League Leaders Who Led?
Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes

1916–1934  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 175 lb  ·  b. 1893 Emerald, WI

Career 270–212 · 3.53 ERA · 1,512 SO · 4180.0 IP · 632 G · 380 H · 2 HR · 168 RBI · .248 AVG

Seasons leading his league
12
5 best in baseball 7 league only
44 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1921 Best season

Spanning 1921–1928, peaking at 4 titles in 1921.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 126th League titles 12
  • 163rd Best in baseball 5
  • 136th Top-5 finishes 44

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Complete Games 4 1st 2 yrs (1923–1924) 1923 33 1924 30 1928 28 1921 NL 30 1920 #3
Innings Pitched 3 1st 2 yrs (1923–1924) 1928 330.2 1923 NL 327.0 1924 NL 310.2 1920 #3 1921 #3
Wins 2 1st — 1928 25 1921 NL 22 1918 #3 1920 #3 1924 #2
Shutouts 1 1st — 1928 NL 4 1918 #2 1920 #3
Strikeouts / 9 1 1st — 1921 NL 4.05 1918 #3 1924 #2
Strikeouts 1 1st — 1921 NL 136 1918 #3 1920 #2 1923 #3 1924 #2
Walks + Hits / IP — #2 — 1928 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1920 #3 1929 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1928 4 W 25 IP 330.2 SHO 4 CG 28
1924 2 IP 310.2 CG 30
1923 2 IP 327.0 CG 33
1921 4 W 22 SO 136 K/9 4.05 CG 30

Pitching

19 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1916 PIT NL 2 3 2.36 6 5 0 45.2 40 12 1 10 20 1.10
1917 PIT NL 3 16 3.53 37 17 0 194.0 186 76 5 70 72 1.32
1918 BRO NL 19 9 2.13 40 30 1 270.0 210 64 3 76 113 1.06
1919 BRO NL 10 11 3.47 25 21 0 181.1 179 70 2 60 82 1.32
1920 BRO NL 23 11 2.22 40 33 2 303.2 271 75 5 67 131 1.11
1921 BRO NL 22 13 2.83 37 35 0 302.1 313 95 6 76 136 1.29
1922 BRO NL 17 14 4.76 36 34 1 259.0 324 137 17 84 99 1.58
1923 BRO NL 21 18 3.58 39 38 0 327.0 356 130 9 100 119 1.39
1924 BRO NL 22 13 3.82 38 36 1 310.2 351 132 15 91 135 1.42
1925 BRO NL 12 19 5.04 33 31 0 246.2 305 138 15 102 73 1.65
1926 BRO NL 12 13 3.71 30 29 0 225.1 238 93 4 88 64 1.45
1927 NY1 NL 19 8 3.54 39 34 2 259.2 274 102 12 87 102 1.39
1928 PIT NL 25 14 2.99 48 37 3 330.2 311 110 11 77 97 1.17
1929 PIT NL 17 7 3.13 33 29 2 232.2 245 81 11 70 62 1.35
1930 SLN +1 NL 16 11 4.07 33 28 0 201.1 246 91 9 65 73 1.55
1931 SLN NL 17 9 3.65 29 28 0 212.1 240 86 11 59 67 1.41
1932 CHN NL 6 11 4.78 30 18 1 141.1 174 75 8 50 36 1.59
1933 CHN +1 NL 3 7 3.78 21 10 4 83.1 86 35 3 37 16 1.48
1934 NYA +2 AL 4 5 6.11 22 4 1 53.0 63 36 1 26 15 1.68
Career — — 270 212 3.53 616 497 18 4180.0 4,412 1,638 148 1,295 1,512 1.37

Batting

19 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1916 PIT NL 6 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .177 .177 .177 .353
1917 PIT NL 42 69 7 16 3 0 0 4 2 18 2 .232 .254 .275 .529
1918 BRO NL 41 90 5 18 2 1 0 4 3 14 2 .200 .226 .244 .470
1919 BRO NL 26 69 8 17 4 0 0 12 0 10 1 .246 .246 .304 .551
1920 BRO NL 43 111 9 34 8 3 0 16 8 21 2 .306 .358 .432 .791
1921 BRO NL 37 114 10 27 6 0 1 11 2 16 1 .237 .256 .316 .572
1922 BRO NL 36 93 15 22 3 1 0 11 9 15 2 .237 .304 .290 .594
1923 BRO NL 40 126 15 30 3 1 0 15 7 15 0 .238 .284 .278 .561
1924 BRO NL 40 124 11 37 3 0 0 7 5 13 1 .298 .331 .323 .653
1925 BRO NL 34 96 12 24 4 1 1 14 8 25 0 .250 .308 .344 .652
1926 BRO NL 31 81 4 18 4 0 0 9 4 8 2 .222 .259 .272 .530
1927 NY1 NL 39 96 10 18 4 0 0 6 5 16 0 .188 .228 .229 .457
1928 PIT NL 48 131 17 42 8 1 0 16 4 15 1 .321 .341 .397 .738
1929 PIT NL 33 91 11 26 3 3 0 12 4 10 0 .286 .316 .385 .700
1930 SLN +1 NL 34 73 12 18 5 0 0 13 6 14 0 .247 .304 .315 .619
1931 SLN NL 29 76 4 14 0 0 0 8 1 10 0 .184 .195 .184 .379
1932 CHN NL 30 44 4 11 1 0 0 5 0 9 1 .250 .267 .273 .539
1933 CHN +1 NL 21 25 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 5 0 .160 .192 .200 .392
1934 NYA +2 AL 22 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Career — — 632 1,535 157 380 62 11 2 168 69 241 15 .248 .282 .306 .588

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 616 225 1,252 71 74 .954