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Dan Briggs

Dan Lee Briggs

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 18, 1952 in Scotia, CA
High School: Sonoma Valley HS (Sonoma, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1975
Teams (by GP): Angels/Padres/Cubs/Indians/Expos 1975-1982

Final Game: July 3, 1982
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Standard Batting

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
1970	17	ANA-min	Rk	62	190	190		58	11	1	4						.305	.305	.437	.742		83							IDF · PION
1971	18	ANA-min	Rk,A	80	272	262	8	60	7	7	3	5	1	2	10	29	.229	.257	.344	.601		90							IDF,QDS · PION,MIDW
1972	19	ANA-min	A	131	494	449	66	104	14	3	18	56	8	3	45	118	.232	.302	.396	.698		178							STK · CALL
1973	20	ANA-min	A,AA	141	517	510	22	153	30	7	16	18	2	3	5	33	.300	.308	.480	.788		245		1	0	1			SLS,ELP · CALL,TL
1974	21	ANA-min	AAA,AA	136	574	533	40	164	31	15	17	56	5	2	30	74	.308	.351	.518	.869		276		7	1	3			SLC,ELP · PCL,TL
1975	22	ANA-min	AAA	80	300	260	45	84	12	2	1	37	5	5	34	32	.323	.401	.396	.797		103		2	1	3			SLC · PCL
1975	22	CAL	AL	13	34	31	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	6	.226	.273	.355	.628	83	11	0	0	1	0	0	/37D
1976	23	ANA-min	AAA	56	248	219	41	66	14	3	7	42	2	1	19	33	.301	.371	.489	.860		107		7	0	3			SLC · PCL
1976	23	CAL	AL	77	266	248	19	53	13	2	1	14	0	3	13	47	.214	.254	.294	.548	66	73	7	1	2	2	3	38/97D
1977	24	ANA-CIN-min	AAA	52	215	182	31	55	11	3	4	34	0	2	23	38	.302	.400	.462	.862		84		8	0	2			SLC,INA · PCL,AA
1977	24	CAL	AL	59	83	74	6	12	2	0	1	4	0	0	8	14	.162	.241	.230	.471	32	17	3	0	0	1	1	38/9
1978	25	CLE-min	AAA	134	583	509	101	168	42	8	20	109	6	3	63	101	.330	.403	.562	.965		286		3	3	5			POR · PCL
1978	25	CLE	AL	15	53	49	4	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	9	.163	.226	.265	.492	39	13	2	0	0	0	0	9
1979	26	SDP	NL	104	254	227	34	47	4	3	8	30	2	1	18	45	.207	.277	.357	.634	77	81	3	5	1	3	5	378/9

1980	27	WSN-min	AAA	110	466	427	59	135	25	3	13	74	2	3	32	68	.316	.365	.480	.845		205		3	0	4			DEN · AA
1981	28	WSN-min	AAA	133	557	493	83	155	34	4	22	110	6	1	55	93	.314	.387	.533	.920		263		5	1	3	7		DEN · AA
1981	28	MON	NL	9	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-48	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3879
1982	29	CHC-min	AAA,Fgn	8	34	33	6	10	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	3	.303	.324	.394	.717		13		0	0	0	0		IWA,YKU · AA,JPCL
1982	29	CHC	NL	48	50	48	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.125	.143	.125	.268	-25	6	1	1	1	0	0	/7389
1983	30	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
1984	31	NYY-min	AAA	134	518	474	70	135	33	4	15	71	3	1	37	93	.285	.339	.466	.805		221		3	2	2	2		CLB · IL
1985	32	NYY-min	AAA	132	452	403	51	108	27	4	7	60	1	2	42	64	.268	.336	.407	.743		164		2	0	5	6		CLB · IL
7 Yrs				325	751	688	67	134	20	6	12	53	2	7	45	133	.195	.249	.294	.543	57	202	16	7	5	6	9
162 Game Avg.				162	374	343	33	67	10	3	6	26	1	3	22	66	.195	.249	.294	.543	57	101	8	3	2	3	4

