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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	GF	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 19	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-7	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 22	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	9 (3)	Apr 26	BRO		NYG	L,5-11		23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (5)	May 4	BRO		PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	20 (4)	May 13	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS	11	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	25 (4)	May 18	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-11	GF	21	4.0	0	4	1	5	0
8	29 (3)	May 23	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	31 (1)	May 25	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	33 (1)	May 27	BRO	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	35 (1)	May 29 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	36	May 30 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	39 (2)	Jun 4	BRO		STL	L,1-8	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	42 (2)	Jun 8 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,1-7	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	43	Jun 8 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,2-1		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	44	Jun 10	BRO		PIT	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
17	46 (1)	Jun 14	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	50 (3)	Jun 19	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	53 (2)	Jun 22	BRO		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
20	56 (2)	Jun 26	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	57	Jun 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	61 (3)	Jul 2	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
23	66 (4)	Jul 6	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	71 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	74 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS	30	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	76 (1)	Jul 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	78 (1)	Jul 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	59	16.0	1	2	2	5	0
28	81 (2)	Jul 21	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-3	GF	21	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	83 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
30	87 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	BRO		STL	L,7-22		31	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
31	90 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	BRO		STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	94 (3)	Aug 3 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	97 (2)	Aug 7	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
34	100 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	104 (3)	Aug 14	BRO		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	107 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	112 (4)	Aug 20	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	116 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS	30	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	120 (3)	Aug 28	BRO		NYG	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	123 (2)	Aug 31 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
							40gm		270.0	12	94	5	111	1