Al
Alexander
 
Nickname: Peppers
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 220
 
Born: July 14, 1963 in Medicine Hat, ALB.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1988   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1985 21 HON JL   59 13 11 12 12 7 8 17 17 17
1986 22 HAW JL $ 300,000 64 14 12 13 12 8 9 19 18 19
1987 23 HAW JL $ 300,000 64 15 13 13 14 9 10 20 19 19
1988 24 HAW JL $ 300,000 64 17 15 15 15 10 11 20 20 20
1989 25 HAW JL $ 300,000 64 18 17 17 14 10 11 20 20 20
OOTP6 Min Ratings   59 13 11 12 12 7 8 17 17 17
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 64 18 17 17 15 10 11 20 20 20
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  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
1985 21 HON JL     8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1986 22 HAW JL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1987 23 HAW JL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1988 24 HAW JL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1989 25 HAW JL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1985 21 AAA   12 2 .857 31 31 1 1 0 186.0 162 81 12 101 154 3.92 .233 .330 .336 .666  
1986 22 HAW JL 9 10 .474 31 31 0 0 0 177.7 156 81 13 108 126 4.10 .237 .351 .353 .704 12.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 30.3 33 18 5 23 31 5.34 .264 .378 .472 .850  
1987 23 HAW JL 6 11 .353 26 20 0 0 0 115.3 129 69 10 71 96 5.38 .280 .377 .419 .795 3.8
1988 24 HAW JL 15 5 .750 33 33 0 0 0 201.3 164 58 5 70 162 2.59 .218 .289 .282 .571 19.3
1989 25 HAW JL 9 5 .643 22 22 1 1 0 139.0 106 47 8 62 105 3.04 .209 .298 .341 .639 12.8
4 Years Sim 39 31 .557 112 106 1 1 0 633.3 555 255 36 311 489 3.62 .233 .326 .341 .667 47.8
2 Years AAA 14 4 .778 37 37 1 1 0 216.3 195 99 17 124 185 4.12 .238 .338 .357 .694  
Season Average 9 7 .563 28 26 0 0 0 158.3 138 63 9 77 122 3.62 .233 .326 .341 .667  
Career Highs 15 11 .750 33 33 1 1 0 201.3 164 81 13 108 162 5.38 .280 .377 .419 .795  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   388 181 29 240 340   .235 .332 .354 .686
vs LH   167 74 7 71 149   .230 .299 .310 .609
Home 17 13 .567 55 52 1 1 0 320.7 287 131 20 141 247 3.68 .238 .318 .348 .666
Away 22 18 .550 57 54 0 0 0 312.7 268 124 16 170 242 3.57 .229 .326 .334 .660
Mar/Apr 7 5 .583 17 17 1 1 0 104.3 75 33 5 56 87 2.85 .202 .306 .296 .602
May 9 3 .750 17 17 0 0 0 102.7 79 23 2 48 80 2.02 .210 .300 .303 .603
June 6 6 .500 20 20 0 0 0 125.3 105 45 10 56 94 3.23 .225 .308 .337 .645
July 5 7 .417 21 21 0 0 0 112.0 117 72 8 61 81 5.79 .265 .354 .387 .741
August 4 5 .444 17 17 0 0 0 101.0 96 45 7 53 84 4.01 .253 .345 .369 .714
Sep/Oct 8 5 .615 20 14 0 0 0 88.0 83 37 4 37 63 3.78 .243 .317 .345 .662
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1986 22 HAW JL 31 64 9 11 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 30 .172 .209 .234 .443 2.7 0.0
1987 23 HAW JL 26 39 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 .179 .175 .179 .354 0.9 0.0
1988 24 HAW JL 33 74 4 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 32 .162 .167 .189 .356 1.4 0.0
1989 25 HAW JL 22 42 3 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 .238 .256 .286 .542 3.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 112 219 17 40 4 2 0 12 1 0 4 99 .183 .197 .219 .417 8.2 0.0
162 Game Average 316 24 57 5 2 0 17 1 0 5 143 .183 .197 .219 .417 11.8  
Career Highs 33 74 9 12 2 2 0 7 1 0 3 32 .238 .256 .286 .542 3.1  
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   159 13 33 3 1 0 11 1 0 3 68 .208 .218 .239 .457 6.8
vs LH   60 4 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 31 .117 .143 .167 .310 -0.5
Home 55 94 8 18 2 2 0 8 0 0 3 45 .191 .210 .255 .465 4.2
Away 57 125 9 22 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 54 .176 .188 .192 .380 2.1
RISP   64 0 9 1 0 0 12 0 0 1 36 .141 .145 .156 .301 -0.2
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 17 37 3 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .243 .256 .297 .554 2.6
May 17 32 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 17 .094 .114 .094 .208 -0.8
June 20 45 5 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 16 .267 .283 .356 .638 4.2
July 21 33 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .121 .118 .121 .239 -0.8
August 17 39 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 19 .154 .175 .205 .380 0.7
Sep/Oct 20 33 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .182 .206 .182 .388 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1986 22 HAW JL P 31 31 177.7 10 25 4 2 .897 1.77    
1987 23 HAW JL P 26 20 115.3 7 20 2 3 .931 2.11    
1988 24 HAW JL P 33 33 201.3 20 31 5 5 .911 2.28    
1989 25 HAW JL P 22 22 139.0 10 18 0 2 1.000 1.81    
Career Totals   112 106 633.3 47 94 11 12 .928 2.00    
Career Highs   33 33 201.3 20 31 5 5 1.000 2.28    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1987 23 HAW JL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 2.7 8 8 2 5 2 27.07 .533 .650 1.067 1.717
1988 24 HAW JL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 18.7 15 4 1 7 18 1.93 .211 .282 .282 .564
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 2 .500 7 3 0 0 0 21.3 23 12 3 12 20 5.07 .267 .357 .419 .776
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
1987 23 HAW JL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 24 HAW JL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167
Career Post-Season Batting 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1988-3-2.59
Wins
1988-9-15
Winning Pct
1988-3-.750
Shutouts
1989-6-1
Walks Allowed
1986-6-108
Hits per 9IP
1986-9-7.9
1988-6-7.3
OAVG
1986-9-.237
1988-5-.218
OSLG
1986-9-.353
1988-1-.282
OOPS
1988-2-.571
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  1. Jeff Kiplinger (956)
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  4. David Hudson (947)
  5. Pedro Fernandez (943)
  6. Ben Rivera (941)
  7. Adrian Gelinas (940)
  8. Lonny Lehay (933)
  9. Chris Topper (929)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Honolulu in 1985
Earned first career win on 5/8/1986
Had first career hit on 6/8/1986, off Todd Adams (WAS)
Injured on 4/28/1987 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1988, going 5-0, 1.91
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Pitched NO-HITTER against Chicago on 4/20/1989, striking out 8
Injured on 7/26/1989 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for entire career