» July 23, 1909: Three days after pitching a 1–0 shutout, Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Galesburg (IL) Boosters, tosses a no-hitter against Pekin. He strikes out 10 and walks one. On the 26th he will beat Macon, 1–0, in 18 innings. In that game he doesn't allow a hit until the 10th inning.

» July 27, 1909: Star minor league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is hit in the forehead with a ball while running the bases and is knocked unconscious. Alexander will recover but his vision will be affected for months and he will not pitch again for Galesburg. The Indianapolis Indians purchase his contract.

» April 15, 1911: Grover Cleveland Alexander makes his ML debut, but an unearned run in the 9th by Boston gives the Phils rookie a 5–4 loss. Bill Klem makes the call behind the plate.

» April 26, 1911: In the first of two with Brooklyn, Grover Cleveland Alexander wins his first ML game, 10–3. Alex strikes out six and walks six, while slapping two of the Phillies seven hits.

» May 8, 1911: The Phillies Grover Alexander records his first shut out, stopping Brooklyn 5–0 on three hits. Alex fans nine to run his record to 3–1.

» May 11, 1911: Against a coasting Grover Alexander, the Pirates rally for six hits and seven runs in the 9th inning, but fall far short as the Phillies win, 19–10. Honus Wagner is 1-for-2 before being tossed by umpire Bill Finneran.

» May 13, 1911: At Philadelphia, Grover Alexander relieves George Chalmers with the score 1-1 in the 9th and shuts out the Reds for eight innings. The Phils finally score in the 16th to win it.

» May 17, 1911: Fred Luderus cracks an 11th-inning home run to give Grover Alexander a 4–3 win over Pittsburgh. The Phils (23-9) move back into first place.

» May 25, 1911: In St. Louis, Grover Alexander beats the Cards, 4–3, to stop the Phillies 6-game loss streak. The Card score three in the 9th, but Pete hangs on for the win.

» May 26, 1911: In one of the few games in which both appear, Christy Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander are relievers in a 5–3 win for the Giants over the Phillies. Matty takes over for Bugs Raymond in the 8th after the starter gives up two quick runs. With runners on 1B and 3B, Mickey Doolan flies to Devlin in right and his perfect strike to Chief Meyers is good for a DP. The Giant score to give Matty the win over Bill Burns, though by today's standards, it would be a save.

» May 30, 1911: In the afternoon contest in Boston, Phils rookie Pete Alexander pitches the 2nd game of a holiday doubleheader, winning, 11–4. Philley also wins the morning game, 3–0, in 10 innings behind Earl Moore's three-hitter.

» June 5, 1911: In Pittsburgh, Pete Alexander tops the Pirates, 5–4, in the 10th, with the Phils winning run scoring on a fumble by Honus Wagner. Pirate Tommy Leach also helps the Phils by losing a fly ball in the sun that drops for a triple. Rookie star Alexander, pitching in his 100th inning, commits a balk, the only balk he'll make in his career of 5,088.2 innings.

» June 9, 1911: Pete Alexander tosses four innings of relief to preserve a 4–3 Phillie win over the Reds.

» June 12, 1911: Rookie starter Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches Philly to a 8–4 win over the Cardinals.

» June 20, 1911: Pete Alexander pitches three 2/3 innings in relief to earn the win in a 6–5 Phillies victory at Brooklyn.

» June 21, 1911: Grover Cleveland Alexander wins for the 2nd day in a row, hooking up with Brooklyn's Doc Scanlan for a 15-inning operation, won by the Phils, 2–1.

» June 26, 1911: In Philadelphia, Grover Alexander shuts out Boston Rustlers, 5–0. Phillies' catcher/manager Red Dooin suffers a broken leg in a collision at home. Dooin will play in only 74 games that season. The speedy catcher had broken his knee the year before.

» June 30, 1911: Brooklyn's Baron Knetzer lords it over Grover Alexander, handing Pete and the Phils a 5–0 shut out. Alexander's record is now 15–3 and the Phils are tied for 2nd with the Cubs, two games behind New York.

» July 2, 1911: With the Phils leading the Giants' Christy Mathewson, 4–3, Pete Alexander relieves Sleepy Bill Burns in the 7th and holds New York scoreless over the last three innings. The Phils jump on Matty for another three runs in the 8th to win, 7–3.

» July 4, 1911: The Phillies mug the Giants, 7–5, literally knocking New York P Doc Crandall out of the box, when he is hit with a line drive by Red Dooin. Doc gets relief from Rube Marquard, but Pete Alexander picks up the win. Fred Luderus strokes two homers for the Quakers.

» July 10, 1911: Sherry Magee, star OF for the Phillies, knocks out umpire Bill Finneran with one punch after being ejected for disputing a called 3rd strike. He is suspended for the season, but upon appeal he will be reinstated after five weeks and 36 games. The Phils win, 4–2, behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, who strikes out 9.

» July 14, 1911: The Phillies move back into first place as Pete Alexander tops the Pirates, 2–1.

