Burleigh Grimes stats

Pitcher

Age 133

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Burleigh Grimes played 19 MLB seasons, 1916 to 1934.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
616
W
270
L
212
ERA
3.53
IP
4,179.2
K
1,512
BB
1,295
WHIP
1.37
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1916PIT6232.3645.220101.09
1917PIT373163.53194.072701.32
1918LAD401992.14269.2113761.06
1919LAD2510113.47181.182601.32
1920LAD4023112.22303.2131671.11
1921LAD3722132.83302.1136761.29
1922LAD3617144.76259.099841.58
1923LAD3921183.58327.01191001.39
1924LAD3822133.82310.2135911.42
1925LAD3312195.04246.2731021.65
1926LAD3012133.71225.164881.45
1927SF391983.54259.2102871.39
1928PIT4825142.99330.297771.17
1929PIT331773.13232.262701.35
1930ATL/STL3316114.07201.173651.54
1931STL291793.65212.167591.41
1932CHC306114.78141.136501.58
1933CHC/STL21373.7883.116371.48
1934STL/NYY/PIT22456.1153.015261.68

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
9
W
3
L
4
ERA
4.42
IP
55.0
K
28
BB
26
WHIP
1.36

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
314
SHO
35
K/9
3.3
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1916PIT0403.90000
1917PIT0813.30000
1918LAD01973.80000
1919LAD01314.10000
1920LAD02553.90000
1921LAD03024.00000
1922LAD01813.40000
1923LAD03323.30000
1924LAD03013.90000
1925LAD01902.70000
1926LAD01812.60000
1927SF01523.50000
1928PIT02842.60000
1929PIT01822.40000
1930ATL/STL01113.30000
1931STL01732.80000
1932CHC0512.30000
1933CHC/STL0311.70000
1934STL/NYY/PIT0002.50000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
133 yearsAug 18, 1893
Debut
1916

What were Burleigh Grimes's career stats?

Burleigh Grimes played 19 seasons for the Pirates, the Dodgers, the Giants, the Cardinals and the Cubs. He had 270 wins and 1,512 strikeouts with a 3.53 ERA over 4,179.2 innings. His best season was 1928: 25 wins, a 2.99 ERA and 97 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1916 to 1934

Championships ×2

All-time career rank

  • 229th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,512)
  • 32nd in wins (pitching) (270)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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