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| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | 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 | 2.85 | 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 | 3.30 | 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 | 4.29 | 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 | 3.69 | 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 | 3.44 | 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 | 3.72 | 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 | 3.93 | 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 | 3.37 | 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 | 6 | 97 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1377 | 136 | 3.66 | 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 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1004 | 154 | 3.83 | 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 | 5 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 896 | 124 | 3.78 | 1.545 | 11.0 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 1.12 | MVP-16 |
| 1930 | 36 | BSN | NL | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.35 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 72 | 53 | 40 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 67 | 4.83 | 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 | 5 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 657 | 169 | 3.45 | 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 | 5 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 914 | 109 | 4.15 | 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 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 642 | 80 | 4.10 | 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 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 363 | 89 | 4.39 | 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 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 296 | 95 | 4.22 | 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 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 68 | 5.24 | 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 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 69 | 4.45 | 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 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 66 | 4.10 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 126 | 5.40 | 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 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 76 | 5.13 | 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 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 58 | 3.73 | 1.683 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 0.90 | |
| 19 Yrs | 270 | 212 | .560 | 3.53 | 616 | 497 | 95 | 314 | 35 | 18 | 4180.0 | 4412 | 2050 | 1638 | 148 | 1295 | 25 | 1512 | 101 | 12 | 92 | 17974 | 108 | 3.52 | 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 | 2 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1098 | 108 | 3.52 | 1.365 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.17 | ||||
| W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | 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 | 3.39 | 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 | 8 | 260 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3517 | 120 | 3.49 | 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 | 12 | 130 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1668 | 128 | 3.94 | 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 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 938 | 84 | 4.14 | 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 | 3.37 | 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 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 67 | 4.83 | 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 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 76 | 5.13 | 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 | 22 | 1507 | 100 | 12 | 91 | 17889 | 108 | 3.51 | 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 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 76 | 5.13 | 2.000 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 0.36 | ||||
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Burleigh Grimes born?
Burleigh Grimes was born on August 18, 1893.
Where was Burleigh Grimes born?
Burleigh Grimes was born in Emerald, WI.
How tall was Burleigh Grimes?
Burleigh Grimes was 5-10 (178 cm) tall.
How much did Burleigh Grimes weigh when playing?
Burleigh Grimes weighed 175 lbs (79 kg) when playing.
How many seasons did Burleigh Grimes play?
Burleigh Grimes played 19 seasons.
Is Burleigh Grimes in the Hall of Fame?
Burleigh Grimes was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1964.
What position did Burleigh Grimes play?
Burleigh Grimes was a Pitcher.
How many strikeouts did Burleigh Grimes have?
Burleigh Grimes had 1,512 strikeouts over his career.
How many teams has Burleigh Grimes played for?
Burleigh Grimes played for 7 teams; the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Robins, New York Giants, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees.
How many World Series has Burleigh Grimes won?
Burleigh Grimes won 1 World Series.
When did Burleigh Grimes retire?
Burleigh Grimes last played in 1934.
What are Burleigh Grimes' nicknames?
Ol' Stubblebeard is a nickname for Burleigh Grimes.
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