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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
3	7 (3)	Apr 22	PHI		BSN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	10 (2)	Apr 26	PHI		BSN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (4)	May 1	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	17 (1)	May 5	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
7	21 (3)	May 11	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
8	24 (2)	May 15	PHI		STL	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	28 (3)	May 20	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	9	0	9	0
10	29	May 25	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	31 (1)	May 28 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	36 (4)	Jun 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	40 (3)	Jun 5	PHI	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	44 (3)	Jun 9	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	47 (2)	Jun 14	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	39	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
16	50 (2)	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
17	53 (2)	Jun 22	PHI	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
18	57 (3)	Jun 26	PHI		BRO	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
19	60 (2)	Jun 30	PHI		BSN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	64 (3)	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
21	69 (4)	Jul 9	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	73 (3)	Jul 13	PHI		STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	76 (2)	Jul 17	PHI		CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
24	77	Jul 19	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	79 (1)	Jul 21	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	CG	20	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
26	83 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
27	88 (4)	Jul 28	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	90 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	92 (1)	Aug 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	1	1	0	2	1
30	94 (1)	Aug 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
31	98 (3)	Aug 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-6	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
32	100 (1)	Aug 13	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	103 (2)	Aug 17	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	106 (2)	Aug 20	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	GF	12	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
35	107	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
36	109 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	112 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	116 (3)	Aug 30	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	0	5	0	5	0
39	117	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		STL	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	121 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	123 (1)	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	124	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	128 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	132 (3)	Sep 13	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	51	13.0	0	5	0	5	1
45	135 (2)	Sep 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	138 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	142 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
48	148 (5)	Sep 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	152 (3)	Oct 6 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,9-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							49gm		376.0	22	120	3	145	4