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: 30-13 / in Starts: 23-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 3

1913 Pitching Game Log

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1913 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	95	9	Apr 25	PHI	@	NYG	T,0-0	SHO(11)		99	11.0	9	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	1.74	40	84	2	1	1	38	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.84	1.55%
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
2	96	12	May 1	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.06	32	74	1	2	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	4.19	1.22%
3	97	15	May 5	PHI		NYG	W,6-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	6	0	0	0.93	2.01	39	61	0	0	0	37	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.66	0.26%
4	98	19	May 9	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	0.95	2.14	30	80	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.90%
5	99	22	May 13	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	8-GF	BW(4-0)	3	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	2.11	7		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.75	0.02%
6	100	24	May 15	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GS-6		1	5.2	6	4	3	5	3	1	0	1.58	2.64	27	41	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.26	-0.64%
7	101	27	May 20	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.32	2.48	33	79				33	2	0
8	102	30	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-0)	3	9.0	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.13	2.34	36	74	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	6.50	1.46%
9	103	31	May 26	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-5	9-GF(11)	W(7-0)	1	2.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	2.35	11		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.80	0.94%
10	104	32	May 29	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-7	GS-		2	8.0	9	6	6	2	1	1	0	1.82	2.60	35	39				33
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
11	105	37	Jun 4	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-0)	5	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.62	2.59	33	76	0	2	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.08	1.31%
12	106	41	Jun 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(9-0)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.56	2.54	31	78				29	0	0
13	107	43	Jun 10	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2		S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	2.51	3					3
14	108	45	Jun 12	PHI	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	W(10-0)	1	9.0	11	5	4	3	5	0	0	1.76	2.51	38	49				34	1	2
15	109	49	Jun 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-13	GS-5	L(10-1)	3	5.0	10	5	5	0	2	0	0	2.10	2.47	24	29	1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.47	-0.66%
16	110	52	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(11-1)	2	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.01	2.50	33	75	2	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.71	2.30%
17	111	56	Jun 24	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-5		S(2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	2.50	2					2
18	112	57	Jun 25	PHI		BRO	W,11-8	3-3		0	1.0	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.28	2.52	9		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.46	-1.30%
19	113	59	Jun 26(2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	L(11-2)	0	9.0	11	4	4	0	3	0	0	2.40	2.48	37	52				37	4	0
20	114	62	Jun 30	PHI		NYG	L,10-11	9-GF(10)	L(11-3)	3	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.44	2.48	8		1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.06	-0.84%
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	115	63	Jul 1	PHI		NYG	L,0-10	GS-3	L(11-4)	0	3.0	5	3	3	3	0	0	1	2.58	2.57	17	34	2	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	9.07	-0.86%
22	116	65	Jul 3	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG(11)	L(11-5)	1	11.0	10	4	3	5	4	0	0	2.57	2.62	45	62	0	3	0	38	4	0	1	0	1	0	12.13	0.27%
23	117	69	Jul 7(2)	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.57	2.56	25	64	0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.13	0.12%
24	118	71	Jul 9	PHI		PIT	L,0-3	9-9		1	0.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.69	2.54	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.25%
25	119	78	Jul 17(1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(12-5)	7	9.0	11	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.65	2.56	36	58	1	4	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.39	0.48%
26	120	83	Jul 22(1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	5	5	3	7	1	0	2.81	2.61	30	47	2	0	0	24	2	2	0	1	2	0	1.69	-0.34%
27	121	87	Jul 26	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	9	2	1	2	7	0	0	2.72	2.56	37	68	0	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.15	0.15%
28	122	89	Jul 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-4	6-GF	W(14-5)	2	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	2.55	14		0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.29%
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
29	123	92	Aug 1	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(15-5)	2	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.58	2.51	35	73				33	0	1
30	124	96	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.46	2.46	31	85				30	1	0
31	125	99	Aug 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,16-3	GS-8	W(17-5)	2	8.0	7	3	1	4	5	0	0	2.41	2.47	35	61	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	0.11%
32	126	101	Aug 14(1)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(18-5)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.31	2.44	31	81	0	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	0.80%
33	127	103	Aug 15	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF(11)	BW(19-5)	0	2.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.28	2.45	12		1	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.06	-0.08%
34	128	106	Aug 18	PHI		CHC	L,4-10	GS-3	L(19-6)	2	3.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	2.37	2.53	15	35	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.15%
35	129	109	Aug 21	PHI		PIT	L,6-9	GS-4	L(19-7)	2	4.0	6	6	6	2	6	2	1	2.57	2.63	20	30	3	2	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.21%
36	130	111	Aug 23(1)	PHI		PIT	L,5-10	GS-2		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	2.63	8	54	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.03%
37	131	118	Aug 30	PHI		NYG	W,8-6	GS-3		6	3.0	6	6	5	3	1	0	0	2.71	2.66	16	23	2	1	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.21%
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
38	132	123	Sep 3(2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5			3	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.76	2.67	9					7
39	133	125	Sep 5(2)	PHI	@	BSN	T,0-0	SHO		1	10.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.65	2.65	36	81				34	1	0
40	134	129	Sep 8(2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	W(20-7)	2	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.62	2.60	33	72				33	1	0
41	135	132	Sep 13	PHI	@	STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(21-7)	4	10.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.52	2.59	34	86				32	2	0
42	136	134	Sep 15	PHI	@	CIN	T,2-2			1	5.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.51	2.57	22					21
43	137	139	Sep 21(1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-		5	3.0	6	7	7	3	4	2	0	2.72	2.67	18	20				14
44	138	141	Sep 22(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(22-7)	0	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.63	2.67	32	80	1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.09%
45	139	146	Sep 25(2)	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	GS-7		2	7.0	12	6	6	3	4	0	0	2.75	2.67	34	30	0	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.02%
46	140	151	Sep 29(2)	PHI		BRO	T,4-4	CG(14)		3	14.0	16	4	4	2	10	0	0	2.75	2.61	57	72	0	1	0	53	2	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
47	141	159	Oct 4(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG(8)	L(22-8)	4	8.0	10	7	7	8	4	0	0	2.88	2.66	41	30	4	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							30-13		W-L:22-8,Sv:2,BSv:2	2.5	306.1	288	106	98	75	159	9	3	2.88	2.66	1235	59	24	24	3	1136	43	6	2	12	9	9	3.77	6.72%

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