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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Team Record in Appearances: 36-12 / in Starts: 33-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 1

1916 Pitching Game Log

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1916 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	237	1	Apr 12	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	4	2	1	5	1	0	2.00	2.98	36	63	1	0	2	33	2	0	0	0	1	2	3.63	0.05%
2	238	4	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-0)	5	9.0	5	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.00	2.93	35	76				32	1	0			0
3	239	8	Apr 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-1)	7	7.0	10	6	5	1	3	1	0	2.52	3.16	31	37	0	1	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	4.72	-0.65%
4	240	10	Apr 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(3-1)	2	9.0	8	2	1	1	5	0	0	2.12	2.73	37	69	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	2	4.29	0.18%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	241	13	May 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.67	2.55	31	77	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.08	0.64%
6	242	16	May 8	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-2)	4	8.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	1.76	2.39	31	61	1	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.28	-0.06%
7	243	19	May 12	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4		S(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	2.39	2					2					0
8	244	20	May 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-2)	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	1	1.48	2.27	30	86	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.39%
9	245	24	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.29	2.23	30	81	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	0.90%
10	246	28	May 22	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	7	3	2	1	6	0	1	1.37	2.16	36	68	2	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	5.49	0.34%
11	247	31	May 26	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-2)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	9	0	1	1.23	2.01	35	80	3	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	9.40	2.05%
12	248	36	May 30(2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-10	GS-7	L(8-3)	3	7.0	10	7	4	4	2	1	0	1.52	2.25	32	33	0	5	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	3.04	-0.75%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	249	40	Jun 3	PHI		STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.39	2.16	33	74	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	1.01%
14	250	43	Jun 12	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(10-3)	8	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.36	2.09	31	80	2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	1.13%
15	251	46	Jun 15	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(11-3)	2	9.0	10	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.33	2.04	34	67	0	2	1	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.70	1.35%
16	252	48	Jun 19	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(12-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	5	0	1	1.38	2.06	39	64	3	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	1	0	11.29	1.26%
17	253	53	Jun 23	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(13-3)	3	11.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	1.33	2.17	36	84	0	3	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	6.27	1.93%
18	254	57	Jun 27	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	GS-	L(13-4)	3	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	1	1.45	2.17	28	55				26					0
19	255	61	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-5	L(13-5)	2	4.1	7	4	4	3	4	1	0	1.65	2.27	23	34	1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.79	-1.08%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
20	256	63	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	L(13-6)	2	6.0	7	5	2	0	3	0	1	1.70	2.25	28	47				24	0	0			0
21	257	65	Jul 7	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.61	2.25	33	78				31	1	0			0
22	258	69	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.58	2.24	30	79	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.87	1.67%
23	259	73	Jul 15(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(16-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.50	2.19	29	84	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.18	0.90%
24	260	75	Jul 20(1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(17-6)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.43	2.18	28	86	0	1	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	0.72%
25	261	79	Jul 23	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(18-6)	2	9.0	8	1	1	1	8	0	0	1.41	2.12	35	74	1	0	0	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.33%
26	262	81	Jul 26(1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-1	CG	W(19-6)	2	9.0	10	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.39	2.13	35	63	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.36	0.57%
27	263	85	Jul 29(1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	L(19-7)	2	7.0	9	5	5	3	4	0	0	1.55	2.14	32	40	0	1	1	25	1	0	0	0	1	1	3.99	-0.93%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	264	90	Aug 2	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	SHO(12)	W(20-7)	3	12.0	7	0	0	3	7	0	0	1.47	2.13	45	92	2	1	0	41	1	0	2	0	0	1	7.03	2.08%
29	265	93	Aug 5	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	L(20-8)	2	9.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.49	2.15	33	60	1	3	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	0.14%
30	266	96	Aug 9(1)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(21-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.44	2.12	29	86	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	1.62%
31	267	101	Aug 14(1)	PHI		NYG	W,8-0	SHO	W(22-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	1.39	2.07	29	86	0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.55%
32	268	104	Aug 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(23-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	2.07	34	74	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.53	1.06%
33	269	106	Aug 21(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(23-9)	2	8.0	8	6	3	1	2	0	1	1.40	2.09	34	49	2	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	1	2	6.91	-1.58%
34	270	111	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	W(24-9)	2	9.0	10	2	2	0	4	0	0	1.42	2.07	37	63				37	3	0			0
35	271	114	Aug 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(25-9)	3	9.0	5	2	2	5	2	0	0	1.44	2.11	35	66	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.30	0.31%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
36	272	117	Sep 1(1)	PHI		BRO	W,3-0	SHO	W(26-9)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.40	2.09	34	75	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	3	7.14	1.40%
37	273	120	Sep 4(1)	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	2.09	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	36.91	0.59%
38	274	122	Sep 5(1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	W(27-9)	0	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	1.41	2.06	34	71	0	3	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	17.60	0.76%
39	275	126	Sep 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-9	GS-7	L(27-10)	2	7.0	13	8	5	0	2	0	1	1.52	2.07	35	27	0	1	0	33	3	1	0	2	0	3	6.17	-2.34%
40	276	130	Sep 12	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	W(28-10)	3	9.0	7	3	2	2	6	0	0	1.54	2.05	36	67				33	1	0			0
41	277	134	Sep 16(1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-3	CG	W(29-10)	3	9.0	10	3	3	2	1	0	0	1.57	2.07	35	54	0	0	1	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.57	1.19%
42	278	137	Sep 19	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	L(29-11)	2	9.0	8	2	1	1	3	0	0	1.56	2.07	35	67	3	2	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	8.43	0.54%
43	279	142	Sep 23(1)	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	W(30-11)	3	9.0	13	3	2	0	3	0	0	1.57	2.06	36	54				36	1	1			0
44	280	143	Sep 23(2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(31-11)	-1	9.0	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.53	2.05	33	74				32	0	0			0
45	281	146	Sep 28	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	W(32-11)	4	9.0	6	4	2	3	5	0	0	1.54	2.06	37	65	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	3	16.92	1.00%
46	282	148	Sep 30(2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-6	GS-7	L(32-12)	1	7.0	11	4	3	1	0	1	1	1.59	2.11	36	40	1	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	2	41.08	-4.05%
47	283	149	Oct 2(1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(33-12)	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	2.11	31	82	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	20.19	6.77%
48	284	153	Oct 4	PHI		BSN	W,7-5		S(3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	2.11	1					1					0
							36-12		W-L:33-12,Sv:3	2.7	390.0	323	90	67	50	169	6	10	1.55	2.11	1500	66	23	31	8	1403	39	9	2	15	6	30	7.03	21.97%

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