Editing Burleigh Grimes (section)

==Later life==
Grimes was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in {{Baseball year|1964}}. In 1981, [[Lawrence Ritter]] and [[Donald Honig]] included Grimes in their book ''The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time''.<ref>[https://www.si.com/vault/issue/70933/108/1 (1981 photo)]</ref>

Grimes died following a protracted battle with cancer at age 92 on December 6, 1985, in [[Clear Lake, Wisconsin]].<ref name="Russo 148"/> His wife Lillian survived him.<ref name=Yannis>{{cite news|last1=Yannis|first1=Alex|title=Burleigh Grimes, ex-pitcher and Hall of Fame member|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/10/sports/burleigh-grimes-ex-pitcher-and-hall-of-fame-member.html|access-date=November 1, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 10, 1985}}</ref> He is buried in the Clear Lake Cemetery.<ref name="Russo 148"/>