David Dale Alexander (April 26, 1903, Greenville, TN - March 2, 1979, Greenville) was a professional baseball player for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox.

Dale was one of the greatest hitters in baseball for a short time but was such a terrible fielder that he could not stick in the big leagues. Dale exploded into the American League in 1929, hitting .343, knocking in 137 runs, scoring 110, and leading the league with 215 hits. The next year, he drove in another 135 runs. In 1932, splitting the year between the Tigers and Red Sox, he topped the American League in batting at .367, but Jimmie Foxx officially won the title due to qualification rules at the time. When his hitting fell off the next year, he was sent back to the minors, never to return. He continued to play in the minors through the 1942 season.

YEAR TEAM        AGE    G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR    HR%  RBI   BB   SO   SB  CS   AVG   SLG   OBA   OPS
1929 Tigers       26  155   626  110  215  43  15  25   3.99  137   56   63    5   9  .343  .580  .397  .977 
1930 Tigers       27  154   602   86  196  33   8  20   3.32  135   42   56    6   5  .326  .507  .372  .878 
1931 Tigers       28  135   517   75  168  47   3   3   0.58   87   64   35    5   8  .325  .445  .401  .846 
1932 Tigers       29   23    16    0    4   0   0   0   0.00    4    6    2    0   0  .250  .250  .455  .705 
     Redsox       29  101   376   58  140  27   3   8   2.13   56   55   19    4   5  .372  .524  .454  .978 
     TOTALS           124   392   58  144  27   3   8   2.04   60   61   21    4   5  .367  .513  .454  .966 
1933 Redsox       30   94   313   40   88  14   1   5   1.60   40   25   22    0   1  .281  .380  .336  .716 
     TOTALS           662  2450  369  811 164  30  61   2.49  459  248  197   20  28  .331  .497  .394  .891 
     LG AVERAGE            2284  350  660 126  33  36   1.56  324  229  178   34  25  .289  .420  .356  .776 
     POS AVERAGE           2342  397  718 142  37  63   2.67  408  289  207   37  28  .307  .479  .385  .863 

YEAR TEAM           RC RCAA RCAP   OWP   RC/G   TB  EBH   ISO   SEC   BPA IBB HBP SAC  SF GIDP OUTS    PA POS
1929 Tigers        142   50   19  .687   8.43  363   83  .236  .319  .609   0   0  18   0   0   438   700  1B
1930 Tigers        114   15  -12  .566   6.97  305   61  .181  .252  .542   0   2  14   0   0   425   660  1B
1931 Tigers         95   16   -2  .585   6.92  230   53  .120  .238  .503   0   2   0   0   0   357   583  1B
1932 Tigers          2   -1   -1  .374   4.33    4    0  .000  .375  .455   0   0   0   0   0    12    22  1B
     Redsox         93   42   28  .749  10.03  197   38  .152  .295  .583   0   1   0   0   0   241   432  1B
     TOTALS         95   41   27  .739   9.76  201   38  .145  .298  .577   0   1   0   0   0   253   454 
1933 Redsox         41   -6  -14  .439   4.72  119   20  .099  .176  .425   0   1   0   0   0   226   339  1B
     TOTALS        487  116   18  .623   7.45 1218  255  .166  .264  .541   0   6  32   0   0  1699  2736 
     LG AVERAGE    361    0    0  .500   5.52  958  194  .130  .234  .478   0  10  50   0   0  1699  2573 
     POS AVERAGE   455   93    0  .603   6.97 1121  241  .172  .299  .540   0   8  47   0   0  1699  2685 

1929 AL GAMES T1ST 155; AT BATS 3RD 626; HITS T1ST 215; SINGLES T7TH 132; DOUBLES T5TH 43; TRIPLES T4TH 15; HOMERUNS 5TH 25; HR/100 OUTS 5TH 5.71; HR/100 PA 5TH 3.57; HR/100 AB 5TH 3.99; RBI 3RD 137; STRIKEOUTS 3RD 63; AVERAGE 9TH .343; SLG 5TH .580; OPS 6TH .977; RUNS CREATED T5TH 142; RCAA T6TH 50; OWP 8TH .687; RUNS CREATED/GAME 8TH 8.43; TOTAL BASES 2ND 363; EXTRA BASE HITS 2ND 83; ISOLATED POWER 5TH .236; SECONDARY AVERAGE 10TH .319; TOTAL AVERAGE 9TH .988; BPA 6TH .609; PLATE APPEARANCES 4TH 700; OUTS 9TH 438

1930 AL GAMES T1ST 154; AT BATS 6TH 602; HITS 9TH 196; SINGLES 7TH 135; HOMERUNS 8TH 20; HR/100 OUTS 10TH 4.71; HR/100 PA 10TH 3.03; HR/100 AB 10TH 3.32; RBI 7TH 135; TOTAL BASES 10TH 305; OUTS 10TH 425

1931 AL DOUBLES 2ND 47

1932 AL RCAA T4TH 41; RCAP 10TH 27