Burleigh Grimes: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1964

Burleigh Grimes

Born: August 18, 1893

1913: Made pro debut

Debut: September 10, 1916 (Pirates)

1918: Traded to Robins (Dodgers)

1920: Spitball banned, but Grimes was grandfathered in and allowed to continue using the pitch.

1920: Robins lose World Series to Indians

1927: Traded to the Giants.

1928: Traded to the Pirates.

1930: Traded to the Braves.

1930: Traded to the Cardinals.

1930: Cards lose World Series to A’s

1931: Cards win World Series (Grimes: 2-0, 2.04 ERA, 1.019 WHIP)

1931: Traded to the Cubs.

1932: Cubs blasted in World Series by Yanks

1933: Signed by Cardinals.

1934: Signed by Yankees.

1934: Signed by Pirates

1934: Retired the last legal spitball pitcher

1937-8: Dodger Manager (131-171)

1930s-50s: Scout and minor league manager

1942-4, 1952-3: Managed Toronto Blue Jays (International League)

1943: Won International League Pennant

1964: Elected to Hall of Fame

1985: Died

Accomplishments:

1931 World Champion

Once threw at a batter on the on-deck circle

270-212 record

3.53 ERA

497 GS-314 CG

35 Shutouts

4180 IP

1512 Ks

1.365 WHIP

Led league in wins: 2x

15+ wins: 10x

20+ wins: 5x

Led league in win % (.676): 1920

Sub 3.50 ERA: 6x

Sub 3 ERA: 4x

Led league in games: 2x

Led league in GS: 3x

15+ CG: 12x

20+ CG: 5x

25+ CG: 5x

30+ CG: 3x

Led league in CG: 4x

Led league in shutouts (4): 1928

200+ IP: 13x

250+ IP: 8x

300+ IP: 5x

Led league in IP: 3x

Led league in strikeouts (136): 1921

Postseason: 3-4, 4.29 ERA, 56.2 IP, 28 Ks, 1.324 WHIP (4 World Series)

As a manager: 131-171 (2 seasons)

Red Faber: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1964

Born: September 6, 1888

1909: Drafted by Pirates

1910: Pitched Perfect Game in minors

1912: Purchased by De Moines from Pirates

1913: Purchased by White Sox

Debut: April 17, 1914 (White Sox)

1915: Threw 67 pitches in a complete game 3-hitter

1917: Won 3 games in 2 days

1917: Set record with 4 decisions in a single World Series (3-1 record)

1917: White Sox won World Series

1918: World War I service

1919: Suffered from flu much of the season, which cost the Sox the World Series

1919: Black Sox throw World Series.

1920: Spitball banned; Faber is grandfathered in

1921: Won 25 games for a team that won 62. (25-15, 2.48 ERA, 1.149 WHIP)

1929: Pitched a 1-hitter at age 40

1934: Released by White Sox

1934: Retired the last spitball pitcher in AL

He worked as a coach and later on the Cook County highway survey team into his late 70s.

1964: Elected to Hall of Fame

Died: 1976

Accomplishments:

1917 World Champion

254-213

3.15 ERA

483 starts-283 CG

4086 IP

1471 strikeouts

1.302 WHIP

29 Shutouts

Won 15+ Games: 7x

Won 20+ games: 4x

Led league in ERA: 2x

Sub 3.50 ERA: 8x

Sub 3 ERA: 7x

Sub 2.50 ERA: 3x

1.92 ERA (1917)

Led league in games (50): 1915

Led league in GS (39): 1920

Led league in CG: 2x

10+ CG: 13x

15+ CG: 10x

20+ CG: 4x

30+ CG: 2x

Led league in saves (4): 1914

200+ IP: 10x

250+ IP: 4x

300+ IP: 3x

Led league in IP (352): 1922

Led league in WHIP: 2x

Postseason: 3-1, 2.33 ERA, 0.889 WHIP, 27 IP, 2 CG, 9 Ks (1917 World Series)

Luke Appling: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1964

Born: April 2, 1907

1930: Signed by Atlanta Crackers (left Oglethorpe College)

1930: Committed 42 errors

1930: Purchased by White Sox

Debut: September 10, 1930 (White Sox)

1936: Won first batting title ever by an AL shortstop (.388). It was the highest average for a 20^th century SS

1938: Broke his leg (played 81 games)

