Walt Alexander

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Walt Alexander

|position=Catcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1891|3|5|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Atlanta

|death_date={{death date and age|1978|12|29|1891|3|5}}

|death_place=Fort Worth, Texas

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 21

|debutyear={{mlby|1912}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 8

|finalyear={{mlby|1917}}

|finalteam=New York Yankees

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.188

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=24

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1912}}–{{mlby|1913}}, {{mlby|1915}})
• New York Yankees ({{mlby|1915}}–{{mlby|1917}})

}}

Walter Ernest Alexander (March 5, 1891 – December 29, 1978) was a former Major League Baseball player. He batted and threw right-handed, and weight 165 pounds. He was a catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the New York Yankees. In 162 career games with the Browns and Yankees, Alexander had 76 hits in 405 at bats (.188 average). He had 1 home run and 24 RBIs. He started managing teams in 1923, he took time off from managing in 1926 and 1927, he resumed managing in 1928.