Burleigh Grimes stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1916
Bio
- Debut
- 1916
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 616
- W
- 270
- L
- 212
- ERA
- 3.53
- IP
- 4179.2
- K
- 1,512
- BB
- 1,295
- WHIP
- 1.37
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | PIT | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2.36 | 45.2 | 20 | 10 | 1.09 |
| 1917 | PIT | 37 | 3 | 16 | 3.53 | 194.0 | 72 | 70 | 1.32 |
| 1918 | LAD | 40 | 19 | 9 | 2.14 | 269.2 | 113 | 76 | 1.06 |
| 1919 | LAD | 25 | 10 | 11 | 3.47 | 181.1 | 82 | 60 | 1.32 |
| 1920 | LAD | 40 | 23 | 11 | 2.22 | 303.2 | 131 | 67 | 1.11 |
| 1921 | LAD | 37 | 22 | 13 | 2.83 | 302.1 | 136 | 76 | 1.29 |
| 1922 | LAD | 36 | 17 | 14 | 4.76 | 259.0 | 99 | 84 | 1.58 |
| 1923 | LAD | 39 | 21 | 18 | 3.58 | 327.0 | 119 | 100 | 1.39 |
| 1924 | LAD | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3.82 | 310.2 | 135 | 91 | 1.42 |
| 1925 | LAD | 33 | 12 | 19 | 5.04 | 246.2 | 73 | 102 | 1.65 |
| 1926 | LAD | 30 | 12 | 13 | 3.71 | 225.1 | 64 | 88 | 1.45 |
| 1927 | SF | 39 | 19 | 8 | 3.54 | 259.2 | 102 | 87 | 1.39 |
| 1928 | PIT | 48 | 25 | 14 | 2.99 | 330.2 | 97 | 77 | 1.17 |
| 1929 | PIT | 33 | 17 | 7 | 3.13 | 232.2 | 62 | 70 | 1.35 |
| 1930 |  ATL/STL | 33 | 16 | 11 | 4.07 | 201.1 | 73 | 65 | 1.54 |
| 1931 | STL | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3.65 | 212.1 | 67 | 59 | 1.41 |
| 1932 | CHC | 30 | 6 | 11 | 4.78 | 141.1 | 36 | 50 | 1.58 |
| 1933 | CHC/STL | 21 | 3 | 7 | 3.78 | 83.1 | 16 | 37 | 1.48 |
| 1934 |  STL/NYY/PIT | 22 | 4 | 5 | 6.11 | 53.0 | 15 | 26 | 1.68 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | PIT | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | PIT | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | LAD | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | LAD | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | LAD | 0 | 25 | 5 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | LAD | 0 | 30 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | LAD | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | LAD | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | LAD | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | LAD | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | LAD | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | SF | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | PIT | 0 | 28 | 4 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | PIT | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | ATL/STL | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | STL | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CHC | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHC/STL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | STL/NYY/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 1931 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1934 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
All-time career rank
- 229th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,512)
- 32nd in wins (pitching) (270)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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