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	21-13 / in Starts: 19-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	61 (30-17-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (32-20-12)

Most Driven In
J Wilson	4
R Maranville	2
R Blades	2
C Hafey	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
T Douthit	3
F Frisch	2
E Orsatti	2
A High	1
Self	1
J Bottomley	1
W Holm	1
T Thevenow	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 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	639	2 (1)	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.30	0.006	.76	0.01%	-0.53	P
2	640	6 (3)	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG(10)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.11	-0.067	3.04	-0.11%	-0.49	P
3	641	10 (3)	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.46	0.013	1.28	0.02%	0.68	P
4	642	14 (3)	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.455	.455	.455	.909	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	643	16 (1)	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.385	.385	.769	9	1.11	-0.061	3.12	-0.10%	-0.59	P
6	644	20 (3)	May 6 (1)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	9	1.02	-0.080	2.32	-0.11%	-0.62	P
7	645	26 (5)	May 11	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.93	-0.093	2.57	-0.16%	-1.46	P
8	646	31 (4)	May 18	STL		NYG	L,6-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
9	647	35 (3)	May 21	STL		CHC	W,8-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.227	.227	.455	9	.85	-0.044	2.57	-0.08%	-0.37	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	648	47 (11)	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	W,11-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.227	.227	.455	9						P
11	649	52 (4)	Jun 11	STL	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.231	.259	.346	.605	9	.80	0.054	2.86	0.12%	1.50	P
12	650	58 (5)	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.321	.563	9	.22	-0.012	1.53	-0.05%	-0.34	P
13	651	60 (1)	Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.273	.344	.616	9	1.05	-0.046	7.50	-0.20%	0.46	P
14	652	66 (5)	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.257	.278	.343	.621	9	1.15	0.073	8.50	0.32%	0.43	P
15	653	70 (3)	Jun 30	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.256	.316	.572	9	.70	-0.054	4.08	-0.19%	-0.54	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
16	654	75 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,9-16	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.231	.250	.308	.558	9						P
17	655	77 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.214	.233	.286	.518	9	.39	-0.024	2.26	-0.08%	-0.82	P
18	656	84 (6)	Jul 14	STL		BRO	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.250	.302	.552	9	1.12	0.022	7.76	0.09%	0.22	P
19	657	89 (4)	Jul 20	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.255	.304	.560	9	.62	0.052	3.83	0.19%	0.36	P
20	658	94 (4)	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.294	.340	.634	9	.53	0.115	3.55	0.47%	1.08	P
21	659	99 (4)	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	W,18-5	CG	6	5	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.333	.382	.715	9	.60	0.130	3.96	0.51%	2.11	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
22	660	102 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.333	.382	.715	9						P
23	661	103	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.298	.322	.368	.690	9	1.94	-0.127	10.45	-0.41%	-1.18	P
24	662	111 (7)	Aug 14	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.300	.323	.367	.689	9	.29	0.006	2.07	0.03%	0.69	P
25	663	115 (3)	Aug 18	STL		NYG	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.344	.403	.747	9	1.26	0.082	15.25	0.60%	0.49	P
26	664	121 (5)	Aug 25	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.338	.394	.732	9	1.99	-0.128	16.82	-0.65%	-1.09	P
27	665	125 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.329	.382	.711	9	.81	-0.042	6.84	-0.21%	-0.43	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
28	666	129 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.329	.371	.700	9	1.39	-0.074	8.42	-0.27%	-0.50	P
29	667	134 (4)	Sep 9	STL		PIT	L,7-8	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.329	.361	.690	9	1.57	0.017	14.07	0.09%	-0.11	P
30	668	137 (2)	Sep 12	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.284	.321	.351	.672	9	1.14	-0.097	12.76	-0.65%	-1.03	P
31	669	141 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.316	.347	.663	9	.55	-0.015	6.38	-0.10%	-0.26	P
32	670	145 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.313	.342	.655	9	1.09	-0.064	22.01	-0.77%	-1.01	P
33	671	148 (2)	Sep 24	STL	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.289	.322	.349	.671	9	.65	0.116	10.68	1.15%	1.27	P
34	672	152 (3)	Sep 28	STL	@	BSN	W,10-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.322	.349	.671	9	.84	-0.018	16.82	-0.21%	-0.06	P
							21-13		98	86	13	25	2	0	1	10	4	0	8	0	5		3		0	0	.291	.322	.349	.671		.90	-0.360	7.01	-0.76%	-2.12

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