Dale Alexander

Dale Alexander was an American first baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1933 with the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. The Greeneville, Tennessee native stood six-foot-three and earned the nickname "Moose." He led the American League with 215 hits as a rookie in 1929 and accumulated 272 RBIs across his first two major league seasons. In 1932, he won the major league batting title with a .367 average. His career .331 batting average across five seasons was cut short after a 1933 diathermy treatment for a knee injury caused severe burns and gangrene, ending his time in the majors.