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: 17-13 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 2

1919 Pitching Game Log

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1919 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	333	12	May 9	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	1.13	3.36	34	67	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	0.33%
2	334	16	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-6	L(0-2)	3	6.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.57	2.49	25	46	1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.49	-0.51%
3	335	20	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.00	2.54	30	54	1	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.13	-0.22%
4	336	22	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	2.44	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.04	0.37%
5	337	23	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS-5	L(0-3)	2	5.0	10	7	4	1	1	0	0	3.62	2.49	25	25	1	2	0	22	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.64	-0.49%
6	338	27	May 28	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-4	6-7		4	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.41	2.52	6		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.01%
7	339	28	May 30(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-5	L(0-4)	1	5.0	8	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.24	2.69	26	30	2	0	0	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	3.30	-0.48%
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
8	340	32	Jun 2(1)	CHC		PIT	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-4)	2	9.0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	2.60	35	70	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.32%
9	341	38	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,9-2	CG	W(2-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.12	2.35	34	73	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	-0.02%
10	342	42	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-4)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.66	2.16	33	80	1	2	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.59	1.03%
11	343	44	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(3-5)	2	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.71	2.14	8		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.24	-0.78%
12	344	46	Jun 17	CHC		NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(4-5)	1	9.0	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.63	2.27	35	67	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	2.30	0.07%
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
13	345	75	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	W(5-5)	27	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.56	2.32	37	65	0	0	0	35	2	2	0	0	0	1	.58	0.03%
14	346	78	Jul 23(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	SHO(11)	W(6-5)	7	11.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.25	2.21	38	93	1	0	0	37	1	0	0	2	0	2	.99	0.35%
15	347	82	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.05	2.16	33	81	2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.14%
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
16	348	85	Aug 2(1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG(14)	L(7-6)	5	14.0	9	2	2	2	15	0	0	1.96	1.99	54	99	0	1	0	52	3	1	0	0	0	3	.53	0.09%
17	349	90	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	GS-8	L(7-7)	3	8.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	1.98	2.06	27	71	1	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.00%
18	350	94	Aug 10	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	1.84	2.05	33	83	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.05%
19	351	97	Aug 14(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.72	2.01	31	84	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.05%
20	352	101	Aug 19(1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	1.80	2.05	35	59	0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.01%
21	353	106	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	W(11-7)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.81	2.02	35	72	2	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
22	354	109	Aug 26(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(11-8)	3	8.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.78	2.02	28	74	2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
23	355	112	Aug 31	CHC		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-8)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.69	2.02	29	83				29	0	0	0		0
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
24	356	116	Sep 3	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	CG	L(12-9)	2	9.0	8	6	4	2	1	1	0	1.80	2.14	37	50	3	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	357	120	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(12-10)	3	9.0	9	2	1	0	6	0	0	1.76	2.09	36	69	1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
26	358	124	Sep 11	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	GS-5	L(12-11)	3	5.0	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	1.90	2.15	19	41	0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
27	359	127	Sep 13	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(13-11)	1	9.0	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.86	2.15	37	69	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	360	130	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	W(14-11)	2	9.0	10	2	2	2	4	0	0	1.87	2.16	35	61	0	2	1	32	1	1	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
29	361	133	Sep 21	CHC		BSN	W,3-0	SHO	W(15-11)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.79	2.13	33	79	0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
30	362	140	Sep 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(16-11)	6	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.72	2.12	33	79	0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							17-13		W-L:16-11,Sv:1	3.1	235.0	180	51	45	38	120	3	0	1.72	2.12	906	68	18	11	1	852	34	7	2	11	2	14	1.17	0.33%

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