Pete Alexander

Pete Alexander

1911–1930 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'1", 185 lb · b. 1887 Elba, NE

Career 373–208 · 2.56 ERA · 2,198 SO · 5190.0 IP · 703 G · 378 H · 11 HR · 163 RBI · .209 AVG

Seasons leading his league

57

27 best in baseball 30 league only

114 Top-5 finishes

16 Title seasons

12 Categories led

1915 Best season

Spanning 1911–1928, peaking at 10 titles in 1915.

Clubs 300 Win Club 20 Win Seasons ×9 Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons ×5

Team records #1 Phillies career ERA #1 Phillies career WHIP #1 Phillies 1915 ERA #1 Phillies 1915 WHIP #2 Phillies 1916 W #3 Phillies career W #3 Phillies career IP #4 Cubs 1919 WHIP #7 Phillies career SO #9 Cubs career WHIP

1915 Pitching Triple Crown

Led the NL in 31 W, 1.22 ERA, 241 SO

1916 Pitching Triple Crown

Led the NL in 33 W, 1.55 ERA, 167 SO

1920 Pitching Triple Crown

Led the NL in 27 W, 1.91 ERA, 173 SO

Led in Innings Pitched for 4 straight seasons (1914–1917) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

13th League titles 57
17th Best in baseball 27
34th Top-5 finishes 114

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

2nd Shutouts 90
3rd Wins 373
3rd Pitcher Assists 1,419
10th Innings Pitched 5190.0
13th Complete Games 437
20th Pitcher Fielding Percentage .985
38th Walks + Hits / IP 1.12
51st Earned Run Average 2.56
69th Strikeouts 2,198
99th Pitcher Range Factor 2.31
125th Pitcher Putouts 189

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shutouts	7	1st	3 yrs (1915–1917)	1911 7 1915 12 1916 16 1919 9 1913 NL 9 1917 NL 8 1921 NL 3 1914 #3 1920 #2
Innings Pitched	7	1st	4 yrs (1914–1917)	1916 389.0 1917 388.0 1920 363.1 1911 NL 367.0 1912 NL 310.1 1914 NL 355.0 1915 NL 376.1 1913 #3
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	6	1st	2 yrs (1927–1928)	1913 1.000 1919 1.000 1922 1.000 1925 1.000 1927 1.000 1928 1.000 1923 #3
Complete Games	6	1st	4 yrs (1914–1917)	1915 36 1916 38 1920 33 1911 NL 31 1914 NL 32 1917 NL 34 1912 #3
Strikeouts	6	1st	4 yrs (1914–1917)	1915 241 1917 200 1920 173 1912 NL 195 1914 NL 214 1916 NL 167 1911 #2 1913 #3 1919 #3
Wins	6	1st	4 yrs (1914–1917)	1911 28 1915 31 1916 33 1917 30 1914 NL 27 1920 NL 27 1923 #3
Walks + Hits / IP	5	1st	2 yrs (1915–1916)	1915 0.84 1916 NL 0.96 1923 NL 1.11 1926 NL 1.11 1927 NL 1.12 1917 #3 1919 #2
Pitcher Putouts	4	1st	4 yrs (1914–1917)	1914 NL 18 1915 NL 22 1916 NL 17 1917 NL 24
Earned Run Average	4	1st	2 yrs (1915–1916)	1915 1.22 1916 1.55 1919 NL 1.72 1920 NL 1.91 1917 #2 1927 #2
Pitcher Assists	3	1st	—	1915 NL 120 1917 NL 108 1920 NL 105 1911 #3 1914 #2 1916 #2 1919 #2 1923 #2 1927 #3
Strikeouts / 9	2	1st	—	1915 5.76 1912 NL 5.66 1911 #2 1914 #2 1917 #3 1919 #2 1920 #2
Pitcher Range Factor	1	1st	—	1917 NL 2.93 1914 #2 1915 #2 1916 #3 1919 #2 1922 #3 1923 #2 1924 #3
Saves	—	#2	—	1920 #2

Title Seasons

16 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1928	1	P FPCT 1.000
1927	2	WHIP 1.12 P FPCT 1.000
1926	1	WHIP 1.11
1925	1	P FPCT 1.000
1923	1	WHIP 1.11
1922	1	P FPCT 1.000
1921	1	SHO 3
1920	6	ERA 1.91 W 27 SO 173 IP 363.1 CG 33 P A 105
1919	3	ERA 1.72 SHO 9 P FPCT 1.000
1917	8	W 30 SO 200 IP 388.0 SHO 8 CG 34 P A 108 P PO 24 P RF 2.93
1916	8	ERA 1.55 W 33 SO 167 WHIP 0.96 IP 389.0 SHO 16 CG 38 P PO 17
1915	10	ERA 1.22 W 31 SO 241 WHIP 0.84 IP 376.1 K/9 5.76 SHO 12 CG 36 P A 120 P PO 22
1914	5	W 27 SO 214 IP 355.0 CG 32 P PO 18
1913	2	SHO 9 P FPCT 1.000
1912	3	SO 195 IP 310.1 K/9 5.66
1911	4	W 28 IP 367.0 SHO 7 CG 31

