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Grover Cleveland Alexander

First name: Pete

Last name: Alexander

Birthdate: 1887-02-26

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 110127

Retro ID: alexg102

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1911PHI1.80.01.80.30.81.02
1912PHI1.50.01.50.40.80.63
1913PHI1.40.01.4-0.40.01.40
1914PHI1.80.01.80.51.00.83
1915PHI1.90.01.90.51.00.83
1916PHI1.90.01.91.31.90.16
1917PHI1.90.01.91.42.00.06
1918CHN0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20
1919CHN1.10.01.10.30.70.52
1920CHN1.70.01.70.81.30.54
1921CHN1.30.01.30.71.00.23
1922CHN1.20.01.20.10.50.71
1923CHN1.50.01.50.10.61.02
1924CHN0.90.00.90.40.70.32
1925CHN1.10.01.10.30.70.52
1926SLN0.70.00.7-0.4-0.20.80
1926CHN0.20.00.20.60.7-0.52
1927SLN1.30.01.30.40.70.52
1928SLN1.20.01.21.01.4-0.24
1929SLN0.60.00.6-0.4-0.20.8-1
1930PHI0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
Career25.20.025.27.715.310.146

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1911PHI142-16-1611-1100013-19.4-0.10.00.0-0.10
1912PHI117-9-102-2000001119.60.10.00.00.10
1913PHI109-14-14-20010009-69.1-0.70.00.0-0.70
1914PHI143-9-1001-1-10001219.40.10.00.00.10
1915PHI142-11-11100-10001217.90.10.00.00.10
1916PHI145-2-2-1-1-100001278.00.90.00.00.90
1917PHI149-5-612000001188.11.00.00.01.00
1918CHN10-2-200000001-18.1-0.10.00.0-0.10
1919CHN84-5-50000000617.30.10.00.00.10
1920CHN136-4-41-1-1-10001049.00.40.00.00.40
1921CHN102-2-20-3000009410.00.40.00.00.40
1922CHN95-12-122-10000010-110.5-0.10.00.0-0.10
1923CHN119-11-110-30100011-210.0-0.20.00.0-0.20
1924CHN71-5-51000000629.70.20.00.00.20
1925CHN89-5-5-1-10-10009110.20.10.00.00.10
1926SLN55-9-90-1000005-510.1-0.50.00.0-0.50
1926CHN18221000000259.10.60.00.00.60
1927SLN102-6-61-2-1-10001019.80.10.00.00.10
1928SLN98-3-31-1010001089.90.80.00.00.80
1929SLN48-10-100-1000006-510.8-0.50.00.0-0.50
1930PHI6-1-10-1000001-113.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career1,980-139-1428-14-5-100017622-2.60.00.02.60

