Why is it there are so many nice guys interested in baseball? Not me, I was a real bastard when I played.

Others claim he showed a greedy attitude to many people who 'got on his bad side. It sounded silly but he was right. A batboy solved the mystery by pointing out that Burleigh's cap was too tight.

He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954. 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.