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: 32-14 / in Starts: 26-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 4

1920 Pitching Game Log

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1920 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	363	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	12	7	7	4	5	1	0	7.88	4.68	38	31	1	2	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.62%
2	364	4	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	7.0	8	2	2	2	6	0	0	5.40	3.40	28	57	0	3	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.01%
3	365	7	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(1-2)	3	11.0	7	3	3	4	7	0	0	4.15	3.07	43	74	0	2	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.48	0.42%
4	366	11	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.34	2.89	35	69	1	0	0	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	.86	0.28%
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	367	14	May 2	CHC		STL	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	W(3-2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.25	2.80	4		1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	0.11%
6	368	16	May 3(2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-2)	0	9.0	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.60	3.00	32	72	1	1	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.40%
7	369	20	May 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	0	2.83	3.04	36	60	3	1	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.26%
8	370	23	May 13	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	9	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.43	2.93	35	70	1	3	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	3.87	0.62%
9	371	26	May 16	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	W(7-2)	2	9.0	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2.13	2.80	34	77	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.96	0.44%
10	372	29	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	10	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.11	2.86	34	63	0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.06	0.52%
11	373	33	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.90	2.77	30	79	0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.71	0.44%
12	374	35	May 28(1)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	W(10-2)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	8	1	0	1.91	2.77	34	78	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.07	0.44%
13	375	39	May 31(1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(11-2)	2	10.0	10	2	2	4	1	0	0	1.90	2.87	40	61	2	3	1	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	8.73	1.12%
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
14	376	43	Jun 4	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(11-3)	3	8.0	14	5	5	0	9	0	1	2.15	2.73	36	43	1	1	0	34	0	5	0	2	0	0	2.02	-0.41%
15	377	46	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(11-4)	3	8.0	9	5	5	2	3	2	0	2.38	2.95	35	45	1	0	0	33	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.57	-0.93%
16	378	50	Jun 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.28	2.91	35	72	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.44	0.18%
17	379	53	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG(12)	W(13-4)	6	12.0	8	3	2	5	5	0	0	2.22	2.93	48	76	1	1	0	41	0	2	1	1	1	1	3.98	1.21%
18	380	56	Jun 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(13-5)	3	8.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.22	2.91	29	62	0	2	1	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	4.23	-0.16%
19	381	60	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	GS-8	L(13-6)	3	8.0	8	6	3	3	3	0	0	2.28	2.93	37	48	4	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	2	3.14	-0.34%
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	382	66	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-6)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.16	2.88	32	77	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.54	1.87%
21	383	71	Jul 5(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	L(14-7)	3	8.1	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.16	2.85	33	62	1	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.33	-0.17%
22	384	73	Jul 7	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	2.85	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.11%
23	385	75	Jul 9	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG(13)	W(15-7)	1	13.0	10	2	0	2	5	0	0	2.00	2.82	49	86	0	3	0	46	0	0	1	0	0	2	5.24	1.09%
24	386	80	Jul 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	6	2	1	2	6	0	0	1.95	2.79	34	73	0	0	0	31	0	3	1	0	1	0	2.61	0.00%
25	387	85	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	L(16-8)	3	9.0	11	1	1	2	7	0	0	1.91	2.75	37	66	0	0	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.08%
26	388	89	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	GS-8	L(16-9)	3	8.0	10	6	6	2	3	0	0	2.09	2.76	36	39	0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.08%
27	389	92	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	2.76	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.02%
28	390	93	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(17-9)	0	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.08	2.76	37	64	0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	.78	0.11%
29	391	97	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS-7	L(17-10)	3	7.0	11	6	5	0	4	1	0	2.21	2.79	33	37	1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.04	-0.24%
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
30	392	101	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG(10)	W(18-10)	4	10.0	9	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.16	2.84	41	71	1	0	0	37	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.40%
31	393	104	Aug 6(1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-4	L(18-11)	2	4.0	6	5	4	3	1	0	0	2.26	2.87	21	30	0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.17%
32	394	108	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(18-12)	2	8.0	9	6	5	2	3	0	0	2.37	2.87	36	43	0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	1	.85	-0.23%
33	395	110	Aug 11(2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.36	2.87	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.03%
34	396	112	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(19-12)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.28	2.84	33	81	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.04%
35	397	116	Aug 20	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	W(20-12)	5	9.0	11	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.24	2.81	36	65	0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	.11	0.03%
36	398	120	Aug 24	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(21-12)	3	9.0	12	2	1	0	4	0	0	2.20	2.78	37	61	0	1	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.01%
37	399	124	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(22-12)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.14	2.79	33	75	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.05	0.01%
38	400	127	Aug 31	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	L(22-13)	2	8.0	8	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.11	2.79	32	61	1	1	1	30	2	1	1	0	0	1	.10	0.00%
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
39	401	130	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(23-13)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.05	2.74	31	89	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.01%
40	402	134	Sep 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(24-13)	3	9.0	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	2.02	2.71	32	74	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	1	.00	0.00%
41	403	137	Sep 13(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-5	L(24-14)	3	5.0	10	6	6	3	1	0	0	2.15	2.73	25	21	0	1	0	22	1	3	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
42	404	141	Sep 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	8-GF	S(4)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	2.73	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
43	405	142	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	2.72	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
44	406	144	Sep 20(1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	W(25-14)	2	9.0	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.11	2.72	35	66	0	1	0	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
45	407	148	Sep 25(1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(26-14)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.05	2.73	35	74	0	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
46	408	152	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG(17)	W(27-14)	5	17.0	16	2	1	3	8	0	0	1.98	2.71	69	94	2	1	1	64	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							32-14		W-L:27-14,Sv:5	2.8	363.1	335	96	80	69	173	8	1	1.98	2.71	1447	64	23	34	6	1351	40	25	6	10	9	22	1.94	6.90%

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