» July 27, 1911: Three days after the Cards light up Grover Cleveland Alexander for five runs in the 1st inning, the Phillies rookie ace stops them, 4–3.

» July 31, 1911: Phils rookie Grover Cleveland Alexander, who beat the Cubs yesterday in relief, loses a matchup with Three Finger Brown, 4–2. The Phils, at 56-38, are in 4th place.

» August 14, 1911: Rube Marquard bests young Pete Alexander, 3–2, in 12 innings. Rube strikes out 13 Quakers to give New York the victory.

» September 7, 1911: Grover Alexander (24 years old), winning a rookie record 28 games, pitches the Phils to a 1–0 win over Boston's 44-year-old Cy Young. Alex gives up just one hit. Alexander's 31 CG, 367 IP, and seven shutouts lead the NL. The AL has its own rookie sensation, lefty Vean Gregg, who breaks in for Cleveland with a 23–7 record and miserly 1.81 ERA. Gregg will win 20 his first three years, then win just 28 in the next 12 years.

» September 21, 1911: In Chicago, the Phils Grover Alexander fires his 4th straight shutout, beating the Cubs Ed Reulbach, 4–0. Alex also had shutouts on the 7th, 13th, and 17th.

» September 24, 1911: After 41 straight shutout innings, Grover Alexander is scored on by the Cards in the 6th inning.

» May 3, 1912: Despite a triple steal, the Giants lose to the Phils, 8-6, in 10 innings. New York overcomes a 5–0 deficit to tie, but reliever Christy Mathewson is drilled for three doubles and the loss, while Pete Alexander gets the win. Bill Klem sets a season high mark when he tosses four players, including John McGraw, out of the game.

» July 8, 1912: In Pittsburgh, the Phillies top the Pirates, 5–1, ending Howie Camnitz's win streak of 7. Grover Cleveland Alexander is the victor.

» July 12, 1912: The Phillies beat the Reds, 6–4, behind Pete Alexander. He'll beat them again, 5–0, on the 15th.

» August 10, 1912: Led by Grover Cleveland Alexander, the Phils whip the Reds, 10–2. Pete wins the game on the mound and also adds a home run.

» August 14, 1912: The Pirates score an unearned run in the 10th to beat Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Phils, 2–1. It is Pete's first loss to Pittsburgh.

» September 2, 1912: Brooklyn's Tex Erwin cracks a 9th inning homer off Grover Cleveland Alexander to tie and the Superbas tip the Phils, 2–1 in 11 innings. In the nitecap, Eppa Rixey outpitches Nap Rucker to give the Quakers a 2–1 win in 12 innings.

» September 16, 1912: The Reds shut out the Phillies in a twinbill, winning 6–0 and 1–0. Art Fromme allows four hits in the lid lifter, while Rube Benton outduels Grover Cleveland Alexander, 1–0, in the nitecap. Benton allows five hits.

» September 30, 1912: The Giants foil Pete Alexander's bid for a 20th victory, beating the Phils, 4–2. King Bader, making his first start, is the winner.

» March 29, 1913: In a pre-season matchup, Washington pummels the Phillies, 12–1. Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitching the middle three innings, is hit hard.

» May 1, 1913: Pete Alexander earns his first win of the year, topping the Giants Jeff Tesreau, 1–0. Alex scores the only Phils run after reaching base on an error.

» May 13, 1913: Tom Seaton, with relief help from Grover Cleveland Alexander, tops the Pirates, 5–4. The winning blow for the Phils is a solo homer by Sherry Magee.

» May 20, 1913: The Phils beat the Reds, 5–1, behind Grover Cleveland Alexander. The only Cincy run comes home on a boot by Fred Luderus.

» May 26, 1913: The Phils use three pitchers in subduing the Superbas, 8–5. Grover Cleveland Alexander, the middle of three, picks up the win.

» May 28, 1913: At the Polo Grounds, Grover Cleveland Alexander goes the first eight innings against the Giants, and exits with the score 66. Tom Seaton relieves, but the Giants finally score in the 14th to win, 7–6.

» June 16, 1913: The Cubs hand Grover Cleveland Alexander his first loss of the year after 10 victories, 13–3, cutting the visiting Phils' lead to 3.

» June 19, 1913: Wilbur Good hits the first pinch-hit home run in Cubs history, off Grover Alexander in the 8th, but that's all of Chicago's scoring as the Phils win, 2–1.

» June 25, 1913: At Washington Park, the Superbas bang reliever Pete Alexander, scoring seven runs in six innings, but the Phillies outslug Brooklyn to win, 11–8.

» June 30, 1913: At Philadelphia, New York's thrilling 11–10 win over the Phils puts the Giants on top to stay. Hooks Wiltse pitches the first nine innings for New York before wilting, and Christy Mathewson relieves. In the 10th, Buck Herzog singles off Pete Alexander and Matty wins his 14th. The fireworks continue after the game when McGraw, walking to the clubhouse with several Phillies, is belted and then jumped by several Philley fans. McGraw is cut up and Phils P Ad Brennan is identified as the instigator of the fight. After investigating, National League Prexy Thomas Lynch will suspend both McGraw and Brennan for five days, with Brennan also fined $100.

