John Briscoe
John Eric Briscoe
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 22, 1967 in LaGrange, IL
School: Texas Christian University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1991
Final Game: May 21, 1996
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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
1991 23 OAK AL 0 0 7.07 11 0 9 0 0 0 14.0 12 11 11 3 10 0 9 0 0 3 62 54 1.571 7.7 1.9 6.4 5.8 0.90
1992 24 OAK AL 0 1 .000 6.43 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 12 6 5 0 9 0 4 0 0 2 40 58 3.000 15.4 0.0 11.6 5.1 0.44
1993 25 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 8.03 17 0 6 0 0 0 24.2 26 25 22 2 26 3 24 0 0 5 122 51 2.108 9.5 0.7 9.5 8.8 0.92
1994 26 OAK AL 4 2 .667 4.01 37 0 8 0 0 1 49.1 31 24 22 7 39 2 45 1 1 8 210 110 1.419 5.7 1.3 7.1 8.2 1.15
1995 27 OAK AL 0 1 .000 8.35 16 0 7 0 0 0 18.1 25 17 17 4 21 1 19 2 0 1 99 51 2.509 12.3 2.0 10.3 9.3 0.90
1996 28 OAK AL 0 1 .000 3.76 17 0 8 0 0 1 26.1 18 11 11 2 24 2 14 0 0 3 116 136 1.595 6.2 0.7 8.2 4.8 0.58
6 Seasons 5 5 .500 5.67 100 2 38 0 0 2 139.2 124 94 88 18 129 8 115 3 1 22 649 77 1.811 8.0 1.2 8.3 7.4 0.89
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 5.67 67 1 25 0 0 1 93 83 63 59 12 86 5 77 2 1 15 433 77 1.811 8.0 1.2 8.3 7.4 0.89

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
1991 23 OAK AL 11 62 51 11 12 3 0 3 0 0 10 9 .235 .355 .471 .825 .225 24 3 0 0 1 0
1992 24 OAK AL 2 40 30 6 12 2 0 0 0 1 9 4 .400 .538 .467 1.005 .462 14 1 0 1 0 0
1993 25 OAK AL 17 122 94 25 26 6 0 2 0 2 26 24 .277 .426 .404 .830 .343 38 3 0 0 2 3
1994 26 OAK AL 37 210 168 24 31 4 0 7 1 1 39 45 .185 .340 .333 .673 .205 56 6 1 1 1 2
1995 27 OAK AL 16 99 72 17 25 5 0 4 0 1 21 19 .347 .495 .583 1.078 .412 42 4 2 2 2 1
1996 28 OAK AL 17 116 88 11 18 4 0 2 1 1 24 14 .205 .368 .318 .687 .216 28 2 0 2 2 2
6 Seasons 100 649 503 94 124 24 0 18 2 6 129 115 .247 .398 .402 .800 .280 202 19 3 6 8 8
162 Game Avg. 67 433 335 63 83 16 0 12 1 4 86 77 .247 .398 .402 .800 .280 135 13 2 4 5 5
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
1992 24 OAK AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 37 33 4 0 0 1 4.5 3.9 3.5 69 2 0 0 0 76
1 Season 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 37 33 4 0 0 1 4.5 3.9 3.5 69 2 0 0 0 76
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
1991 23 OAK AL 11 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 8 0.178 0 1 9 2 0 9 6 5 3 4 4 1 3.8 23
1993 25 OAK AL 17 17 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 8 0.459 2 1 13 2 2 13 5 12 9 4 9 2 4.4 30
1994 26 OAK AL 37 37 8 4 2 2 1 1 50% 11 9 31 7 23% 8 1.135 13 9 14 17 2 18 19 18 19 8 21 5 4.0 23
1995 27 OAK AL 16 16 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 9 41% 7 0.573 3 4 8 4 2 10 10 6 7 6 7 1 3.4 24
1996 28 OAK AL 17 17 8 0 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 10 1 10% 9 0.647 2 3 10 6 1 10 6 11 9 4 10 2 4.6 26
5 Seasons 98 98 38 5 4 4 2 2 50% 14 10 81 24 30% 0.718 20 18 54 31 7 60 46 52 47 26 51 11 4.1 25

