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.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 16	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
3	6 (2)	Apr 20	PHI		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
4	9 (2)	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	L,8-9	GS	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	12 (2)	Apr 30	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (4)	May 10	PHI		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	20 (2)	May 14	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	24 (3)	May 18	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	28 (3)	May 23	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
10	33 (4)	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	36 (2)	Jun 2	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	38 (1)	Jun 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	40 (1)	Jun 10	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	43 (2)	Jun 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
15	47 (3)	Jun 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	50	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	51 (3)	Jun 21	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
17	55 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
18	60 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	64 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	68 (3)	Jul 7	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	69	Jul 13 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	73 (3)	Jul 16	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	76 (2)	Jul 20	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	80 (3)	Jul 24	PHI		STL	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	83 (2)	Jul 28	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	86 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	90 (3)	Aug 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
28	94 (3)	Aug 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS	19	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	96 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	100 (3)	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-3	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	105 (4)	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	2	5	0	7	0
32	109 (3)	Aug 22	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	112 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
34	115 (2)	Aug 28	PHI		STL	L,5-6		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	116	Aug 29	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	120 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	121	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	127 (5)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
39	131 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	136 (4)	Sep 13 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	138 (1)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	140 (1)	Sep 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	143 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	148 (4)	Sep 29	PHI	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
45	152 (3)	Oct 2 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							45gm		388.0	24	108	1	133	3