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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-18 / in Starts: 24-15
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	44 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 143 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	63 (27-24-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 143 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	87 (40-30-16)

Most Driven In
B Killefer	4
F Luderus	2
D Paskert	1
H Lobert	1

Most Driven In By
H Lobert	5
S Magee	5
G Cravath	1
J Devore	1
J Martin	1
B Becker	1

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	144	1	Apr 14	PHI		NYG	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.30	-0.026	.80	-0.04%	0.15	P
2	145	5 (3)	Apr 22	PHI		BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.82	-0.042	2.48	-0.08%	-0.38	P
3	146	9 (3)	Apr 29	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.14	-0.083	3.66	-0.16%	-1.19	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	147	12 (2)	May 4	PHI	@	BSN	L,7-10	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
5	148	15 (2)	May 11	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.86	0.011	2.67	0.02%	-0.06	P
6	149	17 (1)	May 14	PHI	@	STL	W,5-3	0-GF(14)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
7	150	19 (1)	May 16	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.150	.150	.150	.300	9						P
8	151	22 (2)	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.130	.130	.261	9	.79	-0.058	2.11	-0.09%	-0.47	P
9	152	24 (1)	May 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.29	-0.008	.74	-0.01%	-0.29	P
10	153	28 (3)	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-10	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.115	.115	.115	.231	9						P
11	154	32 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,8-7	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.111	.111	.111	.222	2						P
12	155	33	May 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.129	.129	.129	.258	9	2.95	-0.355	5.33	-0.39%	-1.90	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	156	37 (3)	Jun 3	PHI		NYG	W,10-3	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.229	.429	9	.46	0.070	.80	0.07%	1.75	P
14	157	40 (2)	Jun 8	PHI		PIT	L,5-7	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.256	.487	9	1.16	0.055	2.00	0.06%	0.19	P
15	158	43 (2)	Jun 11	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.262	.262	.310	.571	9	1.81	0.094	2.92	0.09%	1.26	P
16	159	45 (1)	Jun 13	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	7-GF(15)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.239	.239	.283	.522	9	2.47	-0.250	5.71	-0.35%	-0.84	P
17	160	47 (1)	Jun 17	PHI		STL	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.224	.265	.490	9	1.28	-0.102	2.44	-0.12%	-0.69	P
18	161	50 (2)	Jun 20	PHI		CHC	L,4-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.224	.224	.265	.490	9						P
19	162	53 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.226	.226	.264	.491	9	.78	-0.064	1.28	-0.06%	-1.06	P
20	163	57 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.218	.255	.473	9	.50	-0.026	.77	-0.02%	-0.35	P
21	164	58	Jun 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-4	0-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.218	.218	.255	.473	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	165	61 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.224	.237	.259	.496	9						P
23	166	72 (10)	Jul 14 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.226	.238	.258	.496	9						P
24	167	75 (2)	Jul 16	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	0-GF(10)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.219	.231	.250	.481	9						P
25	168	77 (1)	Jul 18	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.221	.232	.250	.482	9						P
26	169	81 (3)	Jul 22	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.225	.243	.468	9	.64	-0.031	.47	-0.01%	-0.29	P
27	170	84 (2)	Jul 25	PHI		STL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.230	.247	.476	9	.39	0.055	.08	0.01%	0.48	P
28	171	88 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.221	.241	.247	.487	9	1.73	0.036	.26	0.00%	0.08	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	172	92 (3)	Aug 3	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.253	.259	.512	9	.24	-0.015	.12	-0.01%	0.00	P
30	173	93	Aug 4	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.235	.253	.259	.512	7						PR
31	174	96 (2)	Aug 7	PHI		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.256	.274	.530	9	1.12	0.043	.56	0.01%	0.04	P
32	175	99 (2)	Aug 11	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.267	.284	.551	9	.99	0.029	.37	0.01%	0.16	P
33	176	102 (2)	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.266	.283	.549	9	.88	0.153	.48	0.05%	1.23	P
34	177	105 (2)	Aug 18	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.265	.281	.547	9						P
35	178	110 (4)	Aug 25	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.260	.276	.536	9	.95	-0.048	.31	-0.01%	-0.32	P
36	179	111	Aug 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.242	.257	.273	.530	6						LF
37	180	113 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.245	.267	.275	.541	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	181	117 (3)	Sep 3	PHI		BSN	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.275	.283	.558	9	.25	0.060	.02	0.00%	0.89	P
39	182	118	Sep 4	PHI		BSN	L,5-6	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.255	.275	.283	.558	9						P
40	183	120 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.264	.283	.291	.574	9	.50	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.05	P
41	184	123 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.254	.274	.281	.554	9	.14	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-1.39	P
42	185	128 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.275	.282	.557	9	1.18	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
43	186	132 (3)	Sep 15	PHI		NYG	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.250	.268	.275	.543	9	.84	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
44	187	137 (4)	Sep 19 (1)	PHI		STL	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.268	.274	.542	9	.69	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
45	188	141 (3)	Sep 23	PHI		CHC	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.244	.267	.268	.535	9	1.10	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
46	189	146 (4)	Sep 26 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.244	.267	.267	.534	9	.32	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
47	190	148 (1)	Sep 30	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.261	.261	.522	9	1.23	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
48	191	150 (1)	Oct 3 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.234	.255	.255	.511	9	.96	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.04	P
							30-18		143	137	18	32	3	0	0	9	3	0	12	1	2		2		0		.234	.255	.255	.511		.95	-0.897	1.15	-1.03%	-6.23

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