Dale
Alexander
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 26, 1903 in Usa, TN, GREENEVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1932   
Gold Glove 1934   
All-Star Selections 1930    1932    1933    1934    1935    1936    1937   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 SLC NL $ 300,000   81 81 87 64 59 61 99 86 90 41 36 38 81 78 79
1931 28 SLC NL $ 300,000   8 8 9 7 7 7 10 9 10 4 4 4 8 8 8
1932 29 SLC NL $ 4,414,286   8 8 9 7 7 7 10 9 10 4 4 4 8 8 8
1933 30 SLC NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 9 7 7 7 10 9 10 4 4 4 8 8 8
1934 31 SLC NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 9 8 7 7 10 9 10 4 4 4 8 8 8
1935 32 SLC NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 9 8 7 7 10 9 10 4 4 4 8 7 7
1936 33 SLC NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 9 7 7 7 10 9 10 4 4 4 8 7 7
1937 34 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 2 3 5 4 4 3 2 3 5 4 4
1938 35 BOS AL     2 2 2 2 1 1 5 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 1 1 5 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   81 81 87 64 59 61 99 86 90 41 36 38 81 78 79
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 27 SLC NL 155 597 95 193 44 7 21 101 2 0 50 41 .323 .372 .526 .898 106.4 21.9
1931 28 SLC NL 156 605 104 192 37 4 22 88 0 0 55 41 .317 .373 .501 .874 100.2 19.4
1932 29 SLC NL 152 600 120 215 44 13 28 131 1 1 33 58 .358 .389 .615 1.004 123.2 27.4
1933 30 SLC NL 152 573 106 192 44 8 19 103 2 1 64 59 .335 .403 .539 .942 110.2 18.9
1934 31 SLC NL 149 590 92 185 38 6 26 96 1 2 41 48 .314 .356 .531 .887 96.9 15.0
1935 32 SLC NL 159 606 103 198 45 5 23 104 1 0 58 65 .327 .383 .531 .915 107.5 22.7
1936 33 SLC NL 156 623 109 213 49 12 27 116 0 0 43 73 .342 .379 .589 .968 123.1 25.3
1937 34 SLC NL 81 327 55 97 20 2 16 52 0 0 19 41 .297 .331 .517 .848 51.1 8.7
  NYG NL 47 161 31 54 9 1 4 20 0 0 14 19 .335 .384 .478 .862 26.8 5.9
  TOT   128 488 86 151 29 3 20 72 0 0 33 60 .309 .349 .504 .853 77.8 14.6
1938 35 AAA   111 346 22 64 8 0 1 20 6 2 13 103 .185 .214 .217 .431 12.5  
8 Years Sim 1207 4682 815 1539 330 58 186 811 7 4 377 445 .329 .376 .543 .919 845.2 165.1
1 Years AAA 111 346 22 64 8 0 1 20 6 2 13 103 .185 .216 .217 .433 12.5  
162 Game Average 628 109 206 44 7 24 108 0 0 50 59 .329 .376 .543 .919 113.4  
Career Highs 159 623 120 215 49 13 28 131 2 2 64 73 .358 .403 .615 1.004 123.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3168 547 1016 232 42 116 540 3 3 249 317 .321 .367 .530 .897 568.4
vs LH   1514 268 523 98 16 70 271 4 1 128 128 .345 .395 .570 .965 306.3
Home 603 2308 407 779 165 27 97 405 5 2 171 209 .338 .380 .558 .939 443.2
Away 604 2374 408 760 165 31 89 406 2 2 206 236 .320 .372 .528 .900 431.5
RISP   1223 0 383 71 17 51 568 0 0 143 127 .313 .374 .524 .898 232.2
Pinch Hitting   78 14 24 3 0 5 17 0 1 7 7 .308 .368 .538 .906 14.2
Close/Late   545 114 185 35 10 26 107 0 0 79 43 .339 .418 .583 1.002 122.3
Mar/Apr 196 776 134 251 60 8 33 128 1 0 71 70 .323 .377 .549 .926 148.0
May 220 848 141 281 57 9 35 160 3 0 79 88 .331 .383 .544 .926 163.8
June 204 790 148 261 66 8 24 128 2 1 54 79 .330 .371 .525 .896 139.5
July 197 769 139 244 43 11 37 128 1 2 56 73 .317 .364 .546 .910 140.4
August 204 779 142 266 49 15 38 149 0 0 66 63 .341 .390 .589 .979 160.8
Sep/Oct 186 720 111 236 55 7 19 118 0 1 51 72 .328 .371 .503 .873 122.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 27 SLC NL 1B 152 149 1317.7 1701 141 20 171 .989 12.58 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1931 28 SLC NL 1B 149 144 1279.3 1663 133 17 159 .991 12.63 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    C 1 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1932 29 SLC NL 1B 148 139 1254.3 1804 123 8 167 .996 13.83 0 0 .000 0 3.6
1933 30 SLC NL 1B 149 140 1271.3 1618 126 13 162 .993 12.35 0 0 .000 0 3.3