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1911 PHI NL 48 17.6 365.3 133 183 14 7.61 9.1 -0.02 -0.05 34 1.11 36 4.0 12.8 4.8 7.6 38
1912 PHI NL 46 14.4 310.0 128 165 3 6.74 9.5 0.01 -0.05 32 1.05 33 3.5 10.7 3.7 6.5 32
1913 PHI NL 47 14.6 306.3 106 143 6 6.52 8.7 -0.16 -0.05 24 1.12 25 2.9 10.2 4.4 5.9 31
1914 PHI NL 46 17.1 353.7 132 161 -9 7.69 8.4 0.00 -0.05 36 1.10 38 4.5 13.0 4.0 8.0 39
1915 PHI NL 49 17.8 376.3 85 154 14 7.68 7.5 -0.04 -0.05 51 1.03 52 6.9 15.8 2.0 10.6 47
1916 PHI NL 48 17.6 390.0 90 152 10 8.12 7.3 -0.11 -0.05 46 1.01 46 6.3 15.1 2.5 9.9 45
1917 PHI NL 45 17.7 387.0 106 156 4 8.60 7.5 -0.03 -0.05 43 1.00 43 5.7 14.6 3.2 9.4 44
1918 CHN NL 3 1.2 26.0 7 11 -1 8.67 7.3 -0.06 -0.05 4 1.00 4 0.5 1.1 0.1 0.8 3
1919 CHN NL 30 10.7 235.0 51 95 11 7.83 7.5 -0.05 -0.05 30 1.01 30 4.0 9.3 1.3 6.2 28
1920 CHN NL 46 16.9 363.3 96 162 4 7.90 7.9 -0.08 -0.05 58 1.03 59 7.5 15.9 0.9 10.9 48
1921 CHN NL 31 11.7 251.3 111 132 0 8.11 9.4 -0.01 -0.05 19 1.00 19 2.0 7.8 3.8 4.4 23
1922 CHN NL 33 11.2 244.0 114 139 4 7.39 10.1 0.00 -0.05 19 1.02 19 1.9 7.5 3.7 4.2 22
1923 CHN NL 39 14.4 304.7 128 166 13 7.81 9.8 -0.02 -0.05 22 1.03 22 2.3 9.5 4.9 5.3 28
1924 CHN NL 21 8.0 169.3 78 91 4 8.06 9.8 0.01 -0.05 8 1.05 8 0.8 4.8 3.2 2.5 14
1925 CHN NL 32 10.8 235.0 106 135 3 7.34 10.0 0.03 -0.05 26 1.02 26 2.6 8.0 2.8 4.8 24
1926 SLN NL 23 7.5 148.3 57 75 11 6.45 9.5 0.04 -0.05 7 1.23 8 0.8 4.6 3.0 2.4 14
1926 CHN NL 7 2.3 52.0 26 27 0 7.43 9.8 0.04 -0.05 1 1.00 1 0.1 1.3 1.1 0.6 4
1927 SLN NL 37 13.0 268.0 93 138 10 7.24 9.1 0.01 -0.05 34 1.11 36 4.0 10.5 2.5 6.7 32
1928 SLN NL 34 10.8 243.7 106 124 7 7.17 9.5 -0.03 -0.05 8 1.02 8 0.8 6.2 4.6 3.0 19
1929 SLN NL 22 6.1 132.0 65 77 2 6.00 10.4 0.04 -0.05 10 0.98 10 1.0 4.0 2.0 2.2 12
1930 PHI NL 9 1.0 21.7 24 14 -1 2.41 12.4 -0.07 -0.05 -9 0.91 -9 -0.7 -0.2 1.2 -0.5 -1
Career 696 242.4 5182.9 1842 2500 109 503 514 61.4 182.5 59.7 111.4 546

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1911 PHI 100 3.0 3
1912 PHI 84 1.0 1
1913 PHI 81 1.0 1
1914 PHI 112 3.0 3
1915 PHI 124 7.0 7
1916 PHI 104 3.0 3
1917 PHI 117 7.0 7
1918 CHN 9 -1.0 -1
1919 CHN 77 4.0 4
1920 CHN 113 4.0 4
1921 CHN 64 0.0 0
1922 CHN 71 2.0 2
1923 CHN 97 5.0 5
1924 CHN 59 3.0 3
1925 CHN 53 0.0 0
1926 SLN 40 1.0 1
1926 CHN 20 2.0 2
1927 SLN 68 3.0 3
1928 SLN 65 0.0 0
1929 SLN 40 2.0 2
1930 PHI 2 -1.0 -1
1500 49.0 49

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1914 PHI LF 6 1 -0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
LF 6 1 -0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1915PHI0.10.00.10.00.00.00
1926SLN0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20
1928SLN0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1915PHI6000000000005.80.00.00.00.00
1926SLN9-2-200000001-18.4-0.10.00.0-0.10
1928SLN1000000000009.80.00.00.00.00
Career16-2-200000001-1--0.10.00.0-0.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1915 PHI MLB 2 0.8 17.7 3 9 -1 8.85 7.0 -0.05 0.00 6 1.00 6 0.9 1.3 -0.5 1.1 4
1926 SLN MLB 3 1.1 20.3 4 12 1 6.77 9.1 0.05 0.00 8 1.45 10 1.1 1.6 -0.6 1.4 5
1928 SLN MLB 2 0.3 5.0 11 3 0 2.50 14.7 -0.09 0.00 -7 1.13 -7 -0.5 -0.4 0.6 -0.5 -1
Career 7 2.2 43 18 24 0 7 9 1.5 2.5 -0.5 2 8

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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