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	31-17 / in Starts: 23-14
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 140 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	82 (39-23-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 140 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	92 (46-29-17)

Most Driven In
G Grantham	4
P Scott	3
D Bartell	2
R Hemsley	2
C Barnhart	1
A Comorosky	1
J Gooch	1
C Hargreaves	1

Most Driven In By
P Waner	4
L Waner	4
G Wright	3
D Bartell	2
S Adams	0
C Barnhart	0

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 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	416	2 (1)	Apr 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	.63	0.027	1.49	0.04%	-0.10	P
2	417	5 (2)	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	.39	0.026	.91	0.04%	0.16	P
3	418	7 (1)	Apr 20	PIT		STL	L,2-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	1.59	-0.142	3.68	-0.20%	-1.30	P
4	419	11 (3)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.357	.357	.714	9	.61	-0.078	1.24	-0.10%	-1.16	P
5	420	14 (2)	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,8-7	GS-8	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.471	.471	.471	.941	9	1.37	0.046	2.89	0.06%	0.86	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
6	421	18 (3)	May 4	PIT		BSN	W,13-3	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.476	.476	.524	1.000	9	.26	-0.028	.66	-0.04%	0.45	P
7	422	21 (2)	May 8	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.440	.440	.480	.920	9	.28	-0.028	.91	-0.06%	-0.61	P
8	423	25 (3)	May 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.393	.414	.429	.842	9	1.44	0.022	4.19	0.04%	0.20	P
9	424	26	May 14	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.393	.414	.429	.842	9						P
10	425	28 (1)	May 18	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.393	.414	.429	.842	9						P
11	426	30 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.394	.406	.800	9	1.15	-0.078	3.09	-0.13%	-0.38	P
12	427	35 (4)	May 24	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.405	.417	.822	9	.37	0.014	.68	0.02%	0.99	P
13	428	39 (3)	May 29	PIT		STL	L,1-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.378	.395	.405	.800	9	1.07	-0.028	1.21	-0.02%	-0.25	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
14	429	43 (3)	Jun 1	PIT		CHC	W,10-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.405	.400	.805	9	.58	0.085	.45	0.04%	1.21	P
15	430	45 (1)	Jun 3	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-7	6-GF(14)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.372	.400	.395	.795	9	2.47	-0.139	1.53	-0.05%	-0.56	P
16	431	48 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.340	.367	.362	.729	9	.37	0.011	.29	0.01%	-0.16	P
17	432	52 (3)	Jun 13	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.358	.353	.711	9	.65	-0.049	.67	-0.03%	-0.63	P
18	433	56 (3)	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.351	.364	.715	9	.22	-0.014	.18	-0.01%	0.64	P
19	434	59 (2)	Jun 22	PIT		CIN	W,11-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.310	.333	.345	.678	9	.23	-0.027	.20	-0.01%	-1.49	P
20	435	62 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.359	.371	.730	9	1.50	0.220	1.14	0.10%	1.12	P
21	436	66 (3)	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.343	.354	.697	9	.65	-0.051	.37	-0.02%	-0.48	P
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
22	437	69 (2)	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	L,7-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.338	.348	.687	9	2.87	-0.076	1.50	-0.02%	-0.46	P
23	438	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-11	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.338	.348	.686	9	.73	0.065	.22	0.01%	0.63	P
24	439	75 (3)	Jul 9	PIT		NYG	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.333	.356	.689	9	.90	-0.052	.23	-0.01%	-0.03	P
25	440	78 (2)	Jul 14	PIT		BSN	W,10-0	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.329	.364	.693	9	.44	-0.004	.12	0.00%	-0.38	P
26	441	81 (2)	Jul 18	PIT		BSN	W,16-3	CG	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.345	.390	.735	9	.18	0.036	.08	0.01%	3.28	P
27	442	86 (4)	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.349	.405	.754	9	.69	-0.007	.26	0.00%	-0.02	P
28	443	91 (4)	Jul 26	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.344	.391	.735	9	.77	-0.045	.25	-0.01%	-0.62	P
29	444	94 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-5	8-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.322	.344	.391	.735	9	3.45	-0.023	.67	0.00%	-0.20	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	445	96 (1)	Aug 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,18-4	GS-0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.333	.355	.400	.755	9						P
31	446	98 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-8	0-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.348	.368	.413	.781	9						P
32	447	100 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.337	.357	.400	.757	9	.80	-0.074	.22	-0.01%	-0.81	P
33	448	103 (2)	Aug 9	PIT		STL	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.357	.400	.757	9						P
34	449	105 (1)	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.350	.392	.742	9	.97	-0.050	.84	-0.03%	-0.35	P
35	450	109 (3)	Aug 16	PIT		BRO	W,11-6	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.347	.365	.426	.791	9	1.76	0.463	1.10	0.17%	2.62	P
36	451	114 (4)	Aug 20	PIT		BSN	L,11-14	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.368	.447	.815	9	.83	0.097	1.13	0.08%	0.96	P
37	452	119 (4)	Aug 24	PIT		NYG	W,16-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.355	.430	.784	9	.38	-0.049	.92	-0.07%	-1.33	P
38	453	124 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,16-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.355	.430	.784	9						P
39	454	125	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,0-4	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.351	.426	.777	9	.54	-0.014	1.54	-0.02%	-0.18	P
40	455	126	Aug 31 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.351	.426	.777	9						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
41	456	129 (2)	Sep 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.348	.420	.767	9	1.86	-0.107	2.36	-0.08%	-0.41	P
42	457	133 (3)	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.345	.414	.758	9	1.85	0.246	2.05	0.16%	0.26	P
43	458	136 (2)	Sep 9	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.345	.414	.758	9						P
44	459	137	Sep 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.339	.407	.746	9	.87	-0.041	.44	-0.01%	-0.67	P
45	460	139 (1)	Sep 14	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.331	.397	.727	9	.72	-0.062	.07	0.00%	-0.84	P
46	461	143 (3)	Sep 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.346	.407	.753	9	.87	0.098	.00	0.00%	0.79	P
47	462	146 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.323	.344	.402	.745	9						P
48	463	151 (4)	Sep 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.341	.397	.738	9	.55	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-1.10	P
							31-17		140	131	17	42	8	1	0	16	4	0	13	0	4		1		1	0	.321	.341	.397	.738		.86	0.117	.98	-0.17%	-0.36

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