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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 25	PHI	@	NYG	T,0-0	CG	40	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	12 (2)	May 1	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	15 (2)	May 5	PHI		NYG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	19 (3)	May 9	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
5	22 (2)	May 13	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	24 (1)	May 15	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GS	27	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
7	27 (2)	May 20	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	30 (2)	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
9	31	May 26	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-5	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	32	May 29	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-7	GS	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	37 (4)	Jun 4	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	41 (3)	Jun 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	43 (1)	Jun 10	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	45 (1)	Jun 12	PHI	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	49 (3)	Jun 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-13	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	1
16	52 (2)	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	56 (3)	Jun 24	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-5	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
18	57	Jun 25	PHI		BRO	W,11-8		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	59 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
20	62 (2)	Jun 30	PHI		NYG	L,10-11	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	63	Jul 1	PHI		NYG	L,0-10	GS	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	65 (1)	Jul 3	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	69 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	71 (1)	Jul 9	PHI		PIT	L,0-3		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	78 (6)	Jul 17 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
26	83 (4)	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	87 (3)	Jul 26	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	89 (1)	Jul 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-4	GF	14	4.0	0	4	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	92 (2)	Aug 1	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	96 (3)	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	99 (2)	Aug 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,16-3	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	101 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	103 (1)	Aug 15	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	GF	12	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
34	106 (2)	Aug 18	PHI		CHC	L,4-10	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	109 (2)	Aug 21	PHI		PIT	L,6-9	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	111 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,5-10	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	118 (6)	Aug 30	PHI		NYG	W,8-6	GS	16	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	123 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	125 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	T,0-0	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	129 (3)	Sep 8 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
41	132 (2)	Sep 13	PHI	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	0	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
42	134 (1)	Sep 15	PHI	@	CIN	T,2-2	GF	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	139 (4)	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	141 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
45	146 (4)	Sep 25 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	1	4	0	5	0
46	151 (4)	Sep 29 (2)	PHI		BRO	T,4-4	CG	57	14.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	159 (7)	Oct 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
							47gm		306.0	10	82	0	92	3