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Johnny
Rigney		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 28, 1914 in Usa, IL, OAK PARK
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 22 PIT NL $ 300,000 10 6 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6
1938 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 10 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
1939 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 10 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 5
1940 25 PIT NL $ 4,071,429 10 7 8 8 6 7 6 4 5 4
1941 26 PIT NL $ 4,071,429 10 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 5 5
1942 27 PIT NL $ 4,071,429 10 7 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 5
1943 28 NYA AL $ 9,000,000 9 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 5 5
1944 29 NYA AL $ 9,000,000 9 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 5 5
1945 30 NYA AL $ 9,000,000 8 7 8 8 6 7 6 4 5 4
1946 31 NYA AL $ 7,000,000 8 8 9 8 6 7 6 3 4 4
1947 32 NYA AL $ 7,000,000 7 8 9 8 5 6 6 3 4 4
1948 33 MIN AL $ 7,000,000 7 8 9 8 5 6 6 3 4 4
1949 34 MIN AL $ 7,000,000 7 8 9 8 5 6 6 3 4 4
1950 35 OAK AL $ 1,861,548 7 8 9 8 5 6 6 3 4 4
1951 36 OAK AL $ 1,861,548 7 7 8 8 5 6 5 3 4 3
1952 37 BOS AL $ 2,079,000 7 7 8 7 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 7 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000 10 8 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 25 PIT NL $ 4,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 26 PIT NL $ 4,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 27 PIT NL $ 4,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 28 NYA AL $ 9,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 29 NYA AL $ 9,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 30 NYA AL $ 9,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 31 NYA AL $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 32 NYA AL $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 33 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 34 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 35 OAK AL $ 1,861,548   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 36 OAK AL $ 1,861,548   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 37 BOS AL $ 2,079,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1937 22 PIT NL 21 17 .553 42 42 27 5 0 336.0 370 153 29 81 119 4.10 .278 .318 .401 .718 22.8
1938 23 PIT NL 20 10 .667 41 41 25 2 0 342.7 327 131 18 101 180 3.44 .248 .300 .348 .649 28.5
1939 24 PIT NL 19 15 .559 41 41 24 6 0 323.3 337 133 23 75 179 3.70 .267 .306 .394 .700 23.9
1940 25 PIT NL 16 11 .593 31 31 17 2 0 254.7 235 107 22 79 146 3.78 .242 .298 .386 .683 19.0
1941 26 PIT NL 19 16 .543 41 41 19 2 0 332.0 316 136 26 123 176 3.69 .252 .317 .379 .696 24.2
1942 27 PIT NL 13 18 .419 40 40 20 2 0 320.7 327 140 32 118 166 3.93 .266 .328 .406 .734 17.0
1943 28 PIT NL 16 9 .640 27 27 11 0 0 218.0 192 73 15 68 105 3.01 .237 .295 .353 .648 19.0
  NYA AL 10 2 .833 14 14 6 0 0 105.3 98 47 7 39 66 4.02 .246 .312 .358 .671 8.4
  TOT   26 11 .703 41 41 17 0 0 323.3 290 120 22 107 171 3.34 .240 .301 .355 .655 27.4
1944 29 NYA AL 20 14 .588 38 38 13 2 0 288.7 290 137 23 124 157 4.27 .262 .335 .402 .737 21.3
