Bill Riggins

Arvell Riggins
(Mule; Bo)
First name also spelled Orville
Born: February 7, 1900 in Colp, IL
Died: March 8, 1943 in New York, NY
(43 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

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• Buried: Beverly Hills Cemetery (Peekskill, NY)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1920	MULT	NNL/NvM	20	SS	64	251	224	20	59	12	2	2	28	1		15			2	10			.263	.315	.362	.677	99
1921	DS	NNL	21	SS	79	355	321	46	98	21	3	1	44	5		20			3	11			.305	.352	.399	.750	110
1922	SLS/DS	NvM/NNL	22	SS	82	339	295	48	73	7	3	2	31	8		26	0		4	14			.247	.317	.312	.629	71
1923	DS	NNL/NvM	23	SS	74	331	277	60	81	10	3	6	43	2		32			1	21			.292	.368	.415	.783	111
1924	DS	NNL	24	SS	59	273	250	42	75	8	6	1	24	6		17				6			.300	.345	.392	.737	95
1925	DS	NNL	25	SS	94	410	363	63	97	16	9	8	69	26		32				15			.267	.327	.427	.754	101
1927	HG	NvM	27	SS	2	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.429	.714	148
1928	NLG	ECL	28	3B	33	142	126	26	34	7	0	6	24	7		9			1	6			.270	.324	.468	.792	102
1930	NLG	EAS	30	3B	43	185	164	30	56	6	0	3	36	4		13			3	5			.341	.400	.433	.833	99
1931	HAR	EAS	31	2B	15	62	55	7	13	2	0	1	6	1		6			0	1			.236	.311	.327	.639	81
1932	NBY	IND	32	3B	7	26	18	3	5	0	0	0	1	1		6			1	1			.278	.480	.278	.758	103
1935	NBY	IND	35	3B	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	1			.333	.333	.333	.667	84
12	6			SS	553	2385	2103	346	594	90	26	30	307	61		176	0		15	91			.282	.342	.393	.735	98
162 Game Average						699	616	101	174	26	8	9	90	18		52	0		6	27			.282	.342	.393	.735	98

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
11	Negro Leagues				543	2345	2067	342	589	88	26	30	305	61		173			15	90			.285	.345	.396	.741	99
4	vs Major Leagues				10	40	36	4	5	2	0	0	2	0		3	0		0	1			.139	.205	.194	.400	21

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Chicago American Giants			-	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.111	.111	.111	.222	-34
2	St. Louis Stars I			SS	5	20	17	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		3	0		0	0			.118	.250	.118	.368	11
6	Detroit Stars I			SS	444	1930	1704	277	480	74	26	20	236	48		139			10	77			.282	.339	.391	.730	99
1	Homestead Grays			SS	2	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.429	.714	148
2	New York Lincoln Giants			3B	76	327	290	56	90	13	0	9	60	11		22			4	11			.310	.367	.448	.815	100
3	New York Black Yankees			3B	23	92	76	10	19	2	0	1	8	2		12			1	3			.250	.360	.316	.675	87

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1928	NLG	ECL	142	.337	.348	6.3%	7.8%					4.2%	1.5%	.198	.124
1925	DS	NNL	410	.327	.331	7.8%	8.3%					2.0%	1.4%	.160	.126
1927	HG	NvM	7	.326	.258	0.0%	3.1%					0.0%	0.8%	.143	.061
1923	DS	NNL/NvM	331	.341	.333	9.7%			7.9%			1.8%	1.3%	.123	.116
1920	MULT	NNL/NvM	251	.317	.324	6.0%			8.3%			0.8%	0.5%	.098	.079
1921	DS	NNL	355	.344	.330	5.6%	7.5%					0.3%	0.8%	.093	.098
1924	DS	NNL	273	.337	.346	6.2%	8.9%					0.4%	0.9%	.092	.110
1930	NLG	EAS	185	.376	.369	7.0%	8.7%					1.6%	1.8%	.091	.144
1931	HAR	EAS	62	.300	.323	9.7%	7.7%					1.6%	1.0%	.091	.107
1922	SLS/DS	NvM/NNL	339	.290	.334	7.7%		0.0%	8.0%			0.6%	1.1%	.064	.113
1932	NBY	IND	26	.381	.345	23.1%	7.8%					0.0%	1.3%	.000	.127
1935	NBY	IND	4	.212	.301	0.0%	5.6%					0.0%	4.5%	.000	.195
12	6		2385	.331	.336	7.4%	8.1%	0.0%	2.6%		3.18	1.3%	1.1%	.110	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
11	Negro Leagues		2345	.333	.337	7.4%	8.1%					1.3%	1.1%	.111	.113
4	vs Major Leagues		40	.193	.304	7.5%	7.0%	0.0%	2.6%		3.18	0.0%	0.9%	.056	.097

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Chicago American Giants		9	.108	.320	0.0%	8.2%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.078
2	St. Louis Stars I		20	.209	.311	15.0%	7.8%	0.0%	2.6%		3.18	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.089
6	Detroit Stars I		1930	.329	.333	7.2%	8.1%					1.0%	1.0%	.109	.109
1	Homestead Grays		7	.326	.258	0.0%	3.1%					0.0%	0.8%	.143	.061
2	New York Lincoln Giants		327	.359	.360	6.7%	8.3%					2.8%	1.7%	.138	.135
3	New York Black Yankees		92	.319	.328	13.0%	7.6%					1.1%	1.2%	.066	.116

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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