What years did Scott Alexander play?

Scott Alexander played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2025.

Was Scott Alexander a pitcher?

Yes. Scott Alexander pitched in the major leagues, recording 21 wins and 240 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Scott Alexander hit?

Scott Alexander hit 0 career home runs.

What teams has Scott Alexander played for?

Scott Alexander has played for 5 teams: the Kansas City Royals (2015–2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2018–2021), the San Francisco Giants (2022–2023, 2025), the Oakland Athletics (2024), and the Colorado Rockies (2025).

What are Scott Alexander's career stats?

In 349 games, Scott Alexander has gone 21-16 with a 3.36 ERA, 240 strikeouts, 327.0 innings pitched, and 10 saves.

What position does Scott Alexander play?

Scott Alexander plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Scott Alexander and how much does he weigh?

Scott Alexander is listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 195 pounds.

What was Scott Alexander's career ERA?

Scott Alexander finished with a 3.36 career ERA, going 21-16 with 240 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Scott Alexander have?

Scott Alexander recorded 240 career strikeouts.

Scott Alexander

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2015-2025)

Scott Alexander is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2015 for 5 teams, including the Kansas City Royals, a span of 11 seasons. Across 349 career appearances, he has gone 21-16 with a 3.36 ERA and 240 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3244.6.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

Active Player

W–L 21–16

ERA 3.36

WHIP 1.32

SO 240

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 3244.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 195 lb
Born: 7/10/1989 in Santa Rosa, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2015-09-02

Full name: Scott Alain Alexander

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Career Pitching Statistics

Scott Alexander — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
21	16	349	13	0	0	10	327.0	310	122	25	121	240	3.36	3244.6

Career ERA 3.36 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 20.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Scott Alexander Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2015	KCA	AL	0	0	4	0	0	6.0	5	3	3	3	4.50	—	0.0
2016	KCA	AL	0	0	17	0	0	19.0	24	7	7	16	3.32	4.19 (+21%)	447.3
2017	KCA	AL	5	4	58	0	4	69.0	62	19	28	59	2.48	4.36 (+43%)	1973.2
2018	LAN	NL	2	1	73	1	3	66.0	57	27	27	56	3.68	4.15 (+11%)	968.5
2019	LAN	NL	3	2	28	0	0	17.1	17	7	7	9	3.63	4.51 (+19%)	-240.6
2020	LAN	NL	2	0	13	0	0	12.1	9	4	9	9	2.92	4.45 (+34%)	-485.9
2021	LAN	NL	0	2	18	0	0	15.1	15	5	4	8	2.93	4.27 (+31%)	-205.1
2022	SFN	NL	0	0	17	4	2	17.1	12	2	1	10	1.04	3.97 (+74%)	472.6
2023	SFN	NL	7	3	55	8	1	48.1	55	25	11	31	4.66	4.33 (-7%)	1313.9
2024	OAK	AL	1	3	45	0	0	38.2	31	11	15	31	2.56	4.08 (+37%)	182.7
2025	COL	NL	1	1	19	0	0	16.1	20	11	7	6	6.06	4.16 (-46%)	-1182.1
2025	SFN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	1.1	3	1	2	2	6.75	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			21	16	349	13	10	327.0	310	122	121	240	3.36	—	3,245

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Scott Alexander — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
349	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Scott Alexander Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2015	KCA	AL	4	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	KCA	AL	17	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	KCA	AL	58	3	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	LAN	NL	73	5	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	LAN	NL	28	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	LAN	NL	13	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	LAN	NL	18	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	SFN	NL	17	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SFN	NL	55	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	OAK	AL	45	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	COL	NL	19	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	SFN	NL	2	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			349	8	6	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Scott Alexander — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Scott Alexander — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2018	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2018	WS	LAN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Scott Alexander — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	4	0	0	2.1	1	2	2	2	7.71

Playoff Pitching by Year

Scott Alexander — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2018	NLDS2	LAN	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
2018	WS	LAN	0	0	3	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	2	13.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Scott Alexander — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	178	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	170	8	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Scott Alexander — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	178	168.0	167	64	67	112	3.43
Away	170	159.0	142	58	54	128	3.28

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Scott Alexander — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-07-09	SFG	PHI	—	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	1
2025-07-08	SFG	PHI	—	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0
2025-05-21	COL	PHI	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-05-19	COL	PHI	—	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	2
2025-05-16	COL	AZ	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-05-14	COL	TEX	—	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0
2025-05-10	COL	SDP	—	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0
2025-05-08	COL	DET	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2025-05-07	COL	DET	—	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0
2025-05-01	COL	SFG	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Scott Alexander — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	349	13	24	57	5	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Scott Alexander — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2015	KCA	P	4	0	1	1	0	0
2016	KCA	P	17	0	1	2	1	1
2017	KCA	P	58	0	6	7	2	0
2018	LAN	P	73	1	1	16	0	2
2019	LAN	P	28	0	2	3	1	0
2020	LAN	P	13	0	0	3	0	0
2021	LAN	P	18	0	4	1	0	1
2022	SFN	P	17	4	2	5	0	1
2023	SFN	P	55	8	5	12	1	1
2024	OAK	P	45	0	1	7	0	0
2025	COL	P	19	0	1	0	0	0
2025	SFN	P	2	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Scott Alexander Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	349

Scott Alexander: the record in brief

Active since a debut on September 2, 2015, Scott Alexander has a record on this page that is still being added to. The season rows list, in order, the Kansas City Royals (2015 to 2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2018 through 2021), the San Francisco Giants (2022 through 2025), the Oakland Athletics (2024), and the Colorado Rockies (2025). Born on July 10, 1989, in Santa Rosa, CA, USA, Alexander is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw left-handed. Alexander's listed size is 6'2" and 195 pounds. On the record, Scott Alexander was born Scott Alain Alexander.

Alexander's career pitching line is 21 wins, 16 losses and a 3.36 ERA over 349 appearances. The same table counts 240 strikeouts and 10 saves. The leagues Alexander pitched in allowed 4.21 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 20.2% better than average. No season topped the 7 wins of 2023. 2017 produced Alexander's most strikeouts, 59.

Frequently Asked Questions about Scott Alexander

What years did Scott Alexander play?: Scott Alexander played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2025.
Was Scott Alexander a pitcher?: Yes. Scott Alexander pitched in the major leagues, recording 21 wins and 240 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Scott Alexander hit?: Scott Alexander hit 0 career home runs.
What teams has Scott Alexander played for?: Scott Alexander has played for 5 teams: the Kansas City Royals (2015–2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2018–2021), the San Francisco Giants (2022–2023, 2025), the Oakland Athletics (2024), and the Colorado Rockies (2025).
What are Scott Alexander's career stats?: In 349 games, Scott Alexander has gone 21-16 with a 3.36 ERA, 240 strikeouts, 327.0 innings pitched, and 10 saves.
What position does Scott Alexander play?: Scott Alexander plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Scott Alexander and how much does he weigh?: Scott Alexander is listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 195 pounds.
What was Scott Alexander's career ERA?: Scott Alexander finished with a 3.36 career ERA, going 21-16 with 240 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Scott Alexander have?: Scott Alexander recorded 240 career strikeouts.