John Briggs (baseball)

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Jonathan Tift Briggs (January 24, 1934 – December 25, 2018) was an American

Briggs initially signed with his hometown team, the

That led to Briggs's only full season of Major League experience, 1960. He worked in 21 games for the Indians, all but two of them as a relief pitcher, and compiled a 4–2 mark with one save. His contract then was sold to the Athletics on July 30. But Briggs treated roughly in his first five appearances for Kansas City, allowing 14 hits, seven bases on balls and 13 earned runs in seven innings pitched. During that skein, he lost his only starting assignment to the Boston Red Sox^[2] on August 4, failing to record an out and allowing a three-run, first-inning home run to veteran Vic Wertz. Briggs finished the 1960 season 4–4 with a 6.42 earned run average.

The following winter, he was traded to the

During his MLB career, Briggs appeared in 59 games and 1652⁄3 innings pitched, allowing 174 hits and 82 bases on balls. He struck out 80, had three complete games and the one save he recorded in 1960.

Briggs died on December 25, 2018.^[4]

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• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet