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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-6	GF	20	5.0	0	6	0	6	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 19	PHI		BSN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	8 (1)	Apr 24	PHI		NYG	L,4-11	GS	28	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (4)	May 3	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-6	CG	48	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
6	16 (2)	May 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	18	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	20 (3)	May 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
8	21	May 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS	19	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	25 (3)	May 21	PHI	@	STL	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	28 (2)	May 25	PHI		BSN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	30 (1)	May 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	31	May 28	PHI		BSN	W,10-8	GF	15	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	33 (1)	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,1-6		23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	35 (1)	Jun 3	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
15	39 (3)	Jun 8	PHI		STL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	42 (2)	Jun 12	PHI		CIN	L,0-8	GS	18	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	43	Jun 13	PHI		CIN	W,11-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	51 (7)	Jun 25	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	54 (2)	Jun 28 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	56 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	60 (3)	Jul 2	PHI		BRO	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	65 (4)	Jul 6	PHI	@	BSN	W,13-11		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	66	Jul 8 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	69 (2)	Jul 12	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
25	73 (3)	Jul 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	78 (4)	Jul 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	81 (2)	Jul 23	PHI	@	STL	W,10-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	82	Jul 24	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
29	85 (2)	Jul 29	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	89 (3)	Aug 1	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	93 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	97 (3)	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	99 (1)	Aug 12	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	102 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	0	2	0	2	0
35	105 (2)	Aug 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	109 (3)	Aug 20 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	114 (4)	Aug 26	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	117 (2)	Aug 30	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	118	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	120 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	45	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	126 (5)	Sep 5 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
42	132 (5)	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
43	135 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	139 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	PHI		STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
45	142 (2)	Sep 26 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	147 (4)	Sep 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
							46gm		310.0	10	75	3	88	1