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: 19-14 / in Starts: 17-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 4

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	482	7	Apr 27	BSN		PHI	W,13-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	4	3	3	3	1	0	3.00	4.63	37	21	1	0	1	9	55			0	2	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.61	0.113	1.49	0.16%	1.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	483	13	May 3	BSN	@	PIT	W,12-7	GS-1		5	0.0	4	6	6	2	0	0	0	9.00	5.30	6	0	0	0	0	4	16			0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.404	3.80	-0.74%	-5.34	1b start a 5	1b 1-3 0 out a1
3	484	14	May 5	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-10	GS-5	L(1-1)	1	5.0	7	6	0	4	2	0	1	5.79	5.21	28	5	9	1	3	7	39			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.158	2.88	-0.27%	-2.99	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
4	485	18	May 9	BSN	@	STL	L,6-10	GS-3	L(1-2)	3	3.0	6	7	6	1	1	1	0	7.94	5.62	16	4	4	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	2	1	.65	-0.338	1.58	-0.50%	-4.98	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
5	486	23	May 15	BSN	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	8.0	13	8	8	3	1	1	0	8.28	5.54	39	15	8	0	1	12	22			0	1	0	35	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.774	2.46	-0.84%	-2.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
6	487	29	May 21	BSN		BRO	L,1-12	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	6.0	8	8	4	3	2	1	1	7.84	5.69	30	10	6	0	2	8	31			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	.53	-0.247	1.53	-0.43%	-4.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out d8
7	488	35	May 30(2)	BSN		NYG	W,6-5	GS-8		8	8.0	11	5	5	0	0	0	1	7.38	5.19	36	13	11	1	2	11	40			2	0	0	31	1	2	0	0	3	0	.92	-0.095	1.92	-0.12%	-0.02	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	489	37	Jun 1(1)	BSN		NYG	L,4-9	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.26	5.15	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.09	0.00%	1.03	9t 12- 1 out d6	9t end d 6
9	490	39	Jun 3	BSN		CHC	L,2-15	GS-5	L(2-4)	1	5.0	6	5	4	2	4	0	0	7.25	4.85	22	7	3	2	0	6	39			1	1	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.167	2.04	-0.22%	-1.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
10	491	46	Jun 13	BSN		STL	W,9-8	9-GF(10)	W(3-4)	9	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.04	4.81	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.203	2.75	0.13%	1.12	9t 12- 2 out d1	10t end tie
11	492	49	Jun 16	BSN		CIN	L,1-11	GS-4	L(3-5)	2	3.0	8	4	4	3	1	0	0	7.35	4.83	18	4	2	0	1	8	25			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	-0.280	1.69	-0.25%	-3.64	1t start tie	4t -23 0 out d3
				Player went from Boston Braves to St. Louis Cardinals
12	493	58	Jun 22(2)	STL		PHI	W,9-3	CG	W(4-5)	5	9.0	13	3	3	3	5	0	0	6.67	4.51	39						51						36	3	2	0		0
13	494	62	Jun 27	STL		NYG	L,4-9	GS-6	L(4-6)	4	5.0	10	8	5	3	0	1	0	6.86	4.73	29	12	5	0	0	9	18			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.07	-0.371	1.17	-0.24%	-4.15	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	495	67	Jul 2	STL		BRO	L,5-6	GS-2	L(4-7)	4	2.0	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	6.92	4.78	11	3	1	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.068	2.82	-0.08%	-0.65	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
15	496	72	Jul 6(2)	STL		PIT	W,12-4	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	12	4	3	0	3	0	0	6.45	4.46	38	15	8	1	1	12	52			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	1	1	0	.87	0.193	1.70	0.23%	2.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
16	497	78	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	W(6-7)	8	9.0	10	6	4	4	3	0	1	6.18	4.40	41	16	7	1	1	10	46			0	0	0	34	4	0	1	1	1	0	1.76	0.237	2.40	0.19%	0.17	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
17	498	81	Jul 18	STL	@	NYG	L,7-8	9-GF	BL(6-8)	2	0.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.26	4.40	5	0	0	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.36	-0.770	7.44	-0.64%	-3.15	9b 123 1 out a3	9b end d 1
18	499	85	Jul 21(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,8-9	GS-6		2	6.0	6	4	3	1	3	0	0	6.15	4.27	27	13	4	0	3	6	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.156	3.26	-0.23%	-0.15	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	500	91	Jul 26(1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	GS-8	W(7-8)	4	7.2	11	4	4	1	4	0	0	6.03	4.10	32	9	7	3	1	11	44			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.155	.87	0.06%	0.48	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a1
20	501	97	Jul 31	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	5.88	4.14	28	12	6	2	0	5	54			0	0	0	23	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.15	0.069	.46	0.02%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	502	103	Aug 6	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7	W(8-8)	5	7.0	10	3	3	2	0	1	1	5.76	4.26	34	12	9	0	1	10	43			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.084	1.00	0.04%	1.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	503	107	Aug 10(1)	STL		BRO	W,8-2	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	5.48	4.15	37	11	11	1	2	7	67			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.353	.25	0.05%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	504	112	Aug 14(2)	STL		BSN	L,2-3	GS-8	L(9-9)	3	8.0	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	5.13	4.00	32	11	10	2	2	7	64			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	1	2	1.01	0.183	.68	0.07%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
24	505	116	Aug 17(2)	STL		NYG	W,14-4	CG	W(10-9)	2	9.0	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.06	4.04	37	14	11	0	0	8	53			0	1	0	34	3	0	0	1	1	1	.34	0.211	.07	0.03%	2.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
25	506	119	Aug 21	STL		PHI	W,16-6	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	11	6	5	4	4	0	1	5.05	4.01	39	10	9	1	3	11	43			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	1	1	.16	0.123	.03	0.02%	0.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
26	507	123	Aug 24(2)	STL		PHI	W,6-4		W(12-9)	2	3.1	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	5.00	3.95	13												12	0	0	0		0
27	508	126	Aug 28	STL	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS-7		3	7.0	10	3	3	4	0	0	1	4.95	4.00	33	14	5	0	1	9	41			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.18	0.253	2.95	0.38%	1.54	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
28	509	127	Aug 29	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	11-GF(13)	BL(12-10)	0	2.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.00	4.01	12	2	3	0	1	4		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.78	-0.451	10.65	-1.04%	-3.51	11b 12- 0 out a3	13b end d 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	510	131	Sep 1(2)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(13-10)	2	9.0	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	4.73	3.95	33	13	9	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	3	2	1	.92	0.371	1.83	0.44%	4.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
30	511	136	Sep 9	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(13-11)	7	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.65	3.88	30	9	10	1	3	6	60			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	0.074	11.16	0.32%	2.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
31	512	141	Sep 14(1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	W(14-11)	4	9.0	11	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.52	3.83	37	13	12	1	5	10	57			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	1	0	.52	0.110	6.15	0.79%	3.60	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
32	513	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(15-11)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	4.45	3.83	36	12	9	0	3	8	62			0	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.510	34.12	8.40%	2.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	514	151	Sep 25	STL		PIT	W,9-0	SHO	W(16-11)	6	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.25	3.78	34	15	11	1	5	5	74			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.28	0.179	.78	0.30%	6.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
							19-14		W-L:16-11,BSv:2	3.7	201.1	246	120	95	65	73	9	7	4.25	3.78	896	1.53		4%	9%	221	46	9	56%	4	8	0	798	51	15	5	21	15	14	1.02	-0.856	3.65	6.06%	1.82

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