finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1934 15 november 1985 1921 .336 1515 773 chicago cubs 5 january 1898 tuscaloosa , alabama september 24 riggs stephenson.jpg batting average hits rbis cleveland indians riggs stephenson right riggs stephenson in 1924 akron , alabama april 13 right left fielder riggs stephenson

riggs stephenson

jackson riggs `` warhorse '' stephenson -lrb- january 5 , 1898 -- november 15 , 1985 -rrb- was an american left fielder in major league baseball .
nicknamed `` old hoss '' , stephenson played for the cleveland indians from to and the rest of his career from to with the chicago cubs .
benefiting from the offensive surge of the late 1920s and early 1930s , he retired with a career batting average of .336 , although he was only a full-time player from 1927 to 1929 and in 1932 , with injuries and platooning limiting his role for the rest of his career .
