• Card series: Pilgrims
• City: Syracuse
• Team: Stars (NYSL)
• League: New York State League
• Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887-1950) earned his plaque in the Hall of Fame on the strength of his strong right arm and an indomitable spirit. The battered WWI vet fought German mustard gas, epilepsy-inducing artillery, PTSD-induced alcoholism, and opposing hitters, all with honor and distinction. It is impossible to know the record he would have achieved but for the interruption of the war.

• Led the NL in ERA: 1915, ‘16, ‘17, ‘19, and ‘20
• Led GIs into battle in 1918
• Named after President Grover Cleveland, was sometimes referred to as Alexander the Great orOld Pete, but friends and family called him Dode.
• Said of his induction into the HOF: “the greatest treat and one of the biggest thrills” of his life
• Elected to Hall of Fame: 1938