Bob Alexander

Robert Somerville Alexander

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 7, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
School: Bethany College (Bethany, WV)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Teams (by GP): Indians/Orioles 1955-1957

Final Game: September 22, 1957
Died: April 7, 1993 in Oceanside, CA
Cremated
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1942	19	NYY-min	C,D	3	5	.375	5.16	11						68.0	60	53	39		46								1.559	7.9		6.1			AMS,BUT · CAML,PASA
1943	20	NYY-min	D	4	3	.571	3.60	9	4					55.0	49	26	22		34								1.509	8.0		5.6			WVL · PONY
1944	21	NYY-DET-min	D,B	6	9	.400	3.55	24	8					132.0	139	98	52		69								1.576	9.5		4.7			WVL,NFK,HGR · PONY,PIED,ISLG
1946	23	NYY-min	B,A	6	5	.545	2.64	17						99.0	88	37	29		23								1.121	8.0		2.1			NFK,BNG · PIED,EL
1947	24	NYY-min	A	10	12	.455	4.15	36						219.0	234	122	101		88								1.470	9.6		3.6			DEN · WL
1948	25	NYY-min	AA	11	16	.407	3.70	33	30					231.0	227	120	95		99								1.411	8.8		3.9			BMT · TL
1949	26	BOS-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.25	25			8	0		144.0	148	88	68		65		54	2	0	3			1.479	9.2		4.1	3.4	0.83	LOU · AA
1950	27	BOS-min	AAA	12	10	.545	3.44	30	26		13	4		186.0	167	80	71		90		73	0	0	4			1.382	8.1		4.4	3.5	0.81	LOU · AA
1951	28	LAD-min	AAA	15	8	.652	3.58	32	27		15	2		216.0	201	98	86		70		97	7	0	2			1.255	8.4		2.9	4.0	1.39	MTL · IL
1952	29	LAD-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.34	26	20		6	1		139.0	140	74	67		77		55	5	0	4			1.561	9.1		5.0	3.6	0.71	MTL · IL
1953	30	LAD-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.76	20	7		2	0		70.0	78	40	37	6	36		30	1	0	2			1.629	10.0	0.8	4.6	3.9	0.83	MTL · IL
1954	31	POR	Opn	10	12	.455	3.22	35	26		13	3		190.0	141	71	68	9	102		134	4	1	1			1.279	6.7	0.4	4.8	6.3	1.31	POR · PCL
1955	32	POR	Opn	10	10	.500	2.66	26	23		10	4		162.1	142	51	48	11	66		92	4	0	2			1.281	7.9	0.6	3.7	5.1	1.39	POR · PCL
1955	32	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	8	6	6	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	22	31	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	2.3	0.50

1956	33	LAD-min	Opn	12	11	.522	3.86	42	30		12	5		221.1	214	111	95	16	93		102	6	1	10			1.387	8.7	0.7	3.8	4.1	1.10	POR · PCL
1957	34	CHC-min	Opn	14	13	.519	3.49	36	27		13	3		203.2	188	91	79	14	81		126	9	0	3			1.321	8.3	0.6	3.6	5.6	1.56	POR · PCL
1957	34	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	10	7	7	0	5	2	1	1	0	1	35	44	2.143	12.9	0.0	6.4	1.3	0.20
1958	35	CLE-min	AAA	10	5	.667	3.71	30	24		9	1		160.0	167	85	66	11	70		75	5	1	10			1.481	9.4	0.6	3.9	4.2	1.07	SDG · PCL
1959	36	CLE-min	AAA	0	1	.000		6																									SDG,DAL · PCL,AA
1960	37	SLM,POR	B,AAA	3	6	.333	5.10	15	9					67.0	94	53	38	3	31								1.866	12.6	0.4	4.2			SLM,POR · NORW,PCL
2 Yrs				1	1	.500	10.64	9	0	5	0	0	0	11.0	18	13	13	0	7	2	2	2	0	2	57	38	2.273	14.7	0.0	5.7	1.6	0.29
162 Game Avg.				8	8	.500	10.64	68	0	38	0	0	0	83	136	98	98	0	53	15	15	15	0	15	431	38	2.273	14.7	0.0	5.7	1.6	0.29

CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	10	7	7	0	5	2	1	1	0	1	35	44	2.143	12.9	0.0	6.4	1.3	0.20
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	8	6	6	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	22	31	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	2.3	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1955	32	BAL	AL	4.0	4	0	6	13.50	4.50	-0.51	0.00	98.2	4.92	-4	-0.4	2.2	-0.2	-0.6	-3	.407	.498	$

1957	34	CLE	AL	7.0	5	0	7	9.00	4.61	-0.36	0.00	99.5	4.95	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.435	.498	$
2 Seasons				11.0	9	0	13	10.64	4.57	-0.41	0.00	99.0	4.94	-7	-0.7	1.7	-0.3	-0.9	-6	.423	.498	$

CLE (1 yr)				7.0	5	0	7	9.00	4.61	-0.36	0.00	99.5	4.95	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.435	.498	$
BAL (1 yr)				4.0	4	0	6	13.50	4.50	-0.51	0.00	98.2	4.92	-4	-0.4	2.2	-0.2	-0.6	-3	.407	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1955	32	BAL	AL	4	22	18	6	8	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.444	.500	.611	1.111	.444	11	1	1	0	1	0	0

1957	34	CLE	AL	5	35	28	7	10	1	0	0	3	0	5	1	.357	.457	.393	.850	.357	11	1	1	0	1	2	0
2 Yrs				9	57	46	13	18	4	0	0	3	0	7	2	.391	.474	.478	.952	.391	22	2	2	0	2	2	0
162 Game Avg.				68	431	348	98	136	30	0	0	23	0	53	15	.391	.474	.478	.952	.391	166	15	15	0	15	15	0
MLB Averages																.258	.329	.392	.721	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1955	32	BAL	AL	-4.0	-0.4	23	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.49	-0.2	0.5	-5.1	-0.5	0.49	-3.8	2	1	0

1957	34	CLE	AL	-3.6	-0.4	38	-0.5	0.2	-0.6	.61	-0.2	-0.6	-3.7	-0.4	0.61	-1.7	1	1	3
2 Yrs				-7.6	-0.7	61	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.56	-0.4	-0.2	-8.8	-0.9	0.56	-5.5	3	2	3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1955	32	BAL	AL	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	4	50%	3	.487	2	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	0	3.0

1957	34	CLE	AL	5	5	3	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	0	3	3	100%	6	.606	1	1	3	2	0	3	1	4	2	1	2	2	4.2
2 Yrs				9	9	5	1	1	1	0	1	0%	2	0	11	7	64%		.560	3	2	3	2	1	6	4	5	3	2	3	2	3.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	32	BAL	AL	22	73%	0.0%	4.6%	9.1%	13.6%	38%	0.83	82%	6	1	17%

1957	34	CLE	AL	35	80%	0.0%	2.9%	14.3%	2.9%	10%	0.25	80%	12	1	8%
2 Yrs				57	77%	0.0%	3.5%	12.3%	7.0%	22%	0.41	81%	18	2	11%
MLB Averages					52%	2.5%	12.6%	9.6%	6.7%	28%	0.97	78%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1955	32	BAL	AL	22	8			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	120%	0	1	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

1957	34	CLE	AL	35	10			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	57%	0	1	0	14	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				57	18			0	0	7	0	0	0	0	12	10	0	83%	0	2	0	26	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		51%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1955	32	1	0	1.000	13.50	4	2	4.0	8	6	6	2	0	1	1	1	22	31	2.500	18.0	4.5	2.3	0.50	31
1956	33	1	0	1.000	13.50	4	2	4.0	8	6	6	2	0	1	1	1	22	31	2.500	18.0	4.5	2.3	0.50	31
1957	34	1	1	.500	10.64	9	5	11.0	18	13	13	7	2	2	2	2	57	38	2.273	14.7	5.7	1.6	0.29	38

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1955	32	0	0	13.50	4.0	8	7	6	0	2	1	1	2.500	18.0	4.5	2.3	0.50	0.0	4

1957	34	0	0	12.00	6.0	11	9	8	0	6	1	1	2.833	16.5	9.0	1.5	0.17	0.0	5
2 Yrs		0	0	12.60	10.0	19	16	14	0	8	2	2	2.700	17.1		1.8	0.25	0.0	9

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