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: 36-12 / in Starts: 31-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 4

1915 Pitching Game Log

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1915 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	188	1	Apr 14	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	1.96	33	78	3	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	0.83%
2	189	3	Apr 17	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	W(2-0)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	0.50	1.80	36	75	1	0	1	34	1	0	0	0	1	3	1.42	0.29%
3	190	7	Apr 22	PHI		BSN	W,8-4	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	7	4	1	1	7	0	0	0.67	1.59	35	69	0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	1	2	4.75	-0.61%
4	191	10	Apr 26	PHI		BSN	W,7-4	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	7	4	2	1	10	0	0	1.00	1.33	36	70	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	4.44	0.20%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	192	15	May 1	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	1	1.20	1.43	33	71	0	2	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	5.04	0.83%
6	193	17	May 5	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	GS-8	L(5-1)	3	8.0	8	3	2	2	5	0	2	1.36	1.62	33	59	1	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	1	5.21	-0.25%
7	194	21	May 11	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(6-1)	5	9.0	4	2	0	3	5	0	1	1.16	1.76	38	77	5	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	4	6.58	0.86%
8	195	24	May 15	PHI		STL	W,11-2	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	7	2	1	0	12	0	0	1.14	1.51	35	79	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.80	0.22%
9	196	28	May 20	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	CG	L(7-2)	4	9.0	11	6	4	1	5	0	0	1.46	1.52	37	49	1	2	1	33	2	1	0	0	1	0	4.06	-0.79%
10	197	29	May 25	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	1.31	1.51	31	89	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.89	1.26%
11	198	31	May 28(1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(8-3)	2	8.0	9	5	4	3	5	0	1	1.58	1.60	35	48	0	1	0	27	3	1	0	1	1	1	5.25	-1.02%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
12	199	36	Jun 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-7		3	7.0	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	1.73	1.63	26	59	0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.12	-0.28%
13	200	40	Jun 5	PHI	@	STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.59	1.58	29	92	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.79%
14	201	44	Jun 9	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(10-3)	3	11.0	9	3	3	2	7	0	0	1.67	1.59	43	72	1	0	0	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	9.85	0.60%
15	202	47	Jun 14	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG(11)	W(11-3)	4	11.0	5	1	0	2	12	0	0	1.53	1.52	39	95	1	1	0	36	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.38	1.76%
16	203	50	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(12-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	1.50	1.55	32	78	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.83	1.02%
17	204	53	Jun 22	PHI	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG		2	9.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	1	1.47	1.61	31	81	0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.48	1.12%
18	205	57	Jun 26	PHI		BRO	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.39	1.58	28	91	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	0.95%
19	206	60	Jun 30	PHI		BSN	W,8-5	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	9	5	3	1	6	1	1	1.47	1.67	39	58	0	1	0	36	3	0	0	1	1	2	2.57	0.45%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
20	207	64	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-3)	4	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.40	1.64	28	91	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	1.29%
21	208	69	Jul 9	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(16-3)	3	9.0	2	1	1	1	7	1	0	1.38	1.68	31	85	1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.27	1.45%
22	209	73	Jul 13	PHI		STL	W,8-0	SHO	W(17-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.32	1.70	32	77				31	0	0			0
23	210	76	Jul 17	PHI		CHC	L,0-4	CG	L(17-4)	3	9.0	8	4	1	0	7	0	1	1.30	1.68	35	68	1	1	2	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.63	-0.72%
24	211	77	Jul 19	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	1.67	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.52	0.40%
25	212	79	Jul 21	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	SHO(6)	W(18-4)	1	5.1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.27	1.67	20	65	1	0	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	10.54	1.13%
26	213	83	Jul 24(1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(19-4)	2	9.0	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.22	1.66	34	73	1	0	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	1.66%
27	214	88	Jul 28	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-	L(19-5)	3	7.0	7	3	2	1	7	0	0	1.26	1.63	29	59				27					0
28	215	90	Jul 31(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2			2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	1.65	3					2					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
29	216	92	Aug 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	L(19-6)	0	9.1	4	2	1	0	4	1	0	1.25	1.70	31	78				31	0	0			0
30	217	94	Aug 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	L(19-7)	3	8.1	5	1	0	2	6	0	0	1.20	1.70	33	75	1	2	0	29	0	1	2	0	0	1	13.14	0.49%
31	218	98	Aug 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-6	GS-	W(20-7)	2	7.0	11	3	2	1	3	0	0	1.24	1.71	31	47				30					0
32	219	100	Aug 13	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	W(21-7)	4	9.0	6	3	2	5	6	0	0	1.27	1.74	35	66	0	2	1	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	8.39	0.64%
33	220	103	Aug 17	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	GS-	L(21-8)	3	7.0	4	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.30	1.73	25	66				24					0
34	221	106	Aug 20	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	8-GF(11)	W(22-8)	2	3.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	1.73	12		0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	16.90	2.31%
35	222	107	Aug 21(1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	CG	W(23-8)	0	9.0	10	5	3	2	8	0	0	1.34	1.71	39	57	1	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	1	8.60	0.86%
36	223	109	Aug 23(1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	BL(23-9)	1	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	1.73	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	38.81	-1.96%
37	224	112	Aug 25(1)	PHI		CIN	W,8-0	SHO	W(24-9)	1	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.29	1.74	35	81	1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	6.76	1.48%
38	225	116	Aug 30	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.32	1.75	29	57	0	1	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	7.07	0.01%
39	226	117	Aug 31(1)	PHI		STL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	1.74	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	30.26	0.49%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
40	227	121	Sep 2(2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(25-9)	1	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.28	1.72	33	80	0	2	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.20	2.97%
41	228	123	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	S(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	1.72	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.83	0.77%
42	229	124	Sep 6(1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(25-10)	1	8.0	10	6	3	4	4	0	0	1.33	1.75	37	44	0	0	1	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	12.77	-4.39%
43	230	128	Sep 9(1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(26-10)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.30	1.76	32	83	1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	11.49	2.85%
44	231	132	Sep 13	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG(13)	W(27-10)	3	13.0	13	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.30	1.78	51	76	0	1	0	47	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.60	2.64%
45	232	135	Sep 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	W(28-10)	2	9.0	9	3	2	0	4	0	1	1.32	1.78	37	63	1	0	0	35	0	2	0	2	1	2	.92	0.18%
46	233	138	Sep 19(1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(29-10)	2	9.0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.28	1.80	33	75	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	3.11	0.55%
47	234	142	Sep 23(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(30-10)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	1.25	1.81	37	76	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.38	0.43%
48	235	148	Sep 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(31-10)	5	9.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.22	1.81	30	88	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	0.01%
49	236	152	Oct 6(1)	PHI		BRO	W,9-6	9-GF	S(4)	6	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	1.81	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							36-12		W-L:31-10,Sv:4,BSv:1	2.6	376.1	253	86	51	64	241	3	9	1.22	1.81	1435	72	22	21	7	1328	41	8	6	9	9	29	6.05	23.74%

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