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	25-14 / in Starts: 23-13
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 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:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 119 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	79 (37-25-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 119 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (39-25-14)

Most Driven In
H Miller	3
M Callaghan	2
G Hartnett	2
A Elliott	2
C Heathcote	1
D Grigsby	1
Self	1
B O'Farrell	0

Most Driven In By
G Grantham	4
J Kelleher	1
S Adams	1
C Heathcote	1
C Hollocher	1
Self	1
A Statz	0

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 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	480	2 (1)	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	9	.61	0.028	1.45	0.04%	0.36	P
2	481	7 (4)	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	9	.30	0.006	.96	0.01%	-0.80	P
3	482	11 (3)	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.222	.222	.444	.667	9	1.35	-0.075	4.31	-0.14%	-0.80	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	483	16 (4)	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.182	.182	.364	.545	9	1.14	-0.076	3.66	-0.15%	-0.90	P
5	484	20 (3)	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	9	1.08	-0.127	3.45	-0.24%	-1.31	P
6	485	24 (3)	May 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.235	.235	.353	.588	9	.97	0.033	2.02	0.04%	0.78	P
7	486	27 (2)	May 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.211	.316	.526	9	1.07	-0.095	1.99	-0.11%	-1.16	P
8	487	32 (4)	May 25	CHC		CIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.227	.227	.318	.545	9	.78	0.131	1.40	0.14%	0.97	P
9	488	36 (3)	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.208	.292	.500	9	.41	-0.021	.90	-0.03%	-0.36	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
10	489	41 (4)	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.296	.519	9	1.41	-0.100	1.50	-0.06%	-0.80	P
11	490	43 (1)	Jun 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.296	.519	7						P
12	491	46 (2)	Jun 7	CHC		NYG	W,9-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.226	.290	.516	9	1.51	-0.131	2.19	-0.11%	-1.14	P
13	492	50 (3)	Jun 11	CHC		BSN	W,10-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.235	.235	.324	.559	9	.61	-0.035	.89	-0.03%	0.45	P
14	493	54 (3)	Jun 15	CHC		BRO	L,7-9	GS-11	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.237	.316	.553	9	.84	-0.074	1.84	-0.10%	-0.47	P
15	494	59 (4)	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	W,16-1	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.238	.310	.548	9	.11	-0.008	.17	-0.01%	-1.30	P
16	495	63 (3)	Jun 24	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.267	.267	.356	.622	9						P
17	496	66 (2)	Jun 28	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.255	.255	.340	.596	9	2.14	-0.143	2.08	-0.08%	-0.96	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
18	497	70 (3)	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.260	.260	.340	.600	9	.31	0.053	.31	0.03%	0.79	P
19	498	74 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.352	.630	9	.16	-0.002	.06	0.00%	0.71	P
20	499	78 (3)	Jul 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.276	.345	.621	9	.87	-0.109	.52	-0.04%	-1.45	P
21	500	82 (3)	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.258	.323	.581	9	1.28	-0.129	1.19	-0.07%	-0.98	P
22	501	87 (4)	Jul 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.246	.246	.308	.554	9	.81	-0.074	.35	-0.02%	-1.52	P
23	502	91 (3)	Jul 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG(12)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.239	.296	.535	9	1.79	-0.232	.84	-0.07%	-0.99	P
24	503	93 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.233	.288	.521	9	.91	-0.047	.42	-0.01%	-0.43	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
25	504	98 (4)	Aug 1	CHC		BSN	W,8-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.260	.342	.602	9	.67	0.240	.05	0.01%	1.99	P
26	505	102 (3)	Aug 5	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.241	.250	.329	.579	9	.42	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.03	P
27	506	106 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.250	.325	.575	9	1.79	-0.083	.27	-0.01%	0.02	P
28	507	111 (4)	Aug 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.241	.314	.555	9	1.17	-0.120	.15	-0.01%	-1.10	P
29	508	115 (3)	Aug 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,15-8	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.247	.330	.577	9	.74	0.007	.14	0.00%	0.18	P
30	509	118 (2)	Aug 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.237	.315	.552	9	.70	-0.075	.30	-0.02%	-0.96	P
31	510	123 (4)	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.227	.302	.529	9	1.30	-0.117	.12	-0.01%	-1.50	P
Sept		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
32	511	126 (2)	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.222	.296	.518	9	.82	-0.063	.28	-0.01%	-0.66	P
33	512	131 (4)	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.220	.293	.513	9	.98	-0.026	.12	0.00%	-0.26	P
34	513	135 (3)	Sep 12	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.225	.297	.523	9	1.26	0.014	.01	0.00%	0.14	P
35	514	138 (2)	Sep 15	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.225	.297	.523	9						P
36	515	139	Sep 16	CHC		NYG	L,6-10	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.225	.297	.523	9						P
37	516	142 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.226	.295	.522	9	2.37	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-1.97	P
38	517	146 (3)	Sep 24	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.229	.296	.526	9	1.62	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.37	P
39	518	150 (3)	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS-10	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.216	.223	.288	.512	9	.96	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
							25-14		119	111	10	24	3	1	1	12	1	0	11	0	6		4		0	0	.216	.223	.288	.512		1.02	-1.706	.97	-1.05%	-14.99

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