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: 21-13 / in Starts: 19-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 1

1928 Pitching Game Log

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1928 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	632	2	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.70	34	75	1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.48%
2	633	6	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(1-1)	4	10.0	10	3	3	0	4	1	0	1.42	3.14	40	64	0	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	0.30%
3	634	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	1	1.61	3.10	37	65	1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.54%
4	635	14	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-		4	2.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.10	3.30	10	38				8					0
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	636	16	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-2)	1	7.0	12	6	5	0	2	0	0	2.92	3.14	31	33	1	3	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	2.37	-0.48%
6	637	20	May 6(1)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	8	2	1	1	4	0	0	2.54	3.01	35	68	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.50%
7	638	26	May 11	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	9	2	1	0	9	0	0	2.29	2.69	37	72	1	0	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.52	0.68%
8	639	31	May 18	STL		NYG	L,6-10	GS-3	L(4-3)	6	3.0	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	2.95	2.94	17	25	0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.71%
9	640	35	May 21	STL		CHC	W,8-7	GS-6		2	6.0	10	6	5	0	2	2	0	3.38	3.30	27	32	1	1	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	1	2.72	-0.61%
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	641	47	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	W,11-6	GS-2		15	2.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.95	3.38	14	20	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.73	-0.70%
11	642	52	Jun 11	STL	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.60	3.42	34	69	0	1	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	0.41%
12	643	58	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG(5)	W(6-3)	5	5.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	1	3.60	3.41	22	44	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	5.39	0.31%
13	644	60	Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	GS-7	W(7-3)	1	6.1	8	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.65	3.36	26	44	0	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	0	5.11	1.07%
14	645	66	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.68	3.37	36	54	0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	1	0	9.52	0.25%
15	646	70	Jun 30	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	L(8-4)	5	9.0	6	4	3	2	1	2	0	3.62	3.63	35	60	0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.28	-0.10%
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
16	647	75	Jul 4(2)	STL		CHC	L,9-16			3	3.0	7	4	4	0	0	2	0	3.86	3.85	16					16					0
17	648	77	Jul 8(1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	13	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.87	3.95	40	43	1	1	0	38	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.60	0.13%
18	649	84	Jul 14	STL		BRO	L,2-5	GS-7	L(9-5)	5	7.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.87	4.00	27	54	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.76	-0.25%
19	650	89	Jul 20	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GS-9	W(10-5)	5	8.2	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.89	4.01	33	58	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.92	1.18%
20	651	94	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	W(11-5)	5	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.70	3.93	33	70	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.06	1.11%
21	652	99	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	W,18-5	CG	W(12-5)	4	9.0	12	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.78	3.90	39	42	0	0	0	35	4	0	1	2	2	0	3.66	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
22	653	102	Aug 4(1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.75	3.92	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	35.76	1.50%
23	654	103	Aug 4(2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(12-6)	-1	8.0	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.68	3.86	32	57	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	0	7.43	-0.01%
24	655	111	Aug 14	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	W(13-6)	9	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.54	3.80	35	70	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.68	1.26%
25	656	115	Aug 18	STL		NYG	L,2-3	GS-9	L(13-7)	3	8.1	11	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.52	3.82	41	47	1	0	0	32	1	2	1	0	2	0	19.96	-0.66%
26	657	121	Aug 25	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(14-7)	6	10.0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.33	3.77	36	85	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.49	3.16%
27	658	125	Aug 31(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-5	L(14-8)	5	5.0	8	6	4	1	1	1	0	3.43	3.83	25	31	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	6.91	-1.49%
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
28	659	129	Sep 3(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-8		2	8.0	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.48	3.81	33	49	0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.19	-0.60%
29	660	134	Sep 9	STL		PIT	L,7-8	GS-8		5	7.1	11	7	6	3	1	0	0	3.61	3.81	37	28	0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	12.03	-1.65%
30	661	137	Sep 12	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(15-8)	2	9.0	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.51	3.80	35	68	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	16.75	4.35%
31	662	141	Sep 15(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	7-GF	S(2)	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	3.79	10		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.77	2.01%
32	663	145	Sep 20(2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG(8)	L(15-9)	4	8.0	8	7	2	2	1	1	0	3.41	3.84	35	47	0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	2	1	33.42	-7.11%
33	664	148	Sep 24	STL	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	W(16-9)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.36	3.81	35	63	0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	1	0	9.79	1.15%
34	665	152	Sep 28	STL	@	BSN	W,10-3	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.36	3.84	35	57	1	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	16.37	-0.06%
							21-13		W-L:16-9,Sv:2	3.8	243.2	262	106	91	37	58	15	2	3.36	3.84	1017	53	8	9	0	953	34	12	4	10	14	8	7.91	6.23%

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