Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame: Burleigh Arland Grimes

© Photographed August 14, 2016
Erected 1955 by Frank E. Hunzinger, Walter J. Lazynski
and the Home Savings Bank of Milwaukee, Wis.

Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

43.042288, -87.916127

43° 2.55′ N, 87° 54.967′ W

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BURLEIGH ARLAND GRIMES

Colorful Major League pitcher from 1916 through 1934. Winning 270 while losing 212. Hurled a 3 to 0 win over Cleveland in 1920 World Series and twice defeated the Athletics for the Classic winning Cardinals of 1931. Born, August 18, 1893, at Clear Lake, Wisconsin. Elected 1954.

The marker is located at the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, and is accessible from southbound North 4th Street, between West State Street (to the north) and West Kilbourn Avenue (to the south), at or near 400 West Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203.

Inductees honored at this site are members of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame (established 1951). The Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame is a joint property of Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation and Wisconsin Center District.

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 Burleigh Grimes (circa 1916)

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 The marker is located at the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame is located at the

UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. 

The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame is located on the east side

of the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.