Burleigh Grimes

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1916-1934)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1964
W–L 270–212
ERA 3.53
WHIP 1.37
SO 1,512
Pitcher PIV 18820.5
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'10" / 175 lb
Born
8/18/1893 in Emerald, WI, USA
Died
12/6/1985 in Clear Lake, WI, USA
MLB Debut
1916-09-10
Last Game
1934-09-20
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1964 (BBWAA)

Full name: Burleigh Arland Grimes

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
270 212 616 497 314 35 18 4180.0 4,412 1,638 148 1,295 1,512 3.53 18820.5

Career ERA 3.53 vs. league average 3.93 across their career seasons — 10.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1916 PIT NL 2 3 6 5 4 0 0 45.7 40 12 10 20 2.36 2.78 (+15%) 392.0
1917 PIT NL 3 16 37 17 8 1 0 194.0 186 76 70 72 3.53 2.69 (-31%) -1742.2
1918 BRO NL 19 9 40 30 19 7 1 270.0 210 64 76 113 2.13 2.83 (+25%) 2440.9
1919 BRO NL 10 11 25 21 13 1 0 181.3 179 70 60 82 3.47 3.09 (-13%) 1409.7
1920 BRO NL 23 11 40 33 25 5 2 303.7 271 75 67 131 2.22 3.45 (+35%) 4847.5
1921 BRO NL 22 13 37 35 30 2 0 302.3 313 95 76 136 2.83 4.02 (+30%) 5574.9
1922 BRO NL 17 14 36 34 18 1 1 259.0 324 137 84 99 4.76 4.18 (-14%) -1026.1
1923 BRO NL 21 18 39 38 33 2 0 327.0 356 130 100 119 3.58 4.03 (+11%) 3068.8
1924 BRO NL 22 13 38 36 30 1 1 310.7 351 132 91 135 3.82 4.13 (+7%) 1871.0
1925 BRO NL 12 19 33 31 19 0 0 246.7 305 138 102 73 5.04 4.55 (-11%) -3543.3
1926 BRO NL 12 13 30 29 18 1 0 225.3 238 93 88 64 3.71 4.11 (+10%) 808.0
1927 NY1 NL 19 8 39 34 15 2 2 259.7 274 102 87 102 3.54 4.08 (+13%) 863.0
1928 PIT NL 25 14 48 37 28 4 3 330.7 311 110 77 97 2.99 4.13 (+28%) 3665.1
1929 PIT NL 17 7 33 29 18 2 2 232.7 245 81 70 62 3.13 4.60 (+32%) 1345.9
1930 BSN NL 3 5 11 9 1 0 0 49.0 72 40 22 15 7.35 4.80 (-53%) -964.0
1930 SLN NL 13 6 22 19 10 1 0 152.3 174 51 43 58 3.01 4.80 (+37%) 2367.6
1931 SLN NL 17 9 29 28 17 3 0 212.3 240 86 59 67 3.65 4.10 (+11%) -299.5
1932 CHN NL 6 11 30 18 5 1 1 141.3 174 75 50 36 4.78 4.13 (-16%) -1093.0
1933 CHN NL 3 6 17 7 3 1 3 69.7 71 27 29 12 3.49 3.86 (+10%) -654.2
1933 SLN NL 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 13.7 15 8 8 4 5.27 3.86 (-37%) -477.1
1934 SLN NL 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 7.7 5 3 2 1 3.52 — 0.0
1934 NYA AL 1 2 10 0 0 0 1 18.0 22 11 14 5 5.50 4.29 (-28%) -393.1
1934 PIT NL 1 2 8 4 0 0 0 27.3 36 22 10 9 7.24 4.29 (-69%) 358.9
Career · 23 seasons 270 212 616 497 314 35 18 4,180.0 4,412 1,638 1,295 1,512 3.53 — 18,821

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
632 1,535 157 380 62 11 2 168 15 69 241 .248 .282 .306 .588 -4,069

Career AVG .248 vs. league average .277 across their career seasons — 10.6% below league average.

Career OBP .282 vs. league average .339 across their career seasons — 16.7% below league average.

Career SLG .306 vs. league average .384 across their career seasons — 20.3% below league average.

