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Johnny
Briggs		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 10, 1944 in Usa, NJ, PATERSON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965    1975    1979   
Silver Slugger 1969    1971    1976    1978    1979   
Bronze Rookie 1965   
Gold Glove 1967    1979   
All-Star Selections 1966    1967    1969    1971    1972    1973    1974    1975    1976    1977    1978    1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 20 SEM AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 10 10 6 6 6
1965 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 6
1966 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1967 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1968 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 6 6
1969 25 SEM AL $ 3,125,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 6 6
1970 26 SEM AL $ 6,292,857   9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1971 27 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 6 6
1972 28 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 8 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 6 6
1973 29 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 8 9 9 7 8 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1974 30 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 8 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1975 31 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1976 32 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 8 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1977 33 SEM AL $ 13,680,000   8 8 8 7 8 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1978 34 SEM AL $ 13,680,000   8 8 8 7 8 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 6
1979 35 SEM AL $ 13,680,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5
1980 36 SEM AL $ 13,680,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 5 5
1981 37 SEM AL     5 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 9 10 10 3 3 3
1982 38 OAK AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 9 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 9 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,680,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 7 8 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 20 AAA   137 493 103 154 32 2 33 101 12 12 117 91 .312 .444 .586 1.030 121.7  
1965 21 SEM AL 128 435 67 124 15 4 18 79 2 1 76 73 .285 .388 .462 .850 79.3 20.1
    AAA   26 91 16 30 5 1 2 18 1 5 25 9 .330 .474 .473 .947 19.7  
1966 22 SEM AL 155 537 95 149 23 7 27 100 6 0 126 101 .277 .413 .497 .910 113.9 26.6
1967 23 SEM AL 154 519 102 149 27 1 27 95 11 1 130 92 .287 .429 .499 .928 113.6 28.6
1968 24 SEM AL 63 227 42 61 9 0 8 50 3 0 47 52 .269 .395 .414 .809 40.1 10.3
1969 25 SEM AL 155 550 116 175 23 6 31 120 10 1 117 131 .318 .435 .551 .985 129.3 38.3
1970 26 SEM AL 154 559 108 149 25 6 26 110 9 2 115 126 .267 .391 .472 .863 107.2 25.2
1971 27 SEM AL 156 548 95 176 35 4 25 124 13 10 105 93 .321 .427 .536 .963 118.5 27.9
1972 28 SEM AL 156 544 102 162 23 11 30 115 11 6 119 104 .298 .422 .546 .967 121.4 29.3
1973 29 SEM AL 155 551 138 162 23 5 38 117 15 14 141 101 .294 .433 .561 .994 130.8 29.3
1974 30 SEM AL 152 538 104 142 31 3 32 117 3 5 136 109 .264 .412 .511 .923 111.0 24.1
1975 31 SEM AL 154 533 110 141 21 9 32 118 18 10 136 103 .265 .411 .518 .929 116.3 24.4
1976 32 SEM AL 154 569 117 176 34 7 37 135 15 5 123 104 .309 .427 .589 1.016 136.9 35.9
1977 33 SEM AL 152 532 106 160 19 5 22 121 10 5 139 95 .301 .440 .479 .919 117.5 26.7
1978 34 SEM AL 154 571 116 186 22 7 30 127 12 6 94 95 .326 .416 .546 .963 122.8 30.2
1979 35 SEM AL 153 550 94 173 23 5 24 104 7 9 121 91 .315 .437 .505 .942 116.5 26.9
1980 36 SEM AL 152 574 96 148 21 8 16 89 10 6 111 130 .258 .376 .406 .782 91.7 19.3
