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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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	/37
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	38/97
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

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	8	34	33	6	10	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	3	.303	.324	.394	.717		13		0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
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
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1975	22	CAL	AL	34	-1	-1	0	0	-2	-1	1	-5	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$	/37
1976	23	CAL	AL	266	-11	-2	-1	-1	-3	-3	9	-12	-1.4	-9	-0.9	-0.5	$	38/97
1977	24	CAL	AL	83	-8	0	0	-1	-5	-1	3	-13	-1.4	-7	-0.7	-0.7	$	38/9
1978	25	CLE	AL	53	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	2	0	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$	9
1979	26	SDP	NL	254	-8	0	0	1	5	-3	8	3	0.2	-2	-0.2	0.4	$	378/9

1981	28	MON	NL	11	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/3879
1982	29	CHC	NL	50	-8	0	0	0	1	0	2	-5	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$	/7389
7 Seasons				751	-42	-3	-1	-1	-2	-9	25	-34	-4.0	-31	-3.1	-0.9	$

CAL (3 yrs)				383	-20	-3	-1	-2	-11	-5	13	-30	-3.3	-18	-1.8	-1.5	$
SDP (1 yr)				254	-8	0	0	1	5	-3	8	3	0.2	-2	-0.2	0.4	$
CHC (1 yr)				50	-8	0	0	0	1	0	2	-5	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$
MON (1 yr)				11	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				53	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	2	0	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1975	CAL	AL	22	1B	6	3	3	37.1	43	40	1	2	4	.953	-3	-87	9.88	6.83	.990	9.84	9.82
1975	CAL	AL	22	LF	5	4	4	36.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	0	10	2.25	1.80	.977	2.17	2.16
1975	CAL	AL	22	OF	5	4	4	36.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	0	10	2.25	1.80	.979	2.38	2.36
1976	CAL	AL	23	1B	44	29	27	291.0	299	274	23	2	32	.993	-3	-13	9.19	6.75	.992	9.85	9.89
1976	CAL	AL	23	OF	40	37	18	299.2	90	84	3	3	1	.967	0	0	2.61	2.18	.981	2.47	2.48
1976	CAL	AL	23	CF	32	32	14	248.0	81	75	3	3	1	.963	1	6	2.83	2.44	.984	2.98	2.99
1976	CAL	AL	23	RF	9	5	4	49.2	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-29	1.81	1.11	.980	2.21	2.22
1976	CAL	AL	23	LF	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.25
1977	CAL	AL	24	1B	45	8	7	140.0	149	136	12	1	10	.993	-2	-21	9.51	3.29	.990	10.02	9.95
1977	CAL	AL	24	OF	13	11	6	89.0	21	18	2	1	0	.952	-3	-36	2.02	1.54	.978	2.34	2.32
1977	CAL	AL	24	CF	12	11	6	87.0	20	18	1	1	0	.950	-2	-34	1.97	1.58	.983	2.83	2.81
1977	CAL	AL	24	RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.10
1978	CLE	AL	25	OF	15	15	14	130.0	39	38	1	0	1	1.000	3	31	2.70	2.60	.979	2.47	2.45
1978	CLE	AL	25	RF	15	15	14	130.0	43	42	1	0	1	1.000	3	31	2.98	2.87	.978	2.24	2.22
1979	SDP	NL	26	1B	50	35	22	307.2	359	326	28	5	20	.986	3	11	10.36	7.08	.992	9.89	9.86
1979	SDP	NL	26	OF	44	20	16	225.2	72	67	3	2	1	.972	2	9	2.79	1.59	.979	2.33	2.32
1979	SDP	NL	26	LF	24	9	6	104.1	26	24	1	1	0	.962	1	10	2.16	1.04	.970	2.01	2.00
1979	SDP	NL	26	CF	16	9	8	99.1	40	37	2	1	1	.975	1	12	3.53	2.44	.986	2.82	2.81
1979	SDP	NL	26	RF	3	2	2	22.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-11	2.45	2.00	.978	2.17	2.17
1981	MON	NL	28	1B	3	1	1	15.0	15	13	2	0	1	1.000	-0	-8	9.00	5.00	.992	10.20	10.27
1981	MON	NL	28	OF	3	0	0	10.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-36	2.70	1.00	.980	2.34	2.33
1981	MON	NL	28	CF	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-40	3.00	0.50	.990	2.70	2.80
1981	MON	NL	28	LF	1	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-48	0.00	0.00		2.16	2.10
1981	MON	NL	28	RF	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	2.00	.980	2.25	2.10
1982	CHC	NL	29	OF	10	2	1	27.0	8	5	2	1	0	.875	1	44	2.33	0.70	.978	2.27	2.26
1982	CHC	NL	29	LF	7	2	1	23.0	8	5	2	1	0	.875	1	52	2.74	1.00	.972	2.07	2.09
1982	CHC	NL	29	1B	4	0	0	5.0	9	9	0	0	1	1.000	0	24	16.20	2.25	.992	10.26	10.25
1982	CHC	NL	29	CF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1982	CHC	NL	29	RF	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	180	4.50	1.00	.980	1.80	2.00
	6 Seasons			1B	152	76	60	796.0	874	798	66	10	68	.989	-6	-8	9.77	5.68	.992	9.90	9.91
	7 Seasons			OF	130	89	59	817.1	242	224	11	7	3	.971	3	5	2.59	1.81	.980	2.40	2.38
	5 Seasons			CF	63	52	28	439.1	142	131	6	5	2	.965	-1	-2	2.81	2.17	.984	2.91	2.90
	5 Seasons			LF	39	15	11	170.1	43	38	3	2	0	.953	2	14	2.17	1.05	.972	2.06	2.05
	6 Seasons			RF	30	22	20	207.2	62	61	1	0	1	1.000	2	12	2.69	2.07	.978	2.22	2.20
	7 Seasons			TOT	282	165	119	1613.1	1116	1022	77	17	71	.985	-2	-2	6.13	3.90	.989	6.11	6.44
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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)	Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 1979 NL 3 (4th)

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

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1979 NL 3 (4th)

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Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft.
November 2, 1977: Granted Free Agency.
March 1, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
March 30, 1979: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Mike Champion (April 3, 1979) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
November 27, 1979: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Bill Almon to the Montreal Expos for Dave Cash.
February 27, 1981: Released by the Montreal Expos.
March 21, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
March 16, 1982: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Mike Griffin (March 26, 1982) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

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