1934 31 SLC NL 1B 146 138 1249.7 1777 157 17 166 .991 13.93 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1935 32 SLC NL 1B 156 144 1303.3 1594 147 15 158 .991 12.02 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1936 33 SLC NL 1B 154 144 1305.3 1636 134 7 159 .996 12.20 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1937 34 SLC NL 1B 78 75 696.3 839 75 4 80 .996 11.81 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  NYG NL 1B 45 43 353.1 425 38 2 41 .996 11.80 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  1B 1177 1116 10030.4 13057 1074 103 1263 .993 12.68 0 0 .000 0 25.9
  C 1 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1178 1116 10036.0 13058 1074 103 1263 .993 12.67 0 0 .000 0 26.0
Career Highs   156 149 1317.7 1804 157 20 171 .996 13.93 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 34 NYG NL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1932-3-.358
1933-5-.335
1935-9-.327
1936-6-.342
CAR-8-.329
On-Base Pct
1932-7-.389
1933-2-.403
Slugging Pct
1930-6-.526
1931-9-.501
1932-1-.615
1933-2-.539
1934-5-.531
1935-6-.531
1936-3-.589
1937-5-.504
CAR-12-.543
OPS
1930-10-.898
1932-1-1.004
1933-2-.942
1934-5-.887
1935-9-.915
1936-4-.968
1937-6-.853
CAR-14-.919
XR
1930-8-106.4
1931-8-100.2
1932-1-123.2
1933-2-110.2
1934-5-96.9
1935-4-107.5
1936-3-123.1
Games
1930-8-155
1931-4-156
1932-2-152
1933-2-152
1934-7-149
1935-1-159
1936-2-156
At-Bats
1932-2-600
1933-10-573
1934-4-590
1935-3-606
1936-2-623
Runs
1932-1-120
1933-2-106
1934-9-92
1935-7-103
1936-5-109
1937-8-86
Hits
1932-1-215
1933-2-192
1934-5-185
1935-3-198
1936-2-213
Total Bases
1930-5-314
1931-9-303
1932-1-369
1933-2-309
1934-3-313
1935-3-322
1936-3-367
Singles
1932-9-130
Doubles
1930-7-44
1932-3-44
1933-1-44
1934-5-38
1935-3-45
1936-1-49
Triples
1932-2-13
1933-7-8
1936-3-12
Homeruns
1930-4-21
1931-5-22
1932-2-28
1933-6-19
1934-4-26
1935-6-23
1936-3-27
1937-5-20
RBIs
1932-1-131
1933-5-103
1935-9-104
1936-4-116
Walks
1933-6-64
Strikeouts
1932-6-58
1935-4-65
1936-4-73
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 150    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Stew Bolen (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1930, off Bill Walker (CIN)
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 8/1/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 8/3/1930, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/24/1931, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,414,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1932, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/21/1932
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 7/20/1932
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1932, hitting .396 with 10 HR, 28 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1932, hitting .385 with 8 HR, 27 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1932, hitting .358 with 28 HR, 131 RBI
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,000,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1933, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1933, hitting .356 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1933, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/6/1933
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,000,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1934, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 5/26/1934
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
9/29/1934: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (C), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1934
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1935, hitting .379 with 6 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/26/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1936, hitting .409 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Boston (A) on 7/20/1936
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/20/1936
Traded from St. Louis (C) to New York (G) on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: 3B Johnny Burnett, 1B Ed Morgan. Going to NYG: 1B Dale Alexander, 2B Howdy Groskloss)
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Released by New York (G) on 10/22/1937
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1938 to a minor league deal