Patrice Briones

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Patrice Briones

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Born January 5, 1973 ^[1]

Left-handed ^[2] pitcher Patrice Briones ^[3] pitched for the French national team for over a decade.

Briones went 0-2 in the 1993 Intercontinental Cup; the 20-year-old allowed 22 runs on 17 hits and 15 walks in 11 2/3 IP; he was about average for a pitcher on the French squad. In the 1994 Baseball World Cup, Patrice was 0-1 with a 9.64 ERA, walking 12 and surrendering 14 hits in 9 1/3 IP. ^[4]

In the 1995 European Championship, the southpaw walked 9 and allowed 14 hits and 10 runs in 9 1/3 innings, going 0-1 on a French team that otherwise was 5-1. His loss came against the powerhouse Dutch national team. ^[5]

Briones tossed four scoreless innings for France in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup. ^[6] He struck out 8 in 5 1/3 innings in the 1999 European Championship, allowing 3 runs, as France won a Bronze, its first Medal ever in a European Championship. ^[7]

In the 2001 Baseball World Cup, he went 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA, allowing 18 hits in 12 innings. ^[8] He saved two games in the 2001 European Championship and allowed only 6 hits in 12 1/3 innings, striking out 13. He had a 1.46 ERA, lowest of any French hurler with 2+ IP. He led the event in saves ^[9]

During the 2003 Baseball World Cup, he was 0-2 with a 7.11 ERA. ^[10] In the 2003 European Championship, he allowed 4 runs in 7 innings but all were unearned; the former wild man only walked one. He was 0-1. ^[11] In 2004, Briones pitched for Amaya in the Spanish Division Honor, going 6-1 with a 3.30 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 62 2/3 IP. ^[12]

Briones saved one game and allowed only a .147 average in the 2005 European Championship. ^[13]

He played for Pessac in the French leagues in 2007, and moved to CD Pamplona in the Spanish leagues in January 2008. ^[14] Briones was 1-4 with a save and a 2.84 ERA for Pamplona in 2008 as the ace of a 6-26 team. He hit .152/.220/.217. ^[15]

He coached the French national 21 year olds team in September 2008, with the team finishing in 6th place ^[16]

He now (2008) works as a coach, a physical trainer and an administrative officer for a baseball development center for young boys and girls in Gironde, France. ^[17]