Buttons Briggs

Herbert Theodore Briggs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 8, 1875 in Poughkeepsie, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1896
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Colts/Orphans 1896-1905

Final Game: September 25, 1905
Died: February 18, 1911 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1896	20	CHC	NL	12	8	.600	4.31	26	21	4	19	0	1	194.0	202	129	93	6	108	84	15	0	6	882	105	1.598	9.4	0.3	5.0	*3.9*	0.78
1897	21	CHC	NL	4	17	.190	5.26	22	22	0	21	0	0	186.2	246	166	109	6	85	60	9	0	6	876	84	1.773	11.9	0.3	4.1	2.9	0.71
1898	22	CLB,DTR	A	5	12	.294		14	14		13	1		117.0	145	72			41	62	5		11			1.590	11.2		3.2	4.8	1.51	CLB,DTR · WL
1898	22	CHC	NL	1	3	.250	5.70	4	4	0	3	0	0	30.0	38	22	19	0	10	14	1	0	1	135	64	1.600	11.4	0.0	3.0	4.2	1.40

1899	23	CLD	C	2	5	.286		11	9		9	1		85.0	92	55			32	36	2		1			1.459	9.7		3.4	3.8	1.13	CLD · NYSL
1900	24	SXC	B	1	3	.250	2.19	5	4		4			37.0	43	31	9		11	10						1.459	10.5		2.7	2.4	0.91	SXC · WL
1901	25	UTI	C					29																								UTI · NYSL
1902	26	TTO	A	20	8	.714		29																								TTO · EL
1904	28	CHC	NL	19	11	.633	2.05	34	30	4	28	3	3	277.0	252	102	63	3	77	112	8	0	3	1109	129	1.188	8.2	0.1	2.5	3.6	1.45
1905	29	CHC	NL	8	8	.500	2.14	20	20	0	13	5	0	168.0	141	58	40	1	52	68	6	0	1	654	139	1.149	7.6	0.1	2.8	3.6	1.31
1907	31	INA	A	16	14	.533		33						268.0	233	101			96							1.228	7.8		3.2			INA · AA
5 Yrs				44	47	.484	3.41	106	97	8	84	8	4	855.2	879	477	324	16	332	338	39	0	17	3656	105	1.415	9.2	0.2	3.5	3.6	1.02
162 Game Avg.				15	16	.484	3.41	36	32	3	28	3	1	287	294	160	109	5	111	113	13	0	6	1225	105	1.415	9.2	0.2	3.5	3.6	1.02

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1896	20	CHC	NL	194.0	26	21	129	5.98	6.02	0.06	0.00	104.0	6.20	10	0.8	1.0	-0.2	2.3	28	.531	.505	$
1897	21	CHC	NL	186.2	22	22	166	8.00	5.87	-0.22	0.00	103.0	6.27	-31	-2.3		-0.1	-0.9	-14	.393	.485	$
1898	22	CHC	NL	30.0	4	4	22	6.60	4.91	0.15	0.00	100.0	4.76	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.382	.497	$

1904	28	CHC	NL	277.0	34	30	102	3.31	3.92	0.21	0.00	97.0	3.60	11	1.3	1.0	-0.3	3.2	32	.537	.508	$
1905	29	CHC	NL	168.0	20	20	58	3.11	4.08	0.41	0.00	99.0	3.63	10	1.2		-0.1	2.4	25	.560	.507	$
5 Seasons				855.2	106	97	477	5.02	4.89	0.12	0.00	100.4	4.82	-5	0.5	1.0	-0.7	6.8	67	.504	.501	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1896	20	12	8	.600	4.31	26	21	4	19	0	1	194.0	202	129	93	6	108	84	15	6	882	105	1.598	9.4	0.3	5.0	3.9	0.78	105
1897	21	16	25	.390	4.78	48	43	4	40	0	1	380.2	448	295	202	12	193	144	24	12	1758	94	1.684	10.6	0.3	4.6	3.4	0.75	94
1898	22	17	28	.378	4.84	52	47	4	43	0	1	410.2	486	317	221	12	203	158	25	13	1893	91	1.678	10.7	0.3	4.4	3.5	0.78	91
1899	23	17	28	.378	4.84	52	47	4	43	0	1	410.2	486	317	221	12	203	158	25	13	1893	91	1.678	10.7	0.3	4.4	3.5	0.78	91
1900	24	17	28	.378	4.84	52	47	4	43	0	1	410.2	486	317	221	12	203	158	25	13	1893	91	1.678	10.7	0.3	4.4	3.5	0.78	91
1901	25	17	28	.378	4.84	52	47	4	43	0	1	410.2	486	317	221	12	203	158	25	13	1893	91	1.678	10.7	0.3	4.4	3.5	0.78	91
1902	26	17	28	.378	4.84	52	47	4	43	0	1	410.2	486	317	221	12	203	158	25	13	1893	91	1.678	10.7	0.3	4.4	3.5	0.78	91
1903	27	17	28	.378	4.84	52	47	4	43	0	1	410.2	486	317	221	12	203	158	25	13	1893	91	1.678	10.7	0.3	4.4	3.5	0.78	91
1904	28	36	39	.480	3.72	86	77	8	71	3	4	687.2	738	419	284	15	280	270	33	16	3002	100	1.480	9.7	0.2	3.7	3.5	0.96	100
1905	29	44	47	.484	3.41	106	97	8	84	8	4	855.2	879	477	324	16	332	338	39	17	3656	105	1.415	9.2	0.2	3.5	3.6	1.02	105

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1896	20	18	9	.667	2.89	249.0	208	89	80	6	111	108	15	1.281	7.5	4.0	3.9	0.97	0.2	26
1897	21	14	12	.538	3.69	234.0	252	107	96	6	87	75	9	1.449	9.7	3.3	2.9	0.86	0.2	22
1898	22	1	2	.333	4.94	31.0	37	19	17	0	10	15	1	1.516	10.7	2.9	4.4	1.50	0.0	4

1904	28	19	9	.679	2.65	258.0	283	84	76	3	86	104	9	1.430	9.9	3.0	3.6	1.21	0.1	34
1905	29	12	5	.706	2.60	156.0	153	50	45	1	56	63	7	1.340	8.8	3.2	3.6	1.13	0.1	20
5 Yrs		64	37	.634	3.05	928.0	933	349	314	16	350	365	41	1.383	9.0		3.5	1.04	0.2	106

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1904 NL 2.05 (8th) 1905 NL 2.14 (4th)	Wins s c a p y 1904 NL 19 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1904 NL .633 (9th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1896 NL 9.371 (7th) 1905 NL 7.554 (8th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1896 NL 3.897 (1st) 1897 NL 2.893 (6th)	Saves s c a p y 1896 NL 1 (4th) 1904 NL 3 (2nd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1904 NL 112 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1905 NL 5 (3rd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1905 NL 0.054 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1896 NL 15 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1904 NL 131 (9th) 1905 NL 139 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1905 NL 15 (10th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1905 NL 1.6 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1896 NL born 1875-07-08 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Joe Coleman (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Red Ruffing (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Morrison (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Humphries (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Duggleby (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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