» July 1, 1913: Rube Marquard coasts to a 10–0 Giant whipping of the Phillies. Grover Cleveland Alexander takes his 2nd straight loss.

» July 3, 1913: The Giants hand Pete Alexander his 3rd loss in the four game series, as Jeff Tesreau wins, 4–2, in 11 innings. New York is now in first place by three 1/2 games.

» August 19, 1913: The Phils' Grover Cleveland Alexander matches Erskine Mayer by giving up an NL-record-tying nine consecutive hits and six runs to the Cubs in a 9–4 loss.

» August 30, 1913: The Giants score six runs against Grover Cleveland Alexander, but the Phillies come back from the 6–0 deficit to score eight against Christy Mathewson. With two outs in the top of the 9th, and the Phils leading 8–6 over New York, umpire Bill Brennan, acceding to a request by the wily John McGraw, orders Phils captain Mickey Doolan (Phils manager Red Dooin had been ejected during the 6-run 6th) to have spectators removed from the CF bleachers, where they are waving hats, newspapers, and handkerchiefs to distract the batters. When Doolan refuses, Brennan forfeits the game, 9–0, to the Giants. Bedlam ensues and later, when the two umpires and Giants players try to board the train at the North Philadelphia Station, they are attacked by fans. The police draw their revolver to control the crowd. The Phils protest the forfeit and NL president Lynch will reverse the umpire and rule the game an 8–6 Phils win. The Giants then appeal. NL directors say both Brennan and Lynch are wrong, and order the game completed from the point at which it was stopped. The game will be finished October 2, with the outcome the same.

» September 5, 1913: The Phils score the only run this afternoon in a doubleheader in Boston. The visitors win the opener, 1–0, then the two play 10 innings of scoreless baseball before the game is called. Grover Cleveland Alexander misses his 20th win, but will reach the mark in three days.

» September 22, 1913: The Phils' Pete Alexander shuts out the Cubs, 2–0, in the first of two games with Chicago.

» April 14, 1914: At Philadelphia, the Giants open the season with the Phillies, losing 10–1 to Pete Alexander. Rube Marquard takes the loss. The Phils are led by Sherry Magee's two homers.

» August 7, 1914: Grover Cleveland Alexander (16-9) shuts out the Reds and leads the Phillies offense with four hits, including a double, and two runs scored.

» September 9, 1914: In the opener at Boston, the Phils win their only game in the series, 10–3, behind Pete Alexander. In game two of a doubleheader, George A. Davis, a Harvard law student, pitches the only shutout of his brief career, a 7–0 no-hitter for the first-place Braves over the Phils. The spitballer walks the bases loaded with no outs in the 5th, but "he rose to the occasion to prove his perfect candidacy to a niche in the hall of stars," writes the Boston Post. Released by the Highlanders in 1912, Davis will be 3–3 this year and next, then hang up his glove to start a law practice.

» September 12, 1914: In Philadelphia, Grover Cleveland Alexander is awarded an automobile before the game as the Phillies' most popular player, then drives over the Giants Rube Marquard for a 1–0 win.

» September 23, 1914: Pete Alexander coasts to a 9–4 win over the Cubs as Gavvy Cravath bangs two homers to lead the Phils' offense.

» September 26, 1914: Pete Alexander wins his 9th in a row for the Phils, beating the Reds, 7–4. Gavvy Cravath hits his 18th homer, off King Lear, and Sherry Magee clouts his 15th.

» September 30, 1914: The Dodgers stop Grover Cleveland Alexander's win streak at nine games, defeating the Phils, 2–1, behind Jake Pfeffer. Alex is done in by three Phillie errors.

» October 18, 1914: NL and AL all-star teams, featuring stars such as Grover Alexander, Jeff Tesreau, Joe Bush, and Bill James, start an exhibition tour today in Milwaukee with the Braves' Bill James losing to Bullet Joe Bush, 6–2. The tour will take them to Hawaii after wandering throughout the West, with the NL winning 29 of the 50 games played. Playing tomorrow in Mandan, ND, the NL will win, 2–1, in 12 innings.

» April 14, 1915: In Boston, Pete Alexander stops the world champion Braves, 3–0, as the Phillies beat Dick Rudolph. Bill James, the Braves' other star from the World Series, is in California recovering from an illness incurred in Hawaii during the all-star world trip. James' career is virtually over.

» April 17, 1915: Behind their ace Pete Alexander, the Phils drill the Giants, 7–1. Christy Mathewson lasts just four innings in taking the loss, as Gavvy Cravath deep sixes Big Six with a double and homer.

» April 22, 1915: The Phillies win their 8th in a row, beating the Braves, 8–4 with a five-run 8th inning. Pete Alexander picks up his 3rd victory.

» May 1, 1915: In their second matchup of the season, Grover Cleveland Alexander again tops Christy Mathewson, as the Phils win, 4–2.

