Pete Alexander
1911–1930 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
703G
.209AVG
.242OBP
.275SLG
More career statistics
378H
11HR
163RBI
3SB
373–208W–L
5,190.0IP
2,198K
2.56ERA
600GS
32SV
8Rare 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 | 1,810 | 1,811 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 5 | 11 |
| Batting · Hits | 378 | 377 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 276 | 275 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,977 | 1,982 |
| Batting · RBI | 163 | 168 |
| Batting · Walks | 77 | 78 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 20,893 | 20,939 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,477 | 1,467 |
| Pitching · p h | 4,868 | 4,865 |
| Pitching · p hr | 164 | 165 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 15,570 | 15,549 |
| Pitching · p k | 2,198 | 2,210 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,853 | 1,851 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 703 | 1,977 | 1,810 | 154 | 378 | 60 | 13 | 11 | 163 | 77 | 276 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 497 | .209 | .242 | .275 | .517 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,190.0 | 696 | 600 | 437 | 373 | 208 | 32 | 4,868 | 1,853 | 1,477 | 164 | 951 | 2,198 | 0 | 0 | 2.56 | 1.121 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1916-07-20 to 1916-08-14
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1916-08-02 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1919-08-02 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1911-09-07 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 359 | 988 | 190 | 9 | 86 | 41 | 128 | .211 | .234 | .288 |
| Away | 344 | 994 | 187 | 2 | 82 | 37 | 147 | .205 | .225 | .260 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 62 | 192 | 39 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 18 | .231 | .255 | .320 |
| May | 127 | 326 | 65 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 43 | .215 | .227 | .278 |
| June | 120 | 346 | 69 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 47 | .217 | .228 | .314 |
| July | 125 | 351 | 72 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 47 | .224 | .251 | .287 |
| August | 134 | 368 | 65 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 63 | .196 | .223 | .251 |
| September | 125 | 376 | 64 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 55 | .184 | .210 | .224 |
| October | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .136 | .174 | .227 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 110 | 329 | 72 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 35 | .242 | .261 | .342 |
| boston-braves | 105 | 290 | 58 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 41 | .225 | .255 | .291 |
| new-york-giants | 99 | 267 | 45 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 47 | .180 | .206 | .228 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 96 | 269 | 51 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 35 | .204 | .216 | .228 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 90 | 257 | 46 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 41 | .195 | .222 | .263 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 86 | 235 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 27 | .192 | .209 | .238 |
| chicago-cubs | 65 | 178 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 29 | .185 | .197 | .250 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 52 | 157 | 33 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 20 | .241 | .261 | .365 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 139 | 24 | – | 9 | 1 | .173 | 365 | 231 |
| 1912 | Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 15 | – | .186 | 310 | 194 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 103 | 13 | – | 3 | – | .126 | 306 | 159 |
| 1914 | Philadelphia Phillies | 48 | 137 | 31 | – | 9 | – | .226 | 353 | 214 |
| 1915 | Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 131 | 22 | 1 | 10 | – | .168 | 376 | 241 |
| 1916 | Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 137 | 33 | – | 9 | 1 | .241 | 390 | 169 |
| 1917 | Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 139 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .216 | 387 | 200 |
| 1918 |  Chicago Cubs | 3 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 26 | 15 |
| 1919 | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 70 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .171 | 235 | 120 |
| 1920 | Chicago Cubs | 46 | 118 | 27 | 1 | 16 | – | .229 | 363 | 173 |
| 1921 | Chicago Cubs | 31 | 95 | 29 | 1 | 14 | – | .305 | 251 | 83 |
| 1922 | Chicago Cubs | 33 | 85 | 15 | – | 11 | – | .176 | 244 | 48 |
| 1923 | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 111 | 24 | 1 | 12 | – | .216 | 304 | 73 |
| 1924 | Chicago Cubs | 21 | 65 | 15 | 1 | 10 | – | .231 | 169 | 34 |
| 1925 | Chicago Cubs | 32 | 79 | 19 | 2 | 12 | – | .241 | 235 | 64 |
| 1926 | Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 65 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .200 | 200 | 47 |
| 1927 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 94 | 23 | – | 6 | – | .245 | 268 | 48 |
| 1928 | St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 86 | 25 | 1 | 10 | – | .291 | 243 | 58 |
| 1929 | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 41 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .049 | 132 | 33 |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 6 |