Anthony Vincent "Bunny" Brief, born Anthony John Grzeszkowski (July 3, 1892 - February 11, 1963) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who spent four seasons with the St. Louis Browns (1912-13), Chicago White Sox (1915), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1917). First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born in Remus, Michigan, Bunny Brief played in 184 major league games and had a lifetime batting average of . Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 223 and a . 306 on base percentage. In Baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP (sometimes referred to as on-base average ', as the statistic is rarely presented as a true Percentage)
After his major league career ended, Brief continued playing in the minor leagues for many years into the 1920s. Though he never hit more than two home runs in any of his major league seaons, Brief holds the all-time record for home runs in the American Association with 256. This article refers to the former minor league that existed from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 His eight minor league home run crowns are tied for the most ever, with Ken Guettler. He won home run crowns in: 1911 - Michigan State League (10); 1912 - Michigan State League (13); 1916 - Pacific Coast League (33); 1920 - American Association (23); 1921 - American Association (42); 1922 - American Association (40); 1925 - American Association (37) and 1926 - American Association (26). The Michigan State League was the name of several different Minor League Baseball leagues many of which only lasted for a season or two The Pacific Coast League (PCL is a Minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States.
In 1921, Brief had a remarkable season for the Kansas City Blues of the American Association with 42 home runs, 191 RBIs, and 166 runs scored. The Kansas City Blues are a former Minor league baseball team located in Kansas City Missouri in the Midwestern United States. This article refers to the former minor league that existed from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997
Brief died in 1963 at age 70 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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