Eddie Plank

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: August 31, 1875 in Gettysburg, PA us

Died: February 24, 1926 in Gettysburg, PA

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA

High School: Gettysburg Academy (Gettysburg, PA)

School: Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA)

Debut: May 13, 1901 (Age 25-255d, 2,273rd in major league history)
vs. BLA 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: August 6, 1917 (Age 41-340d)
vs. WSH 10.1 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Eddie Plank's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1901 season

Full Name: Edward Stewart Plank

Nicknames: Gettysburg Eddie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

90.9

326

194

ERA

2.35

623

529

4495.2

2246

WHIP

1.119

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-5 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1905	WS g1	Oct 9	PHA		NYG	L,0-3	CG	L(0-1)	4	9.0	10	3	3	2	5	0	1	3.00	2.41	39					18	7	1	3	6	58			4	1	0	35	2	0	2	0	0	0	.98	0.002	51.49	-1.26%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
2	1905	WS g4	Oct 13	PHA	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(0-2)	3	8.0	5	1	0	2	6	0	0	1.59	2.11	32					13	9	1	2	2	74			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.226	62.43	7.61%	2.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
1911 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	1911	WS g2	Oct 16	PHA		NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	12	9.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	1	1.00	1.32	31	108	71	16	17	9	11	2	2	2	81			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.474	51.34	13.66%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	1911	WS g5	Oct 25	PHA	@	NYG	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(1-1)	8	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.86	1.42	4	10	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.05	-0.360	116.80	-7.60%	-0.72	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
1913 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1913	WS g2	Oct 8	PHA		NYG	L,0-3	CG(10)	L(0-1)	4	10.0	7	3	2	2	6	0	1	1.80	2.26	41	137	83	18	11	9	19	2	3	4	72			0	1	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.44	0.170	75.10	2.60%	1.32	1t start tie	10t 3 out d3
6	1913	WS g5	Oct 11	PHA	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	2	9.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.95	2.45	29	97	56	20	2	12	13	3	2	2	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.05	0.483	40.32	12.00%	3.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
1914 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1914	WS g2	Oct 10	PHA		BSN	L,0-1	CG	L(0-1)	3	9.0	7	1	1	4	6	0	1	1.00	2.77	39	128	79	29	8	14	11	2	2	3	71			2	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.153	72.78	2.61%	2.54	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
											54.2	37	11	8	11	32	0	4	1.32		215																			2

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