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	18-14 / in Starts: 18-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	68 (34-19-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (30-18-11)

Most Driven In
C Grimm	5
B Weis	2
Self	2
A Statz	1
D Grigsby	1
M GonzÃ¡lez	1
B Friberg	0
R Maranville	0

Most Driven In By
Self	2
G Hartnett	1
S Adams	1
A Metzler	1
R Maranville	0

1925 Batting Game Log

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1925 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	540	1	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	W,8-2	CG	3	3	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.333	3.333	9	1.48	0.268	3.69	0.40%	2.64	P
2	541	6 (4)	Apr 19	CHC		STL	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.167	1.667	9	1.67	-0.134	4.21	-0.20%	-1.43	P
3	542	10 (3)	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.778	1.111	9	.49	-0.006	1.03	-0.01%	-0.79	P
4	543	14 (3)	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.300	.300	.700	1.000	9	1.17	-0.043	3.78	-0.08%	-0.49	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	544	18 (3)	May 8	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.417	.750	1.167	9	.70	0.055	2.20	0.10%	0.52	P
6	545	23 (4)	May 14	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.563	.875	9	1.32	-0.272	2.79	-0.35%	-2.62	P
7	546	27 (3)	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.278	.278	.500	.778	9	1.55	-0.108	3.36	-0.14%	-1.00	P
8	547	33 (5)	May 24 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.364	.524	.887	9	.42	0.022	.57	0.02%	0.70	P
9	548	39 (5)	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-6	GS-4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.375	.565	.940	9	1.05	0.069	1.02	0.04%	1.09	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
10	549	43 (3)	Jun 1	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.360	.542	.902	9	1.25	-0.041	1.15	-0.02%	-0.61	P
11	550	48 (4)	Jun 8	CHC		NYG	W,10-4	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.296	.321	.481	.803	9	.86	-0.095	.62	-0.04%	-2.50	P
12	551	54 (5)	Jun 14	CHC		BSN	W,7-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.323	.467	.789	9	.36	0.075	.24	0.03%	0.56	P
13	552	60 (5)	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	3	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.382	.697	1.079	9	.59	0.188	.35	0.07%	1.51	P
14	553	64 (3)	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.351	.639	.990	9	1.44	-0.109	1.03	-0.05%	-0.85	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
15	554	69 (4)	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.333	.605	.939	9	.63	-0.036	.30	-0.01%	-0.39	P
16	555	75 (5)	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.333	.605	.939	9						P
17	556	77 (1)	Jul 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.317	.575	.892	9	.49	-0.025	.11	0.00%	-0.30	P
18	557	82 (4)	Jul 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG(6)	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.310	.326	.595	.921	9	.90	0.141	.04	0.00%	1.05	P
19	558	86 (3)	Jul 20	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	4-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.326	.341	.605	.946	9	.99	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.03	P
20	559	90 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	1	.326	.340	.587	.927	9	.23	-0.014	.01	0.00%	-0.24	P
21	560	94 (3)	Jul 30	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.320	.551	.871	9	1.68	-0.219	.04	0.00%	-2.18	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
22	561	99 (4)	Aug 4	CHC		BRO	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.302	.519	.821	9	.89	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
23	562	104 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.268	.281	.482	.763	9						P
24	563	109 (4)	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.262	.450	.712	9	.79	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.21	P
25	564	113 (3)	Aug 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.258	.443	.701	9	1.08	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
26	565	118 (4)	Aug 23 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.234	.246	.422	.668	9	1.15	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.68	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
27	566	128 (9)	Sep 1	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.250	.418	.668	9	.97	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
28	567	137 (8)	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.254	.414	.668	9	.49	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.15	P
29	568	142 (4)	Sep 16 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.236	.247	.403	.649	9	.77	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
30	569	148 (5)	Sep 22	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.250	.400	.650	9	1.43	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
31	570	151 (2)	Sep 27	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.244	.253	.397	.651	9						P
32	571	152	Oct 2	CHC		STL	L,3-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.250	.392	.642	9	.67	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
							18-14		89	79	7	19	4	1	2	12	1	0	5	0	7		0		0	2	.241	.250	.392	.642		.93	-0.679	.90	-0.24%	-10.67

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