Gary Alexander
1975–1981 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants
432G
.230AVG
.311OBP
.411SLG
More career statistics
293H
55HR
202RBI
8SB
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432 | 1,459 | 1,276 | 169 | 293 | 45 | 11 | 55 | 202 | 154 | 381 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 525 | .230 | .311 | .411 | .722 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1980-09-22 to 1980-10-04
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1978-08-22 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1978-08-13 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1978-08-24 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 219 | 713 | 141 | 34 | 114 | 75 | 182 | .226 | .303 | .440 |
| Away | 213 | 746 | 152 | 21 | 88 | 79 | 199 | .233 | .310 | .384 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 182 | 37 | 11 | 27 | 22 | 54 | .239 | .324 | .523 |
| May | 66 | 225 | 42 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 67 | .209 | .271 | .338 |
| June | 63 | 200 | 37 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 53 | .211 | .290 | .360 |
| July | 75 | 273 | 65 | 14 | 43 | 36 | 68 | .281 | .370 | .541 |
| August | 77 | 248 | 48 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 62 | .219 | .290 | .393 |
| September | 92 | 301 | 55 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 67 | .206 | .282 | .311 |
| October | 8 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | .321 | .367 | .679 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 113 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 27 | .297 | .336 | .485 |
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 117 | 23 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 34 | .217 | .274 | .481 |
| toronto-blue-jays | 29 | 113 | 28 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 29 | .280 | .345 | .580 |
| seattle-mariners | 28 | 99 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 25 | .269 | .394 | .487 |
| boston-red-sox | 28 | 87 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 23 | .215 | .276 | .392 |
| texas-rangers | 26 | 86 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 28 | .171 | .256 | .329 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 26 | 90 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 15 | .205 | .333 | .329 |
| chicago-white-sox | 24 | 89 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 25 | .195 | .281 | .325 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 |  San Francisco Giants | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1976 | San Francisco Giants | 23 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .178 | – | – |
| 1977 | San Francisco Giants | 51 | 119 | 36 | 5 | 20 | 3 | .303 | – | – |
| 1978 | Cleveland Guardians, Athletics | 148 | 498 | 112 | 27 | 84 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1979 |  Cleveland Guardians | 110 | 358 | 82 | 15 | 54 | 4 | .229 | – | – |
| 1980 | Cleveland Guardians | 76 | 178 | 40 | 5 | 31 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1981 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 6 | – | .213 | – | – |