Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (born 1893)

Burleigh Grimes

American baseball player and manager (1893–1985)

Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player and manager, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. Grimes made the most of this advantage, as well as his unshaven, menacing presence on the mound, which earned him the nickname "Ol'…