John Briggs
Jonathan Tift Briggs
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 24, 1934 in Natoma, CA
High School: Union (Folsom, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Final Game: September 4, 1960
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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
1956 22 CHC NL 0 0 1.69 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 0 0 28 226 1.688 8.4 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25
1957 23 CHC NL 0 1 .000 12.46 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 6 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 23 31 2.308 14.5 4.2 6.2 2.1 0.33
1958 24 CHC NL 5 5 .500 4.52 20 17 2 3 1 0 95.2 99 52 48 12 45 1 46 1 2 2 418 87 1.505 9.3 1.1 4.2 4.3 1.02
1959 25 CLE AL 0 1 .000 2.13 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.2 12 5 3 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 53 174 1.184 8.5 0.7 2.1 3.6 1.67
1960 26 TOT AL 4 4 .500 6.42 29 3 9 0 0 1 47.2 51 37 34 7 27 0 27 1 0 0 212 59 1.636 9.6 1.3 5.1 5.1 1.00
1960 26 CLE AL 4 2 .667 4.46 21 2 7 0 0 1 36.1 32 20 18 4 15 0 19 1 0 0 149 84 1.294 7.9 1.0 3.7 4.7 1.27
1960 26 KCA AL 0 2 .000 12.71 8 1 2 0 0 0 11.1 19 17 16 3 12 0 8 0 0 0 63 31 2.735 15.1 2.4 9.5 6.4 0.67
5 Seasons 9 11 .450 5.00 59 21 13 3 1 1 165.2 174 101 92 23 82 2 80 5 2 3 734 77 1.545 9.5 1.2 4.5 4.3 0.98
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .450 5.00 50 18 11 3 1 1 141 148 86 78 20 70 2 68 4 2 3 624 77 1.545 9.5 1.2 4.5 4.3 0.98
CHC (3 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.70 26 17 3 3 1 0 105.1 111 59 55 15 52 2 48 4 2 2 469 83 1.547 9.5 1.3 4.4 4.1 0.92
CLE (2 yrs) 4 3 .571 3.86 25 3 8 0 0 1 49.0 44 25 21 5 18 0 24 1 0 1 202 97 1.265 8.1 0.9 3.3 4.4 1.33
KCA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 12.71 8 1 2 0 0 0 11.1 19 17 16 3 12 0 8 0 0 0 63 31 2.735 15.1 2.4 9.5 6.4 0.67
AL (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 5.52 33 4 10 0 0 1 60.1 63 42 37 8 30 0 32 1 0 1 265 69 1.541 9.4 1.2 4.5 4.8 1.07
NL (3 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.70 26 17 3 3 1 0 105.1 111 59 55 15 52 2 48 4 2 2 469 83 1.547 9.5 1.3 4.4 4.1 0.92

