Charlie Grimm (August 28, 1898 - November 15, 1983), was a popular major league baseball first baseman and manager, sometime radio broadcaster, and generally a goodwill ambassador for baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates early in his career, but was traded to the Chicago Cubs in 1925 and worked mostly for the Cubs for the rest of his career. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... The position of the first baseman First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that players team. ... Pittsburgh Pirates National League AAA Indianapolis Indians AA Altoona Curve A Lynchburg Hillcats Hickory Crawdads Williamsport Crosscutters R Bradenton Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Chicago Cubs National League AAA Iowa Cubs AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx A Daytona Cubs Peoria Chiefs Boise Hawks R Mesa Cubs The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ...

He was known for being outgoing and chatty, even singing old-fashioned songs while accompanying himself on the banjo. His casual style earned him the nickname "Jolly Cholly".

As a manager for the Cubs, he led the team to National League championships in 1932, 1935 and 1945. He also managed the Milwaukee Braves for their first four years after their move from Boston. Being of German extraction, he was popular in the Beer City, but left the Braves the year before they went to, and won, the World Series in 1957. This article refers to the American baseball league. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was brought out of retirement to direct the Cubs again, in early 1960, but the team got off to a slow start, and owner P.K. Wrigley made the novel move of swapping Grimm with another former manager, Lou Boudreau, who was doing Cubs radiocasts at that time. Grimm had done play-by-play in the past, so he gave it one more go in 1960, before stepping back to the ranks of coaching and then front office duties. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Philip Knight Wrigley, sometimes also called P.K. or Phil, was the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William Wrigley Jr. ... Louis Boudreau (July 17, 1917 - August 10, 2001) was a Major League Baseball player and the American League MVP Award winner in 1948. ...

It was in 1961 that Wrigley began his "College of Coaches", of which Grimm was a part but was never designated "Head Coach". One of the Cubs' coaches during that 5-year experiment was baseball's first black coach, Buck O'Neil. In an apparent negative on his otherwise positive career, it has been alleged that Grimm had a hand in preventing O'Neil from becoming one of those temporary "managers" under the Wrigley system, otherwise the Cubs might have effectively had the first African-American manager in baseball history. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Jordan Buck ONeil is a baseball player best associated with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League. ...

He died in Scottsdale, Arizona at age 85, from cancer. Scottsdale (Pima Vaṣai S-veṣonĭ) is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 202,705, while a July 1, 2004 Census estimate put the citys population at 221,130--a 9. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ...