Buttons Briggs
[edit] Biography
Born on July 8, 1875 in Poughkeepsie, New York, Buttons Briggs (Herbert Theodore Briggs) played for the Chicago Colts, Chicago Orphans and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 5 year career. Briggs broke into the bigs on April 23, 1896 with the Chicago Colts, and put up a 4.31 ERA in 194 innings pitched in 1896, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Buttons Briggs's best season was 1904, when he posted a 2.05 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 112 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1896
| CHI
| N
| 26
| 21
| 12
| 8
| 4.31
| 84
| 129
| 93
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 194
| 202
| 6
| 108
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1897
| CHI
| N
| 22
| 22
| 4
| 17
| 5.26
| 60
| 166
| 109
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 186.2
| 246
| 6
| 85
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
| 1898
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 5.70
| 14
| 22
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 38
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 30
| 19
| 11
| 2.05
| 112
| 101
| 63
| 28
| 3
| 3
| 277
| 252
| 3
| 77
| 0
| 3
| 8
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| 20
| 20
| 8
| 8
| 2.14
| 68
| 58
| 40
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 168
| 141
| 1
| 52
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 106
| 97
| 44
| 47
| 3.41
| 338
| 476
| 324
| 84
| 8
| 4
| 855.2
| 879
| 16
| 332
| 0
| 17
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1896
| CHI
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 29
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1897
| CHI
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 35
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1898
| CHI
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 54
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 106
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 160
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1896
| CHI
| N
| 26
| 78
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 6
| .128
| .200
| .179
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| CHI
| N
| 22
| 81
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 5
| .160
| .190
| .185
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 14
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .429
| .429
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 94
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 4
| .170
| .212
| .213
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| 20
| 57
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .053
| .115
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 106
| 324
| 19
| 48
| 1
| 17
| .148
| .195
| .182
| 2
| 3
| 19
| 14
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Orphans with Danny Friend to Columbus (Western) in exchange for Sam Mertes and a player to be named (July, 1898).
- Traded by Toronto (Eastern) to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Dick Harley, Tommy Raub, Clarence Currie and $750 (@October 10, 1903).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Billy Maloney, Jack McCarthy, Doc Casey and $2000 to Brooklyn Superbas in exchange for Jimmy Sheckard (December 15, 1905).
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