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: 7-15 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 8

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	595	2	Apr 18	STL		PIT	L,6-7	6-8	L(0-1)	99	3.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.00	7.85	11	4	4	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.118	1.67	-0.19%	0.69	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d1
2	596	11	Apr 30	STL		CIN	W,10-6	7-7	W(1-1)	11	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	7.00	2	0	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	0.151	4.65	0.14%	0.98	7t 12- 1 out tie	7t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
3	597	12	May 1	STL		CIN	W,3-2	10-GF(11)	W(2-1)	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.18	6.18	9	4	2	0	1	2		0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.08	-0.129	3.57	-0.13%	0.13	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
4	598	17	May 6	STL		BSN	L,2-3	8-GF		4	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.52	7.10	8	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.040	.72	-0.07%	0.13	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to New York Yankees
5	599	37	May 30(2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	W(3-1)	23	4.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.31	5.75	17	8	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.84	0.617	12.56	1.64%	2.57	8t 1-- 0 out tie	11t end tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	600	39	Jun 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.63	5.60	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.89	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 8
7	601	44	Jun 6(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.07	5.43	5	2	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.191	3.32	-0.52%	-1.37	8b 12- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
8	602	47	Jun 10	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	5.29	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.074	5.04	0.17%	1.56	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
9	603	54	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-6	6-GF	BL(3-2)	7	3.2	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.26	5.51	16	6	3	1	0	3		2	1	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.338	17.74	-1.32%	-0.14	6t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end d 1
10	604	58	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	2.95	5.62	11	4	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.027	1.49	0.09%	1.09	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
11	605	67	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	L,9-10	7-8		10	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.47	5.45	10	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	-0.357	12.75	-1.19%	-0.91	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
12	606	68	Jul 4(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.70	5.48	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.028	1.55	-0.09%	-0.40	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
13	607	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,11-12	9-GF	BL(3-3)	9	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.01	5.57	4	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.57	-0.689	42.62	-3.86%	-1.99	9b -23 1 out a2	9b end d 1
14	608	80	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-13	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.56	5.72	8	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.05	-0.01%	-1.42	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 8
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
				Player went from New York Yankees to Pittsburgh Pirates
15	609	103	Aug 8(2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-14	5-GF		21	4.2	9	8	7	4	2	0	0	5.93	5.59	28	11	2	0	1	9		1	1	0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-5.86	5t --3 1 out d4	9t end d11
16	610	108	Aug 14	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	GS-8		5	8.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	5.17	5.24	35	11	11	2	3	6	61			0	0	0	31	2	1	1	0	0	1	.96	0.138	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	611	113	Aug 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	GS-9	L(3-4)	3	8.1	5	5	5	2	2	0	1	5.21	4.98	32	13	10	1	3	4	53			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d2
18	612	117	Aug 23	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-2		4	1.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.81	4.93	9	4	0	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.244	.00	0.00%	-2.87	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d3
19	613	122	Aug 28	PIT		BSN	L,3-5	GS-1	L(3-5)	4	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.33	4.92	5	1	1	1	0	3	31			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-2.68	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	614	132	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-7	7-8	W(4-5)	12	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.26	4.85	8	4	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.035	.00	0.00%	0.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d3
21	615	137	Sep 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-9	7-GF(8)		7	1.2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.06	4.76	10	3	2	0	1	4		2	2	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-1.59	7b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 6
22	616	140	Sep 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.94	4.69	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							7-15		W-L:4-5,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.6	53.0	63	38	35	26	15	2	2	5.94	4.69	245	1.68		5%	9%	60	43	14	57%	6	0	1	213	9	5	4	3	0	3	1.15	-1.685	3.76	-5.34%	-10.20

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