Tom Zuppa says this 1940 Lew Riggs is “perfect” for Weird Card Wednesday. I’m inclined to agree.
One thing we can mostly agree upon about the APBA game is their consistency in placing their result numbers. The 66 has the best number, 11 has the next best, etc. You can throw that out the window with Lew Riggs’ card.
Lew Riggs stats:
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 Totals | 41 | 74 | 72 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .292 | .311 | .458 |
Pastor Rich indicates this is an printing error and he is probably right. If you look at it closely, you can see what happened. At the printer, all numbers were “moved” down one row and the the lowest row was moved to the top. Once you realize that, it all makes sense.
Riggs card is pretty much on target for his year’s stats. Just a row off. A perfect card for those managers who can’t roll 66s.
A great suggestion. Thanks Tom!
I’m curious as to what year this card was issued for the 1940 Reds GTP. The font suggests early to mid 50’s release but I am not 100% sure. Weird card no doubt :)
Yeah, where is this set from? Looks like a properly printed card would have the 12 at DR-46, but the 1940 set (published in 1992) had it at 23. None of the GTOP sets had a 12 at 46, either, although the 1999 BATS set did. Is this a BATS card?
Jarring to look at, certainly.
I’m not sure… Tom Z. can you shed some light?
If you’re reading this, you’re all set, pardren!
I’ve got a ’40 Riggs from the GTP Reds that is in quite ordinary format. I would probably have done a spit take had I been presented with this aberration. 55 years of APBA…never seen anything like it…
I lived in Mebane for nearly 20 years, where Lew is still highly revered, and there are folks that still share memories about him and his family.