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	17-13 / in Starts: 16-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	47 (19-20-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (25-17-9)

Most Driven In
P Kilduff	1
L Mann	1
L Magee	1
D Paskert	1
C Deal	0
B Killefer	0

Most Driven In By
M Flack	2
B Herzog	2
C Hollocher	0

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 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	340	12 (11)	May 9	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.23	0.054	4.03	0.11%	0.37	P
2	341	16 (3)	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.82	-0.001	2.79	0.00%	0.04	P
3	342	20 (3)	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.50	0.004	1.13	0.01%	0.06	P
4	343	22 (1)	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
5	344	23	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.429	.429	.429	.857	9	.40	-0.010	.93	-0.01%	-0.09	P
6	345	27 (3)	May 28	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.429	.429	.429	.857	9						P
7	346	28	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.12	-0.005	2.11	-0.01%	0.07	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
8	347	32 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.417	.417	.500	.917	9	.23	-0.001	.47	0.00%	-0.46	P
9	348	38 (5)	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.375	.400	.775	9	.48	-0.014	1.13	-0.02%	-0.73	P
10	349	42 (3)	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.294	.333	.353	.686	9	.45	-0.025	1.46	-0.05%	-0.43	P
11	350	44 (1)	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.294	.333	.353	.686	9						P
12	351	46 (1)	Jun 17	CHC		NYG	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.318	.300	.618	9	.78	-0.070	2.31	-0.13%	-0.37	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
13	352	75 (28)	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.308	.261	.569	9	.79	-0.014	.86	-0.01%	-0.17	P
14	353	78 (2)	Jul 23 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.231	.333	.269	.603	9	1.28	0.068	.95	0.03%	0.56	P
15	354	82 (3)	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.364	.286	.649	9	.35	0.055	.27	0.03%	0.76	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
16	355	85 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG(14)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.212	.316	.242	.558	9	3.07	-0.137	.95	-0.03%	-0.93	P
17	356	90 (4)	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.206	.325	.235	.560	9	.75	0.035	.09	0.00%	0.28	P
18	357	94 (3)	Aug 10	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.189	.302	.216	.519	9	.54	-0.052	.09	-0.01%	-0.92	P
19	358	97 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.184	.311	.211	.522	9	1.34	-0.025	.18	0.00%	-0.25	P
20	359	101 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.190	.306	.214	.520	9	.54	-0.052	.03	0.00%	-0.65	P
21	360	106 (4)	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.196	.315	.217	.532	9	.40	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
22	361	109 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.204	.316	.224	.540	9	.82	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
23	362	112 (2)	Aug 31	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0				0		.196	.317	.216	.532	9						P
Sept		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
24	363	116 (3)	Sep 3	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.185	.302	.204	.505	9	.61	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
25	364	120 (3)	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.303	.196	.499	9	1.44	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
26	365	124 (3)	Sep 11	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.175	.299	.193	.491	9	1.00	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
27	366	127 (2)	Sep 13	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.286	.183	.469	9	.47	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
28	367	130 (2)	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.172	.284	.188	.471	9	.62	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.39	P
29	368	133 (2)	Sep 21	CHC		BSN	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.286	.194	.480	9	.88	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.63	P
30	369	140 (6)	Sep 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.171	.275	.186	.461	9	.89	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
							17-13		84	70	6	12	1	0	0	4	10	0	18	0	3		1		0		.171	.275	.186	.461		.87	-0.372	.68	-0.09%	-5.53

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