29 Facts About Riggs Stephenson

Jackson Riggs "Warhorse" Stephenson was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball.

Riggs Stephenson sustained a shoulder injury in a football game in 1920 when he dropped back and was tackled by a pair of linebackers.

Riggs Stephenson's throwing problems made it difficult for him to turn double plays, but his hitting compensated for those fielding woes.

Riggs 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 Stephenson made his major league debut on April 13,1921, and continued to play limitedly during the remainder of the season.

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However, Riggs Stephenson' hitting compensated for his fielding woes; he hit 17 doubles among his 68 hits during his 65-game season that year.

Riggs Stephenson had limited playing time again in 1924, only playing in 71 games.

Riggs Stephenson was sent to the outfield the following year, and played only 19 games before being sent back down the minor leagues by the Indians in order to make him a full-time outfielder.

In 1926, Cubs manager Joe McCarthy was able to acquire Riggs Stephenson to produce "one of the hardest hitting outfields of all time".

Riggs Stephenson again played limitedly with the Cubs, but spent the whole season at left field.

Riggs Stephenson had a remarkable season, playing in 152 games while batting.

Riggs Stephenson finished fifth in the league in hits and seventh in the league for scoring 101 runs.

Riggs Stephenson placed 20th in the NL Most Valuable Player Award voting.

Riggs Stephenson earned the nickname "Old Hoss" because of his reliability as a hitter that season.

Riggs Stephenson followed up with another solid performance in 1928, batting.

Riggs Stephenson finished with seventeen home runs, 110 RBIs and 179 hits.

Riggs Stephenson placed 23rd in the league's MVP Award voting this time around.

Riggs Stephenson teamed up with fellow Cubs outfielders and future Hall of Famers Kiki Cuyler and Hack Wilson to be the only outfield trio in NL history to drive in over 100 runs each on the season.

Riggs Stephenson followed up with another solid, but shortened season in 1930.

Riggs Stephenson came back in 1932 and collected the most at bats of his career and hit.

Riggs Stephenson hit a career-best 49 doubles, which gave him the third-highest total in the league.

Riggs Stephenson collected eight hits, drove in four runs and batted a team-high.

Riggs Stephenson played only 97 games the following season, but maintained a solid.

Riggs Stephenson spent most of his time as a pinch hitter, but only batted a career-low.

Riggs Stephenson spent the next five years playing and managing in the minor leagues, but called it quits for good in 1939.

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Riggs Stephenson was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1971.

Riggs Stephenson died at the age of 87 at his Tuscaloosa home after suffering a long illness.

Riggs Stephenson received a total of only eight votes in his four years on the Hall of Fame ballot in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Riggs Stephenson was on the Veterans Committee ballot again in recent years, but failed to pick up any votes.