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Johnny Briggs
John Edward Briggs

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut April 17, 1964
Final Game September 28, 1975
Born March 10, 1944 in Paterson, NJ (age 80)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 20 NYA AL   26   28    4    6   1   0   0    4   0   1    5    5  .214  .333  .250  .583    84     7   0   0   0   0   0  
 1965 21 CHA AL   34   35    9   12   1   2   1    5   1   0    5    5  .343  .425  .571  .996   146    20   0   0   0   0   0  
 1966 22 CHA AL  109  269   42   71  15   3   7   39   2   0   52   59  .264  .381  .420  .801   121   113   0   2   1   0   2  
 1967 23 CHA AL  123  312   45   91  16   5  12   50   4   1   47   50  .292  .380  .490  .871   131   153   5   4   2   0   8  
 1968 24 LAN NL  123  383   49   89  12   0   7   38   8   1   58   71  .232  .339  .319  .658   104   122   0   2   0   5   6  
 1969 25 LAN NL  103  197   35   46  13   0   4   22   7   2   38   41  .234  .350  .360  .710   103    71   0   5   0   0   4  
 1970 26 MLA AL  113  295   51   90  15   8   8   48   1   1   26   70  .305  .357  .492  .848   119   145   0   4   2   0  12  
 1971 27 MLA AL  141  373   63  100  16   2  17   51   2   5   62   81  .268  .376  .458  .835   116   171   0   2   3   4   5  
 1972 28 MLA AL  113  395   52  108  12   0  22   62   1   0   54   50  .273  .358  .471  .829   124   186   0   4   2   0  22  
 1973 29 MLA AL  134  454   71  116  16   8  16   60  13   9   75   73  .256  .362  .432  .793   106   196   0   1   3   1   7  
 1974 30 MLA AL  147  557   75  164  29   5  23  110   5   1   61   97  .294  .361  .488  .849   117   272   2   6   0   0  13  MVP-12
 1975 31 MON NL  130  362   59   91  11   1  11   45   2   1   68   46  .251  .369  .378  .747   103   137   0   1   1   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     1296 3660  555  984 157  34 128  534  46  22  551  648  .269  .363  .435  .799        1593   7  31  14  10  82
 Per 600 PA           516   78  139  22   5  18   75   6   3   78   91                                 224   1   4   2   1  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MLA      648 2074  312  578  88  23  86  331  22  16  278  371  .279  .363  .468  .830         970   2  17  10   5  59
   With CHA      266  616   96  174  32  10  20   94   7   1  104  114  .282  .383  .464  .847         286   5   6   3   0  10
   With LAN      226  580   84  135  25   0  11   60  15   3   96  112  .233  .343  .333  .676         193   0   7   0   5  10
   With MON      130  362   59   91  11   1  11   45   2   1   68   46  .251  .369  .378  .747         137   0   1   1   0   3
   With NYA       26   28    4    6   1   0   0    4   0   1    5    5  .214  .333  .250  .583           7   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1366 4117  601 1041 170  43 139  507  64  49  663  785  .253  .355  .416  .771        1714  22  30  47   5  54
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1964 20 NYA AL   3    2   3.0  18   3   0  .167   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             -97   
 1965 21 CHA AL   3    9  10.9  22   9   1  .409   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             285   
 1966 22 CHA AL   8   48   6.4  39   9   0  .231   5   25   18  .720    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e9   -70   
 1967 23 CHA AL   8   60   6.8  36   8   0  .222   2   27   19  .704    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e9   182   
 1968 24 LAN NL   7   46   4.1  16   3   0  .188   7   27   19  .704    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e13  -67   
 1969 25 LAN NL   9   28   4.7  54  10   1  .185   2    9    5  .556    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e11  -51   
 1970 26 MLA AL  54   48   5.9  30  13   2  .433   2   25   11  .440    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e7    72   
 1971 27 MLA AL  22   67   6.3  36  13   1  .361   5   22   14  .636    0    0  .000  UT             -15   
 1972 28 MLA AL   8   62   5.4  11   4   1  .364   5   39   26  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e6    27   
 1973 29 MLA AL  26   73   5.6   7   3   1  .429   6   24   14  .583    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e12    6   
 1974 30 MLA AL  33   99   6.5   2   0   0  .000   2   18    6  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e10   85   
 1975 31 MON NL  12   56   5.5  25   6   1  .240   5   29   10  .345    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e6   -16   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          602   5.8 296  81   8  .274  41  245  142  .580    0    0  .000                  20   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 21.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1964 20 NYA AL  LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     3    18.0   1.00
                 1B     1     3     0    0    1  1.000     0     2.0  13.50
 1965 21 CHA AL  LF     4     3     0    0    0  1.000     3    22.0   1.23
                 CF     6     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    12.1   2.92
 1966 22 CHA AL  LF    61   111     2    4    1   .966    57   482.0   2.11
                 RF     7    10     0    1    0   .909     5    48.1   1.86
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.2   0.00
 1967 23 CHA AL  RF    84   134     2    2    0   .986    77   687.0   1.78
                 LF     9     5     0    0    0  1.000     1    24.0   1.88
                 CF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1968 24 LAN NL  LF   105   185     4    7    0   .964    94   820.0   2.07
                 1B     5    36     2    0    1  1.000     4    33.0  10.36
                 RF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   1.00
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.2   2.45
 1969 25 LAN NL  LF    58    65     2    2    0   .971    36   356.2   1.69
                 1B     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   4.50
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   1.80
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1970 26 MLA AL  LF    78   131     4    2    0   .985    66   606.2   2.00
 1971 27 MLA AL  LF    51    71     2    3    0   .961    47   426.1   1.54
                 1B    48   373    36    2   32   .995    45   389.0   9.46
                 RF     1     5     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   5.62
 1972 28 MLA AL  LF    82   141     4    3    0   .980    81   730.0   1.79
                 RF    10     8     0    0    0  1.000     9    81.2   0.88
                 CF     9    21     0    2    0   .913     8    77.2   2.43
                 1B     3     6     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2  11.57
 1973 29 MLA AL  LF    54    73     3    4    0   .950    50   437.1   1.56
                 RF    26    47     1    2    1   .960    26   234.1   1.84
 1974 30 MLA AL  LF    30    54     0    2    0   .964    30   262.0   1.85
 1975 31 MON NL  RF   106    96     4    5    0   .952   104   791.2   1.14
                 LF     5     6     0    0    0  1.000     1    12.2   4.26
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF   540   847    21   27    1   .970   469  4197.2   1.86
                 RF   239   302     7   10    1   .969   222  1865.0   1.49
                 1B    60   421    38    2   34   .996    49   435.2   9.48
                 CF    22    27     0    2    0   .931     8   101.1   2.40
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1966 WS    CHA SFN   W    3  11  1  2  0  1  0   0  0  2  .182  .182  .364  0
 1975 NLCS  MON LAN   L    4  11  0  3  0  0  0   1  1  4  .273  .333  .273  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1964  NYA   70-92   Billy Vanson
 1965  CHA   79-83   Jon Fellows
 1966  CHA   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1967  CHA   88-74   Jon Fellows
 1968  LAN   66-96   Scott Campbell
 1969  LAN   94-68   Scott Campbell
 1970  MLA   66-96   Frank Pennylegion
 1971  MLA   51-111  Frank Pennylegion
 1972  MLA   64-98   Frank Pennylegion
 1973  MLA   79-83   Frank Pennylegion, Dave Jackson
 1974  MLA   77-85   Dave Jackson
 1975  MON   93-69   Steve Bivens

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