Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes
Burleigh Grimes
	Grimes, c. 1916
	Pitcher / Manager
	Born: August 18, 1893; Emerald, Wisconsin, U.S.
	Died: December 6, 1985 (aged 92); Clear Lake, Wisconsin, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 10, 1916, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
	September 20, 1934, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	270–212
Earned run average	3.53
Strikeouts	1,512
Managerial record	131–171
Winning %	.434
	Stats at Baseball Reference
	Managerial record at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Pittsburgh Pirates (1916–1917); Brooklyn Robins (1918–1926); New York Giants (1927); Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–1929); Boston Braves (1930); St. Louis Cardinals (1930–1931); Chicago Cubs (1932–1933); St. Louis Cardinals (1933–1934); New York Yankees (1934); Pittsburgh Pirates (1934); As manager Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1938);
Career highlights and awards
	World Series champion (1931); 2× NL wins leader (1921, 1928); NL strikeout leader (1921);
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1964
Election method	Veterans Committee

Burleigh Arland Grimes (August 18, 1893 – December 6, 1985) was an American professional baseball player and manager, and the last major league pitcher who was officially permitted to throw the spitball. Grimes made the most of this advantage, as well as his unshaven, menacing presence on the mound, which earned him the nickname "Ol' Stubblebeard." In his career, Grimes won 270 games, with 190 of them occurring in the 1920s, the most for all pitchers in the decade. He pitched in the World Series four times in his nineteen-season career and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. A decade earlier, he had been inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.