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Buttons Briggs
Herbert Theodore Briggs
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 8, 1875 in Poughkeepsie, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1896
Final Game: September 25, 1905
Died: February 18, 1911 in Cleveland, OH
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB 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 0 0 6 0 105 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 0 85 1.773 11.9 0.3 4.1 2.9 0.71
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 0 63 1.600 11.4 0.0 3.0 4.2 1.40
1904 28 CHC NL 19 11 .633 2.05 34 30 4 28 3 3 277.0 252 101 63 3 77 112 8 0 3 1109 131 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 1 634 138 1.149 7.6 0.1 2.8 3.6 1.31
5 Seasons 44 47 .484 3.41 106 97 8 84 8 4 855.2 879 476 324 16 332 338 24 0 17 1743 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 1 287 294 159 109 5 111 113 8 0 6 584 105 1.415 9.2 0.2 3.5 3.6 1.02

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1896 20 CHC NL 26 85 78 5 10 0 2 0 6 0 7 14 .128 .200 .179 .379 -1 14 0 0 1
1897 21 CHC NL 22 86 81 5 13 0 1 0 5 1 3 .160 .190 .185 .376 -2 15 0 2 1
1898 22 CHC NL 4 14 14 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .429 .500 .929 165 7 0 0 /1
1904 28 CHC NL 34 101 94 6 16 1 0 1 4 0 5 .170 .212 .213 .425 31 20 0 2 1
1905 29 CHC NL 20 64 57 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .053 .115 .053 .167 -50 3 0 3 1
5 Seasons 106 350 324 19 48 2 3 1 17 1 19 14 .148 .195 .182 .377 6 59 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 535 495 29 73 3 5 2 26 2 29 .148 .195 .182 .377 6 90 0 11

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1896 CHC NL 20 P 26 39 6 29 4 0 .897 1.35 .918 2.20
1897 CHC NL 21 P 22 44 8 35 1 0 .977 1.95 .916 2.10
1898 CHC NL 22 P 4 9 1 6 2 0 .778 1.75 .933 2.25
1904 CHC NL 28 P 34 70 16 54 0 2 1.000 2.06 .936 2.62
1905 CHC NL 29 P 20 49 11 36 2 0 .959 2.35 .943 2.42
5 Seasons P 106 211 42 160 9 2 .957 1.91 .930 2.36
5 Seasons TOT 106 211 42 160 9 2 .957 1.91 .887 2.36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1904 NL--2.047--8th
1905 NL--2.143--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--.054--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1896 NL--0--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1896 NL--0--5th
1897 NL--0--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1904 NL--131--9th
1905 NL--138--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1896 NL--born 1875-07-08--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 30 (804), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1139), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1339), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Bob Emslie (961)
  8. Nate Andrews (961)
  9. Gene Krapp (959)
  10. Jesse Flores (959)
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  1. Joe Coleman (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July, 1898: Traded by the Chicago Orphans with Danny Friend to Columbus (Western) for Sam Mertes and a player to be named.

October 10, 1903: Traded by Toronto (Eastern) to the Chicago Cubs for Clarence Currie, Dick Harley, Tommy Raub and $750. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 15, 1905: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Doc Casey, Billy Maloney, Jack McCarthy and $2,000 to the Brooklyn Superbas for Jimmy Sheckard.

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