Grover Alexander

Name Note: Also known as Pete Alexander

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: February 26, 1887 in Elba, NE us

Died: November 4, 1950 in St. Paul, NE

Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, St. Paul, NE

High School: St. Paul HS (St. Paul, NE)

Debut: April 15, 1911 (Age 24-048d, 3,460th in major league history)
vs. BSN 9.1 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, L

Last Game: May 28, 1930 (Age 43-091d)
vs. BSN 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1938. (Voted by BBWAA on 212/262 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Grover Alexander's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Grover Cleveland Alexander

Nicknames: Old Pete

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

119.6

373

208

ERA

2.56

696

600

5190.0

2198

WHIP

1.121

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-16 / in Starts: 31-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 149 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	97 (53-28-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 149 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (43-30-16)

Most Driven In
B Niehoff	2
F Luderus	2
J Evers	2
H Pearce	2
G Whitted	1
B Killefer	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D Paskert	5
M Stock	5
D Bancroft	3
Self	1
F Schulte	1

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	290	1	Apr 11	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.36	-0.034	.91	-0.05%	-0.64	P
2	291	3 (1)	Apr 16	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.08	-0.072	3.14	-0.13%	-0.53	P
3	292	6 (2)	Apr 20	PHI		BRO	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.84	-0.066	1.82	-0.09%	-0.47	P
4	293	9 (2)	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	L,8-9	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.154	.231	.385	9	.98	0.120	2.15	0.16%	1.07	P
5	294	12 (2)	Apr 30	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.188	.313	9	1.51	-0.107	3.47	-0.15%	-0.97	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	295	17 (4)	May 10	PHI		STL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.105	.105	.158	.263	9	.86	-0.061	2.23	-0.10%	-0.68	P
7	296	20 (2)	May 14	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.130	.174	.304	9	1.94	-0.118	4.97	-0.18%	-0.41	P
8	297	24 (3)	May 18	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0		.120	.120	.160	.280	9	1.50	-0.107	5.43	-0.23%	-1.04	P
9	298	28 (3)	May 23	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	3	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.214	.214	.357	.571	9	.63	0.204	2.43	0.47%	1.17	P
10	299	33 (4)	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.233	.233	.400	.633	9	.82	0.026	3.79	0.07%	0.21	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	300	36 (2)	Jun 2	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.242	.242	.424	.667	9	.74	0.018	2.74	0.04%	-0.25	P
12	301	38 (1)	Jun 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.270	.270	.541	.811	9	.38	0.072	1.76	0.20%	1.24	P
13	302	40 (1)	Jun 10	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	9	.95	-0.008	4.74	-0.02%	-0.43	P
14	303	43 (2)	Jun 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0		.238	.238	.476	.714	9	1.69	0.006	7.60	0.02%	0.16	P
15	304	47 (3)	Jun 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.277	.489	.766	9	1.54	-0.108	6.63	-0.28%	-0.85	P
16	305	51 (3)	Jun 21	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.260	.260	.460	.720	9	.87	0.003	3.58	0.01%	-0.06	P
17	306	55 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.241	.241	.426	.667	9	2.08	-0.330	14.75	-1.41%	-1.21	P
18	307	58 (2)	Jun 28 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.241	.241	.426	.667	8						PR
19	308	60 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.241	.241	.414	.655	9	.77	0.119	3.63	0.34%	1.61	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	309	64 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.246	.410	.656	9	1.99	0.114	7.99	0.28%	0.82	P
21	310	68 (3)	Jul 7	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.238	.397	.635	9	1.97	-0.104	5.46	-0.17%	-0.79	P
22	311	69	Jul 13 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.239	.239	.388	.627	9	.64	-0.036	1.84	-0.06%	-0.35	P
23	312	73 (3)	Jul 16	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.229	.371	.600	9	.81	-0.058	1.96	-0.08%	-0.52	P
24	313	76 (2)	Jul 20	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.219	.356	.575	9	.64	-0.050	1.45	-0.07%	-0.61	P
25	314	80 (3)	Jul 24	PHI		STL	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.213	.213	.347	.560	9	.97	-0.046	1.39	-0.04%	-0.33	P
26	315	83 (2)	Jul 28	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG(10)	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.231	.231	.359	.590	9	2.30	0.118	1.65	0.05%	0.50	P
27	316	86 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.244	.244	.378	.622	9	.93	0.007	1.17	0.01%	1.57	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	317	90 (3)	Aug 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.238	.238	.369	.607	9	1.18	-0.083	1.28	-0.05%	-0.65	P
29	318	94 (3)	Aug 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.235	.365	.600	9	1.05	-0.025	.64	-0.01%	-0.20	P
30	319	95	Aug 10	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.235	.235	.365	.600	9						PR
31	320	96	Aug 11 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.225	.225	.348	.573	9	.76	-0.072	.17	-0.01%	-0.92	P
32	321	100 (3)	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.231	.344	.575	9	1.38	0.013	.71	0.00%	0.05	P
33	322	105 (4)	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG(14)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.221	.229	.337	.566	9	1.76	-0.185	1.38	-0.09%	-1.15	P
34	323	109 (3)	Aug 22	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.230	.333	.563	9	.71	-0.053	.79	-0.04%	-0.14	P
35	324	112 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.225	.233	.333	.566	9	.71	-0.003	.99	0.00%	-0.28	P
36	325	115 (2)	Aug 28	PHI		STL	L,5-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.225	.233	.333	.566	9						P
37	326	116	Aug 29	PHI		STL	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.231	.238	.346	.584	9	1.25	0.012	1.43	0.01%	-0.22	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	327	120 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.222	.229	.333	.563	9	.79	0.055	.57	0.02%	0.60	P
39	328	121	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.232	.239	.339	.578	9	.79	-0.068	.85	-0.04%	-0.59	P
40	329	127 (5)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.233	.239	.336	.576	9	.83	-0.009	.57	0.00%	-0.23	P
41	330	131 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.225	.231	.325	.556	9	.49	-0.048	.18	-0.01%	-1.25	P
42	331	136 (4)	Sep 13 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.224	.315	.539	9	1.61	-0.147	.35	-0.02%	-0.78	P
43	332	138 (1)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.213	.225	.307	.532	9	.36	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
44	333	140 (1)	Sep 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.208	.220	.300	.520	9	.98	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
45	334	143 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.203	.215	.293	.508	9						P
46	335	148 (4)	Sep 29	PHI	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.206	.217	.301	.519	9	.22	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.41	P
47	336	152 (3)	Oct 2 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,8-2	CG	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.232	.324	.556	9	.98	0.068	.00	0.00%	2.16	P
							31-16		149	139	17	30	8	2	1	11	3	0	23	0	6		3		1		.216	.232	.324	.556		1.06	-1.114	2.55	-1.66%	-5.56

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