» May 5, 1915: The Giants finally beat Grover Cleveland Alexander, nipping the Phillies ace, 4–2. It's his 1st loss of the year.

» June 5, 1915: Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexander loses his no-hitter when the Cards' Artie Butler punches a single with two outs in the 9th. Alex then fans Bob Bescher for the final out to win 3–0. He will pitch three more one-hitters this season.

» June 9, 1915: The Phils move into first place, as Grover Cleveland Alexander flirts again with a no-hitter, holding the Cubs hitless until the 7th. The Phils win, 4–3, in the 11th, beating Larry Cheney. Alexander will be 31–10 and lead the NL with a 1.55 ERA, 36 CG, 376 IP, 241 strikeouts, and 12 shutouts.

» June 22, 1915: Pete Alexander allows two hits in the 1st inning and none in the next eight innings, but the matchup with the Giants Rube Marquard ends in a 1–1 tie.

» June 26, 1915: Phillie ace Pete Alexander continues his masterful pitching, topping Brooklyn's Jack Coombs, 4–0. Zack Wheat's 8th-inning single is the only Dodger safety.

» July 5, 1915: At the Polo Grounds, Phils ace Grover Cleveland Alexander fires a one-hitter to win, 2–0. The only baserunner for the Giants is Fred Merkle, who doubles off Pete in the second inning.

» July 6, 1915: Pete Alexander fires his third one-hitter of the season, with the Giants Fred Merkle getting the lone hit. He doubles in the 2nd for New York's only baserunner in the game.

» July 13, 1915: Pete Alexander wins his 9th in a row for the Phils, shutting out the visiting Cardinals, 8–0.

» August 13, 1915: Grover Cleveland Alexander wins his 20th, 5–3, as the Phillies beat Boston's Dick Rudolph.

» September 2, 1915: The visiting Phillies sweep two from the Giants, winning 3–1 and 2–0. Jeff Tesreau and Christy Mathewson take the losses, while Pete Alexander is the shutout winner in the nitecap.

» September 19, 1915: In a Sunday game in St. Louis, the Phils win, 6–2, behind Grover Alexander.

» September 23, 1915: In Chicago, Phillies ace Pete Alexander wins his 30th, beating the Cubs, 5–1.

» September 29, 1915: In Boston, the Phils clinch their first pennant on Grover Alexander's 4th one-hitter and 12th shutout of the year, 5–0 beating Dick Rudolph and the defending champion Braves. Sherry Magee's 4th-inning single is the only safety for Boston, while Gavvy Cravath clouts a 3-run homer in the 1st for the Phils. Cravath ends the year leading the NL in homers (24), slugging, runs, walks, total bases, and is the only National Leaguer with more than a hundred RBIs (115).

» October 8, 1915: The Red Sox start Ernie Shore in game one and the Phils manage just three hits and one run through seven innings against him. Grover Cleveland Alexander gives up just one run as well. The Phils manage to push across two runs in the bottom of the 8th on two infield singles and two walks. Babe Ruth makes his only appearance in this World Series, pinch hitting for Shore and grounding out. Grover Alexander holds on for a 3–1 victory for the Phils.

» April 18, 1916: Phillies star Pete Alexander blanks the Braves on five hits at Baker Bowl to win 4–0. Dick Rudolph takes the loss. It is Pete's first shutout of the year; 15 will follow.

» May 1, 1916: The Phils' Pete Alexander beats Boston, 3–0, for his 2nd shutout of the year.

» May 26, 1916: Philley outfielder Gavvy Cravath's strike to the plate cuts down Brooklyn's Casey Stengel for the last out in the 6th and saves Grover Cleveland Alexander's 1–0 shutout win over Sherry Smith. The Phils move into first place on the strength of Alex's 4th shutout of the month.

» June 3, 1916: Philadelphia's Pete Alexander shuts out the Cardinals, 2–0. His shutout is saved when Dode Paskert makes a leaping catch to rob Frank Snyder of a home run. Lee Meadows is the loser.

» June 12, 1916: Pete Alexander beats the Pirates, 2–1. His shutout bid is stopped in the 9th inning when Honus Wagner lines a hit off Alex's shin to drive in the lone Buc run.

» July 7, 1916: At St. Louis, Pete Alexander shuts out the Cards for a 1–0 Phillie win, topping Lee Meadows. Dode Paskert in CF makes two leaping catches off the bat of Bob Bescher to save home runs.

» July 20, 1916: The Reds acquire three future Hall of Famers when Christy Mathewson is traded to Cincinnati with Giants CF Edd Roush and 3B Bill McKechnie for former Giants Buck Herzog and Red Killefer. McKechnie will make it to Cooperstown as a manager, not as a player, but the 23-year-old Roush is a steal for the Reds. A longtime nemesis of the Reds, Mathewson will pitch one game and then manage, and a new team nickname will be coined: "Matties." The Reds lose today, managing just two hits off Pete Alexander, who contributes two doubles himself to the Phils offense.

