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The Winning Team is a 1952 American biographical film starring Ronald Reagan and Doris Day, and directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.
With Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Miller. Nebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
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- Biography, Drama, Family
- Lewis Seiler
- 1952-12-24
The Winning Team accurately portrays a washed-up Alexander playing for a comedy baseball team, The House of David, and working in sideshows before his triumphant comeback in the 1926 World Series. But those humiliations actually happened after his career declined and his drinking increased, in the 1930s.
- Lewis Seiler, Emory Hoerger, Russ Saunders
- Doris Day
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- Lewis Seiler
- Romance, Biography, Drama
- Doris Day
Ronald Reagan stars as Grover Cleveland Alexander, a former telephone-company worker whose hobby is pitching baseball. Recruited by the Philadelphia Nationals, Alexander rises to stardom while only losing about 200 games over 20 years.
The Winning Team. Bio-pic of baseball legend Grover Cleveland Alexander, who became a star despite an early career handicap. 178 IMDb 6.5 1 h 38 min 1952. X-Ray G. Drama · Documentary · Romance · Sports. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.59. Buy. HD $9.99. More purchase. options.
Jul 11, 2017 · Ronald Reagan and Doris Day headline a winning chapter from our national pastime: The Winning Team. Reagan is Grover Cleveland Alexander, the Hall of Fame pitcher whose baseball victories paralleled triumphs in his personal life.
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