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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Nelson Rigney Third Base
Retired (1994, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .822 Status Deceased (2024) Option Years 0  
H 2339 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 10-28-1955
HR 272 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1973)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(1 games)
RBI 1180
SB 225
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B  Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 6
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1973 Minors 18 58.00 9 / 10 5 / 5 7 / 7 2 / 4 4 / 10 8 / 8 13 / 14 48 / 58
1973 Majors 18 0.10 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1973 Pos (2B) 18 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3
1973 Pos (C) 18 153.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 153
1974 Minors 19 60.00 7 / 12 11 / 15 6 / 13 3 / 6 3 / 3 5 / 5 5 / 6 40 / 60
1974 Pos (C) 19 66.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 66
1975 Minors 20 47.00 3 / 5 3 / 6 2 / 7 5 / 7 4 / 7 2 / 6 7 / 9 26 / 47
1975 Pos (C) 20 80.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 80
1976 Minors 21 57.00 6 / 9 5 / 10 7 / 11 0 / 2 3 / 7 6 / 7 8 / 11 35 / 57
1976 Pos (2B) 21 32.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 17 / 32
1976 Pos (3B) 21 45.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 45
1976 Pos (C) 21 15.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 15
1977 Majors 22 57.41 137 115 25 3 / 8 3 / 9 5 / 13 1 / 6 3 / 8 5 / 8 1 / 5 21 / 57
1978 Majors 23 56.18 133 113 29 2 / 8 3 / 6 3 / 8 2 / 5 3 / 8 8 / 9 4 / 12 25 / 56
1979 Majors 24 66.43 162 135 0 2 / 8 2 / 9 4 / 7 3 / 8 4 / 11 3 / 10 7 / 13 25 / 66
1980 Majors 25 50.14 115 96 47 3 / 6 1 / 9 3 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 6 1 / 6 9 / 50
1981 Majors 26 71.30 162 133 0 1 / 8 4 / 15 0 / 6 2 / 13 4 / 16 0 / 6 1 / 7 12 / 71
1982 Majors 27 71.22 162 129 0 1 / 7 3 / 12 1 / 9 1 / 16 1 / 7 1 / 12 0 / 8 8 / 71
1983 Majors 28 67.73 154 128 8 1 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 9 5 / 15 8 / 67
1984 Majors 29 57.35 137 115 25 0 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 9 1 / 11 0 / 6 4 / 57
1985 Majors 30 66.08 162 133 0 0 / 10 0 / 10 1 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 12 1 / 66
1986 Majors 31 58.25 149 114 12 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 58
1987 Majors 32 67.32 162 135 0 0 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 7 1 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 12 2 / 67
1988 Majors 33 67.32 162 135 0 0 / 12 1 / 10 0 / 7 1 / 11 0 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 11 3 / 67
1989 Majors 34 65.00 162 124 0 -2 / 6 -7 / 10 -1 / 11 -7 / 6 -6 / 8 -1 / 11 -3 / 13 -27 / 65
1990 Majors 35 50.35 127 101 15 0 / 6 -2 / 7 -4 / 5 2 / 12 -7 / 9 0 / 3 -1 / 8 -12 / 50
1991 Majors 36 60.79 162 109 0 -2 / 5 -2 / 10 -4 / 10 -6 / 7 -5 / 8 -3 / 9 -1 / 11 -23 / 60
1992 Majors 37 65.23 162 133 0 -2 / 6 -1 / 11 0 / 9 -7 / 6 -3 / 10 0 / 11 -3 / 12 -16 / 65
1993 Majors 38 44.12 119 80 17 -3 / 7 -2 / 4 -1 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 9 -1 / 6 -2 / 4 -9 / 44
1994 Majors 39 16.99 70 15 12 -4 / 0 -4 / 2 -4 / 2 -5 / 3 -2 / 5 -3 / 1 -2 / 3 -24 / 16
Total 2601 2043 190 25 / 160 24 / 193 27 / 177 -1 / 179 8 / 183 33 / 174 40 / 209 200 / 1669
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1994-11-01Nelson Rigney has retired from the Seattle 69 PILOTS
1994-06-19Nelson Rigney of the Seattle 69 PILOTS is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1994-04-25The Seattle 69 PILOTS have placed Nelson Rigney on the trade block.
1994-04-25The Seattle 69 PILOTS have re-claimed Nelson Rigney from the waiver wire.
1994-04-23The Seattle 69 PILOTS have promoted George Kokos to the major league team. The Seattle 69 PILOTS have promoted Vallie Bruner to the major league team. The Seattle 69 PILOTS have designated Nelson Rigney for assignment. The Seattle 69 PILOTS have designated Patrick Flowers for assignment.
1993-06-26Nelson Rigney of the Seattle 69 PILOTS is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1990-08-06Trade #1151058 has been completed between the Seattle 69 PILOTS and the Los Angeles Cardinals. The Los Angeles Cardinals receive Pablo Pickalso, Al Morrissey, Draft Pick 1992 Round 2 SEA (Wayne Black), Draft Pick 1992 Round 1 SEA (Dan Quinlan) from the Seattle 69 PILOTS in exchange for Nelson Rigney, John Hiller, Johnny Janeway.
1990-07-23Nelson Rigney of the Los Angeles Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1986-04-02Nelson Rigney of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1984-09-03Nelson Rigney of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1983-07-21Nelson Rigney of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1980-07-10Nelson Rigney of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1980-05-25Nelson Rigney of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1978-06-30Nelson Rigney of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1978-05-30Nelson Rigney of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1977-06-15Nelson Rigney of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1977-04-01The Chicago Cardinals have promoted Nelson Rigney to the major league team.
1976-07-16A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Playboys. The Pittsburgh Playboys receive Jack Coombs, Draft Pick 1978 Round 3 CHA (Howie Magallanes), Draft Pick 1977 Round 2 ATL (Frank Fernandez) from the Chicago Cardinals in exchange for Nelson Rigney, Draft Pick 1977 Round 1 CHA (Ziggy Smith), Draft Pick 1978 Round 1 PIT (Scott Keating).
1973-05-25A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Robins and the Pittsburgh Playboys. The Pittsburgh Playboys receive Lee McCabe, Doc McJames, Nelson Rigney, Hector Brown from the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Curt Hickey, Buzz Ussat.
1973-04-03The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Amos Campbell to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have sent Nelson Rigney to the minors.
1973-04-01The Brooklyn Robins have auto-promoted Nelson Rigney to the major leagues.
1973-04-01A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Robins and the Baltimore BlueBombers. The Baltimore BlueBombers receive Tommaso Grandelis, Del Crede from the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Nelson Rigney.