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: 15-14 / in Starts: 11-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 4

1926 Pitching Game Log

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1926 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	565	3	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.25	3.40	29	65	1	1	0	26	0	1	0	0	2	1	1.84	0.20%
2	566	8	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.12	3.38	36	58	0	2	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	3.58	0.56%
3	567	13	Apr 27	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	GS-8	L(1-2)	5	8.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.80	3.03	27	71	0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.78	0.49%
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	568	18	May 2	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	12	5	3	1	2	0	0	2.12	3.00	42	48	0	0	0	40	3	0	1	0	1	2	3.76	-0.46%
5	569	21	May 8	CHC		NYG	W,6-4	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	7	4	4	3	4	0	0	2.51	3.03	36	58	1	1	1	32	2	1	0	0	1	0	3.07	0.49%
6	570	27	May 16	CHC		PHI	W,10-9	GS-1		7	0.2	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	3.03	8	34	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	3.66	-0.71%
7	571	32	May 22	CHC		BSN	L,1-7	GS-9	L(3-3)	5	8.1	13	7	5	1	3	0	0	2.94	2.97	40	35	0	0	0	38	2	2	0	0	0	1	2.36	-0.32%
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
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals
8	572	67	Jun 27(1)	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(4-3)	35	10.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.76	3.08	35	80	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	1.20%
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
9	573	72	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	1	2.74	3.06	28	57	0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	0.25%
10	574	77	Jul 6	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG(11)	L(4-5)	3	11.0	12	5	5	1	0	1	0	2.93	3.25	45	52	0	0	0	44	2	0	0	0	0	2	5.75	-0.23%
11	575	81	Jul 11(1)	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.83	3.20	34	63				33	0	0			0
12	576	87	Jul 16	STL		BRO	L,7-8	GS-5		4	5.0	8	7	5	3	2	1	0	3.16	3.38	27	26	1	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	1	4.31	-1.04%
13	577	91	Jul 22	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	L(5-6)	5	9.0	8	5	4	1	1	1	0	3.23	3.49	36	53	0	1	0	34	2	1	0	0	1	1	4.29	-0.74%
14	578	95	Jul 27	STL	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	15	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.38	3.54	42	39	1	1	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	-0.10%
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
15	579	101	Aug 1	STL	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	L(6-7)	4	8.0	7	7	7	2	1	2	0	3.68	3.75	33	39				31	0	0			0
16	580	104	Aug 5	STL	@	BRO	W,11-9	10-GF(10)	S(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	3.75	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.72	0.17%
17	581	107	Aug 7(2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-7)	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.41	3.69	32	80	1	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	2	3.65	1.13%
18	582	112	Aug 14	STL		CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-8)	6	7.0	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	3.37	3.67	29	52	2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.26	-0.15%
19	583	115	Aug 17	STL		BRO	W,8-7	8-GF	W(8-8)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.32	3.64	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	14.61	1.03%
20	584	119	Aug 21	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.18	3.64	34	72	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	10.13	2.25%
21	585	121	Aug 24(1)	STL		BSN	L,1-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.16	3.62	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.18	0.19%
22	586	122	Aug 24(2)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	3.62	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	40.58	1.63%
23	587	123	Aug 25	STL		BSN	W,4-3		W(10-8)	0	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.09	3.62	10					8					0
24	588	127	Aug 29	STL		PIT	T,2-2	CG(10)		3	10.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.01	3.57	40	65	0	0	0	38	1	1	0	1	0	0	17.12	3.44%
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
25	589	133	Sep 2(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.85	3.58	32	79	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	11.96	4.01%
26	590	137	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	W(12-8)	2	9.0	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.86	3.62	37	58	0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	1	1	12.94	2.83%
27	591	141	Sep 10	STL	@	BSN	L,3-11	GS-7	L(12-9)	4	6.2	15	9	4	1	1	0	1	2.95	3.62	36	18	1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	11.27	-2.42%
28	592	144	Sep 13	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	8-GF(14)	L(12-10)	2	6.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.90	3.57	22		1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	28.45	3.08%
29	593	150	Sep 18(2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.84	3.56	25	63	0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	13.68	0.61%
30	594	152	Sep 21	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.88	3.57	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	17.01	-1.62%
							15-14		W-L:12-10,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.4	200.1	191	83	64	31	47	8	2	2.88	3.57	815	55	9	11	1	765	21	10	1	5	9	17	7.49	15.75%

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