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Burleigh Grimes
Full name Burleigh Arland Grimes Born August 18, 1893, Emerald, Wisconsin Died December 6, 1985, Clear Lake, Wisconsin Buried at Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Wisconsin (Block 88- Lot 3- Space 2) First Game: September 10, 1916 ; Final Game: September 20, 1934 Managed First Game: April 20, 1937 ; Managed Final Game: October 2, 1938 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 175 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1964 Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1929) Ejections as player: 1918 (1), 1919 (1), 1920 (1), 1924 (2), 1925 (2), 1927 (1), 1930 (2), 1931 (1), 1932 (1). Total: 12 Ejections as manager: 1937 (9) , 1938 (6) . Total: 15 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1916 PIT N Daily Splits 6 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 0.0 1916 PIT N
1917 PIT N Daily Splits 42 69 7 16 3 0 0 4 2 0 18 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 .232 .254 .275 0.0 1917 PIT N
1918 BRO N Daily Splits 41 90 5 18 2 1 0 4 3 0 14 0 6 0 0 1 2 0 .200 .226 .244 0.0 1918 BRO N
1919 BRO N Daily Splits 26 69 8 17 4 0 0 12 0 0 10 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 .246 .246 .304 0.0 1919 BRO N
1920 BRO N Daily Splits 43 111 9 34 8 3 0 16 8 0 21 1 6 0 2 0 2 2 .306 .358 .432 0.0 1920 BRO N
1921 BRO N Daily Splits 37 114 10 27 6 0 1 11 2 0 16 1 4 0 3 1 1 1 .237 .256 .316 0.0 1921 BRO N
1922 BRO N Daily Splits 36 93 15 22 3 1 0 11 9 0 15 0 4 0 4 2 2 0 .237 .304 .290 0.0 1922 BRO N
1923 BRO N Daily Splits 40 126 15 30 3 1 0 15 7 0 15 1 7 0 3 5 0 0 .238 .284 .278 0.0 1923 BRO N
1924 BRO N Daily Splits 40 124 11 37 3 0 0 7 5 0 13 1 3 0 2 3 1 1 .298 .331 .323 0.0 1924 BRO N
1925 BRO N Daily Splits 34 96 12 24 4 1 1 14 8 0 25 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 .250 .308 .344 0.0 1925 BRO N
1926 BRO N Daily Splits 31 81 4 18 4 0 0 9 4 0 8 0 3 0 2 5 2 0 .222 .259 .272 0.0 1926 BRO N
1927 NY N Daily Splits 39 96 10 18 4 0 0 6 5 0 16 0 5 0 2 5 0 0 .188 .228 .229 0.0 1927 NY N
1928 PIT N Daily Splits 48 131 17 42 8 1 0 16 4 0 15 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 .321 .341 .397 0.0 1928 PIT N
1929 PIT N Daily Splits 33 91 11 26 3 3 0 12 4 0 10 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 .286 .316 .385 0.0 1929 PIT N
1930 BOS N Daily Splits 11 16 3 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 .188 .235 .250 0.0 1930 BOS N
1930 STL N Daily Splits 23 57 9 15 4 0 0 10 5 0 12 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 .263 .323 .333 0.0 1930 STL N
1930 TOT N 34 73 12 18 5 0 0 13 6 0 14 0 5 0 4 3 0 1 .247 .304 .315 0.0 1930 TOT N
1931 STL N Daily Splits 29 76 4 14 0 0 0 8 1 0 10 0 9 0 2 2 0 0 .184 .195 .184 0.0 1931 STL N
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 30 44 4 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 .250 .267 .273 0.0 1932 CHI N
1933 CHI N Daily Splits 17 20 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .150 .190 .150 0.0 1933 CHI N
1933 STL N Daily Splits 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 0.0 1933 STL N
1933 TOT N 21 25 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .160 .192 .200 0.0 1933 TOT N
1934 STL N Daily Splits 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1934 STL N
1934 NY A Daily Splits 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1934 NY A
1934 PIT N Daily Splits 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0.0 1934 PIT N
