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: 26-11 / in Starts: 21-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 4

1927 Pitching Game Log

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1927 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	595	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	L,1-10	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	6	6	6	1	0	2	0	13.50	9.75	19	25	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.73	-0.59%
2	596	5	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.85	4.81	33	65	0	0	1	29	2	0	0	2	0	1	4.17	1.05%
3	597	9	Apr 24	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	7	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.27	4.64	34	68	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.39	1.35%
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	598	18	May 5	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(3-1)	10	9.0	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	2.61	4.18	38	66	0	0	0	35	2	0	1	1	0	2	5.16	1.09%
5	599	22	May 12	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(3-2)	6	10.2	13	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.38	3.73	44	59	0	0	0	42	4	0	1	1	1	1	8.05	0.44%
6	600	26	May 17	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	10	4	4	0	1	0	0	2.77	3.51	30	42	1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.66	-0.36%
7	601	28	May 21(1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.72	3.55	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	21.02	0.67%
8	602	30	May 25(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	10	5	4	3	4	1	0	2.91	3.63	41	50	1	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	3	4.27	0.23%
9	603	35	May 29	STL	@	CIN	W,11-3	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.48	37	55	0	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.89	0.33%
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	604	40	Jun 5(1)	STL		BRO	W,8-0	SHO	W(6-3)	6	9.0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.58	3.34	34	72				34	1	0			0
11	605	44	Jun 8	STL		BSN	L,8-11	6-8		2	3.0	5	4	1	1	1	1	0	2.60	3.48	16		0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	2	3.43	-0.46%
12	606	47	Jun 11	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(7-3)	2	9.0	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	2.44	3.34	36	69	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	4.09	0.71%
13	607	49	Jun 14	STL		PHI	W,6-4	7-GF	S(2)	2	2.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.36	3.36	11		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.89	0.62%
14	608	52	Jun 18	STL		NYG	W,6-4	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	2.51	3.24	36	53	0	0	1	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.83	0.61%
15	609	56	Jun 22	STL		CHC	W,11-5	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	6	5	2	3	3	1	0	2.47	3.33	37	61	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	1	1	5.78	-0.55%
16	610	60	Jun 25(2)	STL		CIN	L,7-10	8-GF	BL(9-4)	2	2.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	2.75	3.29	13		0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.99	-1.70%
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
17	611	68	Jul 4(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS-7	L(9-5)	8	7.0	11	7	4	3	1	0	0	2.89	3.31	35	31	1	0	1	30	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	-1.25%
18	612	77	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	SHO	W(10-5)	6	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	3.25	30	79	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.86%
19	613	82	Jul 16(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS-7	L(10-6)	4	7.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.68	3.17	27	60	0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.09%
20	614	86	Jul 20(2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	10-GF(11)	W(11-6)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	3.16	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.21	0.49%
21	615	87	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,7-6	9-9	BW(12-6)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.69	3.15	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.98	-0.14%
22	616	89	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-6	L(12-7)	2	6.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	2.83	3.11	25	43	1	0	0	22	0	2	0	0	1	0	3.74	-0.50%
23	617	94	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-8	GS-7		3	7.0	11	7	6	2	2	1	0	3.05	3.18	34	29	0	1	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	2	3.99	-0.92%
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
24	618	99	Aug 2	STL		NYG	W,6-2	GS-8	W(13-7)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	3.01	3.17	30	62	1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.99	0.40%
25	619	103	Aug 6	STL		BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(14-7)	3	9.0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.85	3.14	33	71	2	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	1	3.57	0.68%
26	620	105	Aug 11	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(15-7)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.76	3.17	32	76	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	7.60	1.46%
27	621	109	Aug 16	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG(11)	W(16-7)	4	11.0	10	3	1	3	1	0	0	2.64	3.17	47	67	0	0	0	41	2	0	2	1	1	1	4.82	0.30%
28	622	113	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	W(17-7)	3	9.0	10	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.57	3.13	35	62	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	1	1	3.63	0.39%
29	623	116	Aug 29(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(17-8)	8	8.0	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.55	3.12	31	57	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.77	0.04%
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
30	624	120	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(17-9)	3	8.0	15	5	5	2	2	0	0	2.67	3.11	40	32	2	1	0	37	0	1	1	0	1	0	11.23	-0.22%
31	625	125	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,13-1	CG	W(18-9)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.60	3.06	35	69	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.69%
32	626	130	Sep 10	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	W(19-9)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.58	3.01	36	65	2	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.94	1.75%
33	627	135	Sep 14(1)	STL		NYG	W,6-3	GS-8		3	8.0	9	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.61	3.07	34	51	1	1	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	1	12.12	0.28%
34	628	141	Sep 18(1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(20-9)	3	9.0	7	3	2	3	2	1	0	2.58	3.12	35	62				31	0	0			0
35	629	146	Sep 23	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	L(20-10)	4	9.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.60	3.14	32	62	0	1	0	31	3	0	0	1	1	0	8.45	0.22%
36	630	149	Sep 25(2)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	7-GF	S(3)	1	2.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	3.14	8		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	42.08	3.84%
37	631	151	Sep 27	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(21-10)	1	9.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.52	3.11	29	78	0	0	1	28	0	1	0	0	1	1	9.51	2.40%
							26-11		W-L:21-10,Sv:3,BSv:2	3.5	268.0	261	94	75	38	48	11	1	2.52	3.11	1082	58	12	4	4	1011	39	6	7	24	11	22	5.92	14.29%

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