Burleigh Grimes

Full Name: Burleigh Arland Grimes Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 10"/175 First Game: September 10, 1916 Birthdate: August 18, 1893 Final Game: September 20, 1934 Birthplace: Emerald, Wisconsin MLB Experience: 19 years Died: December 6, 1985 Deathplace: Clear Lake, Wisconsin Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964

Biography

Born on August 18, 1893 in Emerald, Wisconsin, Burleigh Grimes (Burleigh Arland Grimes) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Robins, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees over the course of his 19 year career. Grimes broke into the bigs on September 10, 1916 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.53 ERA in 194 innings pitched in 1917, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Burleigh Grimes's best season was 1920, when he posted a 2.22 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 131 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1916	PIT	N	6	5	2	3	2.36	20	19	12	4	0	0	45.2	40	1	10	0	1	0
1917	PIT	N	37	17	3	16	3.53	72	101	76	8	1	0	194	186	5	70	0	5	6
1918	BRO	N	40	30	19	9	2.14	113	94	64	19	7	1	269.2	210	3	76	0	11	4
1919	BRO	N	25	21	10	11	3.47	82	97	70	13	1	0	181.1	179	2	60	0	7	3
1920	BRO	N	40	33	23	11	2.22	131	101	75	25	5	2	303.2	271	5	67	0	9	4
1921	BRO	N	37	35	22	13	2.83	136	120	95	30	2	0	302.1	313	6	76	0	6	5
1922	BRO	N	36	34	17	14	4.76	99	157	137	18	1	1	259	324	17	84	2	6	7
1923	BRO	N	39	38	21	18	3.58	119	165	130	33	2	0	327	356	9	100	0	6	11
1924	BRO	N	38	36	22	13	3.82	135	161	132	30	1	1	310.2	351	15	91	0	5	6
1925	BRO	N	33	31	12	19	5.04	73	164	138	19	0	0	246.2	305	15	102	0	8	7
1926	BRO	N	30	29	12	13	3.71	64	114	93	18	1	0	225.1	238	4	88	0	4	5
1927	NY	N	39	34	19	8	3.54	102	116	102	15	2	2	259.2	274	12	87	0	4	4
1928	PIT	N	48	37	25	14	2.99	97	146	110	28	4	3	330.2	311	11	77	0	3	9
1929	PIT	N	33	29	17	7	3.13	62	108	81	18	2	2	232.2	245	11	70	0	0	4
1930	STL	N	22	19	13	6	3.01	58	66	51	10	1	0	152.1	174	5	43	0	7	4
1930	BOS	N	11	9	3	5	7.35	15	53	40	1	0	0	49	72	4	22	0	0	3
1930	TOT	N	33	28	16	11	4.07	73	119	91	11	1	0	201.1	246	9	65	0	7	7
1931	STL	N	29	28	17	9	3.65	67	97	86	17	3	0	212.1	240	11	59	0	2	10
1932	CHI	N	30	18	6	11	4.78	36	89	75	5	1	1	141.1	174	8	50	0	2	1
1933	STL	N	4	3	0	1	5.27	4	13	8	0	0	1	13.2	15	1	8	0	1	1
1933	CHI	N	17	7	3	6	3.49	12	29	27	3	1	3	69.2	71	2	29	0	3	1
1933	TOT	N	21	10	3	7	3.78	16	42	35	3	1	4	83.1	86	3	37	0	4	2
1934	STL	N	4	0	2	1	3.52	1	3	3	0	0	0	7.2	5	1	2	0	0	0
1934	PIT	N	8	4	1	2	7.24	9	24	22	0	0	0	27.1	36	0	10	0	1	1
1934	NY	A	10	0	1	2	5.50	5	11	11	0	0	1	18	22	0	14	0	1	1
1934	Total		22	4	4	5	6.11	15	38	36	0	0	1	53	63	1	26	0	2	2
1934	TOT	N	12	4	3	3	6.43	10	27	25	0	0	0	35	41	1	12	0	1	1
Total	NL		606	497	269	210	3.52	1507	2037	1627	314	35	17	4161.2	4390	148	1281	2	91	96
Total	AL		10	0	1	2	5.50	5	11	11	0	0	1	18	22	0	14	0	1	1
Total			616	497	270	212	3.53	1512	2048	1638	314	35	18	4179.2	4412	148	1295	2	92	97

