Otto Briggs

Otto "Mirror" Briggs (April 7, 1891 – October 28, 1943) was an American baseball outfielder, manager and team owner in the Negro leagues.

Otto Briggs
Briggs at the 1924 Colored World Series
Outfielder / Manager
Born: (1891-04-07)April 7, 1891 Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Died: October 28, 1943(1943-10-28) (aged 52) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1915, for the Indianapolis ABCs
Last appearance
1934, for the Bacharach Giants
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
As player Indianapolis ABCs (1915) West Baden Sprudels (1915) [1] Hilldale Club (1917-1930) [2] Bacharach Giants (1931-1934) As manager Hilldale Club (1917, 1919, 1927-1928) Bacharach Giants (1932-1934) Otto Briggs All Stars (1934)

Career

Briggs played from 1915 to 1934, playing mostly with the Hilldale Club and the Bacharach Giants.^[3]

Briggs also managed both teams: Hilldale in 1917, 1919, and from 1927 to 1928, and the Giants from 1932 to 1934;^[4] that same year, he also managed the Otto Briggs All Stars.^[5][6] Two years later, Briggs became the owner of the Philadelphia Black Meteors.^[5][7]

References

1. "A.B.C.'s Take Three From The Sprudels" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Wednesday, May 19, 1915, Page 10, Column 6
2. "Hilldale Beaten" Philadelphia, Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday Morning, September 21, 1920, Page 14, Column 3
3. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
4. "Otto Briggs Seamheads manager profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
5. Negro League Managers: Teams managed by Otto Briggs. Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
6. Staff (September 27, 1934). "Briggs' Youngsters Nip Orioles' Winning Streak". Philadelphia Tribune. p. 11. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
7. Staff (June 11, 1936). "Otto Briggs Joins Meteors Brain Trust: Former Hilldale Star Associates Himself with South Philly". June 11, 1936. p. 12. Retrieved April 27, 2021.

Further reading

• Saunders, Jack (November 6, 1943). "Otto Briggs, Diamond Great, Dies in Philadelphia". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 16
• Harrison Jr., Claude (February 19, 1957). "Proceeds of Otto Briggs Memorial Basketball Game Slated for Charity; Benefit Game Pits Big '5' Against Billy Yancy's Old Timers Sun.". Philadelphia Tribune. p. 11

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads