Was Bill Riggins a pitcher?

No. Bill Riggins was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Bill Riggins hit?

Bill Riggins hit 45 career home runs with 790 hits.

Bill Riggins

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records

AVG .296

HR 45

RBI 428

H 790

OPS .786

PIV 3,103

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 169 lb
Born: 2/7/1900 in Colp, IL, USA
Died: 3/8/1943 in New York, NY, USA

Full name: Arvell Riggins

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
120.0	106.0	19.0	34.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	12.0	1.0	5.0	.321	.390	.443	.833

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1936	4.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
Listed seasons · 1	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
709	2,669	503	790	123	41	45	428	105	255	5	.296	.363	.423	.786	3,103

Career AVG .296 vs. league average .283 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .363 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — +5.3% above league average.

Career SLG .423 vs. league average .396 across their career seasons — +6.8% above league average.

Career OPS .786 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — +6.1% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1920	CAG	NNL	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1920	DS	NNL	49	172	16	48	10	2	2	21	1	12	0	.279	.271 (+3%)	.331 (-1%)	.363 (+9%)	.694 (+4%)	0.0
1921	DS	NNL	63	257	33	76	18	2	1	33	6	14	2	.296	.286 (+3%)	.344 (-2%)	.395 (-1%)	.739 (-1%)	-77.8
1922	DS	NNL	67	245	40	62	7	2	2	26	8	16	1	.253	.285 (-11%)	.345 (-9%)	.397 (-19%)	.743 (-14%)	-545.2
1923	DS	NNL	71	265	59	80	9	3	6	43	2	32	0	.302	.282 (+7%)	.344 (+10%)	.390 (+9%)	.734 (+10%)	534.2
1924	DS	NNL	63	264	49	81	8	7	1	25	5	18	0	.307	.283 (+8%)	.345 (+2%)	.389 (+3%)	.734 (+3%)	100.1
1925	DS	NNL	93	360	63	97	16	9	8	68	25	31	0	.269	.288 (-6%)	.349 (-6%)	.407 (+6%)	.756 (avg)	-70.8
1926	DS	NNL	91	330	80	99	18	6	7	52	25	36	0	.300	.279 (+7%)	.345 (+9%)	.390 (+17%)	.735 (+13%)	822.2
1927	CHT	NNL	36	134	30	47	7	7	3	28	6	14	0	.351	.282 (+24%)	.344 (+20%)	.392 (+46%)	.736 (+34%)	747.2
1928	NLG	ECL	33	126	26	34	7	0	6	24	7	9	1	.270	.280 (-4%)	.342 (-6%)	.395 (+18%)	.737 (+7%)	134.2
1929	NLG	ANL	66	243	60	84	15	3	5	61	12	40	0	.346	.289 (+19%)	.353 (+26%)	.415 (+19%)	.769 (+22%)	1197.5
1930	NLG	IND	44	166	32	57	6	0	3	36	4	15	1	.343	.293 (+17%)	.354 (+15%)	.429 (+1%)	.784 (+7%)	301.0
1931	HAR	IND	18	67	9	16	2	0	1	7	2	7	0	.239	.276 (-14%)	.338 (-8%)	.388 (-19%)	.726 (-14%)	-139.7
1932	NBY	IND	7	18	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	.278	—	—	—	—	0.0
1935	NBY	IND	5	13	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	.231	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			709	2,669	503	790	123	41	45	428	105	255	5	.296	—	—	—	—	3,003

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.7	1	1	0	1	1	13.50	0.0

Career ERA 13.50 vs. league average 4.11 across their career seasons — 228.8% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1926	DS	NNL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.7	1	1	1	1	13.50	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	1	13.50	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	7	25	4	9	2	0	.360
Away	2	9	1	4	0	0	.444

Last 9 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	BB
1929-09-01	NYL	HIL	W	3	2	2	1	1
1929-09-01	NYL	HIL	W	5	1	2	1	0
1929-06-06	NYL	BLS	W	3	0	2	0	0
1929-06-06	NYL	BLS	W	3	0	0	0	0
1924-08-18	DT1	CAG	L	3	1	1	0	1
1922-06-27	DT1	SSN	W	4	0	1	0	0
1921-07-25	DT1	KCM	L	4	0	1	0	0
1921-07-09	DT1	CB1	L	5	1	3	0	0
1921-06-06	DT1	CNN	W	4	0	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	8	5	53	4	1	4
2B	32	30	59	95	10	19
3B	169	164	179	273	41	31
OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
P	1	0	0	0	0	0
SS	509	410	823	1380	220	173

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1920	CAG	SS	3	3	1	6	5	0
1920	DS	3B	17	17	23	27	6	0
1920	DS	SS	33	32	68	96	14	8
1921	DS	1B	5	5	48	4	0	3
1921	DS	SS	58	58	123	151	39	19
1922	DS	SS	67	67	131	200	28	18
1923	DS	SS	71	70	109	324	36	44
1924	DS	SS	63	63	146	200	34	30
1925	DS	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1925	DS	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1925	DS	SS	92	0	0	0	0	0
1926	DS	2B	3	1	4	4	1	2
1926	DS	3B	5	4	3	6	0	0
1926	DS	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1926	DS	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1926	DS	SS	87	86	178	300	34	46
1927	CHT	1B	1	0	4	0	1	0
1927	CHT	2B	2	2	7	8	0	0
1927	CHT	3B	6	5	4	12	2	0
1927	CHT	SS	31	27	59	96	29	5
1928	NLG	2B	1	1	1	0	0	0
1928	NLG	3B	32	32	35	58	5	7
1929	NLG	2B	9	9	13	32	0	8
1929	NLG	3B	57	57	66	100	15	11
1930	NLG	1B	1	0	1	0	0	1
1930	NLG	3B	43	42	41	63	11	12
1931	HAR	2B	14	14	26	48	7	8
1931	HAR	SS	4	4	8	7	1	3
1932	NBY	3B	6	6	5	5	1	1
1935	NBY	2B	3	3	8	3	2	1
1935	NBY	3B	2	1	2	2	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	1
First Base	8
Second Base	32
Third Base	169
Shortstop	509
Left Field	1

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