1945 30 NYA AL 18 15 .545 40 40 7 1 0 303.0 285 136 25 138 132 4.04 .252 .330 .373 .703 20.9
1946 31 NYA AL 13 19 .406 41 41 8 1 0 294.0 285 145 30 140 164 4.44 .252 .331 .393 .724 15.5
1947 32 NYA AL 16 15 .516 41 41 6 1 0 296.0 290 138 22 139 166 4.20 .256 .335 .368 .703 17.4
1948 33 MIN AL 15 15 .500 41 40 5 0 0 282.0 287 147 26 139 144 4.69 .264 .346 .390 .736 17.0
1949 34 MIN AL 9 13 .409 37 31 1 0 0 221.3 234 125 29 125 112 5.08 .274 .364 .430 .794 10.1
1950 35 OAK AL 7 5 .583 81 0 0 0 5 91.3 82 52 9 60 58 5.12 .243 .356 .389 .744 7.1
1951 36 OAK AL 2 3 .400 56 0 0 0 3 72.7 62 31 7 37 54 3.84 .230 .320 .356 .676 6.6
1952 37 BOS AL 7 21 .250 44 34 3 0 0 235.0 232 135 38 124 141 5.17 .256 .346 .434 .780 8.8
16 Years Sim 241 218 .525 696 542 192 24 8 4316.6 4249 1966 381 1710 2265 4.10 .257 .325 .387 .712 287.7
Season Average 15 13 .536 43 33 12 1 0 269.8 265 122 23 106 141 4.10 .257 .325 .387 .712  
Career Highs 26 21 .703 81 42 27 6 5 342.7 370 153 38 140 180 5.17 .278 .364 .434 .794  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1857 876 149 682 1332   .234 .295 .348 .643
vs LH   2392 1090 232 1028 933   .278 .355 .424 .779
Home 129 95 .576 349 271 91 17 4 2186.6 2149 978 188 836 1108 4.03 .256 .324 .384 .707
Away 112 123 .477 347 271 101 7 4 2129.9 2100 988 193 874 1157 4.17 .258 .330 .391 .721
Mar/Apr 41 45 .477 118 94 35 3 1 749.3 747 353 66 280 403 4.24 .258 .324 .397 .721
May 29 42 .408 111 90 28 3 4 668.9 727 357 65 284 340 4.80 .276 .346 .415 .761
June 43 28 .606 100 80 25 4 1 629.0 605 262 59 245 324 3.75 .253 .322 .381 .703
July 40 35 .533 122 91 34 3 2 741.0 716 333 56 301 384 4.04 .255 .327 .379 .706
August 43 31 .581 121 99 32 5 0 792.0 767 358 64 314 437 4.07 .254 .324 .381 .705
Sep/Oct 45 37 .549 124 88 38 6 0 736.3 687 303 71 286 377 3.70 .247 .317 .372 .689
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1937 22 PIT NL 42 106 8 16 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 28 .151 .159 .179 .338 1.4 0.0
1938 23 PIT NL 41 122 7 21 2 0 0 7 1 1 2 37 .172 .183 .189 .371 3.3 0.0
1939 24 PIT NL 41 106 8 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 1 36 .132 .140 .179 .319 0.6 0.0
1940 25 PIT NL 31 86 3 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 34 .151 .169 .163 .331 0.9 0.0
1941 26 PIT NL 41 109 6 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 35 .147 .162 .165 .327 0.8 0.0
1942 27 PIT NL 40 106 3 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 37 .142 .150 .179 .329 0.5 0.0
1943 28 PIT NL 27 77 7 10 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 19 .130 .128 .143 .271 -1.0 0.0
  NYA AL 14 37 4 7 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 8 .189 .211 .216 .427 1.1 0.0
  TOT   41 114 11 17 2 0 0 15 0 2 1 27 .149 .155 .167 .322 0.1 0.0
1944 29 NYA AL 38 94 8 19 2 1 0 8 0 0 1 27 .202 .219 .245 .463 4.5 0.0
1945 30 NYA AL 40 104 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 34 .106 .113 .106 .219 -2.1 0.0
1946 31 NYA AL 41 101 5 14 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 31 .139 .155 .158 .314 0.7 0.0
1947 32 NYA AL 43 101 8 10 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 31 .099 .117 .109 .225 -2.2 0.0
1948 33 MIN AL 41 98 9 21 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .214 .222 .224 .447 4.4 0.0
