Professional Baseball Player, Manager. He was considered a fine diamond hitter and at one time was called the greatest Negro Baseball Player who ever lived. He played in the Negro Leagues during the 1910s, 1920s, and the 1930s. He was born one of six children as Otto Richard Briggs to Nelson Briggs and his wife Caroline J. Briggs in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, on April 7, 1891. He was educated locally and attended elementary school until the eighth grade. Following his education, he worked odd jobs and eventually pursued a professional baseball career. He played the position of outfielder and rightfielder with the Indianapolis ABCs making his professional debut with them in 1915. During this time, he also served his country and fought in World War I with the rank of Sergeant, in the United States Army, with Company "E" Infantry, from October 27, 1917, to February 8, 1919. His active military service included serving in battles overseas for eight months including in the regions of Vosges, France, Meuse Argonne, France, and Marbache, France. He was honorably discharged from active military service at Camp Meade, Maryland, on March 4, 1919. The 5'7 and 155lbs outfielder and rightfielder who batted left and threw right also played with the West Baden Sprudels in 1915, the Hilldale Club from 1917 to 1930, and the Bacharach Giants from 1931 to 1934. He also managed the Hilldale Club in 1917, 1919, and from 1927 to 1928, the Bacharach Giants from 1932 to 1934, and the Otto Briggs All Stars in 1934. He also purchased and became the owner of the Philadelphia Black Meteors. His 162 Game Average consisted of 618 Games Played, 709 Plate Appearances, 620 At Bats, 108 Runs Scored, 176 Hits, 22 Doubles, 8 Triples, 2 Homeruns, 57 Runs Batted In, 26 Stolen Bases, 12 Caught Stealing, 61 Walks, 29 Strikeouts, 0 Intentional Walks, 9 Hit By Pitch, 21 Sacrifice Hits, 0 Sacrifice Flies, 10 Grounded Into Double Plays, .284 Batting Average .Hits / Bat Average, .355 On Base Percentage, .353 Slugging Percentage, .709 On Base Percentage Plus Slugging, and 93 Adjusted On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage. During his professional baseball career, he also achieved several records and many honors, including with the Hilldale Club, he was named along with the likes of teammates that included Bullet Campbell, George Carr, Phil Cockerell, Rube Curry, George Johnson, Judy Johnson, Script Lee, Joe Lewis, Biz Mackey, Newt Robinson, Red Ryan, Louis Santop, Jake Stephens, Clint Thomas, Frank Warfield, Namon Washington, and Nip Winters, as the 1925 Colored World Series Champions. After leaving professional baseball he worked as a circulation manager and an editor for the Philadelphia Tribune Newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and also helped to organize a boy's basketball team which was very popular during the 1920s and 1930s, and also helped to organize one of the first and greatest Negro girl basketball teams of all time, the Tribune Girls who won eleven straight national championships and produced such players as Ora Washington, who also held many national tennis championships, and Inez "Pat" Patterson, a premier swimmer and an athletic director of the YWCA. He continued in newspaper pursuits and other sports interests until his death. He passed away from a long illness which included complications of amyloid disease and chronic fibroid tuberculosis at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 28, 1943, at the age of 52. Following his death, his funeral service was held through Clarence A. Allmond Undertaking in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he was buried with full military honors at the Philadelphia National Cemetery in West Oak Lane, Pennsylvania. He was married to Beatrice Perry Briggs (1889-1961), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1920, who was President of the Philadelphia Tribune Newspaper Publishing Company. The couple were married until his death on October 28, 1943, at the age of 52, and they had no children. His widow Beatrice, married Carl J. Hodge (1889-1974), in 1947, and she is buried with him in Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.