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	32-14 / in Starts: 26-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 136 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	100 (45-37-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 136 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	87 (42-28-16)

Most Driven In
C Deal	3
B Killefer	3
B Friberg	2
Z Terry	2
B Herzog	1
W Marriott	1
F Merkle	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
C Hollocher	3
B Herzog	2
D Robertson	2
M Flack	1
Self	1
B Twombly	0

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 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	370	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	9	2.03	0.240	5.21	0.37%	1.87	P
2	371	4 (2)	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.600	.600	1.000	1.600	9	1.15	-0.019	2.29	-0.02%	-0.22	P
3	372	7 (2)	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	9	2.11	-0.163	3.87	-0.18%	-0.79	P
4	373	11 (3)	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	CG	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.462	.667	1.128	9	.79	0.037	1.13	0.03%	0.84	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
5	374	14 (2)	May 2	CHC		STL	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.462	.667	1.128	9						P
6	375	16 (1)	May 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.357	.438	.571	1.009	9	.82	0.015	1.62	0.02%	-0.30	P
7	376	20 (3)	May 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.450	.556	1.006	9	.45	0.010	.72	0.01%	-0.17	P
8	377	23 (2)	May 13	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.435	.500	.935	9	2.23	-0.055	4.52	-0.07%	-0.33	P
9	378	26 (2)	May 16	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.462	.545	1.007	9	.50	0.025	1.41	0.04%	1.11	P
10	379	29 (2)	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.417	.500	.625	1.125	9	1.30	0.095	3.08	0.14%	1.30	P
11	380	33 (3)	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.370	.452	.556	1.007	9	.44	0.007	1.18	0.01%	-0.28	P
12	381	35 (1)	May 28 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.457	.548	1.006	9	.56	0.042	1.96	0.09%	0.48	P
13	382	39 (3)	May 31 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.462	.629	1.090	9	1.20	0.534	5.97	1.60%	1.49	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
14	383	43 (3)	Jun 4	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.395	.452	.605	1.058	9	1.35	-0.094	4.71	-0.20%	-0.54	P
15	384	46 (2)	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.455	.600	1.055	9	2.23	0.174	5.46	0.26%	0.80	P
16	385	50 (3)	Jun 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.545	.962	9	.84	-0.090	1.79	-0.12%	-1.25	P
17	386	53 (2)	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.385	.500	.885	9	1.66	-0.164	5.24	-0.31%	-0.93	P
18	387	56 (2)	Jun 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.382	.510	.892	9	1.05	0.016	3.87	0.04%	0.17	P
19	388	60 (3)	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.379	.491	.870	9	1.41	-0.037	4.17	-0.07%	-0.07	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	389	66 (5)	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.361	.464	.825	9	.77	-0.056	3.07	-0.13%	-0.62	P
21	390	71 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.344	.441	.784	9	2.03	-0.139	4.89	-0.20%	-0.80	P
22	391	73 (1)	Jul 7	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.344	.441	.784	9						P
23	392	75 (1)	Jul 9	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.333	.422	.755	9	1.24	-0.124	3.21	-0.19%	-0.62	P
24	393	80 (4)	Jul 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.319	.403	.722	9	1.03	-0.076	1.86	-0.08%	-0.56	P
25	394	85 (4)	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.333	.397	.730	9	1.99	0.014	.92	0.00%	0.20	P
26	395	89 (3)	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.321	.380	.701	9	1.19	-0.126	.79	-0.05%	-0.82	P
27	396	92 (2)	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.321	.380	.701	9						P
28	397	93	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.309	.365	.674	9	.41	-0.030	.26	-0.01%	-0.51	P
29	398	97 (3)	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.298	.351	.648	9	2.56	-0.249	2.96	-0.17%	-1.48	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
30	399	101 (3)	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG(10)	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.231	.310	.346	.656	9	1.54	0.002	1.72	0.00%	0.19	P
31	400	104 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.318	.346	.664	9	.65	0.028	.64	0.02%	0.24	P
32	401	108 (3)	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.315	.341	.657	9	1.60	-0.136	.93	-0.05%	-1.18	P
33	402	110 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.315	.341	.657	9						P
34	403	112 (1)	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.313	.337	.650	9	.22	-0.018	.08	0.00%	-0.68	P
35	404	116 (3)	Aug 20	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.330	.348	.678	9	.63	0.076	.11	0.01%	1.57	P
36	405	120 (3)	Aug 24	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.340	.359	.699	9	1.57	0.034	.10	0.00%	0.26	P
37	406	124 (3)	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.255	.333	.351	.684	9	1.28	-0.075	.04	0.00%	-0.88	P
38	407	127 (2)	Aug 31	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.327	.344	.671	9	1.87	-0.090	.23	-0.01%	-0.67	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
39	408	130 (2)	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.327	.343	.671	9	.82	-0.022	.01	0.00%	-0.24	P
40	409	134 (3)	Sep 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.325	.340	.664	9	1.63	0.063	.01	0.00%	0.59	P
41	410	137 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.319	.333	.652	9	1.06	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
42	411	141 (3)	Sep 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.325	.333	.658	9	.74	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
43	412	142	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.325	.333	.658	9						P
44	413	144 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.314	.321	.635	9	.58	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-1.43	P
45	414	148 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.306	.313	.619	9	.99	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
46	415	152 (3)	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG(17)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.300	.305	.605	9	1.46	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
							32-14		136	118	9	27	4	1	1	16	12	0	26	0	4		0		0	0	.229	.300	.305	.605		1.23	-0.620	2.00	0.77%	-4.96

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