Grant Briggs (March 16, 1865 – May 31, 1928) was a 19th-century American

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and

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. He began his professional baseball career in the Eastern League in 1887 and was playing with the Syracuse Stars of the International Association in 1889 when the Stars decided to join the

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for the 1890 season. He appeared in 86 games for the Starrs and also played for the

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in 1891 and

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in 1892. He played minor league ball again in 1893 and was out of baseball in 1894 before he returned to the Colonels for one more game in 1895.

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