» August 2, 1916: Phils star Grover Alexander wins his 20th of the season, pitching a 12-inning 10 shutout over the Cubs. In the 12th, Alex intentionally walks two and then fans pitcher Iron Mike Prendergast with the bases. Bill Killefer strolls then home with the winning run while the Cubs are arguing a call at third base. Alexander has now won more games than the cross-town A's (19).

» August 5, 1916: Grover Cleveland Alexander strokes two hits, but the Phils and Alex lose to the Cardinals, 2–0.

» August 9, 1916: Philadelphia's Grover Alexander allows three hits in edging the Reds, 1–0.

» August 14, 1916: In a Monday doubleheader in Philadelphia, 17,000 fans cheer as the Phils sweep the Giants, winning 9–0 and 7–4. Grover Cleveland Alexander applies the whitewash in the opener and Eppa Rixey wins the nitecap.

» September 1, 1916: The Phils whitewash the Dodgers twice, winning 3–0 behind Grover Alexander and 6–0 to back Eppa Rixey. Alexander's win in the opener is his 14th shutout, setting a major league record. The loser is Jack Coombs, who had set the record of 13 shutouts while pitching for the A's in 1910. The Phils will win tomorrow behind Al Demaree's 9th straight win, and twice more to move into 1st place.

» September 16, 1916: At Baker Bowl, Grover Cleveland Alexander is coasting with a two hit, 6–0 lead in the 8th over the Cubs, when weak-hitting Steve Yerkes lines a single followed by manager Joe Tinker's only hit of the year. On a DP grounder, 1B Fred Luderus pulls his foot of the bag and Chicago goes on to score three runs. Second-place Philadelphia wins, 6–3, to pull with one 1/2 games of Brooklyn.

» September 19, 1916: Phils ace Pete Alexander gives up two runs, both unearned, and loses to the Cubs, 2–0. Hippo Vaughn outduels Alex as the Phils fall two games behind Brooklyn.

» September 23, 1916: Grover Cleveland Alexander beats Cincinnati twice 7–3 and 4–0 at Philadelphia, allowing just a walk in the two contests. With the Phillies needing the catch a train, Alex finishes the nitecap in 58 minutes, his 5th shutout and 8th victory over the Reds this season. Pete has now thrown 15 shutouts on the year.

» September 28, 1916: At Brooklyn, the Phils close to a half-game behind New York as the beat Brooklyn 8–4. Grover Cleveland Alexander is the victor for the visiting Quakers.

» September 30, 1916: Behind Eppa Rixey, the Phils take the morning game with Brooklyn, and now lead the NL by a half game. Brooklyn takes the nitecap, 6–1 behind Rube Marquard and they hammer Grover Cleveland Alexander for 11 hits including a homer by Casey Stengel. The Phils also lose SS Dave Bancroft when he breaks his ankle running to 1B. Bancroft had injured the leg earlier in the game while fielding a ball.

» October 2, 1916: Grover Cleveland Alexander 3-hits the 3rd-place Braves for a 2–0 Philley win, his 33rd, and his 16th shutout. But Boston takes the nitecap when Milt Stock, Bancroft's replacement at short, makes a costly error.

» November 29, 1916: In Kansas City, Walter Johnson and Grover Cleveland Alexander face each other for the first time. The exhibition game between the two stars features Zach Wheat, Casey Stengel, Max Carey, Hal Chase and others. The "Johnsons" prevail over the "Alexanders", 3–2.

» April 30, 1917: Pete Alexander and the Phils edge the Braves, 3–2.

» May 10, 1917: Pete Alexander shuts out the Cards, for a 1–0 Phils win.

» May 23, 1917: Grover Alexander of the Phils allows the Reds only two hits; he collects three himself, including a home run and a sacrifice, and wins, 5–1, over Fred Toney.

» June 16, 1917: Grover Cleveland Alexander clubs two triples and shuts out the Cubs to lead the Phillies to a 4–0 win. Tom Seaton takes the loss.

» July 23, 1917: The Cubs sweep a doubleheader with Brooklyn on two shutouts. Grover Alexander wins the opener 3–0 and Phil Douglas shuffles in to take the nitecap, 6–0.

» August 28, 1917: The Cards rally for four runs off Pete Alexander to beat the Phils, 6–5. Gene Paulette's steal of home is capper.

» September 3, 1917: Trying to keep the Phils in the race, Grover Alexander does double duty, beating Brooklyn 6–0 and 9–3 in a Labor Day twinbill. Rube Marquard and Allan Russell try and stop Pete in the opener, while Jack Coombs and George Smith pitch in the nitecap. Milt Stock lines a homer in the opener when Zack Wheat, hampered by a sore ankle, can't reach his drive. Dode Paskert's bases loaded triple in the 2nd game is the big blow. Alex will win 30 for the 3rd straight year, with a league-leading 1.86 ERA.

» September 9, 1917: Grover Alexander beats New York's Jeff Tesreau, 4–1. Ferdie Schupp takes the nitecap, 2–1 for New York, beating the Phils Eppa Rixey.

» September 10, 1917: A red-hot Grover Alexander, chasing thirty wins, beats the Braves, 5–2, for the Phils.