CAL (3 yrs)				149	383	353	28	72	16	2	3	21	0	5	23	67	.204	.253	.286	.539	60	101	10	1	3	3	4
SDP (1 yr)				104	254	227	34	47	4	3	8	30	2	1	18	45	.207	.277	.357	.634	77	81	3	5	1	3	5
CHC (1 yr)				48	50	48	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.125	.143	.125	.268	-25	6	1	1	1	0	0
MON (1 yr)				9	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-48	1	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				15	53	49	4	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	9	.163	.226	.265	.492	39	13	2	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				164	436	402	32	80	16	3	4	22	0	5	27	76	.199	.249	.284	.533	57	114	12	1	3	3	4
NL (3 yrs)				161	315	286	35	54	4	3	8	31	2	2	18	57	.189	.249	.308	.557	56	88	4	6	2	3	5

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1975	22	CAL	AL	13	34	-1	-1	0	-2	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.463	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	/37D
1976	23	CAL	AL	77	266	-11	-2	-1	-3	-4	-20	-2.2	9	-11	-1.4	.470	.486	-1.1	-0.7	-8	$	38/97D
1977	24	CAL	AL	59	83	-6	0	-1	-5	-2	-14	-1.4	3	-11	-1.1	.476	.491	-0.6	-0.6	-6	$	38/9
1978	25	CLE	AL	15	53	-4	-0	-0	3	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.482	.498	-0.5	0.3	-4	$	9
1979	26	SDP	NL	104	254	-8	-0	1	5	-5	-7	-0.7	7	1	0.1	.493	.495	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	378/9

1981	28	MON	NL	9	11	-2	-0	0	-0	-0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.459	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$	/3879
1982	29	CHC	NL	48	50	-7	0	0	1	-0	-6	-0.7	2	-5	-0.6	.485	.496	-0.7	0.1	-6	$	/7389
7 Seasons				325	751	-39	-3	-0	-2	-12	-56	-6.1	23	-33	-3.8	.481	.494	-3.8	-1.3	-31	$

CAL (3 yrs)				149	383	-18	-2	-1	-11	-6	-38	-4.1	12	-26	-2.9	.472	.491	-1.8	-1.7	-15	$
SDP (1 yr)				104	254	-8	-0	1	5	-5	-7	-0.7	7	1	0.1	.493	.495	-0.5	0.1	-4	$
CHC (1 yr)				48	50	-7	0	0	1	-0	-6	-0.7	2	-5	-0.6	.485	.496	-0.7	0.1	-6	$
MON (1 yr)				9	11	-2	-0	0	-0	-0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.459	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$
CLE (1 yr)				15	53	-4	-0	-0	3	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.482	.498	-0.5	0.3	-4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1975	22	CAL	AL	34	27	2	2.0	86	.250	.226	.249	.273	.317	.355	.365	.628	.682	83	.196	-0.8	-0.1	.423	.129	.129	.0
1976	23	CAL	AL	266	209	17	2.2	80	.257	.214	.248	.254	.311	.294	.350	.548	.660	66	.251	-10.6	-1.1	.410	.121	.081	.0
1977	24	CAL	AL	83	66	4	1.6	96	.183	.162	.262	.241	.325	.230	.398	.471	.723	32	.128	-6.8	-0.7	.385	.176	.068	.0
1978	25	CLE	AL	53	43	3	1.9	93	.179	.163	.260	.226	.325	.265	.383	.492	.708	39	.178	-4.3	-0.4	.395	.184	.102	.0
1979	26	SDP	NL	254	188	23	3.3	94	.220	.207	.260	.277	.325	.357	.387	.634	.712	77	.369	-7.5	-0.8	.571	.233	.150	3.2

