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Dan
Briggs		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 18, 1952 in Usa, CA, SCOTIA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 22 SDP NL     4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 6
1977 24 BSN NL     5 5 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1978 25 BSN NL     5 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1979 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7
1980 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 6
1981 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6
1982 29 BSN NL $ 2,142,857   8 8 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
1983 30 BSN NL $ 2,142,857   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
1984 31 BAL AL $ 2,142,857   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
1985 32 BAL AL $ 1,100,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
1986 33 BAL AL $ 1,100,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6
1987 34 BAL AL $ 1,100,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1988 35 BAL AL $ 1,100,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5
1989 36 MIN AL $ 5,009,876   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1990 37 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,009,876   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 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
1975 22 A   137 564 75 167 36 1 22 71 6 6 57 84 .296 .361 .480 .841 93.1  
1976 23 A   135 559 73 159 23 0 18 55 5 8 70 72 .284 .364 .422 .786 85.2  
1977 24 A   137 513 70 138 23 1 16 86 3 4 54 70 .269 .339 .411 .750 71.3  
1978 25 AAA   33 129 17 30 5 1 3 6 1 2 10 24 .233 .288 .357 .644 12.9  
    AA   104 400 37 112 20 1 8 33 2 5 30 45 .280 .330 .395 .725 49.8  
1979 26 BSN NL 23 49 10 10 2 0 2 5 0 0 4 8 .204 .278 .367 .645 4.7 0.5
1980 27 BSN NL 73 138 16 41 5 0 4 23 0 3 9 20 .297 .340 .420 .760 17.1 3.0
1981 28 BSN NL 144 545 52 165 16 5 7 65 1 3 26 67 .303 .335 .389 .724 64.0 11.1
1982 29 BSN NL 155 614 57 175 22 4 9 66 2 2 34 67 .285 .323 .378 .701 68.0 10.1
1983 30 BSN NL 154 575 63 159 26 2 10 67 4 2 50 88 .277 .341 .381 .722 72.2 12.3
1984 31 BAL AL 130 504 58 123 17 1 8 58 4 3 27 67 .244 .285 .329 .614 45.6 4.9
1985 32 BAL AL 135 449 61 121 27 1 4 45 4 2 34 65 .269 .324 .361 .685 50.3 8.2
1986 33 BAL AL 132 434 51 121 14 1 5 50 3 2 32 57 .279 .331 .350 .681 49.9 8.0
1987 34 BAL AL 119 458 67 153 15 2 6 61 6 1 23 59 .334 .368 .415 .782 68.1 14.9
1988 35 BAL AL 135 479 67 155 18 2 5 53 4 2 43 74 .324 .383 .401 .783 70.6 15.6
1989 36 MIN AL 137 545 56 165 17 2 4 53 2 2 33 95 .303 .348 .363 .711 64.9 12.2
1990 37 KCR AL 148 530 52 150 18 0 2 55 1 1 20 106 .283 .315 .328 .644 50.6 4.1
12 Years Sim 1485 5320 610 1538 197 20 66 601 31 23 335 773 .289 .335 .371 .705 626.1 104.8
1 Years AAA 33 129 17 30 5 1 3 6 1 2 10 24 .233 .293 .357 .649 12.9  
1 Years AA 104 400 37 112 20 1 8 33 2 5 30 45 .280 .338 .395 .733 49.8  
3 Years A 409 1636 218 464 82 2 56 212 14 18 181 226 .284 .360 .439 .798 249.5  
5 Years Minors 546 2165 272 606 107 4 67 251 17 25 221 295 .280 .352 .426 .778 312.2  
162 Game Average 580 66 167 21 2 7 65 3 2 36 84 .289 .335 .371 .705 68.3  
Career Highs 155 614 67 175 27 5 10 67 6 3 50 106 .334 .383 .420 .783 72.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4365 506 1264 161 13 57 498 29 19 277 594 .290 .335 .372 .706 523.6
vs LH   955 104 274 36 7 9 103 2 4 58 179 .287 .334 .368 .702 110.6
Home 745 2618 297 732 97 8 28 284 16 13 174 383 .280 .327 .355 .682 294.8
Away 740 2702 313 806 100 12 38 317 15 10 161 390 .298 .342 .386 .728 339.4
RISP   1395 0 398 47 7 23 524 0 0 95 191 .285 .332 .378 .711 171.3
Pinch Hitting   110 11 35 2 1 2 18 0 1 8 15 .318 .372 .409 .781 15.6
Close/Late   655 72 204 26 1 14 78 0 0 47 99 .311 .358 .418 .776 94.1
Mar/Apr 223 801 91 250 30 2 11 103 7 4 42 119 .312 .349 .396 .745 104.4
May 262 911 98 267 36 6 13 111 6 6 62 133 .293 .340 .389 .729 115.3
June 250 922 110 256 42 2 14 98 3 3 60 141 .278 .325 .373 .698 107.5
July 229 813 82 232 31 2 8 74 5 3 57 118 .285 .337 .358 .695 95.0
August 257 911 106 261 24 5 8 108 8 2 43 123 .286 .321 .350 .671 99.0
Sep/Oct 264 962 123 272 34 3 12 107 2 5 71 139 .283 .337 .362 .699 113.0
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
1979 26 BSN NL LF 11 7 59.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.05   0.2
