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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	L,1-10	GS	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 24	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	18 (8)	May 5	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	22 (3)	May 12	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	26 (3)	May 17	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	28 (1)	May 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	30 (1)	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	35 (4)	May 29	STL	@	CIN	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	40 (4)	Jun 5 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	44 (3)	Jun 8	STL		BSN	L,8-11		16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	47 (2)	Jun 11	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	49 (1)	Jun 14	STL		PHI	W,6-4	GF	11	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
14	52 (2)	Jun 18	STL		NYG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	56 (3)	Jun 22	STL		CHC	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	60 (3)	Jun 25 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-10	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	68 (7)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	77 (8)	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
19	82 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	86 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	87	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,7-6		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	89 (1)	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	94 (4)	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-8	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	99 (4)	Aug 2	STL		NYG	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
25	103 (3)	Aug 6	STL		BSN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	105 (1)	Aug 11	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	109 (3)	Aug 16	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	113 (3)	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	116 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	120 (3)	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	125 (4)	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
32	130 (4)	Sep 10	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	135 (4)	Sep 14 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	141 (5)	Sep 18 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	146 (4)	Sep 23	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	149 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	151 (1)	Sep 27	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
							37gm		268.0	8	66	0	74	1