Grover Cleveland Alexander
date: label: date made
content: before 1951
name: label: associated person
content: Alexander, Grover Cleveland
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Phillies
label: Associated Name
content: Chicago Cubs
label: Associated Name
content: St. Louis Cardinals
notes: label: Description
content: Legendary pitcher Grover Cleveland <i>Pete</i> Alexander's 373 career wins ties with his contemporary Christy Mathewson for the most ever in the National League, and for third all-time in Major League Baseball history. The native Nebraskan also holds the National League record for shutouts with 90,
label: Description
content: Playing for the Philadelphia Phillies (1911-1917,1930) Chicago Cubs (1918-1926,) and St. Louis Cardinals (1926-1929,) Alexander balanced his 373 with 208 losses, ending his career with a lifetime 2.56 earned run average and 2,198 strikeouts. The right-hander achieved pitching's rarely held <i>triple crown</i> three times, leading the League in wins, earned-run-average and strikeouts in 1915,1916 and 1920, a year where the pitcher's excellence helped lead the Cardinals to victory in the World Series.
label: Description
content: Alexander's later career was hampered by the pitcher's alcoholism as well as epileptic fits resulting from physical and psychological trauma inflicted during the First World War. Following his departure from the Major Leagues, the pitcher barnstormed around the country playing exhibition games, including contests featuring negro league players.
label: Description
content: Alexander was selected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Major League
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.034.12
label: catalog number
content: 310547.034.12
label: accession number
content: 310547
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: autograph
label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
label: Other Terms
content: Card, Baseball; Autograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm