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Burleigh Arland Grimes (August 18, 1893 – December 6, 1985) was an American professional baseball player and manager, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. [1] [2] [3] Grimes made the most of this advantage, as well as his unshaven, menacing presence on the mound, which earned him the nickname " Ol ...
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Burleigh Grimes, baseball's last legal spitballer, recorded five 20-win seasons.
Jan 4, 2012 · Burleigh Arland Grimes, who pitched in four games for the St. Louis Cardinals at the beginning of the 1934 season, was born on August 18, 1893, on his parents’ dairy farm about halfway between the towns of Emerald and Clear Lake in northwestern Wisconsin.
Grimes played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1916 and 1917. Before the 1918 season, he was sent to the Brooklyn Dodgers in a multiplayer trade. When the spitball was banned in 1920, he was named as one of the 17 established pitchers who were allowed to continue to throw the pitch.
Dec 10, 1985 · Burleigh Grimes, a Hall of Fame pitcher whose career as player, manager and coach spanned six decades, died of cancer in Wisconsin last Friday at the age of 92. Mr. Grimes pitched for 19...
Jan 24, 2017 · When husky 41-year-old right-hander Burleigh Grimes retired in 1934, he was the last of the “legal” spitballers—his standard identification, per se. But he was much more than a pitcher who threw wet ones.
