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: 31-14 / in Starts: 31-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1917 Pitching Game Log

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1917 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	285	1	Apr 11	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	5	3	3	4	0	0	3.00	2.37	43	52	1	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	2	4.09	0.29%
2	286	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.38	1.82	28	55	0	0	0	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	2.12	-0.23%
3	287	6	Apr 20	PHI		BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	3	0	3	4	0	0	2.16	2.02	35	72	3	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	3.37	0.22%
4	288	9	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	L,8-9	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	7.0	12	9	9	3	4	1	0	4.22	2.51	35	18	0	1	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.89	-1.29%
5	289	12	Apr 30	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	7	2	1	1	5	0	0	3.51	2.29	33	71	0	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.95	0.58%
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
6	290	17	May 10	PHI		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-2)	9	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.88	2.06	30	85	0	3	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.66	1.05%
7	291	20	May 14	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.75	2.09	34	68	0	2	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.14%
8	292	24	May 18	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.51	1.95	31	81	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.85	0.98%
9	293	28	May 23	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.34	1.82	31	86	0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.16	0.93%
10	294	33	May 30(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(7-3)	6	7.0	8	5	3	0	5	0	0	2.46	1.74	29	50	1	0	1	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	-0.51%
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
11	295	36	Jun 2	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.32	1.70	35	71	1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.81%
12	296	38	Jun 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.12	1.61	32	84	0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.21	0.98%
13	297	40	Jun 10	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	9	1	1	2.03	1.73	34	81	1	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	5.09	0.82%
14	298	43	Jun 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(11-3)	2	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	1	2.03	1.75	33	66	1	1	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.28	0.66%
15	299	47	Jun 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG(12)	L(11-4)	3	11.0	13	5	5	3	4	0	0	2.20	1.80	50	52	1	1	0	46	1	0	1	0	0	2	5.37	-0.94%
16	300	51	Jun 21	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	L(11-5)	3	9.0	10	4	3	1	5	0	0	2.25	1.78	36	57	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.40	-0.48%
17	301	55	Jun 26(1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	CG	L(11-6)	4	9.0	10	4	0	1	3	0	1	2.11	1.81	37	61	1	0	0	34	2	0	0	3	0	3	4.37	-0.64%
18	302	60	Jun 30(1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.99	1.84	38	73	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	1	5	2.99	0.69%
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
19	303	64	Jul 4(1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	8	3	2	1	4	0	0	1.99	1.83	35	64	2	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	1	3.35	0.09%
20	304	68	Jul 7	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	L(13-7)	2	7.0	10	4	1	2	4	0	0	1.97	1.84	33	49	2	2	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.51	-0.19%
21	305	69	Jul 13(1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	SHO	W(14-7)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.87	1.82	33	77	0	2	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	0.90%
22	306	73	Jul 16	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-7)	2	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.78	1.85	31	75	0	2	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	0.95%
23	307	76	Jul 20	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	11	3	3	1	6	0	0	1.84	1.82	38	58	1	1	0	35	3	1	1	0	1	0	3.75	0.42%
24	308	80	Jul 24	PHI		STL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(16-8)	3	8.0	8	3	1	1	9	0	0	1.81	1.76	31	66	2	2	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.05%
25	309	83	Jul 28	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG(10)	W(17-8)	3	10.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	1.85	1.80	39	64	0	1	0	35	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.13	-0.01%
26	310	86	Jul 31(1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(18-8)	2	9.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.78	1.82	31	79	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.28%
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
27	311	90	Aug 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-7	L(18-9)	2	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	1.80	1.83	28	58	0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.01%
28	312	94	Aug 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-4	L(18-10)	5	4.0	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	1.85	1.84	19	36	1	1	0	17	1	2	0	0	1	1	.58	-0.14%
29	313	96	Aug 11(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(19-10)	1	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	1	1.89	1.84	36	61	0	1	1	33	2	2	0	0	0	1	.37	0.05%
30	314	100	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-3	GS-6	L(19-11)	3	6.0	5	2	1	1	2	0	0	1.88	1.85	24	57	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.40	-0.02%
31	315	105	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG(14)	W(20-11)	2	14.0	11	2	1	4	6	0	1	1.81	1.88	57	86	2	1	0	52	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.44%
32	316	109	Aug 22	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(21-11)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.75	1.88	32	75	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.18%
33	317	112	Aug 25(1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GS-9		2	9.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	1.79	1.95	33	65	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.30	-0.07%
34	318	115	Aug 28	PHI		STL	L,5-6	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	1.94	3		1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	-0.06%
35	319	116	Aug 29	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	L(21-12)	0	9.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	1.89	1.96	38	49	1	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.39	-0.28%
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
36	320	120	Sep 3(1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-0	SHO	W(22-12)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.83	1.94	32	83	1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.11%
37	321	121	Sep 3(2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	W(23-12)	-1	9.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	1.86	1.94	38	59	0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	2	.72	0.09%
38	322	127	Sep 7(1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(24-12)	3	9.0	11	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.81	1.94	36	65	2	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.13%
39	323	131	Sep 10(1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(25-12)	2	9.0	10	2	1	0	5	0	0	1.79	1.92	38	66	0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	2	.40	0.05%
40	324	136	Sep 13(1)	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(26-12)	2	11.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.73	1.89	39	90	1	2	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.11%
41	325	138	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(27-12)	3	9.0	8	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.71	1.91	38	67	1	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	1	.01	0.00%
42	326	140	Sep 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(28-12)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	1	1.72	1.91	34	65	0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
43	327	143	Sep 23(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(29-12)	1	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	1.70	1.88	35	78				33	1	2	0		0
44	328	148	Sep 29	PHI	@	STL	L,2-7	CG(8)	L(29-13)	5	8.0	14	7	7	1	5	0	0	1.83	1.87	39	30	2	0	0	38	4	2	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
45	329	152	Oct 2(2)	PHI		NYG	W,8-2	CG	W(30-13)	2	9.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	0	1.84	1.84	35	72	2	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
							31-14		W-L:30-13	3.0	387.0	336	107	79	56	200	4	6	1.84	1.84	1529	65	32	31	4	1436	50	20	2	14	11	34	2.34	7.04%

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