Buttons Briggs

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Full Name: Herbert Theodore Briggs	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: April 23, 1896
Birthdate: July 8, 1875	Final Game: September 25, 1905
Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, New York	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: February 18, 1911
Deathplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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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