1934 TOT N 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0.0 1934 TOT N
1934 Total 22 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 0.0 1934 Total
Total NL (19 Years) 622 1533 157 380 62 11 2 168 69 0 241 5 76 0 33 37 15 6 .248 .283 .307 0.0 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year ) 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Total AL
Total (19 Years) Splits 632 1535 157 380 62 11 2 168 69 0 241 5 76 0 33 38 15 6 .248 .282 .306 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1920 BRO N Daily Splits 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1920 BRO N
1930 STL N Daily Splits 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 1930 STL N
1931 STL N Daily Splits 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 1931 STL N
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1932 CHI N
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 9 19 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .316 .316 .316 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1916 PIT N Daily Splits 6 5 4 0 0 0 45.2 40 182 1 19 12 10 0 20 6 1 0 0 4 3 3 7 2 3 2.36 2.80 0.0 1916 PIT N
1917 PIT N Daily Splits 37 17 8 1 18 0 194 186 824 5 101 76 70 4 72 33 5 6 2 15 16 8 34 3 16 3.53 2.53 -1.3 1917 PIT N
1918 BRO N Daily Splits 40 30 19 7 9 1 270 210 1078 3 94 64 76 3 113 27 11 4 2 26 8 9 34 19 9 2.13 3.34 1.9 1918 BRO N
1919 BRO N Daily Splits 25 21 13 1 4 0 181.1 179 791 2 97 70 60 2 82 25 7 7 3 31 12 9 34 10 11 3.47 4.00 -1.1 1919 BRO N
1920 BRO N Daily Splits 40 33 25 5 6 2 303.2 271 1246 5 101 75 67 6 131 34 9 4 0 29 11 11 38 23 11 2.22 4.73 4.9 1920 BRO N
1921 BRO N Daily Splits 37 35 30 2 1 0 302.1 313 1253 6 120 95 76 9 136 31 6 5 0 28 21 22 32 22 13 2.83 4.34 4.0 1921 BRO N
1922 BRO N Daily Splits 36 34 18 1 2 1 259 324 1168 17 159 137 84 3 99 24 6 7 1 43 15 20 38 17 14 4.76 5.21 -1.1 1922 BRO N
1923 BRO N Daily Splits 39 38 33 2 1 0 327 356 1418 9 165 130 100 7 119 37 6 11 0 53 18 20 47 21 18 3.58 4.92 1.8 1923 BRO N
1924 BRO N Daily Splits 38 36 30 1 1 1 310.2 351 1345 15 161 132 91 0 135 23 5 6 0 51 25 20 37 22 13 3.82 5.03 0.6 1924 BRO N
1925 BRO N Daily Splits 33 31 19 0 2 0 246.2 305 1129 15 164 138 102 5 73 32 8 7 0 46 18 26 29 12 19 5.04 5.42 -1.5 1925 BRO N
1926 BRO N Daily Splits 30 29 18 1 1 0 225.1 238 996 4 114 93 88 1 64 40 4 5 1 38 13 14 31 12 13 3.71 4.34 0.5 1926 BRO N
1927 NY N Daily Splits 39 34 15 2 4 2 259.2 274 1103 12 116 102 87 3 102 20 4 4 0 37 11 26 16 19 8 3.54 5.29 1.3 1927 NY N
1928 PIT N Daily Splits 48 37 28 4 9 3 330.2 311 1377 11 146 110 77 6 97 39 3 9 1 53 13 17 34 25 14 2.99 6.62 4.9 1928 PIT N
1929 PIT N Daily Splits 33 29 18 2 4 2 232.2 245 1004 11 108 81 70 1 62 20 0 4 0 34 4 17 33 17 7 3.13 6.48 4.0 1929 PIT N
1930 BOS N Daily Splits 11 9 1 0 2 0 49 72 239 4 53 40 22 0 15 10 0 3 0 19 5 4 5 3 5 7.35 6.33 -2.0 1930 BOS N
1930 STL N Daily Splits 22 19 10 1 3 0 152.1 174 657 5 66 51 43 5 58 16 7 4 0 32 10 19 13 13 6 3.01 7.00 3.6 1930 STL N
1930 TOT N 33 28 11 1 5 0 201.1 246 896 9 119 91 65 5 73 26 7 7 0 51 15 23 18 16 11 4.07 6.79 1.6 1930 TOT N
1931 STL N Daily Splits 29 28 17 3 1 0 212.1 240 914 11 97 86 59 5 67 6 2 10 1 32 7 24 13 17 9 3.65 5.14 0.8 1931 STL N
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 30 18 5 1 6 1 141.1 174 642 8 89 75 50 2 36 6 2 1 1 34 9 15 18 6 11 4.78 4.67 -1.6 1932 CHI N
1933 CHI N Daily Splits 17 7 3 1 6 3 69.2 71 296 2 29 27 29 0 12 10 3 1 0 11 6 13 3 3 6 3.49 4.29 -0.1 1933 CHI N
