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	24-9 / in Starts: 22-7
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 97 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	60 (29-17-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 97 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (32-20-12)

Most Driven In
C Hargreaves	6
E Sheely	3
A Comorosky	2
S Adams	1

Most Driven In By
D Bartell	5
L Waner	3
P Traynor	1
S Adams	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 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	464	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.60	0.017	1.43	0.03%	0.17	P
2	465	4 (2)	Apr 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	9	.72	-0.008	1.63	-0.01%	-0.45	P
3	466	6 (1)	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	1.18	-0.134	2.75	-0.19%	-1.05	P
4	467	10 (3)	Apr 29	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	9	.90	-0.023	2.23	-0.03%	-0.40	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
5	468	13 (2)	May 5	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	9	.37	-0.025	.77	-0.03%	-0.30	P
6	469	17 (3)	May 9	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.190	.200	.390	9	.92	-0.098	2.17	-0.14%	-0.88	P
7	470	21 (3)	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.174	.208	.304	.513	9	.68	0.068	1.77	0.11%	0.25	P
8	471	25 (3)	May 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.214	.296	.511	9	.95	-0.041	3.65	-0.10%	-0.81	P
9	472	29 (3)	May 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.179	.258	.286	.544	9	1.55	0.050	4.28	0.08%	-0.50	P
10	473	31 (1)	May 26 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,12-8	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.250	.276	.526	9	.31	-0.016	1.41	-0.04%	-0.51	P
11	474	32	May 26 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,7-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.250	.276	.526	9						P
12	475	37 (4)	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.306	.344	.649	9	.92	0.030	5.09	0.10%	0.60	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
13	476	40 (2)	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	W,14-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	9	.22	-0.021	.92	-0.05%	-2.06	P
14	477	44 (3)	Jun 8	PIT		BRO	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.295	.325	.620	9	.76	0.055	3.46	0.15%	0.25	P
15	478	48 (3)	Jun 12	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.304	.333	.638	9	.46	-0.001	2.36	0.00%	0.00	P
16	479	53 (4)	Jun 16 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.298	.326	.623	9	1.03	-0.027	4.37	-0.07%	-0.27	P
17	480	57 (3)	Jun 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,14-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.327	.354	.681	9	.47	0.019	2.96	0.07%	1.96	P
18	481	64 (6)	Jun 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.309	.333	.642	9	.77	-0.066	3.82	-0.20%	-0.83	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
19	482	68 (3)	Jul 3	PIT		STL	W,13-2	CG	5	5	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.350	.393	.743	9	.19	0.057	1.11	0.19%	2.08	P
20	483	73 (4)	Jul 8	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.283	.328	.367	.695	9	.39	-0.055	2.17	-0.18%	-0.12	P
21	484	77 (3)	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0	0	.281	.324	.359	.683	9						P
22	485	81 (3)	Jul 17 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.314	.348	.663	9	1.23	-0.066	6.58	-0.21%	-0.59	P
23	486	84 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.301	.333	.635	9	.91	-0.095	6.23	-0.39%	-1.08	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
24	487	112 (27)	Aug 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.311	.343	.654	9	1.67	-0.045	2.91	-0.05%	-0.21	P
25	488	117 (4)	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.308	.338	.646	9	1.25	-0.005	.47	0.00%	0.33	P
26	489	120 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,10-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.317	.372	.689	9	1.00	0.024	.04	0.00%	1.32	P
27	490	124 (3)	Aug 31	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.313	.367	.680	9	.64	-0.018	.25	0.00%	-0.29	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
28	491	127 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.318	.370	.688	9	1.40	0.068	.06	0.00%	0.57	P
29	492	130 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.307	.357	.664	9	.87	-0.094	.01	0.00%	-1.17	P
30	493	136 (5)	Sep 11 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.297	.345	.642	9	1.10	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.70	P
31	494	141 (4)	Sep 17	PIT		PHI	W,11-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.297	.345	.642	9						P
32	495	144 (2)	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.301	.348	.649	9	.99	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
33	496	149 (4)	Sep 28	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-5	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.316	.385	.700	9	.74	0.118	.00	0.00%	1.72	P
							24-9		97	91	11	26	3	3	0	12	4	0	12	0	2		0		0	1	.286	.316	.385	.700		.80	-0.429	2.15	-0.97%	-3.19

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