John Briggs

Jonathan Tift Briggs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 24, 1934 in Natoma, CA
High School: Union HS (Folsom, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians/Athletics 1956-1960

Final Game: September 4, 1960
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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
1952	18	IDF	C	30	67	67		12	2	0	0						.179	.179	.209	.388		14							IDF · PION
1953	19	IDF	C	37	65	65		11	2	0	0						.169	.169	.200	.369		13							IDF · PION
1954	20	PHI-min	A	37	92	92		15	1	0	1						.163	.163	.207	.370		19							SLM · WINT
1955	21	SAC	Opn	37	106	101	10	23	4	0	1	5	0		3	34	.228	.250	.297	.547		30	3	0	2	0			SAC · PCL
1956	22	CHC-min	Opn	19	32	31	3	5	1	0	1	1	0		1	12	.161	.188	.290	.478		9	1	0	0	0			LOS · PCL
1956	22	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	23	CHC-min	AA,Opn	37	71	59	5	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	7	21	.102	.209	.153	.361		9	1	1	4	0			FTW,POR · TL,PCL
1957	23	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	24	CHC-min	AA	3	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							FTW · TL
1958	24	CHC	NL	20	36	35	3	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	14	.257	.257	.343	.600	58	12	1	0	1	0	0	1
1959	25	CLE-min	AAA	26	62	56	5	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	20	.196	.237	.250	.487		14		1	3	0			SDG · PCL
1959	25	CLE	AL	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	1	0	/1
1960	26	TOT	AL	29	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1960	26	CLE	AL	21	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1960	26	KCA	AL	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	27	CIN-min	AAA	24	17	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.059	.059	.059	.118		1							INA · AA
1962	28	CIN-min	AAA	16	28	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.042	.042	.042	.083		1		0	4	0			SDG · PCL
5 Yrs				59	51	48	3	10	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	17	.208	.204	.271	.475	26	13	2	0	2	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	140	132	8	27	3	3	0	19	0	0	0	47	.208	.204	.271	.475	26	36	5	0	5	3	0

CHC (3 yrs)				26	36	35	3	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	14	.257	.257	.343	.600	58	12	1	0	1	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				25	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.100	.091	.100	.191	-47	1	1	0	1	1	0
KCA (1 yr)				8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				33	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.077	.071	.077	.148	-59	1	1	0	1	1	0
NL (3 yrs)				26	36	35	3	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	14	.257	.257	.343	.600	58	12	1	0	1	0	0

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
1956	22	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1957	23	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1958	24	CHC	NL	20	36	-2	-1	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
1959	25	CLE	AL	4	3	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1960	26	CLE	AL	21	9	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1960	26	KCA	AL	8	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/1
5 Seasons				59	51	-4	-1	-0	0	6	0	0.0	2	2	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	-0.0	2	$

CHC (3 yrs)				26	36	-2	-1	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$
CLE (2 yrs)				25	12	-2	0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
KCA (1 yr)				8	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$

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
1958	24	CHC	NL	36	28	3	2.9	105	.429	.257	.269	.257	.336	.343	.419	.600	.756	58	.293	-2.3	-0.2	.444	.086	.086
1959	25	CLE	AL	3	4	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.328	.000	.392	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1960	26	TOT	AL	12	11	0	0.0	100	.125	.091	.261	.091	.334	.091	.400	.182	.734	-50	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
1960	26	CLE	AL	9	8	0	0.0	99	.167	.125	.260	.125	.333	.125	.398	.250	.731	-31	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1960	26	KCA	AL	3	3	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.265	.000	.338	.000	.405	.000	.743	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				51	43	3	1.9	104	.313	.208	.266	.204	.335	.271	.414	.475	.749	26	.162	-5.2	-0.5	.325	.063	.063
162 Game Avg.				140	118	8	1.9	104	.313	.208	.266	.204	.335	.271	.414	.475	.749	26	.162	-5.2	-0.5	.325	.063	.063

CLE (2 yrs)				12	12	0	0.0	98	.111	.100	.259	.091	.332	.100	.397	.191	.728	-47	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
KCA (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.265	.000	.338	.000	.405	.000	.743	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
CHC (3 yrs)				36	28	3	2.9	105	.429	.257	.269	.257	.336	.343	.419	.600	.756	58	.293	-2.3	-0.2	.444	.086	.086

AL (2 yrs)				15	15	0	0.0	99	.091	.077	.261	.071	.333	.077	.399	.148	.732	-59	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.077	.000	.000
NL (3 yrs)				36	28	3	2.9	105	.429	.257	.269	.257	.336	.343	.419	.600	.756	58	.293	-2.3	-0.2	.444	.086	.086

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	24	CHC	NL	36	0.0%	38.9%	0.0%	5.6%	22%		2.5		5.8	2.50	58%
1959	25	CLE	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					2.0	1.00	100%
1960	26	TOT	AL	12	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7			0.75	67%
1960	26	CLE	AL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			1.50	67%
1960	26	KCA	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	67%
5 Yrs				51	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	3.9%	20%		2.8		6.9	1.50	63%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.9%	8.8%	6.6%	29%	1.46	6.9	37.9	8.3	1.01	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1956	22	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1957	23	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1958	24	CHC	NL	-2.3	-0.2	36	0.2	0.9	-0.6	1.06	-0.2	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.01	-1.5	0
1959	25	CLE	AL	-0.5	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.28	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.95	-0.7	0
1960	26	TOT	AL	-2.3	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.56	-0.2	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.96	-1.7	0
1960	26	CLE	AL	-1.5	-0.2	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.69	-0.1	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.95	-0.9	0
1960	26	KCA	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.18	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.96	-0.8	0
5 Yrs				-5.1	-0.5	51	0.1	0.9	-0.8	.95	-0.4	0.6	-2.4	-0.2	1.00	-3.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stD	1^stD3
1958	24	CHC	NL	1	33%	8	2	1	0%	2	1
1959	25	CLE	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0
1960	26	TOT	AL	1	0%	1	0	0		0	0
1960	26	CLE	AL	1	0%	1	0	0		0	0
1960	26	KCA	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0
5 Yrs				2	30%	9	2	1	0%	2	1

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
1958	24	CHC	NL	36	22%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	12	1	8%	8	1	13%	26	6	23%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1959	25	CLE	AL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1960	26	TOT	AL	12	17%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	26	CLE	AL	9	22%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	26	KCA	AL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				51	20%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	15	2	13%	12	3	25%	34	7	21%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			75%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1958	24	26	36	35	3	9	1	1	6	14	.257	.257	.343	.600	58	12	1	1	0
1959	25	30	39	37	3	9	1	1	7	14	.243	.237	.324	.561	48	12	2	1	1
1960	26	59	51	48	3	10	1	1	7	17	.208	.204	.271	.475	26	13	2	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	24	21	37	36	3	9	1	1	6	15	.250	.250	.333	.583	3	20
1959	25	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1960	26	31	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	29
3 Yrs		56	53	50	3	9	1	1	7	18	.180	.176	.240	.416	3	53
162 Game Avg.		162	153	145	9	26	3	3	20	52	.180	.176	.240	.416	9	53

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