1933 STL N Daily Splits 4 3 0 0 1 1 13.2 15 67 1 13 8 8 2 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 5.27 6.00 -0.4 1933 STL N
1933 TOT N 21 10 3 1 7 4 83.1 86 363 3 42 35 37 2 16 11 4 2 0 14 6 14 8 3 7 3.78 4.80 -0.5 1933 TOT N
1934 STL N Daily Splits 4 0 0 0 2 0 7.2 5 30 1 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3.52 - 0.2 1934 STL N
1934 NY A Daily Splits 10 0 0 0 9 1 18 22 85 0 11 11 14 3 5 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 5.50 - -0.3 1934 NY A
1934 PIT N Daily Splits 8 4 0 0 3 0 27.1 36 130 0 24 22 10 1 9 3 1 1 0 5 3 1 3 1 2 7.24 3.50 -0.8 1934 PIT N
1934 TOT N 12 4 0 0 5 0 35 41 160 1 27 25 12 1 10 3 1 1 0 5 3 2 4 3 3 6.43 3.50 -0.6 1934 TOT N
1934 Total 22 4 0 0 14 1 53 63 245 1 38 36 26 4 15 4 2 2 0 9 5 3 4 4 5 6.11 3.50 -0.9 1934 Total
Total NL (19 Years) 606 497 314 35 86 17 4162 4390 17889 148 2039 1627 1281 65 1507 443 91 100 12 624 228 300 505 269 210 3.52 5.00 18.6 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year ) 10 0 0 0 9 1 18 22 85 0 11 11 14 3 5 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 5.50 - -0.3 Total AL
Total (19 Years) Splits 616 497 314 35 95 18 4180 4412 17974 148 2050 1638 1295 68 1512 444 92 101 12 628 230 301 505 270 212 3.53 5.00 18.3 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1920 BRO N Daily Splits 3 3 1 1 0 0 19.1 23 88 2 10 9 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 2 4.19 1.33 1920 BRO N
1930 STL N Daily Splits 2 2 2 0 0 0 17 10 65 3 7 7 6 1 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 3.71 1.00 1930 STL N
1931 STL N Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.2 9 68 1 4 4 9 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2.04 4.50 1931 STL N
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 7 17 2 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.62 - 1932 CHI N
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 9 7 4 1 1 0 56.2 49 238 8 28 27 26 2 28 2 0 1 1 0 6 4 4 1 3 4 4.29 2.14 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1916 PIT N Daily Splits P 6 5 4 45.2 1 16 3 1 0 2 9 5 0 .850
1917 PIT N Daily Splits P 37 17 8 191.1 9 62 6 3 0 5 40 20 3 .922
1918 BRO N Daily Splits P 40 29 19 270.1 12 94 5 1 0 6 37 25 4 .955
1919 BRO N Daily Splits P 25 21 13 181.1 12 50 3 3 0 6 36 8 3 .954
1920 BRO N Daily Splits P 40 33 25 303.2 17 95 7 2 0 8 40 22 2 .941
1921 BRO N Daily Splits P 37 35 30 302.1 17 89 2 5 0 9 29 30 0 .981
1922 BRO N Daily Splits P 36 34 18 259 12 79 6 2 0 3 31 24 1 .938
1923 BRO N Daily Splits P 39 38 33 326.2 16 101 10 6 0 5 29 33 5 .921
1924 BRO N Daily Splits P 38 36 30 309.2 25 91 4 5 0 6 25 25 2 .967
1925 BRO N Daily Splits P 33 31 19 245.2 18 92 7 11 0 3 24 16 1 .940
1926 BRO N Daily Splits P 30 29 18 226.1 4 72 3 1 0 0 11 21 0 .962
1927 NY N Daily Splits P 39 34 15 259.2 16 71 0 9 0 2 16 15 0 1.000
1928 PIT N Daily Splits P 48 37 28 330.2 9 106 4 6 0 4 24 20 4 .966
1929 PIT N Daily Splits P 33 29 18 232.2 10 65 3 5 1 3 21 11 2 .962
1930 BOS N Daily Splits P 11 9 1 49 3 10 1 1 0 1 3 5 0 .929
1930 STL N Daily Splits P 22 19 10 152.1 5 37 0 3 0 0 1 4 1 1.000
1930 TOT N P 33 28 11 201.1 8 47 1 4 0 1 4 9 1 .982
1931 STL N Daily Splits P 29 28 17 212.1 16 57 4 3 0 0 7 9 0 .948
1932 CHI N Daily Splits P 30 18 5 141.1 12 33 2 4 0 3 3 3 1 .957
1933 CHI N Daily Splits P 17 7 3 69.2 6 16 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1933 STL N Daily Splits P 4 3 0 13.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1933 TOT N P 21 10 3 83.1 6 16 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 .957
