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, 4,529th in MLB 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

52.7

W

270

L

212

ERA

3.53

G

616

GS

497

SV

IP

4180.0

SO

1512

WHIP

1.365

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	2.38	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	81	3.03	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	130	2.43	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	7	3	7	791	86	2.84	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	144	2.80	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	139	3.27	1.287	9.3	0.2	2.3	4.0	1.79
1922	28	BRO	NL	17	14	.548	4.76	36	34	2	18	1	1	259.0	324	159	*137*	17	84		99	7	1	6	1168	86	4.15	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	3.58	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	3.74	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	4.64	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	102	3.82	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	110	3.89	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	3.53	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	*154*	4.20	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	124	4.43	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	5.48	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	169	4.09	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	109	4.13	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	80	4.33	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	89	4.29	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	95	4.12	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	68	5.14	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	69	4.38	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	66	4.03	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	126	5.34	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	76	5.06	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	58	3.67	1.683	11.9	0.0	3.3	3.0	0.90
1935	41	STL-min	B	10	5	.667	2.34	21						119.0	113	44	31		32									1.218	8.5		2.4			BMG IIIL
19 Yrs				270	212	.560	3.53	616	497	95	314	35	18	4180.0	4412	2050	1638	148	1295		1512	101	12	92	17974	108	3.65	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	1098	108	3.65	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BRO (9 yrs)				158	121	.566	3.46	318	287	27	205	20	5	2426.0	2547	1175	934	76	744		952	56	7	62	10424	105	3.47	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	120	3.54	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	128	4.17	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	84	4.26	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	110	3.89	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	5.48	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	76	5.06	2.000	11.0	0.0	7.0	2.5	0.36

NL (19 yrs)				269	210	.562	3.52	606	497	86	314	35	17	4162.0	4390	2039	1627	148	1281		1507	100	12	91	17889	108	3.64	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	76	5.06	2.000	11.0	0.0	7.0	2.5	0.36

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