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1916	PIT	N	P	6	0	0	1	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.850
1917	PIT	N	P	37	0	0	9	62	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.922
1918	BRO	N	P	40	0	0	12	94	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1919	BRO	N	P	25	0	0	12	50	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1920	BRO	N	P	40	0	0	17	95	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1921	BRO	N	P	37	35	302.1	17	89	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1922	BRO	N	P	36	34	259	12	79	6	2	0	3	28	22	1	.938
1923	BRO	N	P	39	0	0	16	101	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	.921
1924	BRO	N	P	38	0	0	25	91	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1925	BRO	N	P	33	0	0	18	92	7	11	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1926	BRO	N	P	30	0	0	4	72	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1927	NY	N	P	39	0	0	16	71	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	PIT	N	P	48	0	0	9	106	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1929	PIT	N	P	33	0	0	10	65	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1930	STL	N	P	22	0	0	5	37	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1930	BOS	N	P	11	0	0	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1930	TOT	N	P	33	0	0	8	47	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1931	STL	N	P	29	0	0	16	57	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1932	CHI	N	P	30	0	0	12	33	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1933	STL	N	P	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1933	CHI	N	P	17	0	0	6	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1933	TOT	N	P	21	0	0	6	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1934	STL	N	P	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	PIT	N	P	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	NY	A	P	10	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	Total		P	22	0	0	5	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	TOT	N	P	12	0	0	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	616	69	561.1	225	1252	71	74	0	3	28	22	1	.954

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1916	PIT	N	6	17	1	3	0	0	.176	.176	.176	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
1917	PIT	N	42	69	7	16	0	4	.232	.254	.275	3	0	2	18	0	4	2	0	0
1918	BRO	N	41	90	5	18	0	4	.200	.226	.244	2	1	3	14	0	6	2	0	0
1919	BRO	N	26	69	8	17	0	12	.246	.246	.304	4	0	0	10	0	2	1	0	0
1920	BRO	N	43	111	9	34	0	16	.306	.358	.432	8	3	8	21	1	6	2	0	0
1921	BRO	N	37	114	10	27	1	11	.237	.256	.316	6	0	2	16	1	4	1	0	0
1922	BRO	N	36	93	15	22	0	11	.237	.304	.290	3	1	9	15	0	4	2	0	2
1923	BRO	N	40	126	15	30	0	15	.238	.284	.278	3	1	7	15	1	7	0	0	0
1924	BRO	N	40	124	11	37	0	7	.298	.331	.323	3	0	5	13	1	3	1	0	0
1925	BRO	N	34	96	12	24	1	14	.250	.308	.344	4	1	8	25	0	2	0	0	0
1926	BRO	N	31	81	4	18	0	9	.222	.259	.272	4	0	4	8	0	3	2	0	0
1927	NY	N	39	96	10	18	0	6	.188	.228	.229	4	0	5	16	0	5	0	0	0
1928	PIT	N	48	131	17	42	0	16	.321	.341	.397	8	1	4	15	0	5	1	0	0
1929	PIT	N	33	91	11	26	0	12	.286	.316	.385	3	3	4	10	0	2	0	0	0
1930	STL	N	23	57	9	15	0	10	.263	.323	.333	4	0	5	12	0	3	0	0	0
1930	BOS	N	11	16	3	3	0	3	.188	.235	.250	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
1930	TOT	N	34	73	12	18	0	13	.247	.304	.315	5	0	6	14	0	5	0	0	0
1931	STL	N	29	76	4	14	0	8	.184	.195	.184	0	0	1	10	0	9	0	0	0
1932	CHI	N	30	44	4	11	0	5	.250	.267	.273	1	0	0	9	1	5	1	0	0
1933	STL	N	4	5	1	1	0	1	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1933	CHI	N	17	20	1	3	0	4	.150	.190	.150	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	1
1933	TOT	N	21	25	2	4	0	5	.160	.192	.200	1	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	1
1934	STL	N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1934	PIT	N	8	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1934	NY	A	10	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1934	Total		22	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1934	TOT	N	12	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		622	1533	157	380	2	168	.248	.283	.307	62	11	69	241	5	76	15	0	3
Total	AL		10	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			632	1535	157	380	2	168	.248	.282	.306	62	11	69	241	5	76	15	0	3

Transactions

• Sold by Birmingham (Southern Association) to Pittsburgh Pirates (August 5, 1916).
• Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Chuck Ward and Al Mamaux to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Casey Stengel and George Cutshaw (January 9, 1918).
• Traded by Brooklyn Robins to New York Giants as part of 3-team trade in which Philadelphia Phillies sent George Harper to New York Giants; Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to Brooklyn Robins; and New York Giants sent Jack Scott and Fresco Thompson to Philadelphia Phillies (January 9, 1927).
• Traded by New York Giants to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Vic Aldridge (February 11, 1928).
• Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Boston Braves in exchange for Percy Jones and cash (April 9, 1930).
• Traded by Boston Braves to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Fred Frankhouse and Bill Sherdel (June 16, 1930).
• Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bud Teachout and Hack Wilson (December, 1931).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (July 30, 1933).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (July 31, 1933).
• Released by St. Louis Cardinals (May 15, 1934).
• Signed by New York Yankees (May 30, 1934).
• Released by New York Yankees (August 5, 1934).
• Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 8, 1934).
• Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 11, 1934).