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Grover Cleveland Alexander

Awards And Accomplishments



Alexander set over twenty National League records, many of which were not tied or broken until the modern baseball era.
1911 Major League record for a rookie pitcher of twenty-eight wins
1911-30 Major League record: 373 wins
1911-30 Most National League games pitched (696)
1911-30 Most National League wins (373)
1911-30 Led League in complete games pitched six times
1916 Major League record: sixteen shutouts in one season
1916 Major League record of a 1.22 earned-run average
1927 Second player in National League history to win twenty games for three different teams with twenty-one wins for the Cardinals
1939 Hall of Fame induction

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