1981	28	MON	NL	11	11	0	0.0	93	.125	.091	.264	.091	.329	.091	.378	.182	.707	-48	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	-.091	.000
1982	29	CHC	NL	50	44	1	0.6	96	.154	.125	.268	.143	.331	.125	.389	.268	.721	-25	.029	-8.2	-0.9	.163	.000	.000
7 Yrs				751	588	50	2.3	89	.222	.195	.256	.249	.320	.294	.373	.543	.693	57	.243	-40.4	-4.2	.432	.157	.099	3.4
162 Game Avg.				374	293	25	2.3	89	.222	.195	.256	.249	.320	.294	.373	.543	.693	57	.243	-40.4	-4.2	.432	.157	.099	2

CAL (3 yrs)				383	302	23	2.1	84	.241	.204	.251	.253	.315	.286	.361	.539	.676	60	.216	-18.2	-1.9	.405	.133	.082	.0
SDP (1 yr)				254	188	23	3.3	94	.220	.207	.260	.277	.325	.357	.387	.634	.712	77	.370	-7.5	-0.8	.571	.233	.150	3.2
CHC (1 yr)				50	44	1	0.6	96	.154	.125	.268	.143	.331	.125	.389	.268	.721	-25	.029	-8.2	-0.9	.163	.000	.000
MON (1 yr)				11	11	0	0.0	93	.125	.091	.264	.091	.329	.091	.378	.182	.707	-48	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	-.091	.000
CLE (1 yr)				53	43	3	1.9	93	.179	.163	.260	.226	.325	.265	.383	.492	.708	39	.177	-4.3	-0.4	.395	.184	.102	.0

AL (4 yrs)				436	345	26	2.0	85	.234	.199	.252	.249	.316	.284	.364	.533	.680	57	.211	-22.5	-2.3	.404	.139	.085	.0
NL (3 yrs)				315	243	24	2.7	94	.205	.189	.262	.249	.326	.308	.387	.557	.713	56	.287	-18.0	-1.8	.471	.182	.119	3.2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1975	22	CAL	AL	34	2.9%	17.7%	5.9%	5.9%	29%	3.00	5.2	31.0	10.3	0.73	71%
1976	23	CAL	AL	266	0.4%	17.7%	4.9%	6.0%	30%	3.62	5.3	248.0	17.7	1.01	76%
1977	24	CAL	AL	83	1.2%	16.9%	9.6%	3.6%	25%	1.75	5.3	74.0	18.5	0.96	72%
1978	25	CLE	AL	53	1.9%	17.0%	7.6%	3.8%	25%	2.25	5.4	49.0	49.0	0.89	74%
1979	26	SDP	NL	254	3.2%	17.7%	7.1%	5.9%	32%	2.50	5.0	28.4	7.6	0.74	70%

1981	28	MON	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7			1.33	73%
1982	29	CHC	NL	50	0.0%	18.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.3		48.0	1.13	78%
7 Yrs				751	1.6%	17.7%	6.0%	5.1%	28%	2.96	5.2	57.3	13.0	0.90	73%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.51	7.0	46.3	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	22	CAL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	37	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.11	-0.1	-0.3	-2.0	-0.2	0.94	-1.7	2.94	3
1976	23	CAL	AL	-10.6	-1.1	270	-2.2	3.3	-5.5	1.06	-1.6	-0.5	-13.7	-1.5	0.95	-15.9	1.09	3
1977	24	CAL	AL	-6.8	-0.7	83	-0.3	1.2	-1.4	1.01	-0.7	0.4	-6.4	-0.6	0.92	-7.7	0.76	2
1978	25	CLE	AL	-4.3	-0.4	53	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	.78	-0.5	-0.2	-4.7	-0.5	0.82	-5.6		0
1979	26	SDP	NL	-7.5	-0.8	261	-0.0	4.7	-4.7	1.04	-0.4	0.4	-3.1	-0.3	0.95	-5.0	1.91	19

1981	28	MON	NL	-2.2	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.65	-0.2	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.80	-2.1	0.21	3
1982	29	CHC	NL	-8.2	-0.9	50	-0.9	0.5	-1.4	1.37	-0.7	0.0	-6.8	-0.7	0.94	-6.8	1.50	35
7 Yrs				-40.4	-4.2	766	-4.4	10.5	-14.9	1.05	-4.2	-0.0	-37.9	-4.0	0.93	-44.9	1.59	65

