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

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-3 / in Starts: 3-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1915	WS g1	Oct 8	PHI		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.00	1.74	37	120	80	0	1	12	11	3	4	6	71			1	0	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.307	79.56	8.87%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	1915	WS g3	Oct 11	PHI	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(1-1)	2	8.2	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	1.53	1.96	32	116	72	16	7	7	16	3	2	3	66			0	1	0	28	0	1	1	1	1	0	1.43	-0.045	89.77	-1.83%	1.15	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out d1
1926 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	1926	WS g2	Oct 3	STL	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	11	9.0	4	2	1	1	10	0	0	1.00	1.14	31					13	6	3	1	1	82			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.287	49.00	9.10%	2.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
4	1926	WS g6	Oct 9	STL	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	8	2	2	2	6	0	0	1.50	1.75	38					15	9	1	0	6	67			1	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	2	.78	0.232	58.50	11.48%	2.75	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
5	1926	WS g7	Oct 10	STL	@	NYY	W,3-2	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.33	1.95	7					3	2	0	1	0		3	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	0.510	487.92	56.04%	1.85	7b 123 2 out a1	9b end a 1
1928 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1928	WS g2	Oct 5	STL	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-3	L(0-1)	6	2.1	6	8	8	4	1	1	0	30.86	12.89	17					4	4	1	1	4	10			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.501	56.16	-14.41%	-6.03	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
7	1928	WS g4	Oct 9	STL		NYY	L,3-7	7-GF		3	2.2	4	3	3	0	1	2	0	19.80	12.43	13					5	4	2	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	.42	-0.227	7.77	-2.77%	-2.36	7t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 5
											43.0	36	18	17	12	29	3	0	3.56		175																			1

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