John Briggs
1956–1960 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics
59G
.208AVG
.204OBP
.271SLG
More career statistics
10H
0HR
7RBI
0SB
9–11W–L
165.2IP
80K
5.00ERA
21GS
1SV
3Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · p ipouts | 497 | 498 |
| Pitching · p k | 80 | 79 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 51 | 48 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .208 | .204 | .271 | .475 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165.7 | 59 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 174 | 101 | 92 | 23 | 82 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 1.545 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1958-07-04 to 1958-07-13
2longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1956-04-29 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1960-08-04 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  Chicago Cubs | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 |
| 1957 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 |
| 1958 | Chicago Cubs | 20 | 35 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .257 | 96 | 45 |
| 1959 |  Cleveland Guardians | 4 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 12 | 5 |
| 1960 | Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics | 29 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 47 | 27 |