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Burleigh Grimes
Burleigh Arland Grimes (Ol' Stubblebeard)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 18, 1893 in Emerald, WI (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1916
Final Game: September 20, 1934
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1964.
Died: December 6, 1985 in Clear Lake, WI
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1916 22 PIT NL 2 3 .400 2.36 6 5 0 4 0 0 45.2 40 19 12 1 10 20 0 0 1 182 113 1.095 7.9 0.2 2.0 3.9 2.00
1917 23 PIT NL 3 16 .158 3.53 37 17 18 8 1 0 194.0 186 101 76 5 70 72 6 2 5 824 80 1.320 8.6 0.2 3.2 3.3 1.03
1918 24 BRO NL 19 9 .679 2.13 40 30 9 19 7 1 270.0 210 94 64 3 76 113 4 2 11 1078 131 1.059 7.0 0.1 2.5 3.8 1.49
1919 25 BRO NL 10 11 .476 3.47 25 21 4 13 1 0 181.1 179 97 70 2 60 82 3 3 7 791 85 1.318 8.9 0.1 3.0 4.1 1.37
1920 26 BRO NL 23 11 .676 2.22 40 33 6 25 5 2 303.2 271 101 75 5 67 131 4 0 9 1246 145 1.113 8.0 0.1 2.0 3.9 1.96
1921 27 BRO NL 22 13 .629 2.83 37 35 1 30 2 0 302.1 313 120 95 6 76 136 5 0 6 1253 138 1.287 9.3 0.2 2.3 4.0 1.79
1922 28 BRO NL 17 14 .548 4.76 36 34 1 18 1 1 259.0 324 157 137 17 84 99 7 1 6 1153 86 1.575 11.3 0.6 2.9 3.4 1.18
1923 29 BRO NL 21 18 .538 3.58 39 38 1 33 2 0 327.0 356 165 130 9 100 119 11 0 6 1418 108 1.394 9.8 0.2 2.8 3.3 1.19
1924 30 BRO NL 22 13 .629 3.82 38 36 1 30 1 1 310.2 351 161 132 15 91 135 6 0 5 1345 98 1.423 10.2 0.4 2.6 3.9 1.48 MVP-15
1925 31 BRO NL 12 19 .387 5.04 33 31 2 19 0 0 246.2 305 164 138 15 102 73 7 0 8 1129 82 1.650 11.1 0.5 3.7 2.7 0.72
1926 32 BRO NL 12 13 .480 3.71 30 29 1 18 1 0 225.1 238 114 93 4 88 64 5 1 4 996 103 1.447 9.5 0.2 3.5 2.6 0.73
1927 33 NYG NL 19 8 .704 3.54 39 34 4 15 2 2 259.2 274 116 102 12 87 102 4 0 4 1103 108 1.390 9.5 0.4 3.0 3.5 1.17 MVP-18
1928 34 PIT NL 25 14 .641 2.99 48 37 9 28 4 3 330.2 311 146 110 11 77 97 9 1 3 1377 136 1.173 8.5 0.3 2.1 2.6 1.26 MVP-3
1929 35 PIT NL 17 7 .708 3.13 33 29 4 18 2 2 232.2 245 108 81 11 70 62 4 0 0 1004 152 1.354 9.5 0.4 2.7 2.4 0.89 MVP-4
1930 36 TOT NL 16 11 .593 4.07 33 28 5 11 1 0 201.1 246 119 91 9 65 73 7 0 7 896 123 1.545 11.0 0.4 2.9 3.3 1.12
1930 36 BSN NL 3 5 .375 7.35 11 9 2 1 0 0 49.0 72 53 40 4 22 15 3 0 0 239 67 1.918 13.2 0.7 4.0 2.8 0.68
1930 36 STL NL 13 6 .684 3.01 22 19 3 10 1 0 152.1 174 66 51 5 43 58 4 0 7 657 167 1.425 10.3 0.3 2.5 3.4 1.35
1931 37 STL NL 17 9 .654 3.65 29 28 1 17 3 0 212.1 240 97 86 11 59 67 10 1 2 914 108 1.408 10.2 0.5 2.5 2.8 1.14
