Bio
- Debut
- 1911
Bio
- Debut
- 1911
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 696
- W
- 373
- L
- 208
- ERA
- 2.56
- IP
- 5190.0
- K
- 2,198
- BB
- 951
- WHIP
- 1.12
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | PHI | 48 | 28 | 13 | 2.57 | 367.0 | 227 | 129 | 1.13 |
| 1912 | PHI | 46 | 19 | 17 | 2.81 | 310.1 | 195 | 105 | 1.27 |
| 1913 | PHI | 47 | 22 | 8 | 2.79 | 306.1 | 159 | 75 | 1.18 |
| 1914 | PHI | 46 | 27 | 15 | 2.38 | 355.0 | 214 | 76 | 1.14 |
| 1915 | PHI | 49 | 31 | 10 | 1.22 | 376.1 | 241 | 64 | 0.84 |
| 1916 | PHI | 48 | 33 | 12 | 1.55 | 389.0 | 167 | 50 | 0.96 |
| 1917 | PHI | 45 | 30 | 13 | 1.83 | 388.0 | 200 | 56 | 1.01 |
| 1918 | CHC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1.73 | 26.0 | 15 | 3 | 0.85 |
| 1919 | CHC | 30 | 16 | 11 | 1.72 | 235.0 | 121 | 38 | 0.93 |
| 1920 | CHC | 46 | 27 | 14 | 1.91 | 363.1 | 173 | 69 | 1.11 |
| 1921 | CHC | 31 | 15 | 13 | 3.39 | 252.0 | 77 | 33 | 1.27 |
| 1922 | CHC | 33 | 16 | 13 | 3.63 | 245.2 | 48 | 34 | 1.29 |
| 1923 | CHC | 39 | 22 | 12 | 3.19 | 305.0 | 72 | 30 | 1.11 |
| 1924 | CHC | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3.03 | 169.1 | 33 | 25 | 1.23 |
| 1925 | CHC | 32 | 15 | 11 | 3.39 | 236.0 | 63 | 29 | 1.27 |
| 1926 |  CHC/STL | 30 | 12 | 10 | 3.05 | 200.1 | 47 | 31 | 1.11 |
| 1927 | STL | 37 | 21 | 10 | 2.52 | 268.0 | 48 | 38 | 1.12 |
| 1928 | STL | 34 | 16 | 9 | 3.36 | 243.2 | 59 | 37 | 1.23 |
| 1929 | STL | 22 | 9 | 8 | 3.89 | 132.0 | 33 | 23 | 1.30 |
| 1930 | PHI | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9.14 | 21.2 | 6 | 6 | 2.12 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | PHI | 0 | 31 | 7 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | PHI | 0 | 25 | 3 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | PHI | 0 | 23 | 9 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | PHI | 0 | 32 | 6 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | PHI | 0 | 36 | 12 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | PHI | 0 | 38 | 16 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | PHI | 0 | 34 | 8 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | CHC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | CHC | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | CHC | 0 | 33 | 7 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | CHC | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | CHC | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | CHC | 0 | 26 | 3 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | CHC | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | CHC | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | CHC/STL | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | STL | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | STL | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | STL | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 1926 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
All-time career rank
- 68th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,198)
- 3rd in wins (pitching) (373)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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