1934 STL N Daily Splits P 4 0 0 7.2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1934 NY A Daily Splits P 10 0 0 18 1 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1.000
1934 PIT N Daily Splits P 8 4 0 27.1 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1934 TOT N P 12 4 0 35 4 9 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1934 Total P 22 4 0 53 5 16 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 1.000
Total (19 Years) Splits P 616 496 314 4176.1 225 1252 71 74 1 67 393 297 30 .954
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1920 BRO N Daily Splits P 3 3 1 19.1 1 7 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 .889
1930 STL N Daily Splits P 2 2 2 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1931 STL N Daily Splits P 2 2 1 17.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1932 CHI N Daily Splits P 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 4 Years) Splits P 9 7 4 56.2 1 13 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 .933
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1937 BRO N 155 62 91 .405 616 772 6
1938 BRO N 151 69 80 .463 704 710 7
Total ( 2 Years) 306 131 171 .434 1320 1482
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1955 KC A 4-12 9-25
Total ( 1 Year )
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
8-31-1918(1) BOX BRO N Pete Harrison Call at 3B
6- 2-1919(1) BOX BRO N Ernie Quigley Call at 1B
7-22-1920 BOX BRO N Pete Harrison Bench jockeying
6-21-1924 BOX BRO N Frank Wilson Call at 1B
9-19-1924 BOX BRO N Cy Pfirman Bench jockeying
7- 5-1925(2) BOX BRO N Peter McLaughlin Balls and strikes (Pushed umpire)
8- 7-1925 BOX BRO N Cy Pfirman Fighting
7-22-1927 BOX NY N Cy Pfirman Bench jockeying
5- 9-1930 BOX BOS N Michael Donohue Balls and strikes
7- 2-1930 BOX STL N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes
5-20-1931 BOX STL N Charlie Moran Bench jockeying
8-20-1932 BOX CHI N Charlie Moran Bench jockeying
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-25-1937 BOX BRO N Tiny Parker Call at 3B
4-26-1937 BOX BRO N Larry Goetz Check swing
5-25-1937 BOX BRO N George Magerkurth Balls and strikes
6- 2-1937 BOX BRO N Beans Reardon Loose tape on bat
7-16-1937 BOX BRO N Tiny Parker Balls and strikes
8-21-1937 BOX BRO N Charlie Moran Interference call
9- 3-1937 BOX BRO N Larry Goetz Balls and strikes
9-12-1937(2) BOX BRO N George Barr Call at 1B
10- 3-1937 BOX BRO N Tiny Parker Check swing
5- 1-1938 BOX BRO N George Barr Balls and strikes
5-18-1938 BOX BRO N Larry Goetz Called third strike
7- 9-1938 BOX BRO N Dolly Stark Balls and strikes
7-14-1938 BOX BRO N Bill Klem Call at 3B
7-26-1938 BOX BRO N Ziggy Sears Call at 2B (Reversed)
8- 7-1938(2) BOX BRO N Larry Goetz Fan interference call (Covered face with handkerchief)
Transaction Information
Traded by Birmingham (Southern Association) to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for 4
players to be named later (August 5, 1916 ); Birmingham (Southern Association)
received Larry Douglas and Barney Cleveland (September 12, 1916 ) and Doc Johnston
(October 13, 1916 ) and Carmen Hill (1917).
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 11, 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 28, 1934 ).
Released by New York Yankees (July 31, 1934 ).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 8, 1934 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 11, 1934 ).
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