Bob Alexander
Robert Somerville Alexander
Born: August 7, 1922
Vancouver, BC CA
Deceased: April 7, 1993
Oceanside, CA US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 205
Career: 1942-1960
Major League Statistics
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Bob Alexander compiled a career record of 149 wins and 150 losses and a 3.74 ERA in his 466-game pitching career with the Butler Yankees, Amsterdam Rugmakers, Wellsville Yankees, Norfolk Tars, Hagerstown Owls, Binghamton Triplets, Denver Bears, Beaumont Exporters, Louisville Colonels, Montreal Royals, Eufaula Millers, Portland Beavers, San Diego Padres, Toei Flyers, Dallas Rangers and Salem Senators. He began playing during the 1942 season and last took the field during the 1960 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1942 | D | PASA2 | Butler Yankees | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 4 | 18.0 | ||||||||||||||||
1942 | C | CAML | Amsterdam Rugmakers | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.02 | 7 | 50.0 | 60 | 53 | 39 | 46 | ||||||||||||
1943 | D | NYPL | Wellsville Yankees | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.60 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 49 | 26 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||
1944 | B | INSL6 | Hagerstown Owls | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
1944 | D | NYPL | Wellsville Yankees | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 65.0 | 71 | 44 | 30 | 24 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
1944 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 38 | 33 | 22 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
1946 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.64 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 99.0 | 88 | 37 | 29 | 23 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
1946 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
1947 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.15 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 219.0 | 234 | 122 | 101 | 88 | 128 | 14 | 2 | |||||||
1948 | AA | TL | Beaumont Exporters | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.70 | 33 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 231.0 | 227 | 129 | 95 | 99 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |||||
1949 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.25 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 144.0 | 148 | 88 | 68 | 65 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
1950 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.44 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 186.0 | 167 | 80 | 71 | 90 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
1951 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.58 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 216.0 | 201 | 98 | 86 | 70 | 97 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||||
1952 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.34 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 139.0 | 140 | 74 | 67 | 77 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||||
1953 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.76 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 70.0 | 78 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
1954 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.22 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 190.0 | 141 | 71 | 68 | 9 | 102 | 134 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
1955 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.66 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 162.3 | 142 | 51 | 48 | 11 | 66 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
1956 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.86 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 221.3 | 214 | 111 | 95 | 16 | 93 | 102 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||||
1957 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.49 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 204.0 | 188 | 91 | 79 | 14 | 81 | 126 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||||
1958 | AAA | PCL | San Diego Padres | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.71 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 160.0 | 167 | 85 | 66 | 11 | 70 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||
1959 | AAA | PCL | San Diego Padres | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
1959 | AAA | AA2 | Dallas Rangers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
1959 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Toei Flyers | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.64 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 52.3 | 57 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 227 | |
1960 | AAA | PCL | Portland Beavers | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.25 | 8 | 3 | 24.0 | 41 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
1960 | B | NORW | Salem Senators | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.35 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 43.0 | 53 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 149 | 150 | .498 | 3.74 | 466 | 268 | 9 | 152 | 30 | 0 | 2616.0 | 2534 | 1336 | 1088 | 72 | 1154 | 1 | 1333 | 81 | 5 | 65 | 227 |
Batting:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1942 | C | CAML | Amsterdam Rugmakers | 7 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
1942 | D | PASA2 | Butler Yankees | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
1943 | D | NYPL | Wellsville Yankees | 10 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .167 | .444 | .167 | .611 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||
1944 | D | NYPL | Wellsville Yankees | 13 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .167 | .265 | .200 | .465 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
1946 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | 13 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .235 | .316 | .235 | .551 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
1947 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 42 | 91 | 70 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .143 | .221 | .157 | .378 | 11 | 1 | 14 | ||||
1948 | AA | TL | Beaumont Exporters | 33 | 89 | 80 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .162 | .212 | .188 | .399 | 15 | 0 | 4 | |||
1949 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | 25 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .083 | .137 | .083 | .221 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
1950 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | 30 | 73 | 63 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .127 | .167 | .159 | .325 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
1951 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | 32 | 84 | 67 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .194 | .280 | .224 | .504 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||
1952 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | 26 | 54 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .130 | .184 | .130 | .314 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
1952 | D | ALFL | Eufaula Millers | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
1953 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | 21 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .056 | .150 | .056 | .206 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
1954 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | 35 | 66 | 58 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .155 | .194 | .155 | .349 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
1955 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | 26 | 59 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .132 | .164 | .132 | .296 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
1956 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | 42 | 88 | 71 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .141 | .228 | .155 | .383 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
1957 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | 36 | 71 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .082 | .136 | .082 | .218 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
1958 | AAA | PCL | San Diego Padres | 30 | 61 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .074 | .123 | .074 | .197 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
1959 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Toei Flyers | 13 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | AAA | PCL | Portland Beavers | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||||
1960 | B | NORW | Salem Senators | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 455 | 978 | 832 | 52 | 116 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 253 | .139 | .205 | .150 | .355 | 125 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 2 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
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1942 | C | CAML | Amsterdam Rugmakers | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
1942 | D | PASA2 | Butler Yankees | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
1943 | D | NYPL | Wellsville Yankees | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
1944 | D | NYPL | Wellsville Yankees | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
1944 | B | INSL6 | Hagerstown Owls | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
1944 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
1946 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
1946 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | P | 13 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 1.692 |
1947 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | P | 36 | 10 | 61 | 2 | 3 | .973 | 1.972 |
1948 | AA | TL | Beaumont Exporters | P | 33 | 13 | 55 | 5 | 2 | .932 | 2.061 |
1949 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | P | 25 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.600 |
1950 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | P | 30 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 1.233 |
1951 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | P | 32 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 3 | .959 | 1.469 |
1952 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | P | 26 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .917 | .846 |
1953 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | P | 20 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .950 |
1954 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | P | 35 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.143 |
1955 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | P | 26 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .960 | .923 |
1956 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | P | 42 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 2 | .956 | 1.024 |
1957 | Open | PCL | Portland Beavers | P | 36 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .938 | .833 |
1958 | AAA | PCL | San Diego Padres | P | 30 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .875 | .933 |
1959 | AAA | AA2 | Dallas Rangers | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
1959 | AAA | PCL | San Diego Padres | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
1959 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Toei Flyers | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
1960 | B | NORW | Salem Senators | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 458 | 95 | 396 | 30 | 32 | .942 | 1.072 |
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