Pete Alexander

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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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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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

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

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