1981 37 SEM AL 153 543 82 147 14 5 11 74 6 7 88 117 .271 .370 .376 .746 78.4 13.7
1982 38 AA   104 245 22 60 7 0 6 26 3 1 50 53 .245 .373 .347 .720 36.6  
17 Years Sim 2500 8880 1690 2580 388 93 434 1795 161 88 1924 1717 .291 .414 .502 .916 1845.2 436.7
2 Years AAA 163 584 119 184 37 3 35 119 13 17 142 100 .315 .445 .568 1.014 141.4  
1 Years AA 104 245 22 60 7 0 6 26 3 1 50 53 .245 .372 .347 .719 36.6  
3 Years Minors 267 829 141 244 44 3 41 145 16 18 192 153 .294 .424 .503 .927 178.1  
162 Game Average 575 109 167 25 6 28 116 10 5 124 111 .291 .414 .502 .916 119.6  
Career Highs 156 574 138 186 35 11 38 135 18 14 141 131 .326 .440 .589 1.016 136.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5927 1162 1759 257 65 279 1229 101 57 1350 1039 .297 .424 .503 .927 1292.2
vs LH   2953 528 821 131 28 155 566 60 31 574 678 .278 .394 .499 .893 591.5
Home 1241 4280 799 1262 164 47 217 885 76 44 933 860 .295 .418 .507 .926 923.5
Away 1259 4600 891 1318 224 46 217 910 85 44 991 857 .287 .410 .497 .907 960.2
RISP   2844 0 832 125 29 141 1394 0 0 826 571 .293 .442 .506 .947 679.4
Pinch Hitting   54 13 20 0 0 3 12 1 2 23 9 .370 .551 .537 1.088 16.9
Close/Late   998 203 293 33 8 49 183 0 0 305 180 .294 .456 .490 .946 240.2
Mar/Apr 397 1432 267 404 64 13 65 274 28 10 290 282 .282 .401 .481 .882 286.0
May 456 1632 327 462 68 14 77 321 31 10 366 337 .283 .412 .483 .896 340.4
June 419 1484 242 409 56 13 71 283 24 20 307 292 .276 .397 .474 .871 289.7
July 397 1425 265 440 57 20 73 301 26 20 323 268 .309 .434 .531 .964 325.5
August 427 1488 298 419 64 15 87 317 25 17 313 283 .282 .403 .520 .923 316.3
Sep/Oct 404 1419 291 446 79 18 61 299 27 11 325 255 .314 .438 .524 .963 325.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1965 21 SEM AL RF 85 85 764.0 162 7 0 2 1.000 1.99   2.9
    CF 37 34 312.3 76 2 5 0 .940 2.25    
    1B 2 0 8.0 10 0 0 3 1.000 11.25   0.0
1966 22 SEM AL RF 148 147 1321.3 265 8 2 3 .993 1.86   4.4
    1B 3 0 11.0 17 3 0 0 1.000 16.36   0.0
1967 23 SEM AL RF 142 141 1259.3 252 8 0 3 1.000 1.86   3.6
    CF 6 6 41.0 12 2 0 0 1.000 3.07    
    LF 2 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    1B 2 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73   0.0
1968 24 SEM AL CF 61 61 533.3 111 1 1 0 .991 1.89   2.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 25 SEM AL RF 131 131 1177.0 232 6 1 1 .996 1.82   2.2
    LF 18 18 169.0 36 0 2 0 .947 1.92    
    1B 4 0 6.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 26 SEM AL RF 148 147 1351.3 298 7 3 2 .990 2.03   4.6
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 2 0 2.3 2 1 1 0 .750 11.59   0.0
1971 27 SEM AL CF 148 147 1332.3 354 11 5 3 .986 2.47   4.4
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 28 SEM AL CF 146 145 1313.7 333 5 12 1 .966 2.32   4.6
    LF 4 4 40.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 29 SEM AL RF 148 144 1341.3 291 13 3 3 .990 2.04   4.7
    1B 5 0 12.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    SS 1 1 8.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 30 SEM AL RF 151 150 1335.7 254 12 3 4 .989 1.79   3.5
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 31 SEM AL RF 147 146 1312.3 274 12 2 2 .993 1.96   5.0
    1B 2 0 7.3 14 1 0 0 1.000 18.42   0.0
    CF 2 0 5.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.07    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 32 SEM AL RF 150 150 1351.7 267 9 1 3 .996 1.84   2.5
    CF 1 0 9.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 33 SEM AL RF 146 146 1314.7 291 5 2 0 .993 2.03   4.5
    LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 4 0 8.7 10 2 0 1 1.000 12.47   0.0
    CF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1978 34 SEM AL RF 151 150 1345.3 339 9 5 3 .986 2.33   4.9