1932 38 CHC NL 6 11 .353 4.78 30 18 6 5 1 1 141.1 174 89 75 8 50 36 1 1 2 642 79 1.585 11.1 0.5 3.2 2.3 0.72
1933 39 TOT NL 3 7 .300 3.78 21 10 7 3 1 4 83.1 86 42 35 3 37 16 2 0 4 363 87 1.476 9.3 0.3 4.0 1.7 0.43
1933 39 CHC NL 3 6 .333 3.49 17 7 6 3 1 3 69.2 71 29 27 2 29 12 1 0 3 296 94 1.435 9.2 0.3 3.7 1.6 0.41
1933 39 STL NL 0 1 .000 5.27 4 3 1 0 0 1 13.2 15 13 8 1 8 4 1 0 1 67 66 1.683 9.9 0.7 5.3 2.6 0.50
1934 40 TOT MLB 4 5 .444 6.11 22 4 14 0 0 1 53.0 63 38 36 1 26 15 2 0 2 245 67 1.679 10.7 0.2 4.4 2.5 0.58
1934 40 TOT NL 3 3 .500 6.43 12 4 5 0 0 0 35.0 41 27 25 1 12 10 1 0 1 160 64 1.514 10.5 0.3 3.1 2.6 0.83
1934 40 STL NL 2 1 .667 3.52 4 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 5 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 30 120 0.913 5.9 1.2 2.3 1.2 0.50
1934 40 NYY AL 1 2 .333 5.50 10 0 9 0 0 1 18.0 22 11 11 0 14 5 1 0 1 85 74 2.000 11.0 0.0 7.0 2.5 0.36
1934 40 PIT NL 1 2 .333 7.24 8 4 3 0 0 0 27.1 36 24 22 0 10 9 1 0 1 130 57 1.683 11.9 0.0 3.3 3.0 0.90
19 Seasons 270 212 .560 3.53 616 497 94 314 35 18 4180.0 4412 2048 1638 148 1295 1512 97 12 92 17959 107 1.365 9.5 0.3 2.8 3.3 1.17
162 Game Avg. 16 13 .560 3.53 38 30 6 19 2 1 255 270 125 100 9 79 92 6 1 6 1097 107 1.365 9.5 0.3 2.8 3.3 1.17
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BRO (9 yrs) 158 121 .566 3.46 318 287 26 205 20 5 2426.0 2547 1173 934 76 744 952 52 7 62 10409 105 1.357 9.4 0.3 2.8 3.5 1.28
PIT (5 yrs) 48 42 .533 3.26 132 92 34 58 7 5 830.1 818 398 301 28 237 260 20 3 10 3517 119 1.271 8.9 0.3 2.6 2.8 1.10
STL (4 yrs) 32 17 .653 3.45 59 50 7 27 4 1 386.0 434 179 148 18 112 130 15 1 10 1668 126 1.415 10.1 0.4 2.6 3.0 1.16
CHC (2 yrs) 9 17 .346 4.35 47 25 12 8 2 4 211.0 245 118 102 10 79 48 2 1 5 938 83 1.536 10.5 0.4 3.4 2.0 0.61
NYG (1 yr) 19 8 .704 3.54 39 34 4 15 2 2 259.2 274 116 102 12 87 102 4 0 4 1103 108 1.390 9.5 0.4 3.0 3.5 1.17
BSN (1 yr) 3 5 .375 7.35 11 9 2 1 0 0 49.0 72 53 40 4 22 15 3 0 0 239 67 1.918 13.2 0.7 4.0 2.8 0.68
NYY (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.50 10 0 9 0 0 1 18.0 22 11 11 0 14 5 1 0 1 85 74 2.000 11.0 0.0 7.0 2.5 0.36
NL (19 yrs) 269 210 .562 3.52 606 497 85 314 35 17 4162.0 4390 2037 1627 148 1281 1507 96 12 91 17874 107 1.363 9.5 0.3 2.8 3.3 1.18
AL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.50 10 0 9 0 0 1 18.0 22 11 11 0 14 5 1 0 1 85 74 2.000 11.0 0.0 7.0 2.5 0.36

