He batted and threw left-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).

[2] Signed by the Phillies in 1963, he broke into pro baseball with the Bakersfield Bears of the Class A California League that season.

His production compelled the Phillies to promote him to their 40-man roster for 1964, then to keep him on their 25-man regular-season squad to prevent Briggs from being nabbed by another MLB club in the first-year player draft in effect from 1959–1964.

Although as a 20-year-old, Briggs played sparingly in 1964 (with just 76 plate appearances), he would win a platoon outfield spot with Philadelphia in 1965 and never return to the minor leagues.

[3] On August 4, 1973, when, while batting leadoff, he went 6-for-6, with two doubles and two runs scored, to spark the Brewers to a 9-4 road victory, over the Cleveland Indians.