    1B 2 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1979 35 SEM AL RF 150 148 1346.0 362 8 0 1 1.000 2.47   5.6
    1B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1980 36 SEM AL RF 151 151 1359.3 348 7 9 4 .975 2.35   2.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1981 37 SEM AL RF 151 151 1355.7 341 3 2 1 .994 2.28   3.9
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 2003 1987 17939.0 3977 114 33 32 .992 2.05   54.7
  CF 404 393 3556.3 894 21 23 4 .975 2.32   11.1
  LF 36 23 247.0 53 0 2 0 .964 1.93    
  1B 34 0 70.7 86 7 1 7 .989 11.85   0.1
  SS 1 1 8.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
Career Totals   2478 2404 21821.6 5010 144 59 43 .989 2.13   65.9
Career Highs   155 151 1364.0 364 15 12 5 1.000 2.49    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 21 SEM AL 13 51 8 13 4 0 1 5 1 1 4 14 .255 .309 .392 .701
1966 22 SEM AL 17 60 8 7 0 1 3 9 0 0 15 12 .117 .293 .300 .593
1967 23 SEM AL 7 26 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 .308 .406 .308 .714
1969 25 SEM AL 7 24 4 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 6 6 .208 .367 .375 .742
1970 26 SEM AL 6 26 5 7 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 7 .269 .296 .577 .873
1971 27 SEM AL 17 62 14 18 6 3 1 14 0 0 13 15 .290 .408 .532 .940
1972 28 SEM AL 18 70 10 20 3 0 5 20 1 1 14 13 .286 .391 .543 .934
1973 29 SEM AL 7 23 6 5 0 0 1 5 1 1 10 6 .217 .455 .348 .802
1974 30 SEM AL 11 40 8 11 3 0 4 9 0 0 10 8 .275 .412 .650 1.062
1975 31 SEM AL 20 69 12 23 6 1 2 9 2 1 14 7 .333 .440 .536 .977
1976 32 SEM AL 10 39 6 10 2 0 3 8 0 0 3 6 .256 .302 .538 .841
1977 33 SEM AL 13 54 7 17 1 1 1 11 1 1 7 8 .315 .393 .426 .819
1978 34 SEM AL 17 67 9 20 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 10 .299 .377 .478 .854
1979 35 SEM AL 15 53 6 11 2 1 4 7 0 2 12 8 .208 .354 .509 .863
1980 36 SEM AL 9 39 8 17 2 1 0 10 2 1 4 7 .436 .488 .538 1.027
Career Post-Season Batting 187 703 113 192 35 8 31 130 8 8 127 132 .273 .380 .478 .858
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1969-2-.318
1971-3-.321
1976-6-.309
1978-3-.326
1979-3-.315
 On-Base Pct
1965-5-.388
1966-2-.413
1967-1-.429
1969-1-.435
1970-3-.391
1971-1-.427
1972-2-.422
1973-2-.433
1974-4-.412
1975-3-.411
1976-2-.427
1977-2-.440
1978-1-.416
1979-1-.437
1980-8-.376
CAR-6-.414
 Slugging Pct
1966-2-.497
1967-5-.499
1969-2-.551
1970-9-.472
1971-2-.536
1972-2-.546
1973-1-.561
1974-6-.511
1975-4-.518
1976-2-.589
1977-6-.479
1978-2-.546
1979-2-.505
CAR-45-.502
 OPS
1965-6-.850
1966-2-.910
1967-3-.928
1969-1-.985
1970-6-.863
1971-2-.963
1972-2-.967
1973-1-.994
1974-3-.923
1975-3-.929
1976-1-1.016
1977-3-.919
1978-1-.963
1979-1-.942
CAR-15-.916
 XR
1966-2-113.9
1967-3-113.6
1969-1-129.3
1970-5-107.2
1971-2-118.5
1972-1-121.4
1973-1-130.8
1974-2-111.0
1975-2-116.3
1976-1-136.9
1977-3-117.5
1978-1-122.8
1979-1-116.5
1980-9-91.7
CAR-6-1845.2
 Games
1971-3-156
1972-10-156
CAR-22-2500
At-Bats
CAR-28-8880
 Runs
1966-8-95
1967-3-102
1969-2-116
1970-4-108
1971-9-95
1972-5-102
1973-1-138
1974-6-104
1975-3-110
1976-3-117
1977-2-106
1978-2-116
1979-4-94
1980-8-96
CAR-11-1690
 Hits
1969-4-175
1971-4-176
1976-8-176
1978-6-186
CAR-27-2580
 Total Bases
1966-7-267
1969-3-303
1970-9-264
1971-2-294
1972-4-297
1973-2-309
1974-9-275
1975-6-276
1976-1-335
1978-4-312
1979-3-278
CAR-22-4456
 Singles
1969-10-115
CAR-41-1665
 Doubles
1971-6-35
Triples
1966-6-7
1969-5-6
1970-8-6
1972-1-11
1975-2-9
1976-5-7
1978-9-7
1980-10-8
CAR-18-93
 Homeruns
1966-2-27
1967-6-27
1969-4-31
1970-9-26
1972-4-30
1973-1-38
1974-3-32
1975-2-32
1976-3-37
1978-3-30
1979-6-24
CAR-21-434
 RBIs
1966-4-100
1967-6-95
1969-2-120
1970-4-110
1971-1-124
1972-3-115
1973-2-117
1974-3-117
1975-3-118
1976-1-135
1977-2-121
1978-2-127
1979-5-104
CAR-7-1795
 Caught Stealing
1973-7-14
 Walks
1965-8-76
1966-1-126
1967-1-130
1969-2-117
1970-2-115
1971-5-105
1972-1-119