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1920 26 BRO NL WS L CLE 1 2 .333 4.19 3 3 0 1 1 0 19.1 23 10 9 2 9 1 4 0 0 0 88 1.655 10.7 0.9 4.2 1.9 0.44
1930 36 STL NL WS L PHA 0 2 .000 3.71 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 10 7 7 3 6 1 13 0 0 0 65 0.941 5.3 1.6 3.2 6.9 2.17
1931 37 STL NL WS W PHA 2 0 1.000 2.04 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.2 9 4 4 1 9 0 11 0 0 0 68 1.019 4.6 0.5 4.6 5.6 1.22
1932 38 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 0 23.62 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 7 7 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 17 3.375 23.6 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 3 4 .429 4.29 9 7 1 4 1 0 56.2 49 28 27 8 26 2 28 1 0 1 238 1.324 7.8 1.3 4.1 4.4 1.08
4 WS 3 4 .429 4.29 9 7 1 4 1 0 56.2 49 28 27 8 26 2 28 1 0 1 238 1.324 7.8 1.3 4.1 4.4 1.08

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1916 22 PIT NL 6 18 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .176 .353 8 3 0 1 /1
1917 23 PIT NL 42 75 69 7 16 3 0 0 4 2 2 18 .232 .254 .275 .529 60 19 0 4 1
1918 24 BRO NL 41 99 90 5 18 2 1 0 4 2 3 14 .200 .226 .244 .470 43 22 0 6 1
1919 25 BRO NL 26 71 69 8 17 4 0 0 12 1 0 10 .246 .246 .304 .551 64 21 0 2 1
1920 26 BRO NL 43 126 111 9 34 8 3 0 16 2 2 8 21 .306 .358 .432 .791 123 48 1 6 1
1921 27 BRO NL 37 121 114 10 27 6 0 1 11 1 1 2 16 .237 .256 .316 .572 48 36 1 4 1
1922 28 BRO NL 36 106 93 15 22 3 1 0 11 2 0 9 15 .237 .304 .290 .594 54 27 0 4 1
1923 29 BRO NL 40 141 126 15 30 3 1 0 15 0 0 7 15 .238 .284 .278 .561 50 35 1 7 1
1924 30 BRO NL 40 133 124 11 37 3 0 0 7 1 1 5 13 .298 .331 .323 .653 78 40 1 3 1 MVP-15
1925 31 BRO NL 34 106 96 12 24 4 1 1 14 0 0 8 25 .250 .308 .344 .651 68 33 0 2 1
1926 32 BRO NL 31 88 81 4 18 4 0 0 9 2 4 8 .222 .259 .272 .530 44 22 0 3 1
1927 33 NYG NL 39 106 96 10 18 4 0 0 6 0 5 16 .188 .228 .229 .457 23 22 0 5 1 MVP-18
1928 34 PIT NL 48 140 131 17 42 8 1 0 16 1 4 15 .321 .341 .397 .738 89 52 0 5 1 MVP-3
1929 35 PIT NL 33 97 91 11 26 3 3 0 12 0 4 10 .286 .316 .385 .700 71 35 0 2 1 MVP-4
1930 36 TOT NL 34 84 73 12 18 5 0 0 13 0 6 14 .247 .304 .315 .619 49 23 0 5 1
1930 36 BSN NL 11 19 16 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .188 .235 .250 .485 19 4 0 2 1
1930 36 STL NL 23 65 57 9 15 4 0 0 10 0 5 12 .263 .323 .333 .656 57 19 0 3 1
1931 37 STL NL 29 86 76 4 14 0 0 0 8 0 1 10 .184 .195 .184 .379 1 14 0 9 1
1932 38 CHC NL 30 50 44 4 11 1 0 0 5 1 0 9 .250 .267 .273 .539 46 12 1 5 1
1933 39 TOT NL 21 28 25 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 1 5 .160 .192 .200 .392 12 5 1 0 2 1
1933 39 CHC NL 17 23 20 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 .150 .190 .150 .340 -2 3 1 0 2 1
1933 39 STL NL 4 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 64 2 0 0 0 /1
1934 40 TOT MLB 22 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -41 1 0 0 1 1
1934 40 TOT NL 12 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 1 1
1934 40 STL NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
1934 40 NYY AL 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1934 40 PIT NL 8 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 0 /1
19 Seasons 632 1685 1535 157 380 62 11 2 168 15 4 69 241 .248 .282 .306 .588 58 470 1 5 76
162 Game Avg. 162 432 393 40 97 16 3 1 43 4 18 62 .248 .282 .306 .588 58 120 1 19
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BRO (9 yrs) 328 991 904 89 227 37 7 2 99 11 4 46 137 .251 .290 .314 .605 65 284 4 37
PIT (5 yrs) 137 337 315 36 88 14 4 0 32 3 10 50 .279 .302 .349 .651 72 110 0 0 12
STL (4 yrs) 60 157 138 14 30 5 0 0 19 0 6 23 .217 .250 .254 .504 28 35 0 0 13
CHC (2 yrs) 47 73 64 5 14 1 0 0 9 1 1 13 .219 .242 .234 .477 32 15 1 1 7
NYG (1 yr) 39 106 96 10 18 4 0 0 6 0 5 16 .188 .228 .229 .457 23 22 0 5
BSN (1 yr) 11 19 16 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .188 .235 .250 .485 19 4 0 2
NYY (1 yr) 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
NL (19 yrs) 622 1683 1533 157 380 62 11 2 168 15 4 69 241 .248 .283 .307 .589 58 470 1 5 76
AL (1 yr) 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1920 26 BRO NL WS CLE L 3 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 1 0 0 0 0
