thegreatalexander

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1911

1913

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fred ferand said:
beautiful !

that bain collection certainly made my day !
Duane Tate said:
If this photo was taken in 1911, it would have been during Alexander's rookie season. He won 28 games that year, a modern day rookie record. He pitched for the Philadelphia from 1911 to 1917, then was traded to the Cubs.

Alexander was one of the all-time greats and probably would have won 400 games if not for World War I. He missed most of the 1918 season and returned with a bad case of shell shock or post traumatic stress syndrome.
Mark in NOVA said:
Rookie? He looks like he's in his mid-late 40's.
Art Siegel said:
he is a little wrinkly, but he was in his mid to late 20's when he was a Phillie..

"A for Alex
The great Alexander
More goose eggs he pitched
Than a popular gander."
- Ogden Nash
Lotus Johnson said:
More on pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander