Dale Alexander (David Dale Alexander) was born on April 26, 1903 in Greeneville, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1929 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1929, his rookie year, he hit .343 with 25 home runs and 137 RBI. Alexander played for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 5 year career.
Most people believe that Dale Alexander's best season was 1929, when he slugged 25 home runs, hit for a .343 average and knocked in 137 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1929
DET
A
155
626
110
215
25
137
.343
.397
.580
43
15
56
63
0
18
5
0
0
1930
DET
A
154
602
86
196
20
135
.326
.372
.507
33
8
42
56
2
14
6
0
0
1931
DET
A
135
517
75
168
3
87
.325
.401
.445
47
3
64
35
2
0
5
0
0
1932
DET
A
23
16
0
4
0
4
.250
.455
.250
0
0
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
1932
BOS
A
101
376
58
140
8
56
.372
.454
.524
27
3
55
19
1
0
4
0
0
1932
TOT
A
124
392
58
144
8
60
.367
.454
.513
27
3
61
21
1
0
4
0
0
1933
BOS
A
94
313
40
88
5
40
.281
.336
.380
14
1
25
22
1
0
0
0
0
Total
662
2450
369
811
61
459
.331
.394
.497
164
30
248
197
6
32
20
0
0
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1929
DET
A
1B
155
0
0
1443
90
18
129
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1930
DET
A
1B
154
0
0
1338
71
22
132
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1931
DET
A
1B
126
0
0
1197
53
16
97
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1931
DET
A
OF
4
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1932
DET
A
1B
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1932
BOS
A
1B
101
0
0
1051
67
9
93
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1932
TOT
A
1B
103
0
0
1055
67
9
93
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1933
BOS
A
1B
79
0
0
728
47
6
51
0
0
0
0
0
.992
Total
OF
4
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
1B
617
0
0
5761
328
71
502
0
0
0
0
0
.988
Transactions[]
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Roy Johnson to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Earl Webb (June 12, 1932).