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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Team Record in Appearances: 24-9 / in Starts: 22-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 3

1929 Pitching Game Log

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1929 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	449	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	3	2	5	1	0	0	2.00	4.24	42	53	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	1	1	3.67	0.66%
2	450	4	Apr 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	9	4	1	1	4	1	0	1.50	3.96	40	62	1	1	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	4	3.35	0.51%
3	451	6	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-11		3	11.0	7	4	2	6	3	0	0	1.55	3.93	46	68	3	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	1	1	3.86	0.78%
4	452	10	Apr 29	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-3		4	2.2	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.99	3.87	15	38	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	-0.05%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	453	13	May 5	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.99	3.78	34	63	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	2	2.04	0.26%
6	454	17	May 9	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	7	3	2	3	3	1	0	1.99	3.92	35	63	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	0.57%
7	455	21	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	W(5-0)	5	9.0	11	4	4	1	1	1	0	2.30	3.99	40	49	1	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	1	1	2.48	0.06%
8	456	25	May 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.13	3.75	34	72	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.43	1.24%
9	457	29	May 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(7-0)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	1	2.23	3.76	35	59	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.41	0.50%
10	458	31	May 26(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,12-8	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.12	3.74	16		0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.55	0.42%
11	459	32	May 26(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,7-5	8-GF	S(2)	-1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.18	3.69	9		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.42	0.35%
12	460	37	May 30(2)	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.96	3.57	30	75	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	6.23	2.09%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	461	40	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	W,14-2	CG	W(9-0)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	1.97	3.66	36	67	0	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.12	0.47%
14	462	44	Jun 8	PIT		BRO	W,9-2	CG	W(10-0)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.97	3.61	35	60	0	1	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	5.45	1.06%
15	463	48	Jun 12	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	GS-6		3	5.2	10	6	6	3	2	0	0	2.34	3.62	30	24	2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.48	-0.44%
16	464	53	Jun 16(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS-5	L(10-1)	3	5.0	7	7	3	3	2	0	2	2.47	3.67	28	32	8	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.97	-0.75%
17	465	57	Jun 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,14-3	CG	W(11-1)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.51	3.67	37	61	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.16	0.52%
18	466	64	Jun 29(1)	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-1)	7	9.0	11	0	0	4	1	0	0	2.34	3.68	39	62	1	2	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.38	2.03%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
19	467	68	Jul 3	PIT		STL	W,13-2	CG	W(13-1)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.32	3.74	38	62	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.48%
20	468	73	Jul 8	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	W(14-1)	4	9.0	9	4	4	4	1	2	0	2.42	3.92	39	50	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.88%
21	469	77	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	W(15-1)	3	9.0	13	4	1	2	3	0	0	2.34	3.86	41	52				39	1	0			0
22	470	81	Jul 17(1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-7	GS-6	L(15-2)	4	5.2	9	6	5	3	0	0	0	2.53	3.88	29	26	1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	5.81	-0.28%
23	471	84	Jul 20(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-2	GS-7	W(16-2)	2	6.1	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	2.49	3.80	23	62	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	1	8.04	1.08%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
24	472	112	Aug 19(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	7-GF(8)		29	1.1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.57	3.83	8		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.05%
25	473	117	Aug 24(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	L(16-3)	4	8.2	10	7	3	3	4	1	0	2.59	3.86	37	45	1	1	0	33	1	0	0	2	1	0	.57	-0.10%
26	474	120	Aug 28(1)	PIT		CHC	W,10-3	CG	W(17-3)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	6	1	1	2.61	3.86	38	61	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	2	1	.03	0.00%
27	475	124	Aug 31	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	7-GF	BL(17-4)	2	3.0	3	4	4	4	3	0	0	2.75	3.87	16		2	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.37	-0.13%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	476	127	Sep 2(2)	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	GS-6		1	5.1	10	7	6	1	0	0	0	2.95	3.86	26	21	0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	.05	-0.01%
29	477	130	Sep 6(1)	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	GS-8	L(17-5)	3	8.0	8	6	4	2	2	1	0	3.00	3.89	35	46	0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	1	1	.01	0.00%
30	478	136	Sep 11(1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	L(17-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.96	3.85	32	67	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	479	141	Sep 17	PIT		PHI	W,11-7	GS-1		5	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.85	6	25	0	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	480	144	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	L,3-6	GS-7	L(17-7)	1	6.1	7	4	2	2	3	0	0	3.11	3.82	31	48	0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	2	.00	0.00%
33	481	149	Sep 28	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-5		8	4.1	7	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.80	24	37	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
							24-9		W-L:17-7,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.4	232.2	245	108	81	70	65	11	4	3.13	3.80	1004	52	20	11	1	910	34	4	1	17	11	22	3.17	12.15%

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