biography
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Alexander, Grover (Cleveland)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1887–1950)
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| biography:
| Baseball player, born in Elba, Nebraska, USA. One of baseball's great (righthanded) pitchers, he won 373 games and pitched 90 shutouts during his Hall of Fame career with the Philadelphia Phillies (1911–17, 1930), Chicago Cubs (1918–26), and St Louis Cardinals (1926–9). His 373 wins was a National League record (shared with Christy Mathewson). An epileptic and admitted alcoholic, his life was portrayed in the film The Winning Team (1952), starring Ronald Reagan. |
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