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Jim Riggleman

ジム・リグルマン　/　じむ・りぐるまん

American baseball player

November 9, 1952 (age 73)　・　Fort Dix, New Jersey, United States

New Jersey
baseball player

My Take

I am drawn to baseball lifers, and Riggleman is one of the truest. He never broke through as a player, grinding through the Dodgers and Cardinals farm systems, but he turned that frustration into a long managerial road that stretched across several clubs from 1989 to 2019. There is real value in a man who knows what it feels like to fall short, because he can read the dread in a struggling player better than any natural star ever could. I respect the stubborn persistence more than any trophy. In baseball, the most interesting story is usually the one the box score never tells.

Overview

James David Riggleman (born November 9, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) manager and bench coach who coached with several teams between 1989 and 2019. During his playing career, Riggleman was an infielder and outfielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals minor league systems from 1974 to 1981.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jim Riggleman
Name (Japanese): ジム・リグルマン
Reading: じむ・りぐるまん
Born: November 9, 1952 (age 73)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Dragon
Origin: Fort Dix, New Jersey, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Richard Montgomery High School
University: Frostburg State University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

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