1930 36 STL NL WS PHA L 2 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 1 0 0
1931 37 STL NL WS PHA W 2 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0 0 0
1932 38 CHC NL WS NYY L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 9 20 19 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .316 .316 .316 .632 6 1 0 1 0 0
4 WS 9 20 19 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .316 .316 .316 .632 6 1 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1916 PIT NL 22 P 6 20 1 16 3 1 .850 2.83 .965 1.63
1917 PIT NL 23 P 37 77 9 62 6 3 .922 1.92 .962 1.78
1918 BRO NL 24 P 40 111 12 94 5 1 .955 2.65 .966 2.03
1919 BRO NL 25 P 25 65 12 50 3 3 .954 2.48 .960 1.89
1920 BRO NL 26 P 40 119 17 95 7 2 .941 2.80 .958 1.75
1921 BRO NL 27 P 37 108 17 89 2 5 .981 2.86 .952 1.52
1922 BRO NL 28 P 36 97 12 79 6 2 .938 2.53 .958 1.29
1923 BRO NL 29 P 39 127 16 101 10 6 .921 3.00 .960 1.34
1924 BRO NL 30 P 38 120 25 91 4 5 .967 3.05 .965 1.42 MVP-15
1925 BRO NL 31 P 33 117 18 92 7 11 .940 3.33 .958 1.35
1926 BRO NL 32 P 30 79 4 72 3 1 .962 2.53 .958 1.39
1927 NYG NL 33 P 39 87 16 71 0 9 1.000 2.23 .956 1.29 MVP-18
1928 PIT NL 34 P 48 119 9 106 4 6 .966 2.40 .966 1.27 MVP-3
1929 PIT NL 35 P 33 78 10 65 3 5 .962 2.27 .964 1.23 MVP-4
1930 TOT NL 36 P 33 56 8 47 1 4 .982 1.67 .962 1.10
1930 BSN NL 36 P 11 14 3 10 1 1 .929 1.18 .964 1.10
1930 STL NL 36 P 22 42 5 37 0 3 1.000 1.91 .962 1.10
1931 STL NL 37 P 29 77 16 57 4 3 .948 2.52 .960 1.20
1932 CHC NL 38 P 30 47 12 33 2 4 .957 1.50 .957 1.21
1933 TOT NL 39 P 21 23 6 16 1 2 .957 1.05 .965 1.28
1933 CHC NL 39 P 17 22 6 16 0 2 1.000 1.29 .964 1.28
1933 STL NL 39 P 4 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.27
1934 TOT MLB 40 P 22 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 0.95 .957 1.12
1934 TOT NL 40 P 12 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.08 .962 1.12
1934 STL NL 40 P 4 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.75 .967 1.12
1934 NYY AL 40 P 10 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.80 .950 1.11
1934 PIT NL 40 P 8 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.25 .960 1.12
19 Seasons P 616 1548 225 1252 71 74 .954 2.40 .960 1.43
19 Seasons TOT 616 1548 225 1252 71 74 .954 2.40 .915 1.43
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1948 BBWAA ( 5.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 5.2%)
1950 BBWAA ( 3.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 2.2%)
1952 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1955 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1956 BBWAA (13.0%)
1958 BBWAA (26.7%)
1960 BBWAA (34.2%)
1962 BBWAA (26.9%)
1964 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1964 by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 NL (15, 6%)
1927 NL (18, 5%)
1928 NL (3, 66%)
1929 NL (4, 44%)
1.21 Career Shares (190th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1918 NL  2.133 (5th)
1920 NL  2.223 (3rd)
1921 NL  2.828 (5th)
1928 NL  2.994 (8th)
1929 NL  3.133 (2nd)
1930 NL  4.068 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1918 NL  19 (3rd)
1920 NL  23 (3rd)
1921 NL  22 (1st)
1922 NL  17 (8th)
1923 NL  21 (4th)
1924 NL  22 (2nd)
1927 NL  19 (5th)
1928 NL  25 (1st)
1929 NL  17 (7th)
1930 NL  16 (9th)
1931 NL  17 (7th)
Career  270 (33rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1918 NL  .679 (5th)
1920 NL  .676 (1st)
1921 NL  .629 (5th)
1927 NL  .704 (3rd)
1928 NL  .641 (8th)
1929 NL  .708 (3rd)
1931 NL  .654 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1918 NL  1.059 (5th)
1920 NL  1.113 (5th)
1921 NL  1.287 (10th)
1928 NL  1.173 (2nd)
1929 NL  1.354 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1918 NL  7.000 (2nd)
1920 NL  8.032 (3rd)
1921 NL  9.318 (6th)
1928 NL  8.465 (7th)
1929 NL  9.477 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 NL  2.096 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1918 NL  3.767 (3rd)
1919 NL  4.070 (5th)
1920 NL  3.882 (7th)
1921 NL  4.049 (1st)
1922 NL  3.440 (8th)
1923 NL  3.275 (7th)
1924 NL  3.911 (2nd)
1927 NL  3.535 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1918 NL  40 (1st)
1924 NL  38 (5th)
1928 NL  48 (1st)
Career  616 (162nd)

