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Pete Alexander

Birthdate:

2/26/1887

Died:

11/4/1950

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 185 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Elba, NE, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player - pitcher, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Chicago Cubs, 921, Photo Summary: Informal half-length portrait of baseball player Pete Alexander, sitting in a dugout at Weeghman Field (later renamed Wrigley Field), located at 1060 West Addison Street and bounded by West Waveland Avenue, North Seminary Avenue, North Clark Street, and North Sheffield Avenue in the Lake View community area of Chicago, Illinois. SDN-062507, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

In his rookie year 1911, Grover Cleveland Alexander set a still standing rookie record of 28 wins with 7 shutouts. He struck out 227 batters and had an ERA of 2.57.

Pete Alexander was truly one of the finest pitchers of all-time. In 1916, he posted another extra ordinary season winning 33 games and had 16 shutouts, still an all-time record for shutouts. Three times, Grover Cleveland won 30 games or more in one year. In his 20 year career, this Hall of Famer won 373 games and only lost 208 games. Grover Cleveland Alexander started 599 games and completed a stunning 437, including 90 shutouts.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1911	PHI (NL)	48	37	28	13	3	31	7	367.0	285	133	105	5	129	0	227	4	8	1	2.57
1912	PHI (NL)	46	34	19	17	3	25	3	310.1	289	133	97	11	105	0	195	5	6	0	2.81
1913	PHI (NL)	47	36	22	8	2	23	9	306.1	288	106	95	9	75	0	159	3	3	0	2.79
1914	PHI (NL)	46	39	27	15	1	32	6	355.0	327	133	94	8	76	0	214	1	11	0	2.38
1915	PHI (NL)	49	42	31	10	3	36	12	376.1	253	86	51	3	64	0	241	2	10	0	1.22
1916	PHI (NL)	48	45	33	12	3	38	16	389.0	323	90	67	6	50	0	167	3	10	0	1.55
1917	PHI (NL)	45	44	30	13	0	34	8	388.0	336	107	79	4	56	0	200	2	6	0	1.83
1918	CHC (NL)	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	26.0	19	7	5	0	3	0	15	0	1	0	1.73
1919	CHC (NL)	30	27	16	11	1	20	9	235.0	180	51	45	3	38	0	121	1	0	0	1.72
1920	CHC (NL)	46	40	27	14	5	33	7	363.1	335	96	77	8	69	0	173	3	1	0	1.91
1921	CHC (NL)	31	29	15	13	1	21	3	252.0	286	110	95	10	33	0	77	1	1	0	3.39
1922	CHC (NL)	33	31	16	13	1	20	1	245.2	283	111	99	8	34	0	48	4	3	0	3.63
1923	CHC (NL)	39	36	22	12	2	26	3	305.0	308	128	108	17	30	0	72	2	0	0	3.19
1924	CHC (NL)	21	20	12	5	0	12	0	169.1	183	82	57	9	25	0	33	1	1	0	3.03
1925	CHC (NL)	32	30	15	11	0	20	1	236.0	270	106	89	14	29	0	63	1	3	0	3.39
1926	STL (NL)	23	16	9	7	2	11	2	148.1	136	57	48	8	24	0	35	0	2	0	2.91
1926	CHC (NL)	7	7	3	3	0	4	0	52.0	55	26	20	0	7	0	12	0	0	0	3.46
1927	STL (NL)	37	30	21	10	3	22	2	268.0	261	94	75	11	38	0	48	1	1	0	2.52
1928	STL (NL)	34	31	16	9	2	18	1	243.2	262	106	91	15	37	0	59	3	2	0	3.36
1929	STL (NL)	22	19	9	8	0	8	0	132.0	149	65	57	10	23	0	33	2	1	0	3.89
1930	PHI (NL)	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	21.2	40	24	22	5	6	0	6	0	0	0	9.14
21 years		696	599	373	208	32	437	90	5190.0	4868	1851	1476	164	951	0	2198	39	70	1	2.56

Batting Statistics

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

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