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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	0	6	0	6	0
4	10 (1)	Apr 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (2)	May 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	16 (2)	May 8	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
7	19 (2)	May 12	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	0	0.2	0	2	0	2	0
8	20	May 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	24 (3)	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	28 (3)	May 22	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	31 (2)	May 26	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	36 (4)	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-10	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	40 (3)	Jun 3	PHI		STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	43 (2)	Jun 12	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	46 (2)	Jun 15	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	48 (1)	Jun 19	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	53 (4)	Jun 23	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	57 (3)	Jun 27	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	61 (3)	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS	23	4.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	63 (1)	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	65 (1)	Jul 7	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	69 (3)	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
23	73 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
24	75 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	79 (3)	Jul 23	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	81 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	85 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	1	5	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	90 (4)	Aug 2	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	0	5	0	5	0
29	93 (2)	Aug 5	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	96 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	101 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	104 (2)	Aug 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	106 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	111 (4)	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	114 (2)	Aug 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	117 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	120 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	122 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	126 (3)	Sep 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-9	GS	35	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	130 (3)	Sep 12	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	134 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	137 (2)	Sep 19	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
43	142 (4)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	143	Sep 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
45	146 (2)	Sep 28	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	148 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-6	GS	36	7.0	0	6	0	6	0
47	149	Oct 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
48	153 (3)	Oct 4	PHI		BSN	W,7-5	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
							48gm		389.0	17	102	1	120	3