Johnny Briggs (baseball)
| Johnny Briggs | |
|---|---|
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: March 10, 1944 Paterson, New Jersey | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 17, 1964, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 28, 1975, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .253 |
| Home runs | 139 |
| Runs batted in | 507 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
John Edward Briggs (born March 10, 1944) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1964–1971), Milwaukee Brewers (1971–1975), and Minnesota Twins (1975). He batted and threw left-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).[1]
Briggs was born in Paterson, New Jersey, where he played high school baseball at Eastside High School. He then moved on to Seton Hall University.[2] Signed by the Phillies in 1963, he broke into pro baseball with the Bakersfield Bears of the Class A California League that season. Briggs batted .297 with 21 home runs, 20 doubles and six triples. His production compelled the Phillies to promote him to their 40-man roster for 1964, then to keep him on their 25-man regular-season squad to prevent Briggs from being nabbed by another MLB club in the first-year player draft in effect from 1959–1964.
Although as a 20-year-old, Briggs played sparingly in 1964 (with just 76 plate appearances), he would win a platoon outfield spot with Philadelphia in 1965 and never return to the minor leagues. He appeared in over 100 games from 1967 through his final MLB campaign in 1975. On August 4, 1973, when, while batting leadoff, he went 6-for-6, with two doubles and two runs scored, to spark the Brewers to a 9-4 road victory, over the Cleveland Indians.[3]
In his 12-season big league career, Briggs posted a .253 batting average, a .355 on-base percentage, with 1,041 hits, 170 doubles, 43 triples, 139 home runs, and 507 run batted in (RBI), in 1,366 games played.[1] After his last MLB season, he played one season for the Lotte Orions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), in 1976.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Johnny Briggs Stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ Saccoman, John (April 2017). "Johnny Briggs Society for American Baseball Research". Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Milwaukee Brewers 9, Cleveland Indians 4". Retrosheet. August 4, 1973. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Johnny Briggs Minor, Winter & Japanese League Stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Johnny Briggs at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Johnny Briggs at Baseball Almanac
- Johnny Briggs at Baseball Library
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