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	36-12 / in Starts: 31-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 142 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	93 (48-32-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 142 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	86 (40-29-16)

Most Driven In
B Niehoff	4
G Whitted	2
B Killefer	1
D Paskert	1
F Luderus	1
Self	1
E Burns	0

Most Driven In By
D Bancroft	3
B Byrne	2
G Whitted	1
Self	1
B Becker	1
G Cravath	0

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 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	192	1	Apr 14	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.57	-0.030	1.50	-0.05%	-0.53	P
2	193	3 (1)	Apr 17	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.21	-0.017	.67	-0.03%	-0.68	P
3	194	7 (3)	Apr 22	PHI		BSN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.21	-0.153	4.85	-0.37%	-1.27	P
4	195	10 (2)	Apr 26	PHI		BSN	W,7-4	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.56	0.140	2.41	0.36%	1.69	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	196	15 (4)	May 1	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.118	.118	.118	.235	9	.32	-0.025	1.35	-0.06%	-0.36	P
6	197	17 (1)	May 5	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.105	.105	.105	.211	9	1.18	-0.054	5.01	-0.14%	-0.45	P
7	198	21 (3)	May 11	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.190	.190	.190	.381	9	1.20	0.200	4.98	0.50%	1.83	P
8	199	24 (2)	May 15	PHI		STL	W,11-2	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.240	.440	9	.25	0.007	1.00	0.02%	0.36	P
9	200	28 (3)	May 20	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.214	.250	.464	9	1.40	-0.064	6.03	-0.17%	-0.36	P
10	201	29	May 25	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.226	.258	.484	9	1.19	-0.025	5.55	-0.07%	0.48	P
11	202	31 (1)	May 28 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.206	.206	.235	.441	9	3.24	-0.232	14.13	-0.61%	-1.50	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
12	203	36 (4)	Jun 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.189	.189	.216	.405	9	2.35	-0.170	9.33	-0.41%	-1.31	P
13	204	40 (3)	Jun 5	PHI	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.225	.425	9	.47	0.008	1.68	0.02%	0.09	P
14	205	44 (3)	Jun 9	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.205	.386	9	.97	-0.095	4.84	-0.28%	-0.78	P
15	206	47 (2)	Jun 14	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.188	.208	.396	9	1.81	0.005	8.75	0.02%	-0.16	P
16	207	50 (2)	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.176	.196	.373	9	.84	-0.048	3.50	-0.12%	-0.56	P
17	208	53 (2)	Jun 22	PHI	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.185	.352	9	1.12	-0.081	4.37	-0.19%	-0.50	P
18	209	57 (3)	Jun 26	PHI		BRO	W,4-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.161	.161	.179	.339	9	.77	-0.025	2.53	-0.05%	0.77	P
19	210	60 (2)	Jun 30	PHI		BSN	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.153	.167	.169	.336	9	.45	0.037	1.77	0.09%	-0.46	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
20	211	64 (3)	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.161	.175	.177	.352	9	.62	-0.046	2.74	-0.12%	-0.71	P
21	212	69 (4)	Jul 9	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.185	.197	.215	.412	9	1.01	0.182	4.60	0.50%	1.01	P
22	213	73 (3)	Jul 13	PHI		STL	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.191	.214	.221	.435	9						P
23	214	76 (2)	Jul 17	PHI		CHC	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.183	.205	.211	.417	9	1.09	-0.089	7.14	-0.35%	-0.96	P
24	215	77	Jul 19	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.183	.205	.211	.417	9						P
25	216	79 (1)	Jul 21	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.178	.200	.205	.405	9	.78	-0.037	5.69	-0.16%	-0.33	P
26	217	83 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.173	.205	.200	.405	9	1.13	-0.159	6.56	-0.55%	-1.56	P
27	218	88 (4)	Jul 28	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.169	.200	.195	.395	9						P
28	219	90 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.169	.200	.195	.395	9						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
29	220	92 (1)	Aug 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.160	.190	.185	.376	9						P
30	221	94 (1)	Aug 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.155	.184	.179	.362	9	1.56	-0.109	11.72	-0.49%	-0.70	P
31	222	98 (3)	Aug 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-6	GS-0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.161	.198	.184	.382	9						P
32	223	100 (1)	Aug 13	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.157	.194	.180	.373	9	1.18	-0.030	8.79	-0.14%	-0.48	P
33	224	103 (2)	Aug 17	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.154	.189	.176	.365	9						P
34	225	106 (2)	Aug 20	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.152	.188	.174	.361	9	1.22	-0.029	9.38	-0.14%	-0.08	P
35	226	107	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.146	.180	.167	.347	9	.69	-0.076	5.55	-0.36%	-1.77	P
36	227	109 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.146	.180	.167	.347	9						P
37	228	112 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.150	.183	.200	.383	9	.34	0.049	2.74	0.24%	0.88	P
38	229	116 (3)	Aug 30	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.147	.179	.196	.375	9	2.94	-0.141	24.34	-0.70%	-1.10	P
39	230	117	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		STL	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.147	.179	.196	.375	9						P
Sep/Oct		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
40	231	121 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.174	.190	.365	9	.63	-0.044	5.09	-0.21%	-0.32	P
41	232	123 (1)	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.143	.174	.190	.365	9						P
42	233	124	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0		0		.140	.179	.187	.365	9	1.64	0.064	17.62	0.42%	0.35	P
43	234	128 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.145	.183	.191	.374	9	.47	-0.019	4.30	-0.11%	-0.11	P
44	235	132 (3)	Sep 13	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG(13)	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.158	.193	.202	.395	9	1.47	0.071	9.78	0.28%	0.81	P
45	236	135 (2)	Sep 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.160	.194	.202	.395	9	.21	0.059	1.21	0.20%	1.49	P
46	237	138 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.188	.195	.383	9	.40	-0.036	2.20	-0.12%	-0.73	P
47	238	142 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.159	.197	.198	.395	9	.66	0.089	1.54	0.13%	0.78	P
48	239	148 (5)	Sep 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.169	.206	.215	.421	9	.25	0.025	.02	0.00%	0.56	P
49	240	152 (3)	Oct 6 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,9-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.169	.206	.215	.421	9						P
							36-12		142	130	9	22	3	0	1	10	6	0	23	0	5		2		0		.169	.206	.215	.421		.96	-0.898	5.37	-3.23%	-6.69

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