MLB / Players

Pete Alexander

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb

BornFebruary 26, 1887 · Elba, NE, USA

MLB debutApril 15, 1911

Final gameMay 28, 1930

Seasons20 (1911–1930)

Philadelphia Phillies 1911–1917; Chicago Cubs 1918–1926; St. Louis Cardinals 1926–1929; Philadelphia Phillies 1930

Percentile snapshot

1928 season — qualified pitchers

66.4

84.7

82.4

36.6

66.4

83.2

SHO

40.5

262

9.2

25.2

59.5

54.2

7.6

243.7

86.3

ERA

3.36

WHIP

1.227

82.4

K/9

2.18

14.5

FIP

3.57

84.7

FIP-

89.4

74.8

ERA+

118.7

69.5

sWAR

4.7

88.5

of 132 qualified 1928 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

134.5

97.7

sWAR

109.1

99.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1911	50	140	138	12	24	5	1	0	9	2	27	1	0	.174	.186	.225	.410	5.5	14.3	.194	6.8
1912	46	117	102	7	19	4	0	2	13	6	14	0	0	.186	.231	.284	.516	31.3	37.3	.246	5.7
1913	47	109	103	9	13	4	1	0	4	3	21	0	0	.126	.151	.184	.335	-18.3	-6.3	.160	4.4
1914	48	143	137	18	32	3	0	0	7	3	12	0	0	.234	.255	.255	.511	40.6	48.2	.247	6.2
1915	49	141	130	9	22	3	0	1	8	6	23	0	1	.169	.206	.215	.421	19.1	27.3	.205	11.2
1916	49	146	138	10	33	7	4	0	9	5	15	1	0	.239	.266	.348	.614	79.3	85.6	.288	10.6
1917	47	149	139	17	30	8	2	1	13	3	23	1	0	.216	.232	.324	.556	58.2	67.7	.260	9.1
1918	3	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-59.9	-39.1	.095	0.5
1919	30	84	70	6	12	1	0	0	4	10	18	0	0	.171	.275	.186	.461	45.9	40.8	.241	5.9
1920	46	135	118	9	27	4	1	1	14	11	26	0	0	.229	.295	.305	.600	69.9	70.9	.289	9.8
1921	31	102	95	8	29	3	1	1	14	2	13	0	1	.305	.320	.389	.709	83.0	86.3	.322	4.3
1922	33	95	85	4	15	1	0	0	11	6	16	0	0	.176	.231	.188	.419	6.7	8.4	.207	3.7
1923	39	119	111	10	24	3	1	1	10	1	11	0	0	.216	.223	.288	.512	26.6	34.4	.233	5.6
1924	21	71	65	3	15	2	0	1	10	2	8	0	1	.231	.254	.308	.561	43.8	50.2	.258	3.3
1925	32	89	79	7	19	4	1	2	12	1	5	0	2	.241	.250	.392	.642	53.4	61.1	.282	4.9
1926	30	73	65	2	13	3	0	0	6	2	15	0	0	.200	.224	.246	.470	17.3	24.9	.220	3.8
1927	37	102	94	7	23	3	1	0	6	5	14	0	0	.245	.283	.298	.581	51.3	54.6	.274	7.3
1928	34	98	86	13	25	2	0	1	11	4	8	0	0	.291	.322	.349	.671	72.1	75.1	.312	4.7
1929	22	48	41	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	.049	.133	.049	.182	-54.1	-52.7	.108	2.1
1930	9	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	19.8	-14.2	.249	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1911	48	37	28	13	3	31	7	285	105	129	227	5	367.0	2.57	1.128	5.57	2.68	78.6	132.6	6.8
1912	46	34	19	17	3	25	3	289	97	105	195	11	310.3	2.81	1.270	5.66	3.02	84.9	126.7	5.7
1913	47	36	22	8	2	23	9	288	95	75	159	9	306.3	2.79	1.185	4.67	2.73	82.4	118.7	4.4
1914	46	39	27	15	1	32	6	327	94	76	214	8	355.0	2.38	1.135	5.43	2.08	71.1	122.8	6.2
1915	49	42	31	10	3	36	12	253	51	64	241	3	376.3	1.22	.842	5.76	1.77	64.2	225.7	11.2
1916	48	45	33	12	3	38	16	323	67	50	167	6	389.0	1.55	.959	3.86	2.11	79.1	172.1	10.6
1917	45	44	30	13	0	34	8	336	79	56	200	4	388.0	1.83	1.010	4.64	1.96	71.0	151.0	9.1
1918	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	19	5	3	15	0	26.0	1.73	.846	5.19	1.61	57.9	160.3	0.5
1919	30	27	16	11	1	20	9	180	45	38	121	3	235.0	1.72	.928	4.63	2.06	71.9	166.6	5.9
1920	46	40	27	14	5	33	7	335	77	69	173	8	363.3	1.91	1.112	4.29	2.51	78.9	166.9	9.8
1921	31	29	15	13	1	21	3	286	95	33	77	10	252.0	3.39	1.266	2.75	3.30	87.0	111.9	4.3
1922	33	31	16	13	1	20	1	283	99	34	48	8	245.7	3.63	1.290	1.76	3.56	85.6	114.6	3.7
1923	39	36	22	12	2	26	3	308	108	30	72	17	305.0	3.19	1.108	2.12	3.51	88.3	124.7	5.6
1924	21	20	12	5	0	12	0	183	57	25	33	9	169.3	3.03	1.228	1.75	3.71	96.6	127.0	3.3
1925	32	30	15	11	0	20	1	270	89	29	63	14	236.0	3.39	1.267	2.40	3.75	87.7	126.0	4.9
1926	30	23	12	10	2	15	2	191	68	31	47	8	200.3	3.05	1.108	2.11	3.45	88.5	127.5	3.8
1927	37	30	21	10	3	22	2	261	75	38	48	11	268.0	2.52	1.116	1.61	3.60	90.8	157.5	7.3
1928	34	31	16	9	2	18	1	262	91	37	59	15	243.7	3.36	1.227	2.18	3.57	89.4	118.7	4.7
1929	22	19	9	8	0	8	0	149	57	23	33	10	132.0	3.89	1.303	2.25	4.34	92.2	121.1	2.1
1930	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	40	22	6	6	5	21.7	9.14	2.123	2.49	6.83	124.8	59.9	-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

703

1,977

1,810

154

378

RBI

163

276

.2088

OBP

.2419

SLG

.2746

OPS

.5165

Pitching

G (P)

696

124th-most career G (P)

599

22nd-most career GS

373

3rd-most career W

208

39th-most career L

437

13th-most career CG

SHO

2nd-most career SHO

5,190

10th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,198

69th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

951

136th-most career BB allowed

ERA

2.560

51st-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1212

40th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

3.81

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1925-06-20	PHI @ CHC Gameday	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	9
1921-07-30	PHI @ CHC Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	1	2	7
1925-04-14	PIT @ CHC Gameday	3	2	3	1	0	1	2	7
1924-09-13	CHC @ PHI Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	1	2	6
1917-05-23	CIN @ PHI Gameday	3	2	3	0	0	1	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1919-08-02	PHI @ CHC Gameday	14.0	9	2	2	2	15
1912-06-29	LAD @ PHI Gameday	11.0	8	2	0	5	13
1915-06-14	PHI @ PIT Gameday	11.0	5	1	0	2	12
1915-05-15	STL @ PHI Gameday	9.0	7	2	1	0	12
1914-09-19	STL @ PHI Gameday	9.0	2	0	0	0	11

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1938 (BBWAA)

3× Pitching Triple Crown

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.