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.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	7 (2)	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	0	7	0	7	0
4	11 (3)	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (2)	May 2	CHC		STL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
6	16 (1)	May 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
7	20 (3)	May 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	23 (2)	May 13	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	26 (2)	May 16	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	29 (2)	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	33 (3)	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
12	35 (1)	May 28 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	39 (3)	May 31 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	43 (3)	Jun 4	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	46 (2)	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	50 (3)	Jun 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
17	53 (2)	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	48	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	56 (2)	Jun 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	60 (3)	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	GS	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	66 (5)	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	71 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	73 (1)	Jul 7	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	75 (1)	Jul 9	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	0	5	0	5	0
24	80 (4)	Jul 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	85 (4)	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
26	89 (3)	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	92 (2)	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	93	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	97 (3)	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	101 (3)	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	104 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	108 (3)	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
33	110 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	112 (1)	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	116 (3)	Aug 20	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	120 (3)	Aug 24	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	124 (3)	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	127 (2)	Aug 31	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	130 (2)	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	134 (3)	Sep 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	137 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
42	141 (3)	Sep 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	142	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	144 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	148 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
46	152 (3)	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	69	17.0	0	7	1	8	0
							46gm		363.0	8	105	2	115	2