1949 34 MIN AL 37 71 5 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 19 .127 .139 .183 .322 0.0 0.0
1950 35 OAK AL 81 8 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.3 0.4
1951 36 OAK AL 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1952 37 BOS AL 44 63 2 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .238 .258 .238 .496 4.7 0.0
16 Years Sim 698 1390 88 214 20 3 2 84 1 3 19 422 .154 .166 .177 .343 19.0 0.4
162 Game Average 322 20 49 4 0 0 19 0 0 4 97 .154 .166 .177 .343 4.4  
Career Highs 81 122 11 21 4 1 1 15 1 2 2 37 .375 .375 .500 .875 4.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   940 56 144 14 2 2 56 1 2 11 285 .153 .164 .179 .343 4.9
vs LH   450 32 70 6 1 0 28 0 1 8 137 .156 .170 .173 .343 2.8
Home 350 647 43 97 9 3 1 43 0 2 10 189 .150 .164 .178 .341 3.0
Away 319 743 45 117 11 0 1 41 1 1 9 233 .157 .168 .176 .344 4.7
RISP   352 0 58 6 0 0 78 0 0 3 94 .165 .171 .182 .353 3.1
Close/Late   123 5 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 45 .138 .143 .154 .297 -0.9
Mar/Apr 94 245 20 48 6 0 0 21 0 0 5 83 .196 .211 .220 .432 8.1
May 90 217 15 34 3 1 1 13 0 0 1 70 .157 .163 .194 .356 1.9
June 95 199 8 30 0 0 0 11 0 1 5 49 .151 .176 .151 .326 0.2
July 122 225 14 32 5 0 0 11 1 0 3 71 .142 .152 .164 .317 -0.2
August 101 267 15 39 3 1 0 16 0 1 1 77 .146 .149 .165 .313 -1.2
Sep/Oct 115 237 16 31 3 1 1 12 0 1 4 72 .131 .145 .165 .310 -1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1937 22 PIT NL P 42 42 336.0 19 56 2 5 .974 2.01    
1938 23 PIT NL P 41 41 342.7 17 53 2 3 .972 1.84    
1939 24 PIT NL P 41 41 323.3 24 63 1 3 .989 2.42    
1940 25 PIT NL P 31 31 254.7 12 34 3 2 .939 1.63    
1941 26 PIT NL P 41 41 332.0 16 56 3 4 .960 1.95    
1942 27 PIT NL P 40 40 320.7 18 47 3 4 .956 1.82    
1943 28 PIT NL P 27 27 218.0 11 34 1 1 .978 1.86    
  NYA AL P 14 14 105.3 6 17 0 1 1.000 1.97    
  TOT   P 41 41 323.3 17 51 1 2 .986 1.89    
1944 29 NYA AL P 38 38 288.7 19 48 2 6 .971 2.09    
1945 30 NYA AL P 40 40 303.0 14 44 2 3 .967 1.72    
1946 31 NYA AL P 41 41 294.0 26 59 3 6 .966 2.60    
1947 32 NYA AL P 41 41 296.0 16 58 1 5 .987 2.25    
    RF 0 0 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
1948 33 MIN AL P 41 40 282.0 14 44 2 4 .967 1.85    
1949 34 MIN AL P 37 31 221.3 18 39 1 2 .983 2.32    
1950 35 OAK AL P 81 0 91.3 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.46    
1951 36 OAK AL P 56 0 72.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.24    
1952 37 BOS AL P 44 34 235.0 13 37 2 3 .962 1.91    
  P 696 542 4316.6 253 714 28 54 .972 2.02    
  RF 0 0 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
Career Totals   696 542 4333.6 257 714 28 54 .972 2.02    
Career Highs   81 42 342.7 26 63 3 6 1.000 2.60    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1945 30 NYA AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 10.7 24 14 1 6 3 11.82 .444 .500 .630 1.130
1948 33 MIN AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 3 5 0 4 0 33.83 .429 .636 .571 1.208
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 4 2 0 0 0 12.0 27 19 1 10 3 14.26 .443 .521 .623 1.144
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1945 30 NYA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1938-8-3.44
1943-2-3.01