1973-1-141
1974-1-136
1975-1-136
1976-1-123
1977-1-139
1978-4-94
1979-1-121
1980-2-111
1981-7-88
CAR-3-1924
 Strikeouts
1974-10-109
1980-2-130
1981-4-117
CAR-16-1717
 
   Black Ink Test: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 253    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Seattle in 1964
Had first career hit on 5/3/1965, off Dallas Green (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1965, off Don Larsen (TOR)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 7/4/1965
Injured on 10/16/1965 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
Won Bronze Rookie in 1965, hitting .285 with 18 HR, 79 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 6/26/1966
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1967, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1967
Injured on 6/12/1968 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,125,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1969, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/15/1969
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1969, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1969, hitting .378 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1969, hitting .359 with 6 HR, 26 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1969, hitting .318 with 31 HR, 120 RBI
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,292,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1970: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $7,500,000 per year, for 6 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 6/25/1971
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1971, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland (A) on 8/3/1971
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1971, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1971, hitting .371 with 7 HR, 28 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/15/1971
Won Silver Slugger in 1971, hitting .321 with 25 HR, 124 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1972, hitting .365 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1973, hitting .388 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1973, hitting .294 with 38 HR, 117 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1975, hitting .387 with 7 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1975
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 8/24/1976
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1976, hitting .406 with 5 HR, 16 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1976, hitting .300 with 12 HR, 30 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1976, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
9/22/1976: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $13,680,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1976, hitting .354 with 6 HR, 29 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1976, hitting .309 with 37 HR, 135 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 4/3/1977
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1978, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1978, hitting .320 with 10 HR, 30 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 6/22/1978, off Mike Flanagan (PIT)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1978, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1978, hitting .326 with 30 HR, 127 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1979, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1979, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1979
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1980, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1981
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 5/1/1982 to a minor league deal
 
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