Dale Alexander
1929–1933 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers
662G
.331AVG
.394OBP
.497SLG
More career statistics
811H
61HR
459RBI
20SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,450 | 2,451 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 28 | 29 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 197 | 200 |
| Batting · Runs | 369 | 367 |
| Batting · RBI | 459 | 458 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 20 | 21 |
| Batting · Walks | 248 | 247 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 662 | 2,736 | 2,450 | 369 | 811 | 164 | 30 | 61 | 459 | 248 | 197 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1,218 | .331 | .394 | .497 | .891 |
Streaks
29longest hitting streak · 1930-05-13 to 1930-06-16
41longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1933-05-27 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1929-08-08 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1929-04-26 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 334 | 1379 | 417 | 27 | 250 | 120 | 85 | .337 | .389 | .502 |
| Away | 328 | 1357 | 394 | 34 | 208 | 127 | 115 | .325 | .384 | .492 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 68 | 270 | 82 | 5 | 46 | 31 | 28 | .358 | .419 | .533 |
| May | 109 | 441 | 122 | 9 | 60 | 24 | 31 | .297 | .331 | .426 |
| June | 120 | 488 | 137 | 11 | 90 | 39 | 41 | .310 | .361 | .493 |
| July | 123 | 520 | 155 | 12 | 84 | 66 | 38 | .344 | .425 | .517 |
| August | 128 | 541 | 171 | 10 | 102 | 43 | 37 | .347 | .396 | .495 |
| September | 110 | 457 | 138 | 13 | 74 | 44 | 24 | .339 | .398 | .526 |
| October | 4 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .316 | .667 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 105 | 430 | 135 | 6 | 66 | 33 | 25 | .349 | .391 | .488 |
| new-york-yankees | 98 | 397 | 128 | 7 | 70 | 30 | 35 | .356 | .398 | .525 |
| st-louis-browns | 94 | 399 | 119 | 18 | 83 | 36 | 28 | .331 | .388 | .540 |
| chicago-white-sox | 92 | 384 | 120 | 5 | 66 | 41 | 17 | .359 | .419 | .542 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 87 | 355 | 95 | 8 | 58 | 36 | 34 | .301 | .369 | .462 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 83 | 333 | 92 | 9 | 55 | 30 | 31 | .306 | .366 | .485 |
| boston-red-sox | 66 | 286 | 74 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 25 | .284 | .336 | .418 |
| detroit-tigers | 37 | 152 | 48 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 5 | .361 | .441 | .481 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Detroit Tigers | 155 | 627 | 215 | 25 | 135 | 5 | .343 | – | – |
| 1930 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 602 | 196 | 20 | 136 | 6 | .326 | – | – |
| 1931 | Detroit Tigers | 135 | 517 | 168 | 3 | 87 | 5 | .325 | – | – |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 124 | 392 | 144 | 8 | 60 | 4 | .367 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Boston Red Sox | 94 | 313 | 88 | 5 | 40 | 1 | .281 | – | – |