» September 23, 1917: Deja Vu all over again: Grover Alexander beats Chicago's Shufflin Phil Douglas, this time 4–1, their 2nd matchup in three days.

» October 2, 1917: In the nitecap of two games at Baker Bowl, Pete Alexander downs the Series-bound Giants, 8–2 for his 30th win. Alex adds two doubles in winning his last game ever in a Phils uniform. The Quakers will sell the star to the Cubs in December. In the opener, a 5–2 NY win, the Giants Jesse Barnes, a lifetime .214 hitter, walks twice in an inning, the only pitcher ever to do so.

» December 11, 1917: The Phils sell star pitcher Grover Alexander, twice a 30-game winner, and his personal catcher "Reindeer" Bill Killefer to the Cubs for righthander "Iron" Mike Prendergast, C Pickles Dillhoefer, and $55,000. Phils owner William Baker later admits he made the trade because, "I needed the money." The 5th-place Cubs expect the addition of Alexander to greatly strengthen their staff, but Alex will be drafted in the Army.

» August 10, 1919: More than 28,00 crowd Wrigley Field to watch Grover Cleveland Alexander shut the Giants out, 2-0

» September 1, 1920: Grover Alexander outlasts Jesse Haines as both go 17 innings in the Cubs, 3–2, win over St. Louis. For Haines, it is his 20th loss of the year. It is Alexander's 27th win of the year, tops in the National League.

» August 7, 1921: The Cubs replace manager Johnny Evers with Bill Killefer. With Pete Alexander, the former batterymate of "Reindeer Bill" the mound, the Cubs lose to the Giants, 7–2, at Cubs Park. New York third sacker Frankie Frisch is knocked out by a deflected ground ball.

» August 16, 1921: The Braves Walter Cruise connects off the Cubs Grover Alexander for the 2nd home run hit out of mammoth Braves Field. The first home run, also to RF, was hit by Cruise in 1917. There will be 38 home runs in Braves Field this year: 34 inside the park, three bounce homers, and Cruise's missile. Braves pitcher Dana Fillingim is the beneficiary of the offense as he beats Alexander, 8–6.

» September 2, 1921: In Cincinnati, the Cubs Pete Alexander outpitches his former teammate Eppa Rixey to win, 7–0. Chicago is mired in 7th place.

» April 12, 1922: At Cincinnati, the Cubs Pete Alexander stops the Reds, 7–3. Eppa Rixey takes the loss.

» May 7, 1922: Pirates rookie Walter Mueller hits a home run on the first ML pitch he sees, and it comes from Grover Alexander. The box score credits the home run to teammate Ray Rohwer. In four years Mueller will hit one more home run. Alexander exits in the 2nd inning and the Pirates win, 11–5.

» July 21, 1922: The Cubs edge Brooklyn 1–0 as Grover Cleveland Alexander wins the duel with Dutch Ruether. Ray Grimes, who drove in three runs yesterday, doubles in the only Cub tally. Grimes now has RBIs in 15 straight games.

» May 13, 1923: Chicago's Pete Alexander beat Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance, 5–2. For Alexander, it is his 6th straight game without walking a batter since the season's start. He'll walk three in his next outing, ending his streak at 52 straight innings.

» May 17, 1923: Grover Alexander finally issues a walk after starting the season with 52 IP without a pass for the Cubs. He walks three in a 7–4 win over the Phils.

» September 20, 1924: Pete Alexander slows the pennant-bound Giants and earns his 300th career victory in the process. The Cubs top the Giants in 12 innings at the Polo Grounds, 7–3.

» April 14, 1925: In the first regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on the radio, Quin Ryan announces the contest from the grandstand roof for WGN. Grover Alexander wins for the Cubs 8-2 over the Pirates and adds a single, double, and HR.

» September 16, 1925: In the first of two games, Cubs veteran Grover Alexander wins 3–0 over Boston. Boston comes back to take game 2, 8–6.

» October 2, 1925: In Pete Alexander's toughest game of the year, the Cubs veteran battles for 19 innings with White Sox hurler Ted Blankenship, before the City Series game is called at 2–2.

» October 7, 1925: In a cold opener of the annual City Series between the Cubs and the White Sox, the Cubs Grover Alexander and the Southsiders Ted Blankenship each labor 19 innings before darkness stops the game with the score 2–2. The Cubs then win four of the next five to win the series.

» May 2, 1926: For the 4th straight game, the Cubs come from behind to win, beating the Cardinals, 6–5. Pete Alexander picks up the victory, and Wee Willie Sherdel is the loser.

» May 8, 1926: Chicago's Grover Alexander beats the Giants, 6–4, with George McQuillan taking the loss. It is Alex's last win in a Cubs uniform.

» May 22, 1926: Before the Braves-Cubs game at Wrigley Field, Grover Cleveland Alexander is given the keys to a Lincoln automobile, a gift from the fans. The Braves then cuff Alex around and win, 7–1. When the Cubs end their homestand, Alexander will be left behind in Chicago, and then waived.