Career OPS .588 vs. league average .723 across their career seasons — 18.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1916 PIT NL 6 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .176 — — — — 0.0
1917 PIT NL 42 69 7 16 3 0 0 4 2 2 18 .232 .248 (-7%) .312 (-19%) .323 (-15%) .635 (-17%) -179.7
1918 BRO NL 41 90 5 18 2 1 0 4 2 3 14 .200 .255 (-22%) .318 (-29%) .326 (-25%) .645 (-27%) -373.1
1919 BRO NL 26 69 8 17 4 0 0 12 1 0 10 .246 .262 (-6%) .322 (-24%) .347 (-13%) .670 (-18%) -205.1
1920 BRO NL 43 111 9 34 8 3 0 16 2 8 21 .306 .271 (+13%) .331 (+8%) .363 (+19%) .694 (+14%) 230.3
1921 BRO NL 37 114 10 27 6 0 1 11 1 2 16 .237 .286 (-17%) .344 (-26%) .395 (-20%) .739 (-23%) -437.0
1922 BRO NL 36 93 15 22 3 1 0 11 2 9 15 .237 .285 (-17%) .345 (-12%) .397 (-27%) .743 (-20%) -297.3
1923 BRO NL 40 126 15 30 3 1 0 15 0 7 15 .238 .282 (-16%) .344 (-18%) .390 (-29%) .734 (-24%) -479.5
1924 BRO NL 40 124 11 37 3 0 0 7 1 5 13 .298 .283 (+5%) .345 (-4%) .389 (-17%) .734 (-11%) -210.6
1925 BRO NL 34 96 12 24 4 1 1 14 0 8 25 .250 .288 (-13%) .349 (-12%) .407 (-16%) .756 (-14%) -226.2
1926 BRO NL 31 81 4 18 4 0 0 9 2 4 8 .222 .279 (-21%) .345 (-25%) .390 (-30%) .735 (-28%) -374.4
1927 NY1 NL 39 96 10 18 4 0 0 6 0 5 16 .188 .282 (-34%) .344 (-34%) .392 (-42%) .736 (-38%) -599.1
1928 PIT NL 48 131 17 42 8 1 0 16 1 4 15 .321 .280 (+14%) .342 (-1%) .395 (avg) .737 (avg) -22.3
1929 PIT NL 33 91 11 26 3 3 0 12 0 4 10 .286 .289 (-1%) .353 (-11%) .415 (-7%) .769 (-9%) -161.1
1930 BSN NL 11 16 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .188 — — — — 0.0
1930 SLN NL 23 57 9 15 4 0 0 10 0 5 12 .263 .293 (-10%) .354 (-9%) .429 (-22%) .784 (-16%) 0.0
1931 SLN NL 29 76 4 14 0 0 0 8 0 1 10 .184 .276 (-33%) .338 (-42%) .388 (-53%) .726 (-48%) -578.6
1932 CHN NL 30 44 4 11 1 0 0 5 1 0 9 .250 — — — — 0.0
1933 CHN NL 17 20 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 .150 — — — — 0.0
1933 SLN NL 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .200 — — — — 0.0
1934 SLN NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1934 NYA AL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1934 PIT NL 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 — — — — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 632 1,535 157 380 62 11 2 168 15 69 241 .248 — — — — -3,914

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
9 19 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 .316

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1932 WS CHN 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1931 WS SLN 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .286
1930 WS SLN 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400
1920 WS BRO 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 4 9 7 0 56.7 49 27 26 28 4.29

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1932 WS CHN 0 0 2 0 0 2.7 7 7 2 0 23.62
1931 WS SLN 2 0 2 2 0 17.7 9 4 9 11 2.04
1930 WS SLN 0 2 2 2 0 17.0 10 7 6 13 3.71
1920 WS BRO 1 2 3 3 0 19.3 23 9 9 4 4.19

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home32372494192097.265
Away30981263188272.232

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home3102128.022347876177933.33
Away3062048.121868586817313.77

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1934-09-20 PITBROL 000000000
1934-09-18 PITBROL 000000000
1934-09-10 PITNY1W 000000000
1934-08-28 PITBSNL 000000000
1934-08-23 PITPHIW 000000000
1934-08-18 PITBROL 301000000
1934-08-14 PITNY1W 200000001
1934-08-08 PITCHCL 200000000
1934-07-17 NYYCLEL 000000000
1934-07-14 NYYDETL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1934-09-20 PITBRO — 1.0000010
1934-09-18 PITBRO — 1.2410010
1934-09-10 PITNY1 W 2.0311000
1934-08-28 PITBSN L 0.1433000
1934-08-23 PITPHI — 1.1544000
1934-08-18 PITBRO L 8.1555220
1934-08-14 PITNY1 — 8.0622430
1934-08-08 PITCHC — 4.2987420
1934-07-17 NYYCLE — 1.0322200
1934-07-14 NYYDET L 0.1211100

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 616 0 225 1252 71 74

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1916 PIT P 6 0 1 16 3 1
1917 PIT P 37 0 9 62 6 3
1918 BRO P 40 0 12 94 5 1
1919 BRO P 25 0 12 50 3 3
1920 BRO P 40 0 17 95 7 2
1921 BRO P 37 0 17 89 2 5
1922 BRO P 36 0 12 79 6 2
1923 BRO P 39 0 16 101 10 6
1924 BRO P 38 0 25 91 4 5
1925 BRO P 33 0 18 92 7 11
1926 BRO P 30 0 4 72 3 1
1927 NY1 P 39 0 16 71 0 9
1928 PIT P 48 0 9 106 4 6
1929 PIT P 33 0 10 65 3 5
1930 BSN P 11 0 3 10 1 1
1930 SLN P 22 0 5 37 0 3
1931 SLN P 29 0 16 57 4 3
1932 CHN P 30 0 12 33 2 4
1933 CHN P 17 0 6 16 0 2
1933 SLN P 4 0 0 0 1 0
1934 SLN P 4 0 1 2 0 1
1934 NYA P 10 0 1 7 0 0
1934 PIT P 8 0 3 7 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 616

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1929 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1929 TSN All-Star P
1928 Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1924 Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1924 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1921 Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1920 Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1920 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1918 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1929 Most Valuable Player NL 4th 35.0 80 0
1928 Most Valuable Player NL 3rd 53.0 80 0
1927 Most Valuable Player NL 18th 4.0 80 0
1924 Most Valuable Player NL 15th 5.0 80 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Burleigh Grimes (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Ted Lyons HOF
    260-230, 3.67 ERA
  2. 94
    Red Ruffing HOF
    273-225, 3.80 ERA
  3. 92
    Red Faber HOF
    254-213, 3.15 ERA
  4. 89
    Joe Niekro
    221-204, 3.59 ERA
  5. 84
    Mel Harder
    223-186, 3.80 ERA
  6. 83
    Jerry Reuss
    220-191, 3.64 ERA

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Frequently Asked Questions about Burleigh Grimes

What years did Burleigh Grimes play?
Burleigh Grimes played in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1934.
Was Burleigh Grimes a pitcher?
Yes. Burleigh Grimes pitched in the major leagues, recording 270 wins and 1512 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Burleigh Grimes hit?
Burleigh Grimes hit 2 career home runs with 380 hits.
Is Burleigh Grimes in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Burleigh Grimes was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.