Dale Alexander

David Dale Alexander (Moose)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 26, 1903 in Greeneville, TN
Schools: Tusculum College (Greenville, TN), Milligan College (Milligan College, TN)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1929
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox 1929-1933

Final Game: September 23, 1933
Died: March 2, 1979 in Greeneville, TN
Buried: Shiloh Cemetery, Tusculum, TN
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1923	20	GRE	D	86	291	291		73	6	2	1						.251	.251	.296	.546		86				GRE · APPY
1924	21	GRE	D	114	389	389	51	129	28	10	4		6				.332	.332	.486	.817		189				GRE · APPY
1925	22	CHR	B	131	543	543	92	180	44	8	20	120	7				.331	.331	.552	.884		300				CHR · SALL
1926	23	CHR	B	130	523	523	87	169	40	8	13	96	6				.323	.323	.505	.828		264				CHR · SALL
1927	24	TTO	AA	153	557	557	83	188	26	11	12	97	4				.338	.338	.488	.826		272				TTO · IL
1928	25	TTO	AA	169	621	621	115	236	49	11	31	144	15				.380	.380	.644	1.024		400				TTO · IL
1929	26	DET	AL	155	701	626	110	215	43	15	25	137	5	9	56	63	.343	.397	.580	.977	148	363	0	18	*3
1930	27	DET	AL	154	660	602	86	196	33	8	20	135	6	5	42	56	.326	.372	.507	.878	118	305	2	14	*3
1931	28	DET	AL	135	583	517	75	168	47	3	3	87	5	8	64	35	.325	.401	.445	.846	119	230	2	0	*3/7O
1932	29	TOT	AL	124	454	392	58	144	27	3	8	60	4	5	61	21	.367	.454	.513	.966	156	201	1	0	*3	MVP-11
1932	29	DET	AL	23	22	16	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	2	.250	.455	.250	.705	84	4	0	0	/3
1932	29	BOS	AL	101	432	376	58	140	27	3	8	56	4	5	55	19	.372	.454	.524	.978	159	197	1	0	3
1933	30	BOS	AL	94	338	313	40	88	14	1	5	40	0	1	25	22	.281	.336	.380	.716	88	119	1	0	3
1934	31	NYY-min	AA	145	545	545	89	183	35	2	14	123	7				.336	.336	.484	.820		264				NWK · IL
1935	32	PIT-min	AA	120	461	461	84	165	29	6	16	95	5				.358	.358	.551	.909		254				KCY · AA
1936	33	CHW-min	AA	154	612	612	81	193	30	9	5	100	4				.315	.315	.418	.734		256				KCY · AA
1937	34	CIN-min	A1	153	567	567	91	181	42	1	15	109	7				.319	.319	.476	.795		270				NVL · SOUA
1938	35	CNG	A1	140	518	518	49	160	24	1	8	85	6				.309	.309	.405	.714		210				CNG · SOUA
1939	36	MIN-min	D	98	374	374	72	129	27	2	6	80	14				.345	.345	.476	.821		178				SNF · FLOR
1940	37	MIN-min	D	91	330	330	78	128	31	5	14	96	6				.388	.388	.639	1.027		211				THV · GAFL
1941	38	MIN-min	B	56	64	64	14	28	9	0	1	23	1				.438	.438	.625	1.063		40				SEL · SEAL
1942	39	ATL-min	D	19	19	19	6	3	2	1	0	3	0				.158	.158	.368	.526		7				GRE · APPY
5 Yrs				662	2736	2450	369	811	164	30	61	459	20	28	248	197	.331	.394	.497	.891	129	1218	6	32
162 Game Avg.				162	670	600	90	198	40	7	15	112	5	7	61	48	.331	.394	.497	.891	129	298	1	8

DET (4 yrs)				467	1966	1761	271	583	123	26	48	363	16	22	168	156	.331	.391	.512	.903	129	902	4	32
BOS (2 yrs)				195	770	689	98	228	41	4	13	96	4	6	80	41	.331	.402	.459	.861	127	316	2	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1929	26	DET	AL	155	701	43	-2	0	-7	-7	27	2.5	22	49	4.7	.516	.516	5.3	-1.4	56	$	*3
1930	27	DET	AL	154	660	16	-0	0	-2	-7	7	0.6	21	27	2.6	.504	.504	2.7	-0.8	29	$	*3
1931	28	DET	AL	135	583	17	-2	0	-6	-6	4	0.4	18	22	2.2	.502	.502	2.7	-1.1	28	$	*3/7O
1932	29	DET	AL	23	22	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/3	MVP-11
1932	29	BOS	AL	101	432	36	-1	0	-1	-5	30	2.7	13	43	4.1	.527	.517	4.2	-0.5	44	$	3	MVP-11
1933	30	BOS	AL	94	338	-5	0	0	2	-4	-7	-0.6	11	4	0.4	.493	.496	0.2	-0.1	2	$	3
5 Seasons				662	2736	108	-4	0	-14	-29	61	5.6	86	147	14.1	.508	.506	15.2	-4.0	161	$

DET (4 yrs)				467	1966	76	-3	0	-15	-21	37	3.5	62	99	9.6	.507	.505	10.8	-3.3	114	$
BOS (2 yrs)				195	770	31	-1	0	1	-8	23	2.1	24	48	4.5	.511	.506	4.4	-0.7	46	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1929	26	DET	AL	701	438	141	8.6	112	.353	.343	.292	.397	.359	.580	.422	.977	.780	148	.733	42.8	4.0	.988	.319	.236	8.3
1930	27	DET	AL	660	425	112	7.0	117	.335	.326	.298	.372	.362	.507	.438	.878	.800	118	.629	15.0	1.4	.852	.252	.181	9.2
1931	28	DET	AL	583	357	90	6.8	111	.344	.325	.290	.401	.358	.445	.415	.846	.773	119	.641	18.1	1.7	.821	.238	.120	3.8
1932	29	TOT	AL	454	253	90	9.6	106	.375	.367	.278	.454	.348	.513	.409	.966	.757	156	.764	36.4	3.4	1.036	.298	.145	5.3
1932	29	DET	AL	22	12	2	4.5	114	.286	.250	.290	.455	.361	.250	.426	.705	.788	84	.447	0.2	0.0	.833	.375	.000
1932	29	BOS	AL	432	241	88	9.8	106	.378	.372	.278	.454	.347	.524	.408	.978	.756	159	.773	36.3	3.4	1.046	.295	.152	5.3
1933	30	BOS	AL	338	226	39	4.6	108	.290	.281	.283	.336	.355	.380	.408	.716	.763	88	.488	-5.8	-0.6	.637	.176	.099	.0
5 Yrs				2736	1699	472	7.4	112	.342	.331	.290	.394	.357	.497	.420	.891	.777	129	.674	106.6	9.9	.878	.264	.166	30.1
162 Game Avg.				670	416	116	7.4	112	.342	.331	.290	.394	.357	.497	.420	.891	.777	129	.674	26	2	.878	.264	.166	7