» June 22, 1926: The Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Cleveland Alexander on waivers from the Cubs to help in the pennant chase. He'll be 9-7 down the stretch.

» September 2, 1926: In the first game of a twinbill between Chicago and St. Louis, Pete Alexander exacts revenge on the Cubs, whipping them 2–0. Charlie Root is the loser. The Cards take the nitecap, 9–1.

» October 3, 1926: Grover Alexander (9-7) faces Urban Shocker (19-11) as a record 63,600 look on. The Yankees score twice in the 2nd, but Old Pete sets down the last 21 batters, striking out 10. Billy Southworth and SS Tommy Thevenow collect three hits each, including a home run apiece, for a 6–2 St. Louis win. Thevenow's is a line drive that skips by Ruth for an inside-the-park homer: Thevenow will hit two regular season home runs in his career-both inside the park.

» October 9, 1926: Grover Alexander scatters eight hits in game six while the Cards tee off on Bob Shawkey (8-6), Urban Shocker, and Myles Thomas for 10 runs and 13 hits in a 10–2 romp.

» October 10, 1926: On a drizzling New York afternoon, only 38,093 show up at the Stadium for the deciding World Series contest. Grover Alexander, possibly sleeping off a hangover in the bullpen, barely notices when Jess Haines take a 3–2 lead over Waite Hoyt into the 7th. Haines weakens in the last of the 7th; three walks put Earle Combs, Bob Meusel, and Lou Gehrig on base with two out and Tony Lazzeri at the plate. Hornsby then waves in Alexander. On a 1-1 count Lazzeri hits a line drive into the left-field seats, a few feet to the foul side of the pole, then swings and misses for strike 3. Alexander sets the Yanks down in order until Babe Ruth draws his 11th walk with two out in the 9th, and is thrown out, inexplicably trying to steal 2B. The Cards and St. Louis have their first World Championship. Each winner collects $5,584.51, the losers, $3,417.75.

» March 28, 1927: In a final exhibition match between last year's series opponents, the Yanks score four in the first off the Cards' Grover Cleveland Alexander. Then Alex shuts down the Yanks until leaving in the 8th, and the Cards score two in the 9th to win 6–4. Both teams use their regular lineups, the only teams to make no starting changes from last year's teams. The four runs off Alexander are the first the 40-year-old veteran has allowed in 15 innings of spring work.

» May 12, 1927: The Giants edge the Cardinals, 3–2, scoring the winning run in the 11th when Taylor Douthit drops a fly ball. Starter Pete Alexander is the loser to Burleigh Grimes. Lester Bell is 0-for-5 with five strike outs for the Birds.

» June 5, 1927: Pete Alexander shuts out the visiting Robins, 5–0 for a Cards victory.

» June 18, 1927: It's Charles Lindbergh Day in St. Louis as the transatlantic flyer helps raise the Cardinals National League pennant before a 6–4 win over the Giants. Rogers Hornsby makes his first appearance in St. Louis since the big trade of last fall and Cards owner Sam Breadon picks today to raise the pennant and hand out Series rings. The Rajah has a double in the game, off Pete Alexander, but Jim Bottomley's 3-run homer for the Cards offsets that.

» June 22, 1927: The Cards strengthen their hold on 2nd place by defeating the Cubs, 11–5, to sweep the series. Pete Alexander, pitching out of turn at his own request, stops the Cubs on six hits. Alexander wanted to face the team that had shipped him down the river last season. Frankie Frisch has three hits to put him at .331, a point ahead of Rogers Hornsby, for whom he was traded.

» June 24, 1928: Grover Alexander beats the Reds for the third time in eight days.

» September 9, 1928: The Cards blow a 7–3 lead and lose to Pittsburgh, 8–7. Their lead is cut to two 1/2 games. Pete Alexander blows the lead, but the loss goes to reliever Art Reinhart. Hafey and Bottomley homer for the Cards, but the Bucs answer with the seven hits from the Waners. Paul, leading the National League with .381, has four of them.

» September 20, 1928: A crowd of 50,000 at the Polo Grounds sees the Giants and Cardinals split a doubleheader. The Cards take the first game 8–5 behind pitcher Willie Sherdel plus three homers by former Giant George Harper. The Giants salvage the nightcap 7–4 when they score five runs in the 8th inning to give rookie Carl Hubbell the win over Grover Cleveland Alexander. Shanty Hogan's grand slam off Alexander is the big blow. New York remains two games behind the National League-leading Cardinals.

» October 5, 1928: Grover Alexander (16-9) faces George Pipgras (24-13) in game 2. Gehrig unloads a 3-run HR in the first. The Cards tie in the 2nd, but Pipgras shuts them out on 2 hits the rest of the way. Alexander is nicked for one in the 2nd and is driven to cover by a 4-run outburst in the 3rd and it's 9-3 New York. Ruth is 2-for-3, and Gehrig has 3 more RBI.

» April 22, 1929: It's the Cubs turn as Pat Malone shuts out the Cardinals, 3–0, beating Pete Alexander.

