Burleigh Grimes
Burleigh Arland Grimes
Born: August 18, 1893
Emerald, WI USA
Deceased: 1985
Clear Lake, WI USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175
Career: 1916-1934
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
Minor League Statistics
Burleigh Grimes compiled a career record of 270 wins and 212 losses in his 632-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Robins, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1916 season and last took the field during the 1934 campaign. Grimes was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
 Pittsburgh Pirates |
 Brooklyn Robins |
 New York Giants |
 St. Louis Cardinals |
 Boston Braves |
 Chicago Cubs |
 New York Yankees |
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.36 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 182 |
| 1917 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 16 | .158 | 3.53 | 37 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 194.0 | 186 | 101 | 76 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 824 |
| 1918 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.13 | 40 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 270.0 | 210 | 94 | 64 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 113 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1078 |
| 1919 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.47 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 181.3 | 179 | 97 | 70 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 791 |
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 23 | 11 | .676 | 2.22 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 303.7 | 271 | 101 | 75 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 131 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1246 |
| 1921 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 22 | 13 | .629 | 2.83 | 37 | 35 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 302.3 | 313 | 120 | 95 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 136 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1253 |
| 1922 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 17 | 14 | .548 | 4.76 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 259.0 | 324 | 157 | 137 | 17 | 84 | 0 | 99 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1153 |
| 1923 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 21 | 18 | .538 | 3.58 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 327.0 | 356 | 165 | 130 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 119 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1418 |
| 1924 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 22 | 13 | .629 | 3.82 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 310.7 | 351 | 161 | 132 | 15 | 91 | 0 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1345 |
| 1925 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 12 | 19 | .387 | 5.04 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 246.7 | 305 | 164 | 138 | 15 | 102 | 0 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1129 |
| 1926 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.71 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 225.3 | 238 | 114 | 93 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 996 |
| 1927 | NL | New York Giants | 19 | 8 | .704 | 3.54 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 259.7 | 274 | 116 | 102 | 12 | 87 | 0 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1103 |
| 1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 14 | .641 | 2.99 | 48 | 37 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 330.7 | 311 | 146 | 110 | 11 | 77 | 0 | 97 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1377 |
| 1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.13 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 232.7 | 245 | 108 | 81 | 11 | 70 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1004 |
| 1930 | NL | Boston Braves | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.35 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 72 | 53 | 40 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 239 |
| 1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.01 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 152.3 | 174 | 66 | 51 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 657 |
| 1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.65 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 212.3 | 240 | 97 | 86 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 914 |
| 1932 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.78 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 141.3 | 174 | 89 | 75 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 642 |
| 1933 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.49 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 69.7 | 71 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 296 |
| 1933 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.7 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 |
| 1934 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.52 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 1934 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.50 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
| 1934 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 130 |
| Totals | 270 | 212 | .560 | 3.53 | 616 | 497 | 94 | 314 | 35 | 18 | 4180.0 | 4412 | 2048 | 1638 | 148 | 1295 | 0 | 1512 | 97 | 12 | 92 | 17959 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 75 | 69 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .232 | .254 | .275 | .529 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 41 | 99 | 90 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .200 | .226 | .244 | .470 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 26 | 71 | 69 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .246 | .246 | .304 | .551 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 43 | 126 | 111 | 9 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 21 | .306 | .358 | .432 | .791 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 37 | 121 | 114 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .237 | .256 | .316 | .572 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 36 | 106 | 93 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .237 | .304 | .290 | .594 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 40 | 141 | 126 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .238 | .284 | .278 | .561 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 40 | 133 | 124 | 11 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .298 | .331 | .323 | .653 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 34 | 106 | 96 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .250 | .308 | .344 | .651 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | 31 | 88 | 81 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .222 | .259 | .272 | .530 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | NL | New York Giants | 39 | 106 | 96 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .188 | .228 | .229 | .457 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 48 | 140 | 131 | 17 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .321 | .341 | .397 | .738 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 97 | 91 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .286 | .316 | .385 | .700 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | NL | Boston Braves | 11 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .235 | .250 | .485 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 65 | 57 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .263 | .323 | .333 | .656 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 86 | 76 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .184 | .195 | .184 | .379 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .267 | .273 | .539 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 17 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1934 | AL | New York Yankees | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 632 | 1685 | 1535 | 157 | 380 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 168 | 15 | 4 | 69 | 241 | .248 | .282 | .306 | .588 | 470 | 1 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 2.833 | |
| 1917 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 62 | 6 | 3 | .922 | 1.919 | |
| 1918 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 94 | 5 | 1 | .955 | 2.650 | |
| 1919 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 50 | 3 | 3 | .954 | 2.480 | |
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 95 | 7 | 2 | .941 | 2.800 | |
| 1921 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 89 | 2 | 5 | .981 | 2.865 | |
| 1922 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 79 | 6 | 2 | .938 | 2.528 | |
| 1923 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 101 | 10 | 6 | .921 | 3.000 | |
| 1924 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 91 | 4 | 5 | .967 | 3.053 | |
| 1925 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 92 | 7 | 11 | .940 | 3.333 | |
| 1926 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 72 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 2.533 | |
| 1927 | NL | New York Giants | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 71 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 2.231 | |
| 1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 106 | 4 | 6 | .966 | 2.396 | |
| 1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 65 | 3 | 5 | .962 | 2.273 | |
| 1930 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.182 | |
| 1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.909 | |
| 1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 57 | 4 | 3 | .948 | 2.517 | |
| 1932 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 4 | .957 | 1.500 | |
| 1933 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.294 | |
| 1933 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1934 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | |
| 1934 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | |
| 1934 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | |
| Totals | 616 | 0 | 0.0 | 225 | 1252 | 71 | 74 | .954 | 2.398 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | WS | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19.3 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| 1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.04 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 1932 | NL | Chicago Cubs | WS | 0 | 0 | 23.63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Totals | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 56.7 | 49 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 238 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | WS | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | NL | Chicago Cubs | WS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .316 | .316 | .316 | .632 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | NL | Brooklyn Robins | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 19.3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 3.724 | 2.667 |
| 1930 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.500 |
| 1931 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 17.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.528 | 1.500 |
| 1932 | NL | Chicago Cubs | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 9 | 7 | 56.7 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.224 | 1.556 |
Awards
1918 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1920 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1921 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1924 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1928 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1929 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
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