Pitching

led the league 20 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1911	PHI	NL	28	13	2.57	48	37	3	367.0	285	105	5	129	227	1.13
1912	PHI	NL	19	17	2.81	46	34	3	310.1	289	97	11	105	195	1.27
1913	PHI	NL	22	8	2.79	47	36	2	306.1	288	95	9	75	159	1.19
1914	PHI	NL	27	15	2.38	46	39	1	355.0	327	94	8	76	214	1.14
1915	PHI	NL	31	10	1.22	49	42	3	376.1	253	51	3	64	241	0.84
1916	PHI	NL	33	12	1.55	48	45	3	389.0	323	67	6	50	167	0.96
1917	PHI	NL	30	13	1.83	45	44	0	388.0	336	79	4	56	200	1.01
1918	CHN	NL	2	1	1.73	3	3	0	26.0	19	5	0	3	15	0.85
1919	CHN	NL	16	11	1.72	30	27	1	235.0	180	45	3	38	121	0.93
1920	CHN	NL	27	14	1.91	46	40	5	363.1	335	77	8	69	173	1.11
1921	CHN	NL	15	13	3.39	31	29	1	252.0	286	95	10	33	77	1.27
1922	CHN	NL	16	13	3.63	33	31	1	245.2	283	99	8	34	48	1.29
1923	CHN	NL	22	12	3.19	39	36	2	305.0	308	108	17	30	72	1.11
1924	CHN	NL	12	5	3.03	21	20	0	169.1	183	57	9	25	33	1.23
1925	CHN	NL	15	11	3.39	32	30	0	236.0	270	89	14	29	63	1.27
1926	SLN +1	NL	12	10	3.05	30	23	2	200.1	191	68	8	31	47	1.11
1927	SLN	NL	21	10	2.52	37	30	3	268.0	261	75	11	38	48	1.12
1928	SLN	NL	16	9	3.36	34	31	2	243.2	262	91	15	37	59	1.23
1929	SLN	NL	9	8	3.89	22	19	0	132.0	149	57	10	23	33	1.30
1930	PHI	NL	0	3	9.14	9	3	0	21.2	40	22	5	6	6	2.12
Career	—	—	373	208	2.56	696	599	32	5190.0	4,868	1,476	164	951	2,198	1.12

Batting

20 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1911	PHI	NL	50	138	12	24	5	1	0	9	2	27	1	.174	.186	.225	.410
1912	PHI	NL	46	102	7	19	4	0	2	13	6	14	0	.186	.232	.284	.516
1913	PHI	NL	47	103	9	13	4	1	0	4	3	21	0	.126	.151	.185	.335
1914	PHI	NL	48	137	18	32	3	0	0	7	3	12	0	.234	.255	.256	.511
1915	PHI	NL	49	130	9	22	3	0	1	8	6	23	0	.169	.206	.215	.421
1916	PHI	NL	49	138	10	33	7	4	0	9	5	15	1	.239	.266	.348	.614
1917	PHI	NL	47	139	17	30	8	2	1	13	3	23	1	.216	.232	.324	.556
1918	CHN	NL	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.100	.100	.100	.200
1919	CHN	NL	30	70	6	12	1	0	0	4	10	18	0	.171	.275	.186	.461
1920	CHN	NL	46	118	9	27	4	1	1	14	11	26	0	.229	.295	.305	.600
1921	CHN	NL	31	95	8	29	3	1	1	14	2	13	0	.305	.320	.390	.709
1922	CHN	NL	33	85	4	15	1	0	0	11	6	16	0	.177	.231	.188	.419
1923	CHN	NL	39	111	10	24	3	1	1	10	1	11	0	.216	.223	.288	.512
1924	CHN	NL	21	65	3	15	2	0	1	10	2	8	0	.231	.254	.308	.561
1925	CHN	NL	32	79	7	19	4	1	2	12	1	5	0	.241	.250	.392	.642
1926	SLN +1	NL	30	65	2	13	3	0	0	6	2	15	0	.200	.224	.246	.470
1927	SLN	NL	37	94	7	23	3	1	0	6	5	14	0	.245	.283	.298	.581
1928	SLN	NL	34	86	13	25	2	0	1	11	4	8	0	.291	.322	.349	.671
1929	SLN	NL	22	41	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	.049	.133	.049	.182
1930	PHI	NL	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333
Career	—	—	703	1,810	154	378	60	13	11	163	77	276	3	.209	.242	.275	.517

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1911	PHI	NL	P	48	—	—	11	95	4	3	110	.964	2.21
1912	PHI	NL	P	46	—	—	10	75	3	1	88	.966	1.85
1913	PHI	NL	P	47	—	—	10	82	0	3	92	1.000	1.96
1914	PHI	NL	P	46	—	—	18	102	3	1	123	.976	2.61
			OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1915	PHI	NL	P	49	—	—	22	120	3	4	145	.979	2.90
1916	PHI	NL	P	48	—	—	17	102	1	3	120	.992	2.48
1917	PHI	NL	P	45	—	—	24	108	1	3	133	.993	2.93
1918	CHN	NL	P	3	—	—	0	8	0	0	8	1.000	2.67
1919	CHN	NL	P	30	—	—	6	85	0	2	91	1.000	3.03
1920	CHN	NL	P	46	—	—	8	105	2	2	115	.983	2.46
1921	CHN	NL	P	31	—	—	11	60	2	4	73	.973	2.29
1922	CHN	NL	P	33	—	—	9	69	0	5	78	1.000	2.36
1923	CHN	NL	P	39	—	—	11	90	1	6	102	.990	2.59
1924	CHN	NL	P	21	—	—	4	53	2	2	59	.966	2.71
1925	CHN	NL	P	32	—	—	7	45	0	4	52	1.000	1.63
1926	SLN	NL	P	30	—	—	3	58	2	1	63	.968	2.03
1927	SLN	NL	P	37	—	—	8	66	0	1	74	1.000	2.00
1928	SLN	NL	P	34	—	—	4	57	0	3	61	1.000	1.79
1929	SLN	NL	P	22	—	—	5	38	1	2	44	.977	1.96
1930	PHI	NL	P	9	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	1.000	0.22
Career	—	—	P	696	—	—	189	1,419	25	50	1,633	.985	2.31
	—	—	OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00