MLB / Players

Topper Rigney

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 150 lb

BornJanuary 7, 1897 · Groveton, TX, USA

MLB debutApril 12, 1922

Final gameAugust 26, 1927

Seasons6 (1922–1927)

Detroit Tigers 1922–1925; Boston Red Sox 1926–1927; Washington Senators 1927

Percentile snapshot

1926 season — qualified batters

148

82.3

659

89.2

525

74.1

142

67.1

83.5

55.1

51.3

RBI

51.3

108

98.7

23.4

32.3

.270

24.1

OBP

.395

74.7

SLG

.377

32.9

OPS

.772

47.5

wRC+

109.1

52.5

OPS+

102.9

45.6

wOBA

.375

55.7

sWAR

3.6

84.8

of 159 qualified 1926 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

14.7

90.8

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1922	155	642	536	68	161	17	7	2	63	68	44	17	8	.300	.380	.369	.750	101.4	97.8	.357	2.9
1923	129	560	470	63	148	24	11	1	74	55	35	7	5	.315	.389	.419	.808	115.4	113.9	.383	3.4
1924	147	633	499	81	144	29	9	4	94	102	39	11	11	.289	.410	.407	.817	116.7	111.4	.395	4.0
1925	62	170	146	21	36	5	2	2	18	21	15	2	2	.247	.341	.349	.691	78.3	76.1	.332	0.3
1926	148	659	525	71	142	32	6	4	53	108	31	6	8	.270	.395	.377	.772	109.1	102.9	.375	3.6
1927	53	177	150	20	38	6	4	0	13	23	12	1	2	.253	.356	.347	.703	88.3	84.8	.340	0.5

Career totals

694

2,841

2,326

324

669

113

RBI

315

377

176

.2876

OBP

.3881

SLG

.3865

OPS

.7746

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1924-09-13	MIN @ DET Gameday	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	7
1922-08-26	DET @ MIN Gameday	4	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	6
1923-07-03	DET @ CLE Gameday	5	1	4	0	1	0	2	1	6
1925-05-10	BOS @ DET Gameday	4	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	6
1922-05-08	DET @ BOS Gameday	4	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1922-04-12	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-13	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-15	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-16	DET @ CWS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-18	DET @ CWS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.