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%
1991 23 OAK AL 62 37% 4.8% 14.5% 16.1% 9.7% 50% 0.50 0.94 65% 26% 11.5% 7% 13 3 23%
1992 24 OAK AL 40 60% 0.0% 10.0% 22.5% 5.0% 17% 0.79 1.00 65% 22% 0.0% 14% 13 1 8%
1993 25 OAK AL 122 45% 1.6% 19.7% 21.3% 6.6% 31% 0.76 1.18 57% 22% 5.4% 10% 37 3 8%
1994 26 OAK AL 210 52% 3.3% 21.4% 18.6% 5.2% 36% 0.72 0.92 56% 13% 12.3% 20% 54 6 11%
1995 27 OAK AL 99 49% 4.0% 19.2% 21.2% 9.1% 36% 0.67 1.19 52% 37% 13.3% 9% 32 4 13%
1996 28 OAK AL 116 45% 1.7% 12.1% 20.7% 5.2% 33% 0.39 0.49 64% 27% 3.9% 6% 24 2 8%
6 Seasons 649 48% 2.8% 17.7% 19.9% 6.5% 34% 0.62 0.87 58% 23% 8.5% 12% 173 19 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1991 23 OAK AL 62 249 4.02 138 55% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 0% 40% 80% 40% 6% 4 3 8% 5 2 0 22% 1 1 0 0 0
1992 24 OAK AL 40 138 3.45 70 51% 39% 10% 13% 39% 61% 0% 31% 84% 53% 13% 5 0 13% 5 3 2 25% 0 5 0 0 0
1993 25 OAK AL 122 508 4.16 270 53% 28% 14% 31% 27% 72% 5% 38% 80% 43% 15% 18 8 18% 22 10 0 17% 5 8 0 0 0
1994 26 OAK AL 203 827 4.07 444 54% 28% 18% 27% 27% 72% 2% 38% 75% 47% 13% 27 15 17% 34 20 1 19% 6 10 7 0 1
1995 27 OAK AL 99 390 3.94 210 54% 29% 15% 29% 27% 71% 2% 38% 79% 47% 11% 11 5 13% 13 6 2 21% 3 5 0 0 0
1996 28 OAK AL 107 409 3.82 212 52% 33% 13% 21% 33% 67% 4% 35% 81% 50% 12% 13 6 15% 16 7 1 14% 3 5 9 0 0
6 Seasons 633 2521 3.98 1344 53% 29% 15% 26% 29% 70% 3% 38% 78% 47% 12% 78 37 15% 95 48 6 19% 18 34 16 0 1
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
1991 23 OAK AL 62 12 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 3 0 100% 1 3 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1992 24 OAK AL 40 12 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 2 0 20 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1993 25 OAK AL 122 26 3 0 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 10 6 0 60% 0 5 1 58 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1994 26 OAK AL 210 31 2 1 7 0 13 3 4 3 4 15 8 6 53% 3 8 0 89 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1995 27 OAK AL 99 25 1 0 4 1 14 3 1 2 2 15 8 3 53% 2 1 0 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1996 28 OAK AL 116 18 1 0 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 12 5 0 42% 0 3 3 43 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
6 Seasons 649 124 18 2 18 1 43 13 5 10 8 58 32 9 55% 7 22 4 288 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 45 0
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+
1991 23 0 0 7.07 11 0 9 0 0 0 14.0 12 11 11 3 10 0 9 0 0 3 62 54 1.571 7.7 1.9 6.4 5.8 0.90 54
1992 24 0 1 .000 6.86 13 2 9 0 0 0 21.0 24 17 16 3 19 0 13 0 0 5 102 55 2.048 10.3 1.3 8.1 5.6 0.68 55
1993 25 1 1 .500 7.49 30 2 15 0 0 0 45.2 50 42 38 5 45 3 37 0 0 10 224 53 2.080 9.9 1.0 8.9 7.3 0.82 53
1994 26 5 3 .625 5.68 67 2 23 0 0 1 95.0 81 66 60 12 84 5 82 1 1 18 434 74 1.737 7.7 1.1 8.0 7.8 0.98 74
1995 27 5 4 .556 6.11 83 2 30 0 0 1 113.1 106 83 77 16 105 6 101 3 1 19 533 69 1.862 8.4 1.3 8.3 8.0 0.96 69
1996 28 5 5 .500 5.67 100 2 38 0 0 2 139.2 124 94 88 18 129 8 115 3 1 22 649 77 1.811 8.0 1.2 8.3 7.4 0.89 77

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1991 23 0 1 .000 9.00 13.0 13 14 13 3 11 8 0 1.846 9.0 7.6 5.5 0.73 2.1 11
1992 24 0 0 9.00 6.0 13 7 6 0 10 3 0 3.833 19.5 15.0 4.5 0.30 0.0 2
1993 25 0 2 .000 9.00 23.0 26 26 23 2 26 22 0 2.261 10.2 10.2 8.6 0.85 0.8 17
1994 26 3 4 .429 4.03 67.0 43 33 30 10 54 61 1 1.448 5.8 7.3 8.2 1.13 1.3 37
1995 27 0 2 .000 9.47 19.0 29 22 20 5 24 20 2 2.789 13.7 11.4 9.5 0.83 2.4 16
1996 28 1 1 .500 3.60 25.0 17 11 10 2 23 13 0 1.600 6.1 8.3 4.7 0.57 0.7 17
6 Seasons 4 10 .286 6.00 153.0 141 113 102 22 148 127 3 1.889 8.3 7.5 0.86 1.3 100

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