Jim Riggleman

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.

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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)

Origin

Fort Dix, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

High school

Richard Montgomery High School

University

Frostburg State University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Riggleman
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178928

Tags

• New Jersey
• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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