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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	5-37 / in Starts: 3-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 75 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	38 (23-12-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 75 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	45 (21-15-8)

Most Driven In
W Fischer	2
C Ward	1
W Schmidt	0

Most Driven In By
L King	2
C Bigbee	1
B Wagner	1
M Carey	1
H Wagner	1
W Schmidt	1

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	7	10 (9)	Apr 20	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.05	0.005	1.67	0.01%	-0.31	P
2	8	14 (3)	Apr 24	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.250	.143	.393	9	2.29	-0.218	3.90	-0.22%	-1.19	P
3	9	17 (2)	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.222	.300	.222	.522	9	1.27	0.044	1.86	0.04%	0.55	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	10	19 (1)	May 2	PIT		STL	L,0-4	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.250	.182	.432	9	.67	-0.031	1.23	-0.03%	-0.26	P
5	11	22 (2)	May 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.231	.167	.397	9	.39	-0.009	.50	-0.01%	-0.13	P
6	12	23	May 10	PIT	@	BSN	W,11-4	4-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.250	.200	.450	9	.39	0.071	.42	0.05%	-0.07	P
7	13	26 (2)	May 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.278	.235	.513	9	.64	0.008	.56	0.00%	0.23	P
8	14	29 (2)	May 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.286	.250	.536	9	.32	-0.011	.22	-0.01%	-0.27	P
9	15	33 (3)	May 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-6	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.318	.348	.318	.666	9	.59	0.050	.39	0.02%	0.47	P
10	16	34	May 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.318	.348	.318	.666	8						PR
11	17	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.304	.333	.304	.638	9	1.15	-0.031	.45	-0.01%	-0.19	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	18	40 (3)	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	L,1-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.280	.308	.280	.588	9	.88	-0.042	.39	-0.01%	-0.28	P
13	19	42 (1)	Jun 7	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.269	.296	.269	.566	9	.50	-0.013	.17	0.00%	-0.19	P
14	20	44 (1)	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.276	.250	.526	9	1.81	-0.096	.50	-0.02%	-0.74	P
15	21	45	Jun 11	PIT		BSN	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.276	.250	.526	9						P
16	22	47 (1)	Jun 13	PIT		NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.313	.333	.313	.646	9	.66	0.082	.17	0.01%	1.36	P
17	23	53 (5)	Jun 21	PIT		CHC	L,4-12	2-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.314	.333	.343	.676	9	.44	0.020	.06	0.00%	0.03	P
18	24	58 (4)	Jun 26	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.314	.333	.343	.676	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	25	65 (6)	Jul 2	PIT		STL	L,4-6	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.289	.308	.316	.623	9	.22	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
20	26	66	Jul 3	PIT		STL	L,6-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.289	.308	.316	.623	9						P
21	27	67	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.289	.308	.316	.623	4						P
22	28	69 (1)	Jul 5	PIT		STL	L,6-9	3-GF(11)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.302	.318	.349	.667	9	1.71	0.203	.00	0.00%	0.74	P
23	29	74 (4)	Jul 13 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.302	.318	.349	.667	9						P
24	30	77 (2)	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,7-8	7-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.295	.311	.341	.652	9	2.12	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
25	31	78	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-7	2-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.271	.286	.313	.598	9	.59	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
26	32	84 (5)	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.264	.288	.553	9	1.91	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
27	33	87 (2)	Jul 25	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.236	.250	.273	.523	9	.31	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
28	34	92 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.236	.250	.273	.523	9						P
29	35	95 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-9	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.241	.254	.293	.547	9	.97	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	36	105 (9)	Aug 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.241	.254	.293	.547	9						P
31	37	107 (1)	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.241	.254	.293	.547	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
32	38	110 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.237	.250	.288	.538	9	1.00	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
33	39	116 (5)	Aug 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.230	.242	.279	.521	9	1.75	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
34	40	120 (3)	Aug 28	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.234	.270	.504	9	.59	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	41	124 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		STL	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.222	.234	.270	.504	6						PR
36	42	126 (1)	Sep 2	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.227	.239	.273	.512	9	.80	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.06	P
37	43	131 (4)	Sep 8	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.227	.239	.273	.512	9						P
38	44	138 (6)	Sep 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.246	.279	.526	9	2.35	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.09	P
39	45	141 (2)	Sep 17	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.235	.246	.279	.526	6						PR
40	46	143 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.235	.246	.279	.526	9						P
41	47	145 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,4-6	5-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.235	.257	.279	.537	9	1.75	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.05	P
42	48	155 (9)	Sep 29 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.232	.254	.275	.529	9	1.51	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
							5-37		75	69	7	16	3	0	0	3	2	0	18	0	4		0		1		.232	.254	.275	.529		1.08	-0.180	.50	-0.18%	-2.55

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