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	26-11 / in Starts: 21-9
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	64 (35-16-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (34-21-13)

Most Driven In
J Schulte	1
T Thevenow	1
B O'Farrell	1
L Bell	1
F Snyder	1

Most Driven In By
F Frisch	2
J Bottomley	1
W Holm	1
T Douthit	1
C Hafey	1

1927 Batting Game Log

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1927 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	602	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	L,1-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.23	-0.030	3.44	-0.05%	-0.31	P
2	603	5 (3)	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.49	-0.153	3.76	-0.23%	-1.46	P
3	604	9 (3)	Apr 24	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	.98	0.060	3.55	0.13%	0.58	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
4	605	18 (8)	May 5	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	9	.77	-0.017	3.22	-0.04%	-0.19	P
5	606	22 (3)	May 12	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.214	.414	9	1.10	-0.046	4.89	-0.12%	-0.11	P
6	607	26 (3)	May 17	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	9	.78	0.017	3.26	0.04%	0.22	P
7	608	28 (1)	May 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	9						P
8	609	30 (1)	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	9	.65	-0.148	2.88	-0.40%	-2.20	P
9	610	35 (4)	May 29	STL	@	CIN	W,11-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.240	.250	.490	9	.29	-0.017	.81	-0.03%	0.43	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	611	40 (4)	Jun 5 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	1				0	0	.192	.250	.231	.481	9						P
11	612	44 (3)	Jun 8	STL		BSN	L,8-11	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.231	.481	9						P
12	613	47 (2)	Jun 11	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.258	.241	.499	9	1.18	-0.001	3.81	0.00%	0.04	P
13	614	49 (1)	Jun 14	STL		PHI	W,6-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.258	.241	.499	9						P
14	615	52 (2)	Jun 18	STL		NYG	W,6-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.265	.250	.515	9	.64	-0.015	2.36	-0.03%	-0.15	P
15	616	56 (3)	Jun 22	STL		CHC	W,11-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.282	.324	.606	9	.97	-0.088	5.47	-0.30%	-0.82	P
16	617	60 (3)	Jun 25 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.275	.316	.591	9	1.82	-0.047	8.85	-0.14%	-0.25	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
17	618	68 (7)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.256	.293	.548	9	1.16	-0.133	6.48	-0.44%	-1.54	P
18	619	77 (8)	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.255	.311	.566	9	.59	-0.043	1.81	-0.08%	-1.87	P
19	620	82 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.265	.319	.584	9	.85	0.000	2.75	0.00%	0.03	P
20	621	86 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	10-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.265	.319	.584	9						P
21	622	87	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,7-6	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.265	.319	.584	9						P
22	623	89 (1)	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.275	.327	.601	9	.73	-0.010	3.71	-0.03%	-0.11	P
23	624	94 (4)	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-8	GS-7	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.302	.360	.662	9	1.24	0.141	5.25	0.36%	1.35	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
24	625	99 (4)	Aug 2	STL		NYG	W,6-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.291	.346	.637	9	1.15	-0.059	5.15	-0.16%	-0.43	P
25	626	103 (3)	Aug 6	STL		BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.241	.293	.333	.626	9	.75	0.008	2.40	0.02%	-0.19	P
26	627	105 (1)	Aug 11	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.279	.316	.594	9	1.04	-0.105	4.63	-0.28%	-1.25	P
27	628	109 (3)	Aug 16	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.288	.323	.610	9	1.97	-0.239	4.97	-0.36%	-1.22	P
28	629	113 (3)	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.310	.343	.653	9	.91	0.095	2.90	0.18%	1.86	P
29	630	116 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.311	.343	.654	9	.99	-0.016	5.41	-0.05%	-0.16	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
30	631	120 (3)	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.312	.342	.654	9	1.26	-0.076	12.14	-0.44%	-0.38	P
31	632	125 (4)	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,13-1	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.329	.359	.688	9	.34	0.055	2.85	0.28%	1.39	P
32	633	130 (4)	Sep 10	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.314	.341	.655	9	.80	-0.089	5.73	-0.38%	-1.47	P
33	634	135 (4)	Sep 14 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.307	.333	.640	9	1.03	-0.053	9.20	-0.28%	-0.43	P
34	635	141 (5)	Sep 18 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0	0	.264	.297	.322	.619	9						P
35	636	146 (4)	Sep 23	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.287	.311	.598	9	1.39	-0.093	9.22	-0.37%	-0.72	P
36	637	149 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.284	.308	.592	9	.57	-0.015	8.44	-0.13%	-0.25	P
37	638	151 (1)	Sep 27	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.283	.298	.581	9	.94	-0.030	9.60	-0.18%	-0.37	P
							26-11		103	94	7	23	3	1	0	6	5	0	14	0	3		0		0	0	.245	.283	.298	.581		.96	-1.147	4.67	-3.53%	-9.97

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