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	26-17 / in Starts: 22-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 126 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	84 (46-22-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 126 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (39-26-15)

Most Driven In
P Kilduff	10
E Konetchy	3
T Griffith	1
H Myers	1
O Miller	1
Z Taylor	0

Most Driven In By
J Johnston	6
I Olson	3

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 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	116	4 (3)	Apr 19	BRO		BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	1	1.000	1.000	1.667	2.667	9	.80	0.079	2.21	0.13%	1.18	P
2	117	8 (3)	Apr 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.714	.714	1.143	1.857	9	1.87	-0.026	6.28	-0.05%	-0.32	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
3	118	14 (5)	May 2	BRO		PHI	L,3-4	GS-13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.545	.800	1.345	9	2.10	-0.159	7.35	-0.33%	-0.58	P
4	119	16 (1)	May 5	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.545	.800	1.345	9						P
5	120	18 (1)	May 7	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.545	.800	1.345	9						P
6	121	21 (2)	May 14	BRO	@	STL	W,5-1	CG(14)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.438	.600	1.038	9	1.31	-0.158	3.63	-0.26%	-0.72	P
7	122	25 (3)	May 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.421	.667	1.088	9	.64	0.034	2.36	0.08%	0.57	P
8	123	29 (3)	May 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.476	.500	.810	1.310	9	1.53	0.394	5.67	0.88%	1.74	P
9	124	35 (5)	May 31 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.542	.560	.833	1.393	9	.85	0.163	3.33	0.38%	2.48	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
10	125	38 (2)	Jun 2	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.520	.538	.800	1.338	9	2.22	-0.048	9.44	-0.12%	-0.45	PH
11	126	41 (2)	Jun 6	BRO		NYG	W,8-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.481	.517	.741	1.258	9	.23	-0.017	1.08	-0.05%	-0.20	P
12	127	45 (3)	Jun 10	BRO		STL	L,3-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.467	.500	.700	1.200	9	.77	0.061	4.17	0.20%	0.35	P
13	128	49 (3)	Jun 14	BRO		CIN	W,9-7	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.484	.515	.710	1.225	9	4.87	0.189	26.26	0.61%	1.63	P
14	129	52 (2)	Jun 20	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	CG	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.500	.556	.719	1.274	9	1.79	0.137	7.60	0.35%	0.54	P
15	130	53	Jun 22	BRO		PIT	L,7-9	3-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.486	.538	.714	1.253	9	.86	0.052	3.35	0.12%	0.37	P
16	131	59 (5)	Jun 26 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.472	.537	.694	1.231	9	.97	-0.005	3.75	-0.01%	0.00	P
17	132	64 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.436	.500	.641	1.141	9	.53	-0.041	1.60	-0.08%	-0.43	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
18	133	69 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.419	.479	.605	1.084	9	.44	-0.027	1.56	-0.06%	-0.23	P
19	134	73 (3)	Jul 8	BRO	@	STL	W,14-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.396	.453	.563	1.015	9	.18	0.043	1.01	0.14%	-0.59	P
20	135	78 (4)	Jul 12 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,13-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.439	.538	.977	9	.43	0.012	2.81	0.05%	-0.27	P
21	136	81 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.439	.538	.977	9						P
22	137	84 (2)	Jul 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.410	.500	.910	9	1.11	-0.097	9.68	-0.51%	-0.94	P
23	138	88 (3)	Jul 20	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.391	.475	.865	9	1.05	-0.075	9.53	-0.41%	-0.48	P
24	139	92 (3)	Jul 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.388	.459	.847	9	1.01	0.119	6.76	0.48%	1.09	P
25	140	96 (3)	Jul 28	BRO		CIN	W,9-0	CG	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.408	.492	.901	9	.32	0.068	3.07	0.40%	1.29	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
26	141	100 (3)	Aug 1	BRO		STL	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.413	.485	.899	9	.33	0.001	2.15	0.00%	0.55	P
27	142	101	Aug 2	BRO		STL	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.408	.478	.886	9	.44	-0.011	2.99	-0.04%	-0.14	PH
28	143	103 (1)	Aug 5	BRO		PIT	L,5-8	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.400	.493	.893	9	1.87	0.138	15.95	0.71%	1.35	P
29	144	106 (2)	Aug 9	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.386	.474	.859	9	1.40	-0.097	9.90	-0.41%	-0.82	P
30	145	109 (2)	Aug 12	BRO		CHC	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.381	.468	.848	9	.07	-0.002	.48	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
31	146	110	Aug 13	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.375	.469	.844	9	.64	0.069	5.53	0.36%	0.19	P
32	147	112 (1)	Aug 15	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	8-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.367	.458	.824	9	2.99	-0.157	20.80	-0.66%	-0.51	P
33	148	113	Aug 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-11	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		1	0	.314	.366	.453	.819	9	2.16	0.193	24.60	1.33%	0.96	P
34	149	118 (4)	Aug 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.365	.449	.814	9	1.62	0.068	13.15	0.33%	0.50	P
35	150	122 (3)	Aug 28	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.364	.446	.809	9	1.22	-0.031	10.26	-0.16%	-0.15	P
Sep/Oct		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
36	151	127 (4)	Sep 3	BRO		PHI	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.323	.369	.448	.817	9	.62	-0.030	5.54	-0.17%	-0.49	P
37	152	131 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.377	.459	.837	9	.62	0.027	5.90	0.16%	0.37	P
38	153	135 (3)	Sep 9	BRO		STL	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.320	.370	.450	.820	9	1.72	-0.090	17.31	-0.54%	-0.86	P
39	154	139 (3)	Sep 12	BRO		CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.366	.452	.818	9	.58	-0.048	5.03	-0.25%	-0.45	P
40	155	144 (4)	Sep 16	BRO		CIN	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0		1	0	.308	.362	.439	.801	9	.57	-0.021	3.40	-0.08%	-0.41	P
41	156	146 (1)	Sep 18	BRO		CIN	L,5-11	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.362	.439	.801	9						P
42	157	150 (3)	Sep 25	BRO		NYG	L,0-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.356	.431	.787	9	.72	-0.034	2.68	-0.08%	-0.36	P
43	158	154 (3)	Oct 2	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.358	.432	.791	9	.64	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
							26-17		126	111	9	34	8	3	0	16	8	0	21	1	4		0		2	2	.306	.358	.432	.791		1.06	0.653	6.63	2.43%	5.31

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