Buttons Briggs Stats

Buttons Briggs was born on Thursday, July 8, 1875, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Briggs was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 23, 1896, with the Chicago Colts. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Buttons Briggs baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	Herbert Theodore Briggs
Nickname:	None
Born On:	07-08-1875 (Cancer)
Born In:	Poughkeepsie, New York
Died On:	02-18-1911 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Cleveland, Ohio
Cemetery:	Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-01	Weight:	180
First Game:	04-23-1896 (Age 20)
Last Game:	09-25-1905
Draft:	Not Applicable

Buttons Briggs Buttons Briggs Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1896	21	Colts	26	21	4	12	8	.600	4.31	19	0	1	194.0	0	202	93	129	6	108	-	84	6	0	0	-
1897	22	Colts	22	22	0	4	17	.190	5.26	21	0	0	186.2	0	246	109	166	6	85	-	60	6	9	0	0
1898	23	Orphans	4	4	0	1	3	.250	5.70	3	0	0	30.0	0	38	19	22	0	10	-	14	1	1	0	0
1904	29	Cubs	34	30	4	19	11	.633	2.05	28	3	3	277.0	1,109	252	63	101	3	77	-	112	3	8	0	-
1905	30	Cubs	20	20	0	8	8	.500	2.14	13	5	0	168.0	634	141	40	58	1	52	-	68	1	6	0	0
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
5 Years			106	97	8	44	47	.484	3.41	84	8	4	855.2	1,743	879	324	476	16	332	-	338	17	24	0	0

Buttons Briggs Buttons Briggs Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1896	21	Colts	26	78	5	10	0	2	0	0	6	7	-	14	0	-	0	-	.128	.200	.179
1897	22	Colts	22	81	5	13	0	1	0	0	5	3	-	-	2	-	0	-	.160	.190	.185
1898	23	Orphans	4	14	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	0	-	0	-	.429	.429	.500
1904	29	Cubs	34	94	6	16	1	0	1	0	4	5	-	-	2	-	0	-	.170	.212	.213
1905	30	Cubs	20	57	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	-	-	3	-	0	-	.053	.115	.053
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
5 Years			106	324	19	48	2	3	1	0	17	19	0	14	7	-	0	-	.148	.195	.182

Buttons Briggs Buttons Briggs Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1896 Colts	P	26	21	582	39	1.5	35	6	29	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.897	1.62
1897 Colts	P	22	22	560	44	2.0	43	8	35	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	2.07
1898 Orphans	P	4	4	90	9	2.3	7	1	6	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.778	2.10
1904 Cubs	P	34	30	831	70	2.1	70	16	54	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.27
1905 Cubs	P	20	20	504	49	2.5	47	11	36	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.959	2.52
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		106	97	2,567	211	2.0	202	42	160	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	2.12
5 Years		106	97	2,567	211	2.0	202	42	160	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	2.12

Buttons Briggs Buttons Briggs Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1896 Colts	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	5.6	13.0	0.78	3.90	5.01
1897 Colts	1	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	16.2	0.71	2.89	4.10
1898 Orphans	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	14.0	1.40	4.20	3.00
1904 Cubs	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	94.0	0.0	23.5	1.45	3.64	2.50
1905 Cubs	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	57.0	1.31	3.64	2.79
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
5 Years	1	-	-	0	0	n/a	324.0	23.1	19.1	1.02	3.56	3.49

Buttons Briggs Buttons Briggs Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1896 Chicago Colts	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1897 Chicago Colts	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1898 Chicago Orphans	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1904 Chicago Cubs	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1905 Chicago Cubs	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
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