[1][2][3] Grimes made the most of this advantage, as well as his unshaven, menacing presence on the mound, which earned him the nickname "Ol' Stubblebeard.

"[4] He won 270 MLB games, pitched in four World Series over the course of his 19-year career,[5] and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.

[7] Grimes threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).

[8][9] From almost the beginning of his career, he threw a spitball, using slippery elm to alter the baseball's face.

[11] He was traded to the Chicago Cubs before the 1932 season in exchange for Hack Wilson and Bud Teachout.

Grimes was nicknamed "Ol' Stubblebeard", related to his habit of not shaving on days in which he was going to pitch.

[11] He is listed in the Baseball Hall of Shame series for having thrown a ball at the batter in the on-deck circle.

[15] The only two batters Grimes apparently could not intimidate were Hall of Famers Frankie Frisch and Paul Waner.

He would speak mainly only to his best friend Ivy Olson in the dugout, and would pitch only to a man named Mathias Schroeder before games.

[19] When Grimes was fired by general manager Larry MacPhail after the 1938 season, Durocher was hired to replace him.

In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included Grimes in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

[22] Grimes died following a protracted battle with cancer at age 92 on December 6, 1985, in Clear Lake, Wisconsin.