 Wins
1937-5-21
1938-4-20
1939-5-19
1940-10-16
1941-7-19
1944-4-20
1945-9-18
1948-9-15
CAR-31-241
 Losses
1937-10-17
1941-8-16
1942-6-18
1946-5-19
1952-2-21
CAR-12-218
 Winning Pct
1938-4-.667
1940-7-.593
1943-7-.640
1944-10-.588
 Games Pitched
1950-3-81
CAR-36-696
 Games Started
1937-7-42
1939-5-41
1942-7-40
1945-10-40
1946-7-41
1948-10-40
CAR-30-542
Complete Games
1937-2-27
1938-1-25
1939-1-24
1940-8-17
1941-4-19
1942-5-20
1944-3-13
CAR-24-192
 Shutouts
1937-2-5
1938-8-2
1939-2-6
1940-6-2
1941-4-2
1942-6-2
1944-5-2
1945-8-1
1946-9-1
CAR-32-24
 Innings Pitched
1937-5-336.0
1938-4-342.7
1939-8-323.3
1941-3-332.0
1942-5-320.7
1945-8-303.0
1946-7-294.0
1948-10-282.0
CAR-23-4316.6
 Hits Allowed
1937-3-370
1938-10-327
1939-7-337
1942-7-327
1944-10-290
1945-8-285
1946-9-285
CAR-23-4249
 Homeruns Allowed
1937-2-29
1939-3-23
1941-6-26
1942-2-32
1946-6-30
1949-10-29
1952-2-38
CAR-28-381
 Strikeouts
1938-4-180
1939-5-179
1940-8-146
1941-5-176
1942-4-166
1944-7-157
1945-10-132
1946-1-164
1947-5-166
1948-6-144
1952-9-141
Walks Allowed
1941-6-123
1942-6-118
1944-10-124
1945-9-138
1946-4-140
1947-8-139
1952-6-124
CAR-13-1710
 Walks per 9IP
1937-9-2.2
1943-10-2.8
 Hits per 9IP
1938-5-8.6
1940-4-8.3
1941-7-8.6
1943-1-7.9
1946-8-8.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1938-7-4.7
1939-7-5.0
1940-5-5.2
1941-8-4.8
1942-8-4.7
1943-10-4.3
1944-7-4.9
1946-3-5.0
1947-3-5.0
1948-9-4.6
1949-6-4.6
1952-9-5.4
 WHiP
1938-7-1.25
1939-8-1.27
1940-10-1.23
1943-4-1.19
 OAVG
1938-4-.248
1940-4-.242
1941-7-.252
1943-1-.237
1946-8-.252
OOBP
1938-4-.300
1939-7-.306
1940-7-.298
1943-5-.295
 OSLG
1938-3-.348
1943-5-.353
1947-9-.368
 OOPS
1938-5-.649
1943-4-.648
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 188    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1937
Earned first career win on 4/7/1937
Had first career hit on 4/21/1937, off Johnny Murphy (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1937, off Schoolboy Rowe (BOS)
Injured on 6/9/1938 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1938, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/16/1940 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
7/31/1942: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $9,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 7/31/1943 (Going to NYA: P Johnny Rigney. Going to PIT: RF Luke Easter, P Ed Baecht)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1943, going 7-0, 2.40
Injured on 9/27/1943 with a Broken Finger, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 5/14/1944 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/3/1946 to a 4-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1947, winning 2 games with a 2.12 ERA
Traded from New York (A) to Minnesota on 2/3/1948 (Going to NYA: SS Eddie Joost, RF Frankie Kelleher, 2B Crash Davis, 1B Frankie Gustine. Going to MIN: P Johnny Rigney)
9/1/1949: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Released by Minnesota on 2/1/1950
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/6/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $1,861,548 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/23/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $2,079,000 per year
 
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