Grover Alexander Trades and Transactions

The Grover Alexander trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Grover Alexander has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"He (Grover Alexander) could pitch into a tin can. His control was always remarkable - the finest I have ever seen." - Sportswriter Grantland Rice in Winningest Pitchers: Baseball's 300-Game Winners (Rich Westcott, Temple Univ Publishers, 07/2002, Page 89)

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Grover Alexander
 
 
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Birth Name:   Grover Cleveland Alexander
Nickname:   Pete or Old Pete or Ole' Pete
Born On:   02-26-1887  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Elba, Nebraska
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-04-1950
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Paul, Nebraska
Cemetery:   Elmwood Cemetery, St. Paul, Nebraska Click For Grave Photo
High School:   St. Paul High School (St. Paul, NE)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-15-1911 (Age 24)
Last Game:   05-28-1930
Draft:   Not Applicable
Grover Alexander

Trades & Transactions

09-01-1910: Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from Syracuse (New York State) in the Rule 5 major league draft.
12-11-1917: Traded by Philadelphia Phillies (with Bill Killefer) to Chicago Cubs for Mike Prendergast and Pickles Dillhoefer.
06-22-1926: Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Chicago Cubs.
12-11-1929: Traded by St. Louis Cardinals (with Harry McCurdy) to Philadelphia Phillies for Homer Peel and Bob McGraw.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Grover Alexander trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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