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Ohio League champion ( 1903) Charles "Cy" Rigler (May 16, 1882 – December 21, 1935) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1906 to 1935. His total of 4,144 games ranked fourth in major league history when he retired, and his 2,468 games as a plate umpire still place him third behind his NL ...
- 1906 – 1935
- December 21, 1935 (aged 53), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- May 16, 1882, Massillon, Ohio, U.S.
- Umpire
Jan 4, 2012 · The son of a German fireman, Charles Rigler was born May 16, 1882, in Massillon, Ohio. He began his athletic career as a semipro baseball player and right tackle for the Massillon Tigers professional football team. When a knee injury cut short his playing career, Rigler found himself on the officiating side of sports.
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Apr 7, 2018 · Cy Rigler was a National League umpire for 30 seasons between 1906 and 1935. He is best remembered for signaling strikes with a hand motion in addition to a yell, and for his size, which is reported to have topped 270 pounds on his six-foot frame.
May 4, 2024 · MOUNT VERNON — Charles “Cy” Rigler was one of the legendary umpires of professional baseball in the first half of the 20th century, one who gradually built a reputation for being the “least thin-skinned” umpire in the business, according to an article by David Cicotello for the Society for American Baseball Research.
Cy Rigler worked 4,142 games in the majors from four games at the end of 1906 through a full 1935 season. He worked 10 World Series, and worked in the very first All-Star Game, held in 1933. Ducky Holmes played in nine games at the start of the Cardinals’ 1906 season. He worked 13 National League games in 1921.
Jul 25, 2010 · The umpire Cy Rigler began using hand signals in the minors in 1905 so that outfielders knew what he had called. He, as often as Klem, is credited with starting the signs. The next year, Rigler...
Cy Rigler. Bats: Unknown • Throws: Unknown 6-1, 270lb (185cm, 122kg) Born: May 16, 1882 in Massillon, OH us. Died: December 21, 1935 in Philadelphia, PA. Full Name: Charles Rigler View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen. View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject. More bio, uniform, draft, salary info
