Burleigh Grimes
Burleigh Arland Grimes ( born August 18, 1893 in Emerald, Wisconsin, † December 6, 1985 in Clear Lake, Wisconsin) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. His nickname was Ol ' Stubblebeard.
Biography
Burleigh Grimes played his first game in Major League on September 10, 1916 for the Pittsburgh Pirates as a pitcher. As 1920 Spitball was banned, Grimes was one of the last 17 Pitcher that were allowed to exercise this litter. At the end of his career in 1934, he was the last of this approval had.
In the 1920s, Grimes showed his best performances, twice he led the National League with the most wins at five times he had season-ending more than 20 victories to his credit. With the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1920, he reached the World Series, but lost his team the Cleveland Indians in seven games. From 1930 to 1932, the team of Grimes also reached the playoffs, two defeats and a victory were the balance of it. 1930 subject to the Cardinals the Philadelphia Athletics in seven games, Grimes lost his two starts. 1931 ended the same final pairing with the victory of St. Louis, Grimes won two games in this series. Despite this good result, he was transferred to the Chicago Cubs, with whom he also reached the World Series, but there the New York Yankees defeated. At the age of 40 years he finished his playing career in 1934.
In 1937 he took over the managerial positions in the Brooklyn Dodgers of Casey Stengel, but could only reach a sixth and seventh place in his two seasons there. Further Manager jobs in the Minor Leagues followed in his further career.
1964 elected him the Veterans Committee in the Baseball Hall of Fame. At the age of 92 years Grimes died in 1985 from the effects of cancer.