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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI		NYG	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 22	PHI		BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
3	9 (3)	Apr 29	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (2)	May 4	PHI	@	BSN	L,7-10	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	15 (2)	May 11	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	17 (1)	May 14	PHI	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	0	5.2	0	3	0	3	0
7	19 (1)	May 16	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	22 (2)	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
9	24 (1)	May 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	28 (3)	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-10	GS	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	32 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,8-7	GF	0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	33	May 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	37 (3)	Jun 3	PHI		NYG	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	40 (2)	Jun 8	PHI		PIT	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
15	43 (2)	Jun 11	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	45 (1)	Jun 13	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	GF	34	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
17	47 (1)	Jun 17	PHI		STL	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	50 (2)	Jun 20	PHI		CHC	L,4-5	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	53 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	57 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-10	GS	27	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	58	Jun 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	61 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
23	72 (10)	Jul 14 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	75 (2)	Jul 16	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	GF	0	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	77 (1)	Jul 18	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
26	81 (3)	Jul 22	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
27	84 (2)	Jul 25	PHI		STL	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	88 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	92 (3)	Aug 3	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	96 (3)	Aug 7	PHI		CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	99 (2)	Aug 11	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	102 (2)	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
33	105 (2)	Aug 18	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	110 (4)	Aug 25	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	111	Aug 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
36	113 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	117 (3)	Sep 3	PHI		BSN	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	118	Sep 4	PHI		BSN	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	120 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	123 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	128 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	132 (3)	Sep 15	PHI		NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	137 (4)	Sep 19 (1)	PHI		STL	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	141 (3)	Sep 23	PHI		CHC	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	146 (4)	Sep 26 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
46	148 (1)	Sep 30	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	150 (1)	Oct 3 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
							47gm		355.0	18	102	3	123	1