John Briggs
Philadelphia Phillies 1964–1970; Milwaukee Brewers 1971; Philadelphia Phillies 1971; Milwaukee Brewers 1972–1974; Minnesota Twins 1975; Milwaukee Brewers 1975
Percentile snapshot
1974 season — qualified batters
of 132 qualified 1974 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 61 | 76 | 66 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .258 | .347 | .333 | .680 | 102.4 | 94.8 | .322 | 0.2 |
| 1965 | 93 | 277 | 229 | 47 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 42 | 44 | 3 | 2 | .236 | .349 | .362 | .712 | 109.6 | 103.3 | .333 | 1.3 |
| 1966 | 81 | 297 | 255 | 43 | 72 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 41 | 55 | 3 | 2 | .282 | .380 | .490 | .871 | 146.1 | 141.3 | .388 | 2.8 |
| 1967 | 106 | 382 | 332 | 47 | 77 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 41 | 72 | 3 | 5 | .232 | .315 | .373 | .688 | 100.5 | 96.0 | .322 | 1.2 |
| 1968 | 110 | 399 | 338 | 36 | 86 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 58 | 72 | 8 | 5 | .254 | .364 | .361 | .725 | 128.4 | 118.3 | .348 | 2.2 |
| 1969 | 124 | 427 | 361 | 51 | 86 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 46 | 64 | 78 | 9 | 6 | .238 | .351 | .410 | .761 | 119.3 | 114.8 | .356 | 2.0 |
| 1970 | 110 | 387 | 341 | 43 | 92 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 39 | 65 | 5 | 4 | .270 | .342 | .434 | .776 | 106.5 | 107.3 | .350 | 1.1 |
| 1971 | 135 | 482 | 397 | 54 | 103 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 62 | 77 | 81 | 1 | 2 | .259 | .377 | .453 | .830 | 139.5 | 136.4 | .380 | 2.9 |
| 1972 | 135 | 481 | 418 | 58 | 111 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 65 | 54 | 67 | 1 | 2 | .266 | .347 | .455 | .801 | 142.8 | 139.3 | .369 | 3.3 |
| 1973 | 142 | 580 | 488 | 78 | 120 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 87 | 83 | 15 | 9 | .246 | .361 | .426 | .787 | 126.0 | 123.2 | .364 | 3.1 |
| 1974 | 154 | 628 | 554 | 72 | 140 | 30 | 8 | 17 | 73 | 71 | 102 | 9 | 7 | .253 | .337 | .428 | .764 | 122.1 | 119.4 | .354 | 3.0 |
| 1975 | 115 | 421 | 338 | 56 | 83 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 80 | 54 | 6 | 4 | .246 | .388 | .376 | .764 | 120.3 | 116.3 | .360 | 1.7 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-06-29 | MIL @ DET Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1973-08-04 | MIL @ CLE Gameday | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1969-09-30 | PHI @ STL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1972-07-14 | LAA @ MIL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 1971-07-17 | MIL @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.