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 Pitching

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
1952	18	IDF	C	13	11	.542	4.40	30	29					186.0	165	117	91		166								1.780	8.0		8.0			IDF · PION
1953	19	IDF	C	10	8	.556	4.58	34	21					177.0	179	107	90	10	115								1.661	9.1	0.5	5.8			IDF · PION
1954	20	PHI-min	A	20	8	.714	2.51	36	30					255.0	182	92	71	7	161								1.345	6.4	0.2	5.7			SLM · WINT
1955	21	SAC	Opn	15	15	.500	3.44	34	34		14	5		251.0	236	104	96	12	118		118	4	2	15			1.410	8.5	0.4	4.2	4.2	1.00	SAC · PCL
1956	22	CHC-min	Opn	5	5	.500	5.62	18	13		4	0		80.0	109	56	50	9	27		37	0	0	1			1.700	12.3	1.0	3.0	4.2	1.37	LOS · PCL
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	243	1.688	8.4	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25
1957	23	CHC-min	AA,Opn	10	13	.435	3.84	35	26		9	4		194.2	201	86	83	9	74	1	113	3	1	12			1.413	9.3	0.4	3.4	5.2	1.53	FTW,POR · TL,PCL
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	34	2.308	14.5	4.2	6.2	2.1	0.33
1958	24	CHC-min	AA	2	1	.667		3																									FTW · TL
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	88	1.505	9.3	1.1	4.2	4.3	1.02
1959	25	CLE-min	AAA	14	6	.700	2.60	24	21		11	2		166.0	138	53	48	12	51		97	1	2	5			1.139	7.5	0.7	2.8	5.3	1.90	SDG · PCL
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	180	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	60	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	85	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	32	2.735	15.1	2.4	9.5	6.4	0.67
1961	27	CIN-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.91	22	4					68.0	60	25	22	3	25								1.250	7.9	0.4	3.3			INA · AA
1962	28	CIN-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.69	16	10		3	1		78.0	87	38	32	8	16	2	40	2	0	3			1.321	10.0	0.9	1.8	4.6	2.50	SDG · PCL
5 Yrs				9	11	.450	5.00	59	21	13	3	1	1	165.2	174	101	92	23	82	2	80	5	2	3	734	79	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	79	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	85	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	99	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	32	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	70	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	85	1.547	9.5	1.3	4.4	4.1	0.92

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1956	22	CHC	NL	5.1	3	0	1	1.69	4.85	0.33	0.00	102.0	4.62	2	0.2	.2	-0.1	0.2	2	.570	.501	$
1957	23	CHC	NL	4.1	3	0	6	12.46	4.52	-0.22	0.00	107.8	5.11	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.388	.498	$
1958	24	CHC	NL	96.0	20	17	52	4.88	4.48	0.03	0.00	99.4	4.43	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.3	6	.475	.497	$
1959	25	CLE	AL	12.2	4	1	5	3.55	4.32	0.43	0.00	92.0	3.58	0	0.0	.5	-0.0	0.1	1	.504	.500	$
1960	26	CLE	AL	36.1	21	2	20	4.95	4.32	0.20	-0.10	99.9	4.01	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.482	.498	$
1960	26	KCA	AL	11.1	8	1	17	13.50	4.98	-0.20	-0.20	101.1	5.04	-11	-1.0	.5	0.2	-0.7	-10	.375	.494	$
5 Seasons				166.0	59	21	101	5.48	4.48	0.08	-0.04	99.4	4.34	-20	-2.0	.8	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.466	.498	$

CHC (3 yrs)				105.2	26	17	59	5.03	4.50	0.03	0.00	99.9	4.47	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.2	0.2	5	.476	.499	$
CLE (2 yrs)				49.0	25	3	25	4.59	4.32	0.26	-0.08	97.9	3.90	-3	-0.4	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.486	.499	$
KCA (1 yr)				11.1	8	1	17	13.50	4.98	-0.20	-0.20	101.1	5.04	-11	-1.0	.5	0.2	-0.7	-10	.375	.494	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	0
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	0
1958	24	CHC	NL	20	411	366	52	99	11	5	12	5	2	45	46	.270	.351	.426	.777	.282	156	12	1	5	1	1	4
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	1
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	1
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	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	1
5 Yrs				59	727	632	101	174	20	9	23	12	3	82	80	.275	.360	.445	.805	.282	281	21	5	9	6	2	6
162 Game Avg.				50	618	537	86	148	17	8	20	10	3	70	68	.275	.360	.445	.805	.282	239	18	4	8	5	2	5
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.392	.717	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1956	22	CHC	NL	1.5	0.2	28	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.13	-0.2	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.13	-1.1	0	0	3
1957	23	CHC	NL	-3.6	-0.4	24	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	.83	-0.5	0.1	-5.5	-0.5	0.83	-5.4	1	2	0
1958	24	CHC	NL	-5.5	-0.6	431	-0.6	8.3	-8.9	1.17	-0.8	0.2	-6.6	-0.7	1.17	-7.3	1	0	2
1959	25	CLE	AL	1.8	0.2	56	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	.98	0.1	-0.4	1.0	0.1	0.98	1.2	0	0	3
1960	26	TOT	AL	-12.6	-1.2	219	-0.5	2.4	-2.8	.63	-0.9	0.2	-12.7	-1.2	0.63	-8.7	5	6	14
1960	26	CLE	AL	-2.6	-0.3	153	0.4	2.1	-1.8	.74	-0.0	0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.74	0.2	4	5	10
1960	26	KCA	AL	-10.0	-1.0	66	-0.9	0.2	-1.1	.39	-0.9	-1.3	-12.0	-1.1	0.39	-9.0	1	1	4
5 Yrs				-18.5	-1.8	758	-1.7	11.8	-13.5	.95	-2.3	0.5	-23.0	-2.2	0.95	-21.2	7	8	22

Starting Pitching*

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
1958	24	CHC	NL	20	17	5	5	7	0	1	10	7	.588	3	2	3	1	8	47%	48.1	73	31	19	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%	58.0	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%	37.3	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%	42.5	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%	27.0	27	27	7	3	1	0	3.0	0.0	0.0
3 Yrs				53	21	6	8	7	1	2	11	10	.524	3	2	3	1	9	43%	47	73	27	33	13	6	8	4.9	4.8	5.2
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	111	2					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1956	22	CHC	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	3	.134	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	.835	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	1.170	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	.979	0	0	3	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%		.634	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	.739	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	.386	1	1	4	1	0	6	3	4	4	2	4	1	4.9
5 Yrs				59	38	13	3	3	2	1	1	50%	3	1	32	14	44%		.949	7	8	22	5	3	30	18	20	21	8	22	9	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1956	22	CHC	NL	28	71%	3.6%	3.6%	14.3%	7.1%	40%	0.50	68%	8	0	0%
1957	23	CHC	NL	23	61%	8.7%	4.4%	13.0%	13.0%	43%	0.71	74%	1	0	0%
1958	24	CHC	NL	418	56%	2.9%	11.2%	11.0%	6.8%	28%	0.97	75%	99	12	12%
1959	25	CLE	AL	53	47%	1.9%	9.4%	5.7%	3.8%	17%	0.43	83%	10	0	0%
1960	26	TOT	AL	212	69%	3.3%	12.7%	12.7%	8.0%	33%	1.04	69%	48	9	19%
1960	26	CLE	AL	149	68%	2.7%	12.8%	10.1%	7.4%	34%	0.96	72%	32	7	22%
1960	26	KCA	AL	63	70%	4.8%	12.7%	19.1%	9.5%	32%	1.36	62%	16	2	13%
5 Yrs				734	60%	3.2%	11.0%	11.3%	7.2%	30%	0.90	74%	166	21	13%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.1%	9.0%	6.7%	29%	1.00	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	411	99			12	0	9	9	3	5	7	13	6	3	46%	4	2	2	169	5	2	71%	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	7
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 Yrs				727	174			23	0	19	15	8	7	16	37	18	3	49%	6	3	3	293	12	3	80%	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	7
MLB Averages																		51%							59%

Cumulative Pitching

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	243	1.688	8.4	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25	243
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	64	1.966	11.2	2.8	6.5	1.9	0.29	64
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	85	1.547	9.5	1.3	4.4	4.1	0.92	85
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	90	1.508	9.4	1.2	4.2	4.0	0.96	90
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	79	1.545	9.5	1.2	4.5	4.3	0.98	79

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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		1.50	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	3	1.500	7.5	6.0	1.5	0.25	1.5	3
1957	23	0	0		10.80	5.0	7	7	6	2	3	1	0	2.000	12.6	5.4	1.8	0.33	3.6	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	7.24	46.0	55	41	37	8	29	26	1	1.826	10.8	5.7	5.1	0.90	1.6	29
5 Yrs		6	10	.375	5.35	165.0	185	109	98	25	87	79	5	1.648	10.1		4.3	0.91	1.4	59

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Name and misspellings: Jonathan james jim jimmy John jon Tift Briggs

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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