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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