	-0.59	3B
47	736	104	Aug 4	BRO	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.357	.707	6	1.08	-0.111	1.33	-0.08%	-0.73	3B
48	737	106 (1)	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.348	.354	.702	9	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.21	PH
49	738	107	Aug 7	BRO		BSN	L,1-2	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.352	.359	.711	8	2.60	0.077	3.14	0.06%	0.37	PH
50	739	111 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,10-0	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.352	.359	.711	2						PR 3B
51	740	114 (2)	Aug 16	BRO		BSN	L,0-2	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.350	.357	.706	9	2.90	-0.083	3.60	-0.06%	-0.56	PH
52	741	115	Aug 18	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.354	.362	.716	7	2.40	0.099	5.40	0.13%	0.59	PH
53	742	116	Aug 19	BRO		BSN	W,11-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.284	.351	.358	.710	2	.55	0.016	1.65	0.03%	-0.27	3B
54	743	117	Aug 20	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.344	.350	.695	8	.98	-0.067	2.89	-0.12%	-0.75	3B
55	744	118	Aug 22	BRO		NYG	W,10-5	CG(8)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.282	.346	.373	.719	2	.73	0.247	2.14	0.44%	2.94	3B
56	745	119	Aug 23 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,6-4	CG(10)	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.354	.381	.735	2	1.58	0.209	4.47	0.35%	0.85	3B
57	746	120	Aug 23 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.348	.373	.721	2	.87	-0.061	2.22	-0.09%	-0.75	3B
58	747	121	Aug 24	BRO	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.288	.347	.379	.726	8	.45	0.029	1.70	0.07%	0.75	3B
59	748	122	Aug 25	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.341	.371	.712	2	1.47	0.227	7.47	0.69%	0.15	3B
60	749	123	Aug 26	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.331	.360	.691	1	1.95	-0.227	13.31	-0.93%	-1.40	3B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	750	131 (7)	Sep 2	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.330	.358	.687	9	4.92	-0.138	23.25	-0.39%	-0.56	PH
62	751	133 (1)	Sep 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.328	.355	.683	9	.46	-0.011	1.65	-0.02%	-0.14	PH
63	752	137 (3)	Sep 7 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.331	.359	.691	9	2.01	0.085	9.97	0.25%	1.68	PH
64	753	140 (2)	Sep 11	BRO		STL	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.357	.687	9	.66	-0.019	9.91	-0.17%	-0.21	PH
65	754	142 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.328	.351	.679	1	.90	-0.040	11.28	-0.30%	-0.13	3B
66	755	143	Sep 13 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.326	.349	.675	1	.97	-0.053	12.27	-0.40%	-0.52	3B
67	756	145 (1)	Sep 17	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.325	.347	.671	6	1.78	-0.042	18.99	-0.27%	-0.14	PH
68	757	147 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.328	.350	.678	9	2.58	0.108	19.04	0.48%	1.00	PH
69	758	150 (2)	Sep 22	BRO		NYG	W,9-8	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.352	.682	2	3.85	0.294	21.62	0.99%	0.58	PH 3B
70	759	153 (2)	Sep 25	BRO		BSN	W,6-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.356	.689	9	2.44	0.099	4.49	0.11%	0.37	PH
							38-31		199	180	20	50	5	0	3	23	13	1	9	2	4		2	3	0	2	.278	.333	.356	.689		1.16	0.559	4.77	0.79%	2.92

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