as a scout for the San Diego Padres and California Angels (1973–1974), Rigney had a second managerial stint with the Giants in 1976, a year of transition between the Horace Stoneham and Bob Lurie ownerships. Rigney's 1976 club went only 74–88 and finished 28 games behind the world champion Cincinnati Reds. Joe Altobelli succeeded him at the Giants' helm on October 7, 1976. Rigney finished with a managerial record of 1,239 wins and 1,321 losses. Managerial record Broadcaster, scout and "ambassador" In an 18-season managerial career, Rigney posted a 1,239–1,321 record (.484) in 2,561 games. The Twins' three-and-out loss in the 1970 ALCS was his only MLB postseason managing appearance. As a minor league pilot, Rigney won the 1955 American Association championship at the helm of the Minneapolis Millers. After leaving the Giants at the close of his second managerial term in 1976, he served as a front-office consultant and a radio and television broadcaster for the Oakland Athletics in the 1980s. Rigney died in Walnut Creek, California, at age of 83. The "Bill Rigney Good Guy Award" is given each year to a San Francisco Giant and Oakland Athletic who is most accommodating to the media. Quotation Rigney took the reins of the Giants in 1956, succeeding Leo Durocher, for whom he had played from 1948 to 1953. "I learned a lot from Leo Durocher", he said. "I learned about the hit-and-run, about gambling and going against the percentages. You can't play it the same all the time." – Norman L. Macht, at Baseball Library See also List of Major League Baseball managers by wins References External links 1918 births 2001 deaths Baseball players from California Bellingham Chinooks players California Angels managers California Angels scouts Los Angeles Angels managers Major League Baseball broadcasters Major League Baseball second basemen Major League Baseball shortstops Major League Baseball third basemen Minneapolis Millers (baseball) managers Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Minnesota Twins managers National League All-Stars New York Giants (NL) managers New York Giants (NL) players Oakland Athletics announcers Oakland Oaks (baseball) players Sportspeople from Alameda, California San Diego Padres scouts San Francisco Giants announcers San Francisco Giants managers Spokane Hawks players Topeka Owls players United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II Vancouver Capilanos players