Saves s c a p y
1928 NL  3 (5th)
1933 NL  4 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1918 NL  270.0 (4th)
1920 NL  303.7 (3rd)
1921 NL  302.3 (3rd)
1922 NL  259.0 (9th)
1923 NL  327.0 (1st)
1924 NL  310.7 (1st)
1925 NL  246.7 (7th)
1927 NL  259.7 (9th)
1928 NL  330.7 (1st)
1929 NL  232.7 (9th)
Career  4180.0 (36th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1918 NL  113 (3rd)
1920 NL  131 (2nd)
1921 NL  136 (1st)
1922 NL  99 (5th)
1923 NL  119 (3rd)
1924 NL  135 (2nd)
1927 NL  102 (4th)
1928 NL  97 (4th)
Career  1512 (163rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1918 NL  30 (4th)
1920 NL  33 (9th)
1921 NL  35 (5th)
1922 NL  34 (5th)
1923 NL  38 (1st)
1924 NL  36 (1st)
1925 NL  31 (6th)
1926 NL  29 (9th)
1927 NL  34 (4th)
1928 NL  37 (1st)
1929 NL  29 (10th)
Career  497 (46th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1918 NL  19 (7th)
1920 NL  25 (3rd)
1921 NL  30 (1st)
1922 NL  18 (10th)
1923 NL  33 (1st)
1924 NL  30 (1st)
1925 NL  19 (9th)
1926 NL  18 (6th)
1928 NL  28 (1st)
1929 NL  18 (8th)
1931 NL  17 (10th)
Career  314 (33rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1918 NL  7 (2nd)
1920 NL  5 (3rd)
1921 NL  2 (9th)
1923 NL  2 (10th)
1927 NL  2 (5th)
1928 NL  4 (1st)
1929 NL  2 (7th)
1931 NL  3 (5th)
Career  35 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1918 NL  3 (10th)
1922 NL  17 (2nd)
1924 NL  15 (3rd)
1925 NL  15 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1918 NL  76 (3rd)
1919 NL  60 (9th)
1921 NL  76 (5th)
1922 NL  84 (7th)
1923 NL  100 (3rd)
1924 NL  91 (2nd)
1925 NL  102 (3rd)
1926 NL  88 (4th)
1927 NL  87 (3rd)
Career  1295 (35th)

