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Jonathan Tift Briggs

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Full Name: Jonathan Tift Briggs Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/175 First Game: April 17, 1956
Birthdate: January 24, 1934 Final Game: September 4, 1960
Birthplace: Natoma, California MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 24, 1934 in Natoma, California, John Briggs (Jonathan Tift Briggs) played for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 5 year career. Briggs broke into the bigs on April 17, 1956 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.52 ERA in 95.2 innings pitched in 1958, his rookie year.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1956 CHI N 3 0 0 0 1.69 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 4 1 0 3
1957 CHI N 3 0 0 1 12.46 1 6 6 0 0 0 4.1 7 2 3 0 0 0
1958 CHI N 20 17 5 5 4.52 46 52 48 3 1 0 95.2 99 12 45 1 2 1
1959 CLE A 4 1 0 1 2.13 5 5 3 0 0 0 12.2 12 1 3 0 1 0
1960 KC A 8 1 0 2 12.71 8 17 16 0 0 0 11.1 19 3 12 0 0 0
1960 CLE A 21 2 4 2 4.46 19 20 18 0 0 1 36.1 32 4 15 0 0 1
1960 TOT A 29 3 4 4 6.42 27 37 34 0 0 1 47.2 51 7 27 0 0 1
Total NL 26 17 5 6 4.70 48 59 55 3 1 0 105.1 111 15 52 2 2 4
Total AL 33 4 4 5 5.52 32 42 37 0 0 1 60.1 63 8 30 0 1 1
Total 59 21 9 11 5.00 80 101 92 3 1 1 165.2 174 23 82 2 3 5

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1956 CHI N P 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 CHI N P 3 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
1958 CHI N P 20 17 96 7 12 2 0 0 2 5 2 0 .905
1959 CLE A P 4 1 12.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1960 KC A P 8 1 11.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .500
1960 CLE A P 21 2 36.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.000
1960 TOT A P 29 3 47.2 2 3 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 .833
Total P 59 21 160.2 11 17 3 0 0 3 12 3 0 .903

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1956 CHI N 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHI N 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHI N 20 35 3 9 0 6 .257 .257 .343 1 1 0 14 0 1 0 0 1
1959 CLE A 4 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 KC A 8 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE A 21 8 0 1 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1960 TOT A 29 11 0 1 0 0 .091 .091 .091 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 26 35 3 9 0 6 .257 .257 .343 1 1 0 14 0 1 0 0 1
Total AL 33 13 0 1 0 1 .077 .071 .077 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1
Total 59 48 3 10 0 7 .208 .204 .271 1 1 0 17 0 2 0 0 2

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Sacramento (PCL) with Richie Myers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for cash and 2 players to be named later (September 22, 1955); Sacramento (PCL) received Bubba Church and Joe Stanka (1956).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Jim Bolger to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Earl Averill and Morrie Martin (January 23, 1959).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics (July 30, 1960).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics with John Tsitouris to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Joe Nuxhall (January 25, 1961).

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