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Burleigh Arland Grimes ( August 18, 1893 – December 6, 1985 ) was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball.
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In game seven, the final one of the series, Coveleski threw a complete game shutout with five hits against fellow spitballer Burleigh Grimes ; the 3 – 0 victory gave the Indians the first World Series win in franchise history.
During the 1931-1932 off-season the Cubs traded Wilson along with Bud Teachout to the St. Louis Cardinals for Burleigh Grimes.
Notable former Lookouts players that have made it to the Major Leagues include Baseball Hall of Famers Burleigh Grimes, Harmon Killebrew, and Ferguson Jenkins.
He finished the season with 262 strikeouts, more than any two National League pitchers combined ( Burleigh Grimes with 135 and Dolf Luque with 86 were second and third respectively ).
Rosy Ryan, a teammate with the Giants, and Burleigh Grimes, who played against Youngs as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, considered Youngs the best player they ever saw.
After winning 15 games again in 1927, Aldridge expected a raise, but instead Pittsburgh owner Barney Dreyfuss traded him to the New York Giants on February 11, 1928, for Burleigh Grimes, citing Aldridge's 4. 25 ERA in 1927 as a reason not to give him a raise.
One of those still pitching who " wet his pill " was Burleigh Grimes, who had two starts, two wins, and seven innings of no-hit pitching in Game 3.
Known for his mastery of the knuckle curve, his 217 wins were the third most by a National League right-hander in the period from 1920 to 1955, trailing only Burleigh Grimes and Paul Derringer.
Other Hall of Famers who played / managed with both clubs include Grover Cleveland Alexander, Clark Griffith, Burleigh Grimes, Bruce Sutter, Roger Bresnahan, Dizzy Dean, Dennis Eckersley, Rabbit Maranville, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Leo Durocher.
He caught for five pitchers who were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame ( Carl Hubbell, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Dizzy Dean, Burleigh Grimes and Jesse Haines ).
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ( sometimes spelled Burleigh ), KG ( 13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598 ) was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State ( 1550 – 1553 and 1558 – 1572 ) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.
's son Leland Burleigh Greenleaf ( b Wauseon, Ohio 12 August 1904 ; d Leland, Michigan 29 March 1978 ), and under his directorship, the department developed the first short action piston valves ( 1934 ), and the ' Stroboconn ' ( 1936 ), the first electronic visual tuning device.
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Burleigh returned to South Dakota in 1893, resumed the practice of law, and served in the State Senate.
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* De insolubilibus ( On Insolubles ), edited by Marie Louise Roure in ' La problématique des propositions insolubles du XIIIe siècle et du début du XIVe, suivie de l ' édition des traités de William Shyreswood, Walter Burleigh et Thomas Bradwardine ', Archives d ' histoire doctrinale et littéraire du moyen Age 37, 1970: 205 – 326.
Walter Atwood Burleigh ( October 25, 1820 – March 7, 1896 ) was an American physician, lawyer, and pioneer.
Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh KT GCMG GCVO PC DL JP ( 13 January 1849 – 6 July 1921 ) was a Scottish Unionist politician, banker and statesman, who took a leading part in the affairs of the Church of Scotland.
Henry " Harry " Thacker Burleigh ( December 2, 1866 – September 12, 1949 ), a baritone, was an African American classical composer, arranger, and professional singer.
Hall Johnson ( March 12, 1888 – April 30, 1970 ) was one of a number of American composers and arrangers — including Harry T. Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, and Eva Jessye — who elevated the African-American spiritual to an art form, comparable in its musical sophistication to the compositions of European Classical composers.
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