Hits s c a p y
1920 NL  271 (10th)
1921 NL  313 (4th)
1922 NL  324 (3rd)
1923 NL  356 (1st)
1924 NL  351 (1st)
1925 NL  305 (3rd)
1927 NL  274 (7th)
1928 NL  311 (2nd)
Career  4412 (22nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1920 NL  1.955 (5th)
1921 NL  1.790 (4th)
1924 NL  1.484 (9th)
1928 NL  1.260 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 NL  .099 (10th)
1921 NL  .179 (3rd)
1923 NL  .248 (10th)
1926 NL  .160 (3rd)
1928 NL  .299 (6th)
1929 NL  .426 (7th)
1930 NL  .402 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1917 NL  16 (8th)
1922 NL  14 (10th)
1923 NL  18 (2nd)
1925 NL  19 (1st)
1926 NL  13 (10th)
1928 NL  14 (10th)
Career  212 (33rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1922 NL  137 (1st)
1923 NL  130 (2nd)
1924 NL  132 (1st)
1925 NL  138 (1st)
1927 NL  102 (9th)
1928 NL  110 (5th)
Career  1638 (29th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1917 NL  5 (9th)
1918 NL  11 (2nd)
1919 NL  7 (4th)
1920 NL  9 (2nd)
1921 NL  6 (4th)
1922 NL  6 (6th)
1923 NL  6 (5th)
1924 NL  5 (4th)
1925 NL  8 (2nd)
1926 NL  4 (8th)
1927 NL  4 (7th)
1930 NL  7 (4th)
Career  92 (107th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1922 NL  7 (9th)
1923 NL  11 (1st)
1924 NL  6 (6th)
1925 NL  7 (4th)
1928 NL  9 (2nd)
1930 NL  7 (3rd)
1931 NL  10 (1st)
Career  97 (69th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1918 NL  1078 (3rd)
1920 NL  1246 (6th)
1921 NL  1253 (4th)
1922 NL  1153 (5th)
1923 NL  1418 (1st)
1924 NL  1345 (1st)
1925 NL  1129 (5th)
1926 NL  996 (7th)
1927 NL  1103 (8th)
1928 NL  1377 (1st)
1929 NL  1004 (9th)
Career  17959 (29th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1917 NL  18 (2nd)
1918 NL  9 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1918 NL  131 (5th)
1920 NL  145 (3rd)
1921 NL  138 (4th)
1928 NL  136 (8th)
1929 NL  152 (1st)
1930 NL  123 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1932 NL  born 1893-08-18 (10th)
1933 NL  born 1893-08-18 (8th)
1934 AL  born 1893-08-18 (5th)
1934 NL  born 1893-08-18 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 38 (39), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 213 (32), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 115 (75), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 38 (78), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Red Faber (926) *
  2. Red Ruffing (918) *
  3. Ted Lyons (917) *
  4. Tony Mullane (908)
  5. Gus Weyhing (893)
  6. Dennis Martinez (883)
  7. Eppa Rixey (874) *
  8. Sam Jones (874)
  9. Vic Willis (871) *
  10. Tommy John (865)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Andy Hawkins (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Singer (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Weldon Henley (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Erskine Mayer (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Rhoads (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Burt Hooton (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Billy Rhines (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hooks Dauss (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hooks Dauss (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hooks Dauss (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hooks Dauss (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mel Harder (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Waite Hoyt (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Early Wynn (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Early Wynn (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Early Wynn (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Early Wynn (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Red Ruffing (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Clarence Mitchell (965)
  2. Ted Lyons (961) *
  3. Amos Rusie (957) *
  4. Ray Caldwell (956)
  5. Wilbur Cooper (952)
  6. Fritz Mollwitz (952)
  7. Joe Bush (951)
  8. George Mullin (950)
  9. Clark Griffith (948) *
  10. Brickyard Kennedy (943)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Carl Mays (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Duke Esper (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pete Donohue (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Brickyard Kennedy (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Coombs (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ted Lyons (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Brickyard Kennedy (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Bush (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jesse Tannehill (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Clarence Mitchell (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Clarence Mitchell (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Clarence Mitchell (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Clarence Mitchell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 5, 1916: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Birmingham (Southern Association).

January 9, 1918: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Al Mamaux and Chuck Ward to the Brooklyn Robins for George Cutshaw and Casey Stengel.

January 9, 1927: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Brooklyn Robins to the New York Giants. The New York Giants sent Jack Scott and Fresco Thompson to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies sent George Harper to the New York Giants. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to the Brooklyn Robins.

February 11, 1928: Traded by the New York Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vic Aldridge.

April 9, 1930: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Boston Braves for Percy Jones and cash.

June 16, 1930: Traded by the Boston Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for Fred Frankhouse and Bill Sherdel.

December, 1931: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Bud Teachout and Hack Wilson.

July 30, 1933: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

July 31, 1933: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 15, 1934: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 28, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 31, 1934: Released by the New York Yankees.

August 8, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 11, 1934: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Name and misspellings: Burleigh Ol' Arland Burleigh Stubblebeard Grimes

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