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	36-13 / in Starts: 33-12
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 145 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	58 (28-17-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 145 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	86 (40-29-16)

Most Driven In
B Niehoff	3
B Killefer	2
D Bancroft	1
F Luderus	1
E Burns	1
D Paskert	0

Most Driven In By
D Paskert	4
B Niehoff	2
B Byrne	1
G Cravath	1
D Bancroft	0
M Stock	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	241	1	Apr 12	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.35	-0.025	3.60	-0.04%	0.23	P
2	242	4 (2)	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.286	.286	.286	.571	9						P
3	243	8 (3)	Apr 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.14	-0.054	4.04	-0.12%	-0.39	P
4	244	10 (1)	Apr 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.308	.308	.308	.615	9	.73	0.030	2.51	0.06%	0.74	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
5	245	13 (2)	May 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.375	.375	.500	.875	9	.68	0.195	2.23	0.39%	1.93	P
6	246	16 (2)	May 8	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.368	.368	.474	.842	9	.73	0.030	2.40	0.06%	0.16	P
7	247	19 (2)	May 12	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.368	.368	.474	.842	9						P
8	248	20	May 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.304	.304	.391	.696	9	.30	-0.030	.75	-0.05%	-0.80	P
9	249	24 (3)	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.320	.346	.400	.746	9	.49	0.022	1.68	0.05%	0.51	P
10	250	28 (3)	May 22	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.276	.300	.345	.645	9	1.92	-0.188	8.08	-0.48%	-1.34	P
11	251	31 (2)	May 26	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.273	.313	.585	9	.86	-0.088	4.57	-0.28%	-0.69	P
12	252	36 (4)	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-10	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.257	.294	.551	9	1.93	-0.153	8.64	-0.41%	-1.24	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	253	40 (3)	Jun 3	PHI		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.263	.324	.587	9	.43	-0.011	1.45	-0.02%	-0.31	P
14	254	42 (1)	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.237	.256	.316	.572	9	.05	-0.001	.20	0.00%	-0.38	PH
15	255	43	Jun 12	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.220	.238	.293	.531	9	.69	-0.009	2.51	-0.02%	-0.12	P
16	256	46 (2)	Jun 15	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.205	.222	.273	.495	9	.91	-0.065	3.86	-0.16%	-0.58	P
17	257	48 (1)	Jun 19	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.191	.208	.255	.464	9	.83	-0.163	4.68	-0.55%	-1.67	P
18	258	53 (4)	Jun 23	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.220	.250	.280	.530	9	1.50	0.107	7.59	0.32%	0.57	P
19	259	57 (3)	Jun 27	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.212	.241	.269	.510	9						P
20	260	61 (3)	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.250	.315	.565	9	1.09	0.096	4.83	0.26%	0.71	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
21	261	63 (1)	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.214	.241	.304	.545	9						P
22	262	65 (1)	Jul 7	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.220	.246	.305	.551	9						P
23	263	69 (3)	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.250	.306	.556	9	.59	-0.003	2.62	-0.01%	-0.05	P
24	264	73 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.215	.239	.292	.531	9	.37	-0.026	1.62	-0.07%	-0.38	P
25	265	75 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.232	.254	.333	.587	9	.48	0.108	2.16	0.29%	0.71	P
26	266	79 (3)	Jul 23	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.247	.267	.370	.637	9	.47	-0.036	1.84	-0.09%	0.06	P
27	267	81 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.260	.278	.390	.668	9	.19	0.093	.86	0.25%	0.73	P
28	268	85 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.266	.284	.392	.676	9	1.19	-0.023	5.19	-0.06%	-0.31	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	269	90 (4)	Aug 2	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.265	.282	.386	.668	9	1.70	-0.168	6.16	-0.37%	-0.80	P
30	270	93 (2)	Aug 5	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.279	.295	.407	.702	9	1.51	0.075	5.77	0.17%	0.80	P
31	271	96 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.295	.311	.432	.743	9	.89	0.011	3.60	0.03%	-0.16	P
32	272	101 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.293	.309	.424	.732	9	.26	-0.009	1.04	-0.02%	-0.56	P
33	273	104 (2)	Aug 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.281	.296	.406	.702	9	.55	-0.053	2.66	-0.16%	-0.74	P
34	274	106 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.307	.408	.715	9	1.44	0.152	7.79	0.49%	0.70	P
35	275	111 (4)	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.275	.295	.392	.687	9						P
36	276	114 (2)	Aug 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.283	.303	.415	.718	9	.33	0.090	1.13	0.19%	1.40	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
37	277	117 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.284	.304	.422	.726	9	.48	0.015	2.48	0.05%	-0.12	P
38	278	120 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.284	.304	.422	.726	9						P
39	279	122 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.277	.296	.411	.706	9	.52	-0.037	6.01	-0.26%	-0.40	P
40	280	126 (3)	Sep 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.272	.291	.404	.694	9	1.13	-0.055	9.85	-0.29%	-0.41	P
41	281	130 (3)	Sep 12	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.265	.289	.393	.682	9						P
42	282	134 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.264	.288	.388	.676	9	.55	-0.007	4.24	-0.03%	-0.53	P
43	283	137 (2)	Sep 19	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.258	.281	.379	.660	9	1.52	-0.111	14.40	-0.63%	-0.60	P
44	284	142 (4)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.254	.282	.373	.655	9						P
45	285	143	Sep 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.248	.276	.364	.640	9						P
46	286	146 (2)	Sep 28	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.277	.364	.641	9	.79	0.146	17.94	2.00%	2.37	P
47	287	148 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.273	.358	.632	9	1.23	-0.058	45.24	-1.28%	-0.38	P
48	288	149	Oct 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.241	.268	.350	.618	9	.67	0.036	15.31	0.49%	0.44	P
49	289	153 (3)	Oct 4	PHI		BSN	W,7-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.241	.268	.350	.618	9						P
							36-13		145	137	10	33	7	4	0	9	5	0	15	0	2		2		1		.241	.268	.350	.618		.87	-0.167	5.44	-0.29%	-0.93

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