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Riggs Stephenson
Jackson Riggs "Warhorse" Stephenson (January 5, 1898 – November 15, 1985) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed ''Old Hoss'', Stephenson played for the Cleveland Indians from to and the rest of his career from to with the Chicago Cubs. Benefiting from the offensive surge of the late 1920s and early 1930s, he retired with a career batting average of .336, although he was only a full-time player from 1927 to 1929 and in 1932, with injuries and platooning limiting his role for the rest of his career.
==Early years==
Born in Akron, Alabama, Stephenson originally played baseball and football at the University of Alabama before he started his professional baseball career. A natural athlete who excelled in both sports, Stephenson had a good reputation at the university. Former University of Alabama president George H. Denny described Riggs as "the embodiment of cleanliness, manliness, and courage." He was an All-Southern fullback in 1919 and 1920. He was nominated though not selected for an ''Associated Press'' All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. Stephenson sustained a shoulder injury in a football game in 1920 when he dropped back and was tackled by a pair of linebackers. His injury to his right shoulder was so bad that he had to end his football career as a quarterback,〔 and as a result it greatly affected his throwing abilities. His throwing problems made it difficult for him to turn double plays, but his hitting compensated for those fielding woes. Stephenson quit school at Alabama and immediately made the jump to professional baseball,〔 where he signed with the defending World Series champions Cleveland Indians at the age of 23.. Riggs was one of those guys who went straight from college to the big leagues.
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