    CF 6 5 45.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    1B 4 0 5.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
1980 27 BSN NL LF 18 7 86.3 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.36   0.6
    CF 12 7 66.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.73    
    1B 11 2 30.7 35 5 0 3 1.000 11.74   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1981 28 BSN NL CF 103 99 889.3 216 8 2 3 .991 2.27   3.8
    1B 38 37 333.7 439 30 7 36 .985 12.65   0.7
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1982 29 BSN NL LF 150 147 1328.3 267 10 1 3 .996 1.88   3.7
    1B 6 0 16.0 18 3 0 3 1.000 11.81   0.0
1983 30 BSN NL CF 5 2 23.0 5 0 2 0 .714 1.96   0.0
    1B 2 0 9.0 13 0 0 2 1.000 13.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1984 31 BAL AL LF 112 112 963.7 137 6 1 1 .993 1.34   1.8
    1B 11 10 84.0 90 7 0 12 1.000 10.39   0.1
    CF 5 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1985 32 BAL AL LF 125 125 980.0 181 2 0 1 1.000 1.68   2.1
    1B 8 3 38.3 53 6 0 8 1.000 13.85   0.1
    CF 9 0 20.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1986 33 BAL AL LF 115 114 1002.3 195 6 0 2 1.000 1.80   3.1
    CF 5 4 36.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    1B 3 2 18.7 24 3 1 2 .964 13.02   0.0
1987 34 BAL AL LF 114 109 962.7 181 5 0 1 1.000 1.74   2.2
    CF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1988 35 BAL AL LF 124 113 1005.3 204 6 0 0 1.000 1.88   2.2
    1B 2 0 3.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1989 36 MIN AL 1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1990 37 KCR AL CF 82 78 692.3 157 2 4 1 .975 2.07   1.7
    RF 38 38 322.7 57 4 4 1 .938 1.70    
    LF 24 24 208.0 43 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
  LF 796 759 6608.6 1242 36 2 8 .998 1.74   15.9
  CF 231 195 1788.3 428 11 8 4 .982 2.21   5.6
  1B 87 55 548.3 693 56 8 69 .989 12.29   1.1
  RF 38 38 322.7 57 4 4 1 .938 1.70    
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
Career Totals   1153 1047 9269.9 2421 109 22 83 .991 2.46   22.6
Career Highs   156 147 1344.3 656 38 9 39 1.000 9.90    
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
1980 27 BSN NL 5 15 1 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 .333 .412 .533 .945
1986 33 BAL AL 4 14 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .286 .267 .357 .624
1987 34 BAL AL 10 28 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 4 9 .321 .424 .393 .817
1988 35 BAL AL 4 15 3 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .467 .500 .667 1.167
Career Post-Season Batting 23 72 10 25 6 0 1 10 0 1 8 14 .347 .410 .472 .882
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
1981-6-.303
1987-5-.328*
1988-3-.324
1989-8-.303
 On-Base Pct
1988-10-.383
 Games
1982-9-155
 At-Bats
1982-5-614
 Singles
1981-6-137
1982-8-140
1987-10-130
1988-6-130
1989-1-142
1990-4-130
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ollie Brown (955)
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  4. Larry Hisle (936)
  5. Bill Sample (934)
  6. Pete Lacock (933)
  7. Tommy Davis (925)
  8. Roy Weatherly (924)
  9. Don Ross (924)
  10. Lee Richard (923)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 75th overall pick, by San Diego in 1975
Injured on 7/8/1976 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Released by San Diego on 9/1/1976
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/14/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/22/1979, off Rawly Eastwick (TAM)
Injured on 4/9/1981 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Baltimore on 2/2/1984 (Going to BAL: RF Dwight Evans, CF Dan Briggs, P Dick Baney, P John Montefusco, CF Don Hahn. Going to BSN: 3B Mike Schmidt, P Tom Johnson, P Francisco Barrios, LF Jim Wilhelm, 1B Sheldon Mallory)
10/13/1984: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $1,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Miami on 4/7/1985
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/16/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $5,009,876 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/23/1990 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Traded from Philadelphia to Kansas City on 3/4/1990 (Going to PHN: P Danny Jackson. Going to KCR: CF Dan Briggs)
Injured on 9/9/1990 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
 
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