John Briggs (baseball)
| John Briggs | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: January 24, 1934 Natoma, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 1956, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 4, 1960, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 9–11 | ||
| Earned run average | 5.00 | ||
| Strikeouts | 80 | ||
| Innings pitched | 165 2⁄3 | ||
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Jonathan Tift Briggs (born January 24, 1934) is a retired American professional baseball player, a former pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for five seasons for the Chicago Cubs (1956–58), Cleveland Indians (1959–60) and Kansas City Athletics (1960). Born in Natoma, California, he was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).
Briggs initially signed with his hometown team, the Sacramento Solons of the Open-Classification Pacific Coast League, in 1952. In 1954, he led the Class A Western International League in strikeouts (233) and earned run average (2.50) and won 20 of 28 decisions as a member of the Salem Senators. After two three-game trials with the Cubs in 1956 and 1957, he rejoined the Cubs in the midst of the 1958 campaign and took a spot in their starting rotation. He split ten decisions in 20 games pitched (with 17 starts) and put up an ERA of 4.52. He threw what would be his only MLB shutout on June 24, scattering eight hits and four bases on balls to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 3–0.
In January 1959 Briggs was sent to the Indians in a waiver deal that also featured outfielder Jim Bolger, pitcher Morrie Martin and utilityman Earl Averill, Jr. Although he pitched effectively in three spring appearances for Cleveland, Briggs spent most of the 1959 season in Triple-A with the San Diego Padres, where he went 14–6 (2.60).
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