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: 12-10 / in Starts: 10-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 0

1929 Pitching Game Log

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1929 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	666	1	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.00	2.57	30	70	0	1	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.16	0.57%
2	667	6	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	5	8.0	10	3	2	0	4	1	0	2.12	2.97	34	56	0	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.06%
3	668	11	Apr 28	STL		PIT	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	7.0	5	3	2	3	3	0	1	2.25	3.17	30	57	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	3.56	0.14%
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
4	669	15	May 5	STL	@	NYG	W,9-7	GS-6		6	5.0	9	6	4	2	1	1	0	3.10	3.69	27	28	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	2	2	3.92	-0.81%
5	670	19	May 9	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.61	3.27	35	71	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.36	1.08%
6	671	23	May 13	STL	@	PHI	L,9-10	GS-7		3	6.1	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.05	3.54	30	39	0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	-0.17%
7	672	26	May 17	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(2-3)	3	8.0	10	6	5	3	1	0	0	3.44	3.56	37	38	0	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	1	6.16	-0.47%
8	673	30	May 21	STL	@	CIN	W,12-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.08	3.63	35	70	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.50%
9	674	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,7-6	GS-4		3	3.1	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.34	3.63	15	37	0	0	1	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.86	-0.32%
10	675	34	May 26(1)	STL		PIT	L,8-12	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	3.62	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.02%
11	676	40	May 30(1)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.89	3.53	34	75	1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	3.26	0.94%
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
12	677	45	Jun 4(2)	STL		BRO	L,8-11	GS-2	L(4-4)	4	1.1	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.32	3.60	12	24	2	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.37	-0.76%
13	678	51	Jun 10	STL		PHI	W,10-9	5-GF	W(5-4)	5	4.2	5	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.46	3.79	22		1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.55	0.65%
14	679	54	Jun 15	STL		BSN	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.45	3.71	31	60	1	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	1	2	5.04	0.27%
15	680	61	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-1	L(5-5)	4	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	3.61	4.00	6	41	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	-0.41%
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
16	681	87	Jul 18	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	GS-7	W(6-5)	27	7.0	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.91	29	45	0	2	0	25	1	1	0	0	2	1	.19	-0.01%
17	682	91	Jul 23	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	10	2	2	0	7	0	0	3.49	3.68	36	66	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.01%
18	683	96	Jul 28	STL		NYG	L,5-10	GS-4	L(7-6)	4	3.1	11	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.80	3.66	20	18	0	0	0	20	2	2	0	1	0	0	.10	-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
19	684	101	Aug 1	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.66	3.70	34	57	0	0	0	33	3	1	0	3	1	0	.03	0.01%
20	685	106	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(8-7)	6	7.0	5	5	2	0	1	1	0	3.60	3.74	28	54	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.01%
21	686	109	Aug 10(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-9	8-GF(11)	W(9-7)	1	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.49	3.72	16		0	0	0	13	1	0	2	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
22	687	112	Aug 17(1)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-9	GS-4	L(9-8)	6	3.0	7	5	4	1	0	1	0	3.68	3.82	17	26	0	1	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							12-10		W-L:9-8	3.8	132.0	147	65	54	23	33	10	1	3.68	3.82	562	49	6	6	1	522	30	7	4	9	9	11	2.60	1.29%

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