Lew Riggs
Lew Riggs
Full name: Lewis Sidney Riggs
Born: April 22, 1910, Mebane, North Carolina
Died August 12, 1975, Durham, North Carolina
Buried at Rock Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Graham, North Carolina
First Game: April 28, 1934; Final Game: April 16, 1946
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 175
Lew Riggs
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1934 STL N 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1934 STL N
1935 CIN N 142 532 73 148 26 8 5 46 43 32 2 6 7 8 .278 .334 .385 0.9 1935 CIN N
1936 CIN N 141 538 69 138 20 12 6 57 38 33 7 5 13 5 .257 .314 .372 0.7 1936 CIN N
1937 CIN N 122 384 43 93 17 5 6 45 24 17 1 2 7 4 .242 .289 .359 0.9 1937 CIN N
1938 CIN N 142 531 53 134 21 13 2 55 40 28 5 13 10 3 .252 .311 .352 -0.9 1938 CIN N
1939 CIN N 22 38 5 6 1 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 1 1 .158 .256 .184 -0.4 1939 CIN N
1940 CIN N 41 72 8 21 7 1 1 9 2 4 0 0 1 0 .292 .311 .458 0.2 1940 CIN N
1941 BRO N 77 197 27 60 13 4 5 36 16 12 0 7 2 1 .305 .357 .487 0.1 1941 BRO N
1942 BRO N 70 180 20 50 5 0 3 22 13 9 2 4 3 0 .278 .333 .356 -0.4 1942 BRO N
1946 BRO N 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1946 BRO N
Total 760 2477 298 650 110 43 28 271 181 140 17 37 44 22 .262 .317 .375 1.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1940 CIN N Daily Splits 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1940 CIN N
1941 BRO N Daily Splits 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 1941 BRO N
Total Splits 6 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .250 .182 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1936 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1936 NL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
1935 CIN N 3B 135 132 269 31 21 .928
1936 CIN N 3B 140 122 267 13 19 .968
1937 CIN N 3B 100 112 223 21 16 .941
1937 CIN N 2B 4 0 3 0 0 1.000
1937 CIN N SS 1 0 0 0 0 -
1938 CIN N 3B 140 146 280 24 18 .947
1939 CIN N 3B 11 6 16 1 1 .957
1940 CIN N 3B 11 10 23 2 2 .943
1941 BRO N 3B 43 48 75 9 4 .932
1941 BRO N 1B 1 3 1 1 1 .800
1941 BRO N 2B 1 4 2 0 1 1.000
1942 BRO N 3B 46 36 65 6 7 .944
1942 BRO N 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1946 BRO N 3B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 627 614 1220 107 88 .945
Total 2B 5 4 5 0 1 1.000
Total 1B 2 4 1 1 1 .833
Total SS 1 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1941 BRO N Daily 3B 2 2 2 18 1 5 0 1 0 1.000
Total 3B 2 2 2 18 1 5 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1936 NL Daily 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Transactions Transactions
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds for $30000 (November 3, 1934 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Pep Young (December 9,
1940 ).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (April 27, 1946 ).
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