Burleigh Grimes Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
August 18, 1893 – December, 6, 1985.

Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. Grimes made the most of this advantage and he won 270 games and pitched in four World Series over the course of his 19-year career. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954, and to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.

I may have got (Paul) Waner out, but I never fooled him.

Burleigh Grimes
- May
- Fooled
Why is it there are so many nice guys interested in baseball? Not me, I was a real bastard when I played.

Burleigh Grimes
- Real
- Why
- Nice

I saw a lot of good hitters but I never saw a better one than Paul Waner. I mean I once threw a side arm spitter right into his belly and he hit it into the upper deck.

Burleigh Grimes
- Mean
- Arms
- Belly
One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid, too . The pitcher threw Honus a curve ball, and he swung at it and missed and fell down. Looked helpless as a robin. I was kind of surprised, but the guy sitting next to me poked me in the ribs and said, 'Watch this next one.' Those kids figured they had the old man's weakness, you see, and served him up the same dish - as he knew they would. Well, Honus hit a line drive so hard the fence in left field went back and forth for five minutes.

Burleigh Grimes
- Kids
- Guy
- Kind
The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself.

Burleigh Grimes
- Confidence