Buttons Briggs
1897–1905 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs
106G
.148AVG
.195OBP
.182SLG
More career statistics
48H
1HR
17RBI
1SB
44–47W–L
855.2IP
338K
3.41ERA
97GS
4SV
8Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 106 | 80 |
| Batting · At bats | 324 | 250 |
| Batting · Hits | 48 | 38 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 14 | 49 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 350 | 272 |
| Batting · Runs | 19 | 14 |
| Batting · RBI | 17 | 10 |
| Batting · Triples | 3 | 1 |
| Batting · Walks | 19 | 16 |
| Pitching · Games | 106 | 80 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,656 | 2,806 |
| Pitching · p cg | 84 | 65 |
| Pitching · p er | 324 | 128 |
| Pitching · p gs | 97 | 76 |
| Pitching · p h | 879 | 677 |
| Pitching · p hr | 16 | 10 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,567 | 1,978 |
| Pitching · p k | 338 | 259 |
| Pitching · p r | 477 | 348 |
| Pitching · p w | 332 | 225 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 350 | 324 | 19 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | .148 | .195 | .182 | .377 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 855.7 | 106 | 97 | 84 | 44 | 47 | 4 | 879 | 477 | 324 | 16 | 332 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 3.41 | 1.415 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1897-08-02 to 1897-08-27
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-05-20 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1904-09-15 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1897-07-21 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 36 | 129 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 27 | .161 | .209 | .186 |
| Away | 44 | 143 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | .144 | .189 | .174 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .235 | .263 | .235 |
| May | 18 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | .190 | .219 | .207 |
| June | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .071 | .069 | .071 |
| July | 15 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .122 | .185 | .122 |
| August | 17 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .173 | .246 | .231 |
| September | 14 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .143 | .200 | .214 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 13 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .159 | .170 | .159 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 12 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .121 | .250 | .121 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 11 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .161 | .176 | .226 |
| boston-braves | 10 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .108 | .150 | .135 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 9 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .071 | .071 | .071 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .083 | .120 | .083 |
| new-york-giants | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .154 | .312 | .385 |
| louisville-colonels | 4 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .467 | .467 | .533 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Chicago Cubs | 22 | 81 | 13 | – | 5 | 1 | .160 | 186 | 63 |
| 1898 | Chicago Cubs | 4 | 14 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .429 | 30 | 14 |
| 1904 | Chicago Cubs | 34 | 99 | 16 | 1 | 3 | – | .162 | 275 | 113 |
| 1905 | Chicago Cubs | 20 | 56 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .054 | 167 | 69 |