Johnny Briggs Trades and Transactions

The Johnny Briggs trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Johnny Briggs has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Johnny Briggs

Johnny Briggs Autograph on a 1960 Topps (#376)

Johnny Briggs Autograph on a 1960 Topps (#376)
 

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Birth Name:   Jonathan Tift Briggs
Nickname:   John or Johnny
Born On:   01-24-1934  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Natoma, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Union High School (Folsom, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-17-1956 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-04-1960
Draft:   Not Applicable
Johnny Briggs

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1954: Trade of unknown type from Idaho Falls (Pioneer) to Philadelphia Phillies.
00-00-1955: Trade of unknown type from Philadelphia Phillies to Sacramento (PCL).
09-22-1955: Traded by Sacramento (PCL) (with Richie Myers) to Chicago Cubs for Bubba Church and Joe Stanka.
01-23-1959: Traded by Chicago Cubs (with Jim Bolger) to Cleveland Indians for Earl Averill and Morrie Martin.
07-30-1960: Sold by Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics.
01-25-1961: Traded by Kansas City Athletics (with John Tsitouris) to Cincinnati Reds for Joe Nuxhall.


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The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Johnny Briggs trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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