» May 26, 1929: St. Louis veteran Pete Alexander tosses a five hitter at the Reds and wins 5–2. Red Lucas takes the loss.

» August 1, 1929: Grover Cleveland Alexander wins his 372 game to tie Christy Mathewson's National League record for wins [the record has since been amended to 373 wins]. The Cards top the Robins, 5–2.

» August 10, 1929: Pitching for the visiting Cards, Grover Alexander beats the Phils 7–1 for his 373rd and last National League victory. It is noted at the time that he ties Christy Mathewson for NL wins. Relieving after eight innings, he pitches four scoreless relief innings to win 11–9 in 12 innings of the nitecap. The Phils take the opener, 7–1. Alexander will be sent back to St. Louis on the August 20th after one too many curfew violations and finish the season at 9–8.

» December 11, 1929: The Cards send Grover Alexander, 42, back to the Phillies with C Harry McCurdy for OF Homer Peel and P Bob McGraw.

» May 7, 1930: Chick Hafey has five RBI in the 5th inning as the Cards beat the Phils 16–11 to move out of the cellar and begin the climb to an eventual pennant. Pete Alexander makes his first appearance against his old mates and is hit hard. The loss drops the Phils to last place, while the Cards head the other way.

» May 28, 1930: Phillies Grover Cleveland Alexander makes his last ML appearance, giving up two hits and two runs in relief as the Braves win, 5–1. The Phillies release him a few hours after the game.

» June 3, 1930: Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies after posting a 0-3 record. He ends his career thinking he has the NL record for most wins at 373, one more than Christy Mathewson. In 1946, a win disallowed in 1902 is restored to Mathewson's record, to leave the two pitchers at a tie.

» January 18, 1938: Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the only player to get the required 75 percent of the BBWAA votes.

» June 12, 1939: The greatest gathering of members and future inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame assembles in Cooperstown, NY, for the dedication of the museum. A six-inning game at Doubleday Field presents lineups studded with players who will be elected in the future, as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Cy Young, and Connie Mack accept their plaques.

» April 11, 1961: Robin Roberts ties Grover Cleveland Alexander's National League record with a 12th-straight Opening Day start, but Philadelphia loses 6–2 to Don Drysdale and the Dodgers. Roberts is 5–6 on Opening Day.

» August 23, 1963: Warren Spahn's 601st start is a modern National League record. Grover Alexander had the previous record of 600. The Braves beat the Dodgers, 6–1.

» September 28, 1966: Larry Jaster (11–5) blanks the Dodgers for the 5th time this season, pitching the Cards to a 2–0 win at St. Louis. Jaster is the first pitcher to accomplish this feat since Grover Cleveland Alexander whitewashed the Reds five times in 1916. Jaster twice beat the Dodgers, by 2–0 and 4–0 scores. The Dodger whitewashings are Jaster's only shutouts of the year, but they are enough to lead the league. He will pitch another five years in the majors, recording just two more shutouts.

» September 19, 1976: Catfish Hunter notches his 200th career victory as the Yankees stop Milwaukee 2–1. Since 1901, only Christy Mathewson and Pete Alexander have hit the 200 mark before their 31st birthday, but arm trouble will limit Catfish to 224 wins. He'll win 17 this year, after five straight 20-win seasons.

» September 6, 1981: The Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela shuts out the Cardinals, 5–0, to tie a record of seven shutouts by a National League rookie. He shares the record with Irv "Cy the Second" Young (1905), Grover Alexander (1911), and Jerry Koosman (1968).

» September 7, 1984: Dwight Gooden pitches a one-hitter and strikes out 11 in a 10–0 rout of the Cubs. The only hit is Keith Moreland's slow roller in the 5th inning, which 3B Ray Knight fields but can't get out of his glove. Gooden's 11 strikeouts give him 236 for the season, breaking the National League rookie record set by Grover Alexander in 1911. For Gooden, he will win another nine straight over the Cubs, lose, then win 12 straight.

» April 19, 1996: The host Rangers show no mercy in running up the largest score in the A.L. in 41 years and trouncing the league-leading Orioles, 26–7. Sixteen of the runs come in the 56-minute 8th inning, their last at bat, and the largest 8th inning tally in baseball history. The inning is highlighted by Kevin Elster's grand slam off O's backup IF Manny Alexander. Manny, no Grover Cleveland Alexander, walks four including three with the bases loaded, but does manage to get an out. For O's reliever Jesse Orosco, it's a bad two days as he gives up 12 earned runs in two 1/3 innings: The two outings raise his season ERA from 1.52 to 3.40. Juan Gonzalez hits two homers and has six RBIs, while Dean Palmer (2) and Will Clark also add round-trippers. O's manager Johnson fumes when Mickey Tettleton takes 3B with Texas ahead 20–7: "I've seen it all, but guys tagging up from second with an 18-run lead, it's ridiculous." Texas manager Johnny Oates, who still carries a clipping from a 1983 IL game when Johnson, with a 9-run lead, had his team stealing against Oates' squad, counters, "Davey didn't have to use an infielder to pitch in that inning."