1943: Won batting title (.328)

1944-5: World War II service

1945: Returned from WWII (played 18 games)

1950: Retired

1964: Elected to Hall of Fame

1967: Managed the A’s after years in the minors (10-30)

1960s-70s: Coached for several teams

1975: Sox retired Appling’s #4

1980s: Braves hitting coach

1982: Homered in an Old Timer’s Game at age 75 (Oldest person to ever homer)

1991: Died

Accomplishments:

2x Batting Champ

7x All Star

.310 average

1319 runs

2749 hits

440 doubles

102 triples

45 home runs

1116 RBI

179 steals

1302 walks-528 strikeouts

.399 OBP

.798 OPS

3528 TB

Led league in games (155): 1943

111 runs (1936)

204 hits (1936)

30+ doubles: 4x

42 doubles (1937)

10+ triples: 3x

128 RBI (1936)

27 steals (1943)

100+ walks: 3x

Hit .300: 13x

Led league (.419 OBP): 1943

.400 OBP: 8x

.508 slugging (1936)

.981 OPS (1936)

As a manager: 10-30 (1 season)

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Bio:

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Rupert Jones: 1984 Detroit Tigers

Born: March 12, 1955

1973: Drafted by Royals

Debut: August 1, 1976 (Royals)

1976: First player selected by Mariners in the expansion draft

1978: Set record with 12 OF putouts vs. Tigers

1978: Had appendectomy which cut his season short

1979: Traded to Yankees

1980: Separated his shoulder hitting a wall

1980: Yanks lose ALCS

1980: Traded to Padres

1984: Signed with Tigers

1984: Hit ball out of Tiger Stadium

1984: Tigers win World Series

1985: Signed with Angels

1986: Angels lose ALCS

1988: Went to minors and later Japan

1989: Retired

Accomplishments:

1984 World Champion

2x All Star

.250

147 HR

579 RBI

.746 OPS

1103 hits

143 Steals

Led league in games: 162 (1979)

109 runs (1979)

34 doubles (1981)

20+ Home Runs: 3x

20+ steals: 2x

33 steals (1979)

Jean Luc Picard timeline

Born: 2305

2322: Rejected by Starfleet Academy

2323: Accepted into the Academy

2323: Became the first freshman to win Academy Marathon

2327: Stabbed through the heart by a Nausicaan. He needed a replacement heart to survive.

2327: Graduated from academy

c. 2330: Led an away mission to Milika III to save an ambassador. It proved a key moment in his life leading to the captaincy.

c. 2330: Attends the wedding of Sarek’s son (assumed to be Spock)

2333: Assumes command of Stargazer when the captain was killed.

2350s: Cardassian wars

2354: Jack Crusher is killed. Picard must notify Beverly and her son Wesley.

2355: Stargazer was attacked and severely damaged in a Ferengi attack at the Battle of Maxia. Picard destroyed the enemy using the “Picard Maneuver.”

2355: Enrolled as a PhD student at the University of Alpha Centuri.

2364: Picard assumes command of USS Enterprise-D

2364: First contact with Q

2365: First contact with the Borg

2366: Assimilated by the Borg, later rescued by Enterprise-D. Borg invasion halted at Earth.

2368: Linked into a computer program that makes Picard live a lifetime in 25 minutes. He assimilates the doomed Kataan culture for others to remember.

2369: Lore leads Borg group, but is defeated by Data and Picard

2370: Time jumps into alternate realities with Q.

2371: Enterprise-D is destroyed at Veridian III. Picard stops Dr. Soran and meets James T. Kirk. Kirk is killed.

2373: Another Borg invasion is repulsed by the Enterprise in 2063.

2374: Gorn Crisis

2375: Picard rebels against orders and helps the Ba’ku save their homeworld against  the Son’a and Section 31.

2375: End of Dominion War

2376: Gateway Crisis

2379: Encounters a clone of himself, is kidnapped, escapes, defeats Shinzon, but Data is killed.

2381: Son is born

2381: Borg invasion/Genocide

2382-84: Typhon Pact Incidents

2384: Data returns

2384: Attempted assassination of the Federation President by the Breen

2384: Body Electric Crisis

2385: Retires as captain and becomes an ambassador

2387: Romulus destroyed. Picard, Enterprise-E, and Spock work to save the galaxy and stop Nero.

2402: Retires

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