Biography
Briggs was a well-known amatuer baseball player in Little Rock for many years. He briefly played professionally in the 1908 Arkansas State League.
Briggs committed suicide on August 1st, 1921 in Little Rock, AR.3 He was buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, AR.4
Excerpts
"Despondent over ill health and believing his malady was incurable, Ernest Carl Briggs, aged 45, former star baseball player in the City Baseball League, and for several years in professional baseball, shot and almost instantly killed himself at his home, 1311 Bishop street, at 1:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He used an automatic shotgun, the charge striking him below the heart. Dr. W. A. Lamb, coroner, rendered a verdict of suicide. Briggs, who had been an inmate of the State Hospital for Nervous Disease, returned home several days ago on a visit, and his family was to return him yesterday afternoon. He sat with relatives on the front porch of the family home about an hour after they had eaten dinner. He told his relatives that he was to to lie down for a nap and entered the house. A few minutes later the report of a gun was heard. Briggs was a member of the City League for several years and was considered one of the best local infielders. He was on the old Martin Arms Company team, the Iron Mountain and the Hub Clothing Company teams, and was with the latter the year it won the pennant. He later entered professional baseball, playing with the Northeast Arkansas League, and then with the late Oklahoma State League. He was formerly a machinist at the Missouri Pacific shops. Mr. Briggs is survived by his mother, Mrs. E. E. Briggs, 1311 Bishop street; two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Foegy of Dierks, Mo., and Mrs. J. O. Kelly of Little Rock; also five brothers, C. H. Briggs of 2317 Ringo street, T. H. Briggs of Los Angeles, Cal., H. P. Briggs of St. Louis Mo., ad W. C. and R. B. Briggs, both of 1311 Bishop street. The body will be held at the Healey and Roth parlors until 3 o'clock this afternoon, when it will be removed to Immanuel Baptist church, Tenth and Bishop streets. Funeral services will be held there at 4 o'clock this afternoon, in charge of the Rev. Otto Whittington. Burial will be in the Mount Holly Cemetery. Mr. Briggs was a member of Immanuel Baptist church."5
Stats
Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.