Charlie Grimm

Charles John Grimm, nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman, most notably for the Chicago Cubs; he was also a sometime radio sports commentator, and a popular goodwill ambassador for baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates early in his career, but was traded to the Cubs in 1925 and worked mostly for the Cubs for the rest of his career. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents of German extraction, Grimm was known for being outgoing and chatty, even singing old-fashioned songs while accompanying himself on a left-handed banjo. Grimm is one of a select few to have played and managed in 2,000 games each.

28 August 1898

Born on the same birth day (28 August): Antony Hämäläinen • Bengt Fahlström • Dan Crowley (rugby union) • Fernando Fernán Gómez • Gilles Rocheleau • Hamish McLachlan • Heather Reisman • Jo Kwon • Kaj Leo Johannesen • Kanō Motonobu • Matt Alrich • Patrick Kalilombe • Ryan Madson • Sonia Kruger • Tasha Tudor • Valtteri Bottas • Wendelin Wiedeking

Born in the same month (August 1898): Arthur Wood (cricketer, born 1898) • Clemente Biondetti • Ernesto Maserati • Ernő Nagy • Gaspard Fauteux • Helmut Hasse • Jean Borotra • Malcolm Cowley • Marguerite Bise • Morris Stoloff • Peggy Guggenheim • Peter Mohr Dam • Preston Sturges • Shirley Booth • Vilhelm Moberg