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: 25-21 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 5

1912 Pitching Game Log

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1912 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	49	1	Apr 11	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	12	7	7	2	5	1	0	7.88	3.98	39	33	2	0	0	36	3	1	1	0	0	1	1.74	-0.51%
2	50	4	Apr 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-6	5-GF		3	5.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	6.23	2.77	20		0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.08%
3	51	6	Apr 19	PHI		BSN	W,9-5	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	10	5	3	3	4	1	0	4.91	3.44	40	52	0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.72	0.16%
4	52	8	Apr 24	PHI		NYG	L,4-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	7	7	3	6	1	0	1	5.00	4.04	28	28	4	2	0	21	2	2	1	1	0	3	3.32	-0.83%
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	53	13	May 3	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-6	CG(10)	W(2-2)	8	10.0	16	6	6	6	4	1	0	5.11	4.34	48	34	8	2	0	42	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.67	-0.10%
6	54	16	May 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	4-GF(8)	L(2-3)	4	4.1	3	3	3	1	5	0	0	5.23	4.01	18		0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.90	-0.20%
7	55	20	May 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-6	L(2-4)	5	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	0	4.94	3.63	24	58	0	1	1	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.04%
8	56	21	May 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-4		2	3.2	3	1	1	6	2	0	0	4.76	3.85	19	47	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	.83	0.03%
9	57	25	May 21	PHI	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	6	5	2	3	3	0	0	4.50	3.78	30	51	4	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	.98	-0.08%
10	58	28	May 25	PHI		BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	4	2	2	3	9	1	0	4.16	3.72	33	77	1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.15%
11	59	30	May 27(2)	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.10	3.67	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.01%
12	60	31	May 28	PHI		BSN	W,10-8	6-GF	W(4-4)	0	3.2	3	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.27	3.77	15		0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.12%
13	61	33	May 30(2)	PHI		NYG	L,1-6	1-5		1	5.0	4	5	2	3	2	0	0	4.23	3.78	23		1	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	2	.70	-0.06%
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
14	62	35	Jun 3	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	6	3	1	0	6	0	0	3.89	3.54	36	73	0	1	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	4	.82	0.13%
15	63	39	Jun 8	PHI		STL	L,5-6	CG	L(5-5)	4	9.0	10	6	6	5	9	0	1	4.09	3.47	40	47	2	2	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.05%
16	64	42	Jun 12	PHI		CIN	L,0-8	GS-3	L(5-6)	3	3.0	5	5	4	4	6	0	0	4.33	3.46	18	33	3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.07%
17	65	43	Jun 13	PHI		CIN	W,11-10	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.52	3.41	11		0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.59	0.01%
18	66	51	Jun 25	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-7)	11	8.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.35	3.36	31	66	2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	.08	0.01%
19	67	54	Jun 28(1)	PHI		BRO	W,6-4	7-GF	W(6-7)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.23	3.34	11		0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
20	68	56	Jun 29(1)	PHI		BRO	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(7-7)	0	11.0	8	2	1	5	13	0	0	3.92	3.20	44	83	2	2	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.00%
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
21	69	60	Jul 2	PHI		BRO	W,7-6	GS-8	W(8-7)	2	8.0	9	6	5	4	1	1	0	4.03	3.36	36	39	1	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
22	70	65	Jul 6	PHI	@	BSN	W,13-11	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.99	3.34	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
23	71	66	Jul 8(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(9-7)	1	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.80	3.30	34	72	1	0	1	32	1	0	0	1	1	2	.01	0.00%
24	72	69	Jul 12	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	W(10-7)	3	9.0	11	4	2	4	10	0	0	3.69	3.22	42	59	1	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	1	.01	0.00%
25	73	73	Jul 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.48	3.21	33	80	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
26	74	78	Jul 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-2	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	4	2	2	2	7	2	0	3.40	3.30	33	76	1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
27	75	81	Jul 23	PHI	@	STL	W,10-8	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	3.29	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
28	76	82	Jul 24	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	L(12-8)	0	8.2	14	5	5	4	6	0	0	3.48	3.27	43	38	0	1	0	37	2	0	0	0	1	0	.03	-0.01%
29	77	85	Jul 29	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.36	3.21	35	76	1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.01%
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
30	78	89	Aug 1	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	W(14-8)	2	9.0	10	3	2	3	6	0	0	3.30	3.18	36	60	1	2	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.00%
31	79	93	Aug 5(2)	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	L(14-9)	3	9.0	12	5	5	4	6	0	1	3.38	3.18	41	45	1	2	0	35	5	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
32	80	97	Aug 10(1)	PHI		CIN	W,10-2	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.32	3.15	34	65	2	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	81	99	Aug 12	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	9-GF		1	0.2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	3.14	2		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	0.00%
34	82	102	Aug 14(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(15-10)	1	9.2	6	2	1	2	4	0	0	3.20	3.12	37	73	2	0	0	33	1	1	1	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
35	83	105	Aug 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	W(16-10)	1	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	1	3.19	3.12	35	63	0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
36	84	109	Aug 20(1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-6	L(16-11)	3	6.0	7	6	2	3	2	0	0	3.19	3.13	29	41	1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
37	85	114	Aug 26	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(17-11)	5	9.0	8	1	0	2	3	0	1	3.07	3.13	37	70	1	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
38	86	117	Aug 30	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	10-GF(10)	L(17-12)	3	1.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.13	3.13	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	87	118	Aug 31(1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.16	3.14	6		1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sept				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
40	88	120	Sep 2(1)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG(11)	L(17-13)	1	11.0	12	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.16	3.14	45	62	2	1	0	43	3	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
41	89	126	Sep 5(2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	L(17-14)	2	9.0	8	4	4	1	4	2	0	3.19	3.21	34	58	1	2	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
42	90	132	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	CG	L(17-15)	6	9.0	15	7	5	1	4	0	0	3.25	3.18	38	36	1	4	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
43	91	135	Sep 16(2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	L(17-16)	3	8.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	3.19	3.19	31	68	0	2	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
44	92	139	Sep 20(2)	PHI		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(18-16)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.09	3.17	31	79	1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
45	93	142	Sep 26(1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-0	SHO	W(19-16)	5	9.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.00	3.14	31	88	2	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
46	94	147	Sep 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS-7	L(19-17)	3	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.02	3.13	25	57	1	3	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
							25-21		W-L:19-17,Sv:2	2.6	310.0	289	133	104	105	195	11	6	3.02	3.13	1290	58	52	38	2	1151	57	8	5	9	10	25	.52	-1.16%

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