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Pete Alexander

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Full Name: Grover Cleveland Alexander Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185 First Game: April 15, 1911
Birthdate: January 26, 1887 Final Game: May 28, 1930
Birthplace: Elba, Nebraska MLB Experience: 20 years
Died: November 4, 1950
Deathplace: St. Paul, Nebraska
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 26, 1887 in Elba, Nebraska, Pete Alexander (Grover Cleveland Alexander) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 20 year career. Alexander broke into the bigs on April 15, 1911 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 2.57 ERA in 367 innings pitched in 1911, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Pete Alexander's best season was 1915, when he posted a 1.22 ERA, won 31 games and struck out 241 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1911 PHI N 48 37 28 13 2.57 227 133 105 31 7 3 367 285 5 129 2 4 8
1912 PHI N 46 34 19 17 2.81 195 133 97 25 3 3 310.1 289 11 105 0 5 6
1913 PHI N 47 36 22 8 2.79 159 106 95 23 9 2 306.1 288 9 75 0 3 3
1914 PHI N 46 39 27 15 2.38 214 133 94 32 6 1 355 327 8 76 0 1 11
1915 PHI N 49 42 31 10 1.22 241 86 51 36 12 3 376.1 253 3 64 0 2 10
1916 PHI N 48 45 33 12 1.55 167 90 67 38 16 3 389 323 6 50 0 3 10
1917 PHI N 45 44 30 13 1.83 200 107 79 34 8 0 388 336 4 56 0 2 6
1918 CHI N 3 3 2 1 1.73 15 7 5 3 0 0 26 19 0 3 0 0 1
1919 CHI N 30 27 16 11 1.72 121 51 45 20 9 1 235 180 3 38 0 1 0
1920 CHI N 46 40 27 14 1.91 173 96 77 33 7 5 363.1 335 8 69 0 3 1
1921 CHI N 31 30 15 13 3.39 77 110 95 21 3 1 252 286 10 33 0 1 1
1922 CHI N 33 31 16 13 3.63 48 111 99 20 1 1 245.2 283 8 34 0 4 3
1923 CHI N 39 36 22 12 3.19 72 128 108 26 3 2 305 308 17 30 0 2 0
1924 CHI N 21 20 12 5 3.03 33 82 57 12 0 0 169.1 183 9 25 0 1 1
1925 CHI N 32 30 15 11 3.39 63 106 89 20 1 0 236 270 14 29 0 1 3
1926 STL N 23 16 9 7 2.91 35 57 48 11 2 2 148.1 136 8 24 0 0 2
1926 CHI N 7 7 3 3 3.46 12 26 20 4 0 0 52 55 0 7 0 0 0
1926 TOT N 30 23 12 10 3.05 47 83 68 15 2 2 200.1 191 8 31 0 0 2
1927 STL N 37 30 21 10 2.52 48 94 75 22 2 3 268 261 11 38 0 1 1
1928 STL N 34 31 16 9 3.36 59 106 91 18 1 2 243.2 262 15 37 0 3 2
1929 STL N 22 19 9 8 3.89 33 65 57 8 0 0 132 149 10 23 0 2 1
1930 PHI N 9 3 0 3 9.14 6 24 22 0 0 0 21.2 40 5 6 0 0 0
Total 696 600 373 208 2.56 2198 1851 1476 437 90 32 5190 4868 164 951 2 39 70

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1911 PHI N P 48 37 364.1 11 95 4 3 0 7 34 24 1 .964
1912 PHI N P 46 0 0 10 75 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1913 PHI N P 47 0 0 10 82 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1914 PHI N P 46 0 0 18 102 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1914 PHI N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1915 PHI N P 49 0 0 22 120 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1916 PHI N P 48 0 0 17 102 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1917 PHI N P 45 0 0 24 108 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1918 CHI N P 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 CHI N P 30 0 0 6 85 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 CHI N P 46 0 0 8 105 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1921 CHI N P 31 30 251.1 11 60 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1922 CHI N P 33 31 244 9 69 0 5 0 0 10 12 2 1.000
1923 CHI N P 39 0 0 11 90 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1924 CHI N P 21 0 0 4 53 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1925 CHI N P 32 0 0 7 45 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 STL N P 23 0 0 2 39 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1926 CHI N P 7 0 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 TOT N P 30 0 0 3 58 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1927 STL N P 37 0 0 8 66 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 STL N P 34 0 0 4 57 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1929 STL N P 22 0 0 5 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1930 PHI N P 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 696 98 859.2 189 1419 25 50 0 7 44 36 3 .985

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1911 PHI N 50 138 12 24 0 9 .174 .186 .225 5 1 2 27 0 0 1 0 2
1912 PHI N 46 102 7 19 2 13 .186 .231 .284 4 0 6 14 0 9 0 0 0
1913 PHI N 47 103 9 13 0 4 .126 .151 .184 4 1 3 21 0 3 0 0 0
1914 PHI N 48 137 18 32 0 7 .234 .255 .255 3 0 3 12 1 2 0 0 0
1915 PHI N 49 130 9 22 1 8 .169 .206 .215 3 0 6 23 0 5 0 0 0
1916 PHI N 49 138 10 33 0 9 .239 .266 .348 7 4 5 15 0 3 1 0 0
1917 PHI N 47 139 17 30 1 13 .216 .232 .324 8 2 3 23 0 7 1 0 0
1918 CHI N 3 10 1 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1919 CHI N 30 70 6 12 0 4 .171 .275 .186 1 0 10 18 0 4 0 0 0
1920 CHI N 46 118 9 27 1 14 .229 .295 .305 4 1 11 26 0 6 0 0 0
1921 CHI N 31 95 8 29 1 14 .305 .320 .389 3 1 2 13 0 5 0 0 0
1922 CHI N 33 85 4 15 0 11 .176 .231 .188 1 0 6 16 0 4 0 0 0
1923 CHI N 39 111 10 24 1 10 .216 .223 .288 3 1 1 11 0 7 0 0 0
1924 CHI N 21 65 3 15 1 10 .231 .254 .308 2 0 2 8 0 4 0 0 0
1925 CHI N 32 79 7 19 2 12 .241 .250 .392 4 1 1 5 0 9 0 0 0
1926 STL N 23 50 1 6 0 3 .120 .154 .140 1 0 2 14 0 3 0 0 0
1926 CHI N 7 15 1 7 0 3 .467 .467 .600 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
1926 TOT N 30 65 2 13 0 6 .200 .224 .246 3 0 2 15 0 6 0 0 0
1927 STL N 37 94 7 23 0 6 .245 .283 .298 3 1 5 14 0 3 0 0 0
1928 STL N 34 86 13 25 1 11 .291 .322 .349 2 0 4 8 0 8 0 0 0
1929 STL N 22 41 2 2 0 2 .049 .133 .049 0 0 3 5 1 3 0 0 0
1930 PHI N 9 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 703 1810 154 378 11 163 .209 .242 .275 60 13 77 276 2 88 3 0 2

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from Syracuse (New York State) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 1, 1910).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Bill Killefer to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Mike Prendergast, Pickles Dillhoefer and $55000 (December 11, 1917).
  • Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Chicago Cubs (June 22, 1926).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Harry McCurdy to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Homer Peel and Bob McGraw (December 11, 1929).

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