Pete Alexander stats

Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1930

Pitcher

Age 139

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Pete Alexander played 20 MLB seasons, 1911 to 1930.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
696
W
373
L
208
ERA
2.56
IP
5,190.0
K
2,198
BB
951
WHIP
1.12
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1911PHI4828132.57367.02271291.13
1912PHI4619172.81310.11951051.27
1913PHI472282.79306.1159751.18
1914PHI4627152.38355.0214761.14
1915PHI4931101.22376.1241640.84
1916PHI4833121.55389.0167500.96
1917PHI4530131.83388.0200561.01
1918CHC3211.7326.01530.85
1919CHC3016111.72235.0121380.93
1920CHC4627141.91363.1173691.11
1921CHC3115133.39252.077331.27
1922CHC3316133.63245.248341.29
1923CHC3922123.19305.072301.11
1924CHC211253.03169.133251.23
1925CHC3215113.39236.063291.27
1926CHC/STL3012103.05200.147311.11
1927STL3721102.52268.048381.12
1928STL341693.36243.259371.23
1929STL22983.89132.033231.30
1930PHI9039.1421.2662.12

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
7
W
3
L
2
ERA
3.64
IP
42.0
K
29
BB
12
WHIP
1.14

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
437
SHO
90
K/9
3.8
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1911PHI03175.60000
1912PHI02535.70000
1913PHI02394.70000
1914PHI03265.40000
1915PHI036125.80000
1916PHI038163.90000
1917PHI03484.60000
1918CHC0305.20000
1919CHC02094.60000
1920CHC03374.30000
1921CHC02132.80000
1922CHC02011.80000
1923CHC02632.10000
1924CHC01201.80000
1925CHC02012.40000
1926CHC/STL01522.10000
1927STL02221.60000
1928STL01812.20000
1929STL0802.30000
1930PHI0002.50000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
139 yearsFeb 26, 1887
Debut
1911

What were Pete Alexander's career stats?

Pete Alexander played 20 seasons for the Phillies, the Cubs and the Cardinals. He had 373 wins and 2,198 strikeouts with a 2.56 ERA over 5,190.0 innings. His best season was 1916: 33 wins, a 1.55 ERA and 167 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

20 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1911 to 1930

Pete Alexander sits top 10 all time in wins (pitching).

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 68th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,198)
  • 3rd in wins (pitching) (373)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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