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Burleigh Grimes
Burleigh Arland Grimes
Ol' Stubblebeard
Induction Information
Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1964, Player
Born: August 18, 1893, in Emerald, Wisconsin
Died: December 6, 1985, in Clear Lake, Wisconsin
ML Debut: 9/10/1916
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: R Throws: R
Played For: Pittsburgh Pirates (1916-1917, 1928-1929, 1934), Brooklyn Dodgers (1918-1926), New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1930), St. Louis Cardinals (1930-1931, 1933-1934), Chicago Cubs (1932-1933), New York Yankees (1934)
Primary Team: Brooklyn Dodgers
Managed: Brooklyn Dodgers (1937-1938)
Post-Season: 1920 World Series, 1930 World Series, 1931 World Series, 1932 World Series
Pitching
Bio
Pitching for seven different franchises, fiery spitballer Burleigh Grimes posted five 20-win seasons and won 270 games over his 19-year career. Grimes was just 26 years old when the spitball was banned in 1920, but he was one of 17 veteran hurlers exempted from the ban. He continued using the pitch effectively, helping his teams to four World Series appearances and winning two Series games in 1931 at age 38 for the victorious St. Louis Cardinals. When he retired in 1934, he was the last of the legal spitballers.
Burleigh Arland Grimes
Ol' Stubblebeard
Induction Information
Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1964, Player
Born: August 18, 1893, in Emerald, Wisconsin
Died: December 6, 1985, in Clear Lake, Wisconsin
ML Debut: 9/10/1916
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: R Throws: R
Played For: Pittsburgh Pirates (1916-1917, 1928-1929, 1934), Brooklyn Dodgers (1918-1926), New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1930), St. Louis Cardinals (1930-1931, 1933-1934), Chicago Cubs (1932-1933), New York Yankees (1934)
Primary Team: Brooklyn Dodgers
Managed: Brooklyn Dodgers (1937-1938)
Post-Season: 1920 World Series, 1930 World Series, 1931 World Series, 1932 World Series
Pitching
Bio
Pitching for seven different franchises, fiery spitballer Burleigh Grimes posted five 20-win seasons and won 270 games over his 19-year career. Grimes was just 26 years old when the spitball was banned in 1920, but he was one of 17 veteran hurlers exempted from the ban. He continued using the pitch effectively, helping his teams to four World Series appearances and winning two Series games in 1931 at age 38 for the victorious St. Louis Cardinals. When he retired in 1934, he was the last of the legal spitballers.