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Topper Rigney
Emory Elmo "Topper" Rigney (January 7, 1897 – June 6, 1972) was a professional baseball player from 1920 to 1928. He played six seasons in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers (1922–1925), Boston Red Sox (1926–1927), and Washington Senators (1927).
A Texas native, Rigney served in the U.S. Navy and played two years in the Texas League before making his major league debut in 1922 at age 25. During his six-year major league career, Rigney ranked among the American League leaders in sacrifice hits four times. He was also among the league leaders in bases on balls three times, leading to his impressive on-base percentages of .410 in 1924 and .395 in 1926. Rigney also had good speed on the base paths and ranked among the league leaders in triples twice and was once among the leaders in stolen bases. He had a career batting average of .288 and .388 on-base percentage.
Rigney also ranked among the American League's best defensive shortstops in the 1920s. He led the league's shortstops in fielding percentage in 1924 and 1926 and also led the league with 492 assists in 1926. His 1926 range factor per game of 5.33 was tops among shortstops in that category as well.
==Early years==
Rigney was born in Groveton, Texas, in 1897. He attended Texas A&M University, playing for the Aggies from 1915 to 1918.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Baseball Almanac )〕 Rigney's father, Robert Rigney, was a dry goods merchant in Leonard, Texas, in 1910, and a real estate agent in 1920. Topper Rigney served in the U. S. Navy in 1918 and 1919 and listed his occupation as real estate agent in the 1920 United States Census.
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