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 22 CHC NL 3 28 21 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 .238 .429 .476 .905 .211 10 0 3 0 0 1
1957 23 CHC NL 3 23 19 6 7 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 .368 .435 .737 1.172 .294 14 0 0 0 1 0
1958 24 CHC NL 20 418 366 52 99 11 5 12 5 2 45 46 .270 .351 .426 .777 .282 156 11 1 5 1 1
1959 25 CLE AL 4 53 48 5 12 1 0 1 2 0 3 5 .250 .283 .333 .616 .250 16 0 0 0 2 0
1960 26 CLE AL 21 149 128 20 32 4 3 4 2 1 15 19 .250 .329 .422 .751 .262 54 7 1 3 2 0
1960 26 KCA AL 8 63 50 17 19 3 0 3 3 0 12 8 .380 .500 .620 1.120 .410 31 2 0 1 0 0
1960 26 TOT AL 29 212 178 37 51 7 3 7 5 1 27 27 .287 .380 .478 .857 .301 85 9 1 4 2 0
5 Seasons 59 734 632 101 174 20 9 23 12 3 82 80 .275 .360 .445 .805 .282 281 20 5 9 6 2
162 Game Avg. 50 624 537 86 148 17 8 20 10 3 70 68 .275 .360 .445 .805 .282 239 17 4 8 5 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1958 24 CHC NL 20 17 5 5 7 0 1 10 7 .588 3 2 3 1 8 47% 48 73 31 18 6 4 6 4.8 4.4 5.4
1959 25 CLE AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 58 58 58 0 0 0 1 4.0 2.6 8.0
1960 26 TOT AL 29 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 43 27 14 7 2 1 5.7 9.8 3.6
1960 26 CLE AL 21 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43 43 42 7 4 1 1 7.0 10.6 5.3
1960 26 KCA AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 7 3 1 0 3.0 0.0 0.0
3 Seasons 53 21 6 8 7 1 2 11 10 .524 3 2 3 1 9 43% 47 73 27 32 13 6 8 4.9 4.9 5.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1956 22 CHC NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0.158 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 1 5.3
1957 23 CHC NL 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 4 100% 4 0.865 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 4.3
1958 24 CHC NL 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 1.167 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 4.7
1959 25 CLE AL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 1.011 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 4.7
1960 26 TOT AL 29 26 9 3 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 22 6 27% 0.654 5 6 14 4 2 20 13 13 13 6 14 6 4.3
1960 26 CLE AL 21 19 7 3 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 16 4 25% 8 0.767 4 5 10 3 2 14 10 9 9 4 10 5 4.1
1960 26 KCA AL 8 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 4 0.386 1 1 4 1 0 6 3 4 4 2 4 1 4.9
5 Seasons 59 38 13 3 3 2 1 1 50% 3 1 32 14 44% 0.951 7 9 21 5 3 30 18 20 21 8 22 9 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1956 22 CHC NL 28 29% 3.6% 3.6% 14.3% 7.1% 40% 0.50 68% 8 0 0%
1957 23 CHC NL 23 39% 8.7% 4.4% 13.0% 13.0% 43% 0.71 74% 1 0 0%
1958 24 CHC NL 418 43% 2.9% 11.0% 10.8% 6.7% 28% 0.92 74% 97 11 11%
1959 25 CLE AL 53 53% 1.9% 9.4% 5.7% 3.8% 17% 0.43 83% 10 0 0%
1960 26 TOT AL 212 31% 3.3% 12.7% 12.7% 8.0% 33% 1.04 69% 48 9 19%
1960 26 CLE AL 149 32% 2.7% 12.8% 10.1% 7.4% 34% 0.96 72% 32 7 22%
1960 26 KCA AL 63 30% 4.8% 12.7% 19.1% 9.5% 32% 1.36 62% 16 2 13%
5 Seasons 734 40% 3.1% 10.9% 11.2% 7.1% 30% 0.87 73% 164 20 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1956 22 CHC NL 28 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 23 CHC NL 23 7 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 100% 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 24 CHC NL 388 99 12 0 9 8 3 5 6 13 6 3 46% 4 2 2 165 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 30
1959 25 CLE AL 53 12 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 18 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 26 TOT AL 212 51 7 0 5 3 4 1 6 15 7 0 47% 1 0 0 87 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 26 CLE AL 149 32 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 10 6 0 60% 1 0 0 61 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 26 KCA AL 63 19 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 5 1 0 20% 0 0 0 26 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 704 174 23 0 19 14 8 7 15 37 18 3 49% 6 3 3 289 12 3 80% 12 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 30
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1956 22 0 0 1.69 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 0 0 28 226 1.688 8.4 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25 226
1957 23 0 1 .000 6.52 6 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 12 7 7 3 7 1 2 3 0 0 51 59 1.966 11.2 2.8 6.5 1.9 0.29 59
1958 24 5 6 .455 4.70 26 17 3 3 1 0 105.1 111 59 55 15 52 2 48 4 2 2 469 83 1.547 9.5 1.3 4.4 4.1 0.92 83
1959 25 5 7 .417 4.42 30 18 4 3 1 0 118.0 123 64 58 16 55 2 53 4 2 3 522 88 1.508 9.4 1.2 4.2 4.0 0.96 88
1960 26 9 11 .450 5.00 59 21 13 3 1 1 165.2 174 101 92 23 82 2 80 5 2 3 734 77 1.545 9.5 1.2 4.5 4.3 0.98 77

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
1956 22 0 0 1.80 5.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 4 2.200 10.8 9.0 1.8 0.20 1.8 3
1957 23 0 0 13.50 4.0 8 7 6 2 3 1 0 2.750 18.0 6.8 2.3 0.33 4.5 3
1958 24 4 6 .400 4.83 95.0 105 57 51 13 48 46 1 1.611 9.9 4.5 4.4 0.96 1.2 20
1959 25 1 0 1.000 2.08 13.0 13 3 3 1 3 5 0 1.231 9.0 2.1 3.5 1.67 0.7 4
1960 26 1 4 .200 7.04 46.0 54 40 36 7 29 26 1 1.804 10.6 5.7 5.1 0.90 1.4 29
5 Seasons 6 10 .375 5.36 163.0 186 108 97 24 88 79 6 1.681 10.3 4.4 0.90 1.3 59

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