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	22	CAL	AL	0	0	25%	10	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1976	23	CAL	AL	3	0	27%	80	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	43%	10	6	4	6	3	3	5	3	2
1977	24	CAL	AL	2	0	26%	41	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	4	3	1	1	0	1	3	1	2
1978	25	CLE	AL	0	0	27%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17%	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
1979	26	SDP	NL	3	0	42%	95	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	33%	14	11	3	4	2	2	9	4	4

1981	28	MON	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	29	CHC	NL	1	0	14%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				9	0	32%	249	2	7	22%	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	38%	33	24	8	12	5	6	21	9	11

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1975	22	CAL	AL	34	91%	7			3	0	0	0	2.94	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	4	1	25%	22	2	9%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1976	23	CAL	AL	266	83%	53			3	1	0	0	1.09	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	51	7	14%	23	5	22%	149	13	9%	11	5	45%	9	6	67%	0
1977	24	CAL	AL	83	90%	12			2	0	0	0	0.76	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	3	21%	6	1	17%	50	3	6%	4	3	75%	5	2	40%	0
1978	25	CLE	AL	53	83%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	3	0	0%	20	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1979	26	SDP	NL	254	89%	47			19	3	0	0	1.91	8	0	6	7	1	5	3	0	2	1	50%	44	3	7%	25	10	40%	161	24	15%	15	9	60%	9	4	44%	0

1981	28	MON	NL	11	82%	1			3	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	29	CHC	NL	50	98%	6			35	3	0	0	1.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	4	2	50%	29	1	3%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
7 Yrs				751	87%	134			65	7	0	0	1.59	12	0	12	10	2	8	4	0	6	5	83%	137	16	12%	66	19	29%	435	43	10%	33	17	52%	28	15	54%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1975	22	13	34	31	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	6	.226	.273	.355	.628	83	11	0	0	1	0	0
1976	23	90	300	279	22	60	14	2	2	17	0	5	15	53	.215	.256	.301	.557	68	84	7	1	3	2	3
1977	24	149	383	353	28	72	16	2	3	21	0	5	23	67	.204	.253	.286	.539	60	101	10	1	3	3	4
1978	25	164	436	402	32	80	16	3	4	22	0	5	27	76	.199	.249	.284	.533	57	114	12	1	3	3	4
1979	26	268	690	629	66	127	20	6	12	52	2	6	45	121	.202	.259	.310	.569	65	195	15	6	4	6	9
1980	27	268	690	629	66	127	20	6	12	52	2	6	45	121	.202	.259	.310	.569	65	195	15	6	4	6	9
1981	28	277	701	640	66	128	20	6	12	52	2	7	45	124	.200	.257	.306	.563	63	196	15	6	4	6	9
1982	29	325	751	688	67	134	20	6	12	53	2	7	45	133	.195	.249	.294	.543	57	202	16	7	5	6	9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1975	22	13	35	32	4	8	1	0	1	4	0	2	6	.250	.294	.375	.669	4	13
1976	23	77	277	257	24	61	15	2	1	18	0	15	47	.237	.280	.323	.603	23	77
1977	24	59	83	74	6	12	2	0	1	4	0	8	14	.162	.241	.230	.471	4	59
1978	25	15	53	49	4	8	0	1	1	1	0	4	9	.163	.226	.265	.492	3	15
1979	26	104	258	230	38	50	4	3	9	34	2	19	45	.217	.288	.378	.666	24	104

1981	28	14	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1982	29	48	51	49	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	.143	.160	.143	.303	1	48
7 Yrs		330	774	708	77	146	22	6	13	62	2	48	135	.206	.261	.309	.571	59	325
162 Game Avg.		162	380	348	38	72	11	3	6	30	1	24	66	.206	.261	.309	.571	29	325

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1979 NL 5 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL 5 (10th)

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