Bill Riggins

Shortstop

Born: February 7, 1900
Colp, Illinois

Died: March 8, 1943 (aged 43)
New York, New York

Batted: Both

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

1920, for the Chicago American Giants

Last appearance

1936, for the Miami Giants

Teams

Chicago American Giants (1920)
Detroit Stars (1920-1926) ^[1]
Cleveland Hornets (1927)
Homestead Grays (1927)
New York Lincoln Giants (1928-1930)
Harlem Stars (1931)
New York Black Yankees (1932)
Brooklyn Royal Giants (1932-1933)
Miami Giants (1934-1936)

Arvell "Bill" Riggins (February 7, 1900 – March 8, 1943) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1920 to 1936 with several teams, including the Detroit Stars from 1920 to 1926.^[2]

Riggins joined the Detroit Stars at the forming of the Negro National League in 1920, and he stayed with the team until 1926.^[1]

Riggins died at the age of 43 years in New York, New York. He is buried at the Bevery Hills Cemetery in Peekskill, New York.

References

1 2 "Champion Monarchs Open Season With Victory" The Kansas City Advocate, Kansas City, Kansas, Friday, May 29, 1925, Page 3, Columns 1 to 5
↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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