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What's exceptional about Burleigh Grimes Pittsburgh Pirates 1929 ?


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wins a lot; season

Burleigh Grimes of the Pittsburgh Pirates had the 7th-highest winning percentage (70.8%) of the 213 pitchers in 1929.

beat out by Tom Zachary of the New York Yankees (100.0%), Eddie Rommel of the Philadelphia Athletics (85.7%), Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia Athletics (76.9%), and Charlie Root of the Chicago Cubs (76.0%), and 2 others, ending with Guy Bush of the Chicago Cubs (72.0%).



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References

  1. Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
  2. A pitcher's winning percentage is only counted if the number of decisions (wins plus losses) is at least 10. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Profile

Burleigh Grimes of the 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates threw right-handed, became a manager, played on a winning team, would make it into the Hall of Fame, played in Forbes Field, and was born in Wisconsin.

  • achievement score (2.7 see References)
  • assists (65)
  • complete games (18)
  • double plays (5)
  • games finished (4)
  • games played (33)
  • games started (29)
  • innings pitched (232.7)
  • putouts (10)
  • saves (2)
  • shutouts (2)
  • strikeouts (62)
  • strikeouts per nine innings (2.4)
  • winning percentage (70.8%)
  • wins (17)
  • balks (0)
  • earned run average (3.13)
  • earned runs (81)
  • errors (3)
  • hit by pitch (4)
  • hits (245)
  • hits per nine innings (9.5)
  • homers given up (11)
  • homers per nine innings (.4)
  • losses (7)
  • runs allowed (108)
  • walks (70)
  • walks per nine innings (2.7)
  • wild pitches (0)
  • age (36 yrs)
  • batters faced (1,004)
  • height (5'10")
  • innings pitched per game (7.1)
  • weight (175 lbs)

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