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	19-13 / in Starts: 17-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 95 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	74 (32-24-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 95 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (31-20-12)

Most Driven In
Z Terry	4
M Krug	2
H Miller	2
B O'Farrell	1
M Callaghan	1
B Friberg	1
G Hartnett	0

Most Driven In By
C Heathcote	1
J Kelleher	1
M Krug	1
A Statz	1

1922 Batting Game Log

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1922 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	447	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	9	.62	0.013	1.53	0.02%	0.56	P
2	448	7 (5)	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.06	-0.047	2.99	-0.08%	-0.53	P
3	449	12 (4)	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.375	.775	9	1.47	-0.107	5.17	-0.23%	-0.62	P
4	450	16 (3)	Apr 30	CHC		STL	L,0-10	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	9						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	451	19 (2)	May 7	CHC		PIT	L,5-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	9						P
6	452	21 (1)	May 10	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.250	.536	9	1.40	-0.068	3.61	-0.11%	-0.57	P
7	453	25 (3)	May 14	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.188	.410	9	1.21	-0.130	3.28	-0.21%	-1.02	P
8	454	29 (3)	May 20	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.227	.200	.427	9	.82	0.001	1.60	0.00%	-0.16	P
9	455	33 (3)	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	T,2-2	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.200	.174	.374	9	1.46	-0.156	2.66	-0.17%	-1.27	P
10	456	38 (4)	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	.75	-0.002	.98	0.00%	0.59	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
11	457	42 (3)	Jun 1	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9						P
12	458	45 (2)	Jun 4	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.143	.226	.179	.404	9	1.49	0.154	1.81	0.11%	0.84	P
13	459	48 (2)	Jun 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.229	.188	.416	9	1.16	-0.126	1.32	-0.09%	-1.20	P
14	460	52 (3)	Jun 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.231	.194	.425	9	.49	0.028	.41	0.01%	0.48	P
15	461	56 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.279	.250	.529	9	2.60	0.555	2.64	0.34%	2.28	P
16	462	59 (2)	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.289	.244	.533	9	1.37	-0.020	1.83	-0.02%	-0.14	P
17	463	61 (1)	Jun 24	CHC	@	STL	W,10-9	6-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.319	.279	.598	9	1.48	0.096	2.39	0.09%	1.13	P
18	464	65 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.320	.267	.587	9	.90	-0.024	1.19	-0.02%	-0.21	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
19	465	69 (3)	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.315	.265	.580	9	.82	0.055	.57	0.02%	0.42	P
20	466	74 (4)	Jul 7	CHC		BSN	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.310	.250	.560	9	.37	-0.048	.31	-0.02%	-0.98	P
21	467	80 (5)	Jul 12	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.241	.541	9	.86	-0.046	1.33	-0.04%	-0.38	P
22	468	84 (3)	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	L,7-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.295	.236	.531	9	.26	-0.007	.25	0.00%	-0.12	P
23	469	89 (4)	Jul 21	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.297	.241	.538	9	.70	-0.018	.57	-0.01%	-0.09	P
24	470	93 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.284	.230	.513	9	1.16	-0.088	1.25	-0.06%	-0.52	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	471	102 (8)	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.284	.230	.513	9						P
26	472	103	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.271	.219	.490	9	.82	-0.068	1.88	-0.09%	-0.57	P
27	473	107 (3)	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.270	.221	.491	9	1.14	0.137	2.01	0.15%	1.16	P
28	474	111 (3)	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.197	.260	.211	.471	9	.88	-0.086	2.47	-0.14%	-1.46	P
29	475	117 (5)	Aug 19	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.247	.200	.447	9	1.58	-0.218	8.67	-0.72%	-1.80	P
30	476	121 (3)	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.205	.455	9	.46	0.003	.73	0.00%	0.16	P
31	477	125 (3)	Aug 29	CHC	@	STL	W,15-11	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.247	.203	.450	9	1.71	-0.077	1.88	-0.05%	-0.67	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	478	129 (3)	Sep 3	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.236	.193	.429	9	2.41	-0.398	4.27	-0.42%	-1.73	P
33	479	135 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.231	.188	.419	9	1.90	-0.103	1.95	-0.06%	-1.07	P
							19-13		95	85	4	15	1	0	0	11	6	0	16	0	3		1		0	0	.176	.231	.188	.419		1.16	-0.795	2.22	-1.80%	-7.47

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