Burleigh Grimes

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: August 18, 1893 in Emerald, WI us

Died: December 6, 1985 in Clear Lake, WI

Buried: Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, WI

Debut: September 10, 1916 (Age 23-023d, 4,536th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 20, 1934 (Age 41-033d)
vs. BRO 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1964. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Burleigh Grimes's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Burleigh Arland Grimes

Nicknames: Ol' Stubblebeard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

52.9

270

212

ERA

3.53

616

497

4180.0

1512

WHIP

1.365

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-6 / in Starts: 3-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1920	WS g2	Oct 6	BRO		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.00	3.69	37	131	82	22	8	16	14	3	1	1	71			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.409	46.91	9.92%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	1920	WS g5	Oct 10	BRO	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	3.1	9	7	7	1	0	2	0	5.11	5.80	19	71	44	0	2	13	5	1	1	0	13			0	0	0	18	0	1	1	1	0	0	.57	-0.315	35.30	-10.80%	-5.36	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d7
3	1920	WS g7	Oct 12	BRO	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	1	7.0	7	3	2	4	2	0	0	4.19	5.13	32	120	74	20	8	13	13	4	1	0	51			2	1	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	.90	0.018	37.56	0.41%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
1930 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1930	WS g1	Oct 1	STL	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(0-1)	5	8.0	5	5	5	3	6	2	0	5.63	5.73	31	114	68	25	7	12	8	4	1	2	55			0	1	0	26	1	2	1	0	1	0	.83	-0.069	43.65	-1.82%	0.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
5	1930	WS g5	Oct 6	STL		PHA	L,0-2	CG	L(0-2)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.71	4.68	34	125	73	21	13	14	7	0	3	3	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.259	130.76	7.27%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
1931 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1931	WS g3	Oct 5	STL	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	16	9.0	2	2	2	4	5	1	0	2.00	4.80	32	130	78	20	8	12	9	1	3	2	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.412	49.60	16.86%	3.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	1931	WS g7	Oct 10	STL		PHA	W,4-2	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.2	7	2	2	5	6	0	0	2.04	4.16	36	135	81	26	19	15	7	1	0	3	63			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.257	124.86	22.92%	2.33	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
1932 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	1932	WS g1	Sep 28	CHC	@	NYY	L,6-12	6-7		5	1.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	16.20	6.39	9	31	16	4	3	3	1	0	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.044	10.96	-1.23%	-2.81	6b 123 1 out d4	7b 3 out d7
9	1932	WS g4	Oct 2	CHC		NYY	L,6-13	9-GF		3	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	2	0	23.63	15.92	8	25	15	3	2	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.014	.39	-0.17%	-3.49	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 8
											56.2	49	28	27	26	28	8	1	4.29		238																			2

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