Baseball scrapbook. Art Nehf. Rube Marquard. Grover Cleveland Alexander. 1921 New York Yankees. Home Run Baker. Rogers Hornsby. Nick Altrock and Al Schacht. Wilbert Robinson. Miller Huggins. Joe McCarthy. Tris Speaker. Frank Frisch. Pie Traynor. Charlie Gehringer. Carl Hubbell. Mickey Cochrane. Jimmy Foxx. Mel Ott.

Alexander made his debut in Philadelphia before the season 1911 City Series. Alexander defeated five innings, no-hit, no run baseball against the Athletics. He wanted to make it an official Major League debut on April 15, 1911 . He will be joined on the Phillies in the same year spectacle Bill Killefer, who later became a favorite of Alexander the receiver, catching him in 250 games .

In his rookie year, Alexander led the league with 28 victories (modern-day rookie record), 31 complete games, 367 innings pitched and seven shutouts, while finishing second in strikeout and fourth in ERA. From 1912 to 1920, Alexander led the league in ERA 5 times (1915, 1916, 1917, 1919 and 1920), won 5 times (1914-17, 1920), innings 6 times (1912, 1914-17, 1920), , striking out 6 times (1912, 1914-1917, 1920), games, 5 times (1914-1917, 1920), and five times in shutouts (1915, 1916 [single season record 16], 1917, 1919). He won pitching’s Triple Crown in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1920. In 1915, he played an important role in leading Phillies their first pennant, and he broke a 4-1 record beating.

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