DET (4 yrs)				1966	1232	345	7.5	114	.344	.331	.293	.391	.360	.512	.425	.903	.785	129	.673	76.2	7.1	.890	.273	.181	24.0
BOS (2 yrs)				770	467	127	7.3	107	.339	.331	.280	.402	.351	.459	.408	.861	.759	127	.674	30.4	2.8	.848	.241	.128	6.1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1929	26	DET	AL	701	3.6%	9.0%	8.0%	11.8%	39%	1.13	9.9	25.0	4.6	77%
1930	27	DET	AL	660	3.0%	8.5%	6.4%	9.2%	31%	1.33	10.8	30.1	4.5	80%
1931	28	DET	AL	583	0.5%	6.0%	11.0%	9.1%	32%	0.55	14.8	172.3	5.9	82%
1932	29	TOT	AL	454	1.8%	4.6%	13.4%	8.4%	26%	0.34	18.7	49.0	6.5	80%
1932	29	DET	AL	22	0.0%	9.1%	27.3%	0.0%	0%	0.33	8.0		4.0	64%
1932	29	BOS	AL	432	1.9%	4.4%	12.7%	8.8%	27%	0.35	19.8	47.0	6.7	81%
1933	30	BOS	AL	338	1.5%	6.5%	7.4%	5.9%	23%	0.88	14.2	62.6	7.8	85%
5 Yrs				2736	2.2%	7.2%	9.1%	9.3%	31%	0.79	12.4	40.2	5.3	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	7.9%	8.0%	7.1%	28%	1.00	11.3	67.2	7.5	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1929	26	155	701	626	110	215	43	15	25	137	5	9	56	63	.343	.397	.580	.977	148	363	0	18
1930	27	309	1361	1228	196	411	76	23	45	272	11	14	98	119	.335	.385	.544	.929	133	668	2	32
1931	28	444	1944	1745	271	579	123	26	48	359	16	22	162	154	.332	.390	.515	.904	129	898	4	32
1932	29	568	2398	2137	329	723	150	29	56	419	20	27	223	175	.338	.402	.514	.916	134	1099	5	32
1933	30	662	2736	2450	369	811	164	30	61	459	20	28	248	197	.331	.394	.497	.891	129	1218	6	32

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1929	26	164	719	645	103	210	42	15	24	128	5	55	67	.326	.379	.549	.927	134	155
1930	27	162	663	607	72	180	30	7	18	113	6	39	59	.297	.341	.458	.799	95	154
1931	28	141	584	522	66	157	44	3	3	76	5	60	37	.301	.375	.414	.789	80	135
1932	29	130	463	402	54	141	26	3	8	56	4	60	22	.351	.436	.490	.926	85	124
1933	30	100	350	325	36	85	14	1	5	36	0	24	23	.262	.314	.357	.671	36	94
5 Yrs		697	2779	2501	331	773	156	29	58	409	20	238	208	.309	.370	.464	.835	430	662
162 Game Avg.		162	646	581	77	180	36	7	13	95	5	55	48	.309	.370	.464	.835	100	662

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1932 AL (11, 12%) 0.12 Career Shares (859th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1929 AL 4.7 (8th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1929 AL 5.3 (7th) 1932 AL 4.3 (9th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1929 AL .343 (10th) 1932 AL .367 (1st)
On-Base% s c a p y 1932 AL .454 (3rd)	Slugging % s c a p y 1929 AL .580 (5th) 1932 AL .513 (7th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1929 AL .977 (6th) 1932 AL .966 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1929 AL 155 (1st) 1930 AL 154 (1st)
At Bats s c a p y 1929 AL 626 (3rd) 1930 AL 602 (6th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1929 AL 701 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1929 AL 215 (1st) 1930 AL 196 (9th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1929 AL 363 (2nd) 1930 AL 305 (10th)
Doubles s c a p y 1929 AL 43 (5th) 1931 AL 47 (2nd)	Triples s c a p y 1929 AL 15 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1929 AL 25 (5th) 1930 AL 20 (8th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1929 AL 137 (3rd) 1930 AL 135 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1929 AL 63 (3rd)	Singles s c a p y 1929 AL 132 (7th) 1930 AL 135 (7th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1929 AL 147 (7th) 1932 AL 155 (4th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1929 AL 141 (4th)
Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1929 AL 42 (6th) 1932 AL 36 (4th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1929 AL 3.9 (6th) 1932 AL 3.3 (4th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1929 AL 83 (2nd)	Times On Base s c a p y 1929 AL 271 (5th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 1929 AL .733 (9th) 1932 AL .764 (4th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1929 AL 25.0 (5th) 1930 AL 30.1 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1929 AL 438 (9th) 1930 AL 425 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 45 (564), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 62 (314), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 29 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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