Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (born 1887)

Grover Cleveland Alexander

American baseball player (1887–1950)

Grover Cleveland Alexander, nicknamed "Old Pete" and "Alexander the Great", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1911 through 1930 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals. In 1938, Alexander was elected into the Baseball Hall…