His real name was Arnold John Statz, and he was a local boy—born in Waukegan, around the same time as Jack Benny. When he was little the folks called him "chigger bug" because he was so small. That was spelled incorrectly by his parents, and voila, the name stuck. For many years Jigger held the all-time record for professional baseball games played, although most of his (18 years) were played in the minors in Wrigley Field (the one in Los Angeles). He did play 8 seasons in the big leagues, and was the starting centerfielder for the Cubs in the early 20s (1922-1925).

Only five players have more than 4000 career hits in professional baseball…Pete Rose, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron…and Jigger Statz. He played in the minors until he was 44 years old.