Manager Charlie Grimm



a 1933 goudey baseball card of charlie grimm member of chicago cubs.


grimm major baseball figure in milwaukee. hired bill veeck manage milwaukee brewers, cubs top farm team, during world war ii. returned brewers in 1951 when farm team of boston braves. highly successful manager during each term, winning regular season american association title in 1943 , 1951, , playoff championship in 1951. on may 30, 1952, grimm promoted milwaukee manager of big league braves; prove last skipper in history of boston nl club. managed milwaukee braves first 3 years after move wisconsin in march 1953. being of german extraction, popular in beer city, left braves year before went – , won – world series in 1957.


he brought out of retirement direct cubs again in 1960, team got off slow start, , owner p.k. wrigley made novel move of swapping grimm former manager, lou boudreau, doing cubs radiocasts @ time. grimm had done play-by-play in past, gave 1 more go in 1960, before stepping ranks of coaching , front office duties.


it in 1961 wrigley began college of coaches , of grimm part never designated head coach . 1 of cubs coaches during 5-year experiment baseball s first black coach, buck o neil.


grimm finished record of 1,287 wins , 1,067 losses in regular season , 5 wins , 12 losses in post-season.


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