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: 25-14 / in Starts: 23-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 1

1923 Pitching Game Log

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1923 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	473	2	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.00	4.04	32	71	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	1	2.51	0.38%
2	474	7	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,7-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	3	3	0	4	2	0	2.50	4.54	35	65	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.34%
3	475	11	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(2-1)	3	8.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.42	3.92	31	60	0	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.80	-0.24%
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
4	476	16	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-2)	5	8.0	9	3	3	0	4	0	0	2.65	3.48	33	56	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.83	-0.31%
5	477	20	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	12	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.00	3.70	36	42	0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	1	2.05	-0.29%
6	478	24	May 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.82	3.51	37	61	0	0	0	37	3	1	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.34%
7	479	27	May 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-6	W(4-3)	3	6.0	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.16	3.81	26	40	0	0	1	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.16%
8	480	32	May 25	CHC		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-3)	7	9.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	3.67	30	84	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.36%
9	481	36	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-5		3	4.1	9	6	6	0	1	0	0	3.33	3.61	22	22	0	0	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.42	-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
10	482	41	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-4)	3	8.0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.99	3.50	26	74	0	1	0	24	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.27	0.04%
11	483	43	Jun 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.06	3.49	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	0.06%
12	484	46	Jun 7	CHC		NYG	W,9-7	CG	W(6-4)	2	9.0	11	7	6	1	1	2	0	3.36	3.75	39	39	1	0	1	37	3	0	0	1	1	1	1.94	-0.35%
13	485	50	Jun 11	CHC		BSN	W,10-3	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.33	3.62	34	64	0	1	1	33	4	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	0.20%
14	486	54	Jun 15	CHC		BRO	L,7-9	CG(11)	L(7-5)	3	11.0	14	9	5	1	2	0	0	3.41	3.55	51	42	0	0	0	48	2	0	0	0	1	2	3.52	-0.43%
15	487	59	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	W,16-1	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.28	3.51	25	62	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.07%
16	488	63	Jun 24	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.04	3.40	32	86				31	1	0	0		0
17	489	66	Jun 28	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	L(9-6)	3	9.0	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.84	3.38	35	73	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.00	0.22%
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
18	490	70	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	GS-8		3	7.1	10	8	6	1	3	1	0	3.07	3.44	32	32	0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.67	-0.06%
19	491	74	Jul 7(1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.95	3.35	38	70	0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	1	.11	0.01%
20	492	78	Jul 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.78	3.31	31	77	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.27%
21	493	82	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-5	CG(10)	W(12-6)	3	10.0	14	5	5	1	1	0	0	2.88	3.30	44	44	0	0	0	43	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.04%
22	494	87	Jul 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.79	3.25	36	71	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.13%
23	495	91	Jul 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG(12)	W(14-6)	3	12.0	11	3	3	4	1	0	0	2.75	3.29	49	65	1	0	0	44	2	1	1	1	0	1	.82	0.04%
24	496	93	Jul 28(1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-6	GS-8	L(14-7)	4	8.0	8	6	5	0	2	1	0	2.87	3.33	34	46	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	2	.39	-0.05%
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
25	497	98	Aug 1	CHC		BSN	W,8-2	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.83	3.31	37	64	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.05	0.01%
26	498	102	Aug 5	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	9	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.84	3.32	35	61	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.02%
27	499	106	Aug 11(1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG(10)	W(17-7)	5	10.0	12	4	4	1	4	2	0	2.87	3.40	40	55	1	0	0	39	2	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.04%
28	500	111	Aug 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	L(17-8)	3	8.2	11	3	1	2	0	0	0	2.80	3.41	40	52	0	1	0	38	0	1	1	0	0	2	.25	-0.02%
29	501	115	Aug 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,15-8	GS-5		3	4.2	11	6	4	0	1	1	0	2.90	3.45	22	23	1	0	1	21	2	1	0	0	1	1	.21	-0.04%
30	502	118	Aug 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	W(18-8)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	1	2	0	2.94	3.55	36	53	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.12%
31	503	123	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(19-8)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.87	3.51	32	75	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.03%
Sept				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
32	504	126	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	L(19-9)	3	7.0	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	2.86	3.49	31	48	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.27	-0.03%
33	505	131	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-3	L(19-10)	4	3.0	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.49	18	21	1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.02%
34	506	135	Sep 12	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	GS-8	L(19-11)	5	8.0	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.01	3.51	33	57	1	1	0	26	0	1	0	1	2	2	.01	0.00%
35	507	138	Sep 15	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.03	3.52	8		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
36	508	139	Sep 16	CHC		NYG	L,6-10	7-8	L(19-12)	0	2.0	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	3.00	3.55	12		0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
37	509	142	Sep 19(2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(20-12)	2	10.0	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.99	3.52	38	63	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
38	510	146	Sep 24	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	GS-6	W(21-12)	4	6.0	11	7	4	0	0	1	0	3.05	3.56	32	28	1	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	3	.00	0.00%
39	511	150	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG(10)	W(22-12)	4	10.0	7	4	2	1	2	1	0	3.01	3.58	38	67	1	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
							25-14		W-L:22-12,Sv:2	3.3	304.2	308	128	102	30	73	17	0	3.01	3.58	1246	56	9	9	4	1191	46	10	4	13	10	30	1.15	0.11%

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