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, 2,272nd 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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-8 / in Starts: 22-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	66 (36-17-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (31-23-13)

Most Driven In
J Barry	3
J Lapp	2
H Baker	1
B Lord	1
S McInnis	1
A Strunk	1
I Thomas	0

Most Driven In By
R Oldring	2
H Baker	1
H Maggert	0
A Strunk	0
J Barry	0
E Murphy	0

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	420	3 (2)	Apr 15	PHA		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.25	-0.015	.79	-0.03%	-0.52	P
2	421	8 (4)	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.333	.200	.533	9	.39	-0.001	1.04	0.00%	0.12	P
3	422	12 (3)	Apr 29	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.222	.300	.222	.522	9	.81	-0.082	2.35	-0.14%	-0.28	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	423	16 (3)	May 3	PHA		NYY	W,18-15	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.222	.300	.222	.522	9						P
5	424	17	May 4	PHA		NYY	W,10-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.167	.231	.167	.397	9	.40	-0.027	.95	-0.04%	-0.82	P
6	425	19 (1)	May 11	PHA		CHW	L,5-9	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.54	0.006	1.43	0.01%	-0.15	P
7	426	22 (2)	May 15	PHA		CHW	W,8-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.267	.313	.267	.579	9	.15	0.006	.26	0.01%	0.26	P
8	427	25 (2)	May 21	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.294	.250	.544	9	.99	-0.025	1.30	-0.02%	-0.23	P
9	428	30 (4)	May 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,12-6	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.235	.278	.235	.513	9	.36	-0.013	.60	-0.01%	-0.32	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	429	36 (5)	Jun 3	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.250	.286	.250	.536	9	.38	-0.028	.94	-0.04%	-0.52	P
11	430	40 (3)	Jun 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.208	.240	.208	.448	9	1.34	-0.139	2.43	-0.15%	-0.47	P
12	431	44 (3)	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.231	.200	.431	9	.49	-0.013	1.24	-0.02%	-0.11	P
13	432	46 (1)	Jun 13	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.207	.233	.207	.440	9	.93	-0.071	2.55	-0.12%	-0.48	P
14	433	49 (2)	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.242	.265	.242	.507	9	.37	-0.004	1.01	-0.01%	0.25	P
15	434	53 (3)	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.297	.306	.603	9	.42	0.049	1.70	0.12%	0.77	P
16	435	58 (4)	Jun 26 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.263	.282	.289	.572	9	.92	-0.052	2.52	-0.09%	-0.45	P
17	436	63 (4)	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.268	.275	.543	9	.79	-0.040	2.97	-0.09%	-0.40	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	437	67 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.273	.279	.552	9	1.29	0.069	5.89	0.19%	0.26	P
19	438	75 (7)	Jul 10	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.261	.277	.283	.559	9	.87	-0.020	1.16	-0.02%	-0.33	P
20	439	83 (7)	Jul 17 (1)	PHA		DET	L,1-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.261	.277	.283	.559	9						P
21	440	84	Jul 17 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.271	.277	.547	9	2.34	-0.107	2.52	-0.07%	-0.47	P
22	441	87 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.260	.275	.280	.555	9	1.52	0.112	1.54	0.07%	0.21	P
23	442	93 (5)	Jul 27	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.259	.273	.278	.551	9	1.60	-0.030	1.65	-0.02%	0.87	P
24	443	95 (1)	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.268	.273	.541	9	3.27	-0.075	1.93	-0.03%	-0.31	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	444	99 (3)	Aug 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.276	.311	.293	.605	9	.53	0.074	.43	0.04%	1.40	P
26	445	104 (4)	Aug 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.262	.297	.279	.576	9	.67	0.023	.34	0.01%	-0.22	P
27	446	108 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.266	.299	.281	.580	9	.85	-0.040	.93	-0.03%	-0.08	P
28	447	111 (2)	Aug 17	PHA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.284	.324	.328	.652	9	1.37	0.010	1.75	0.01%	0.33	P
29	448	115 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.275	.315	.319	.634	9	.83	0.011	.38	0.00%	0.51	P
30	449	121 (5)	Aug 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.324	.329	.653	9	.46	0.015	.31	0.01%	0.13	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	450	124 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.282	.329	.324	.653	9	1.92	0.106	.05	0.00%	0.83	P
32	451	129 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.270	.316	.311	.627	9	.60	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.68	P
33	452	131 (1)	Sep 7	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-8	6-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.276	.321	.316	.637	9	1.44	0.045	.01	0.00%	0.73	P
34	453	133 (1)	Sep 11	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.276	.321	.316	.637	9						P
35	454	138 (4)	Sep 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.266	.318	.304	.621	9	.88	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
36	455	143 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		0		0		.268	.318	.317	.635	9	.54	0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
37	456	146 (2)	Sep 27	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG(19)	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0		.267	.313	.311	.624	9	2.09	-0.342	.00	0.00%	-1.00	P
							29-8		107	90	5	24	2	1	0	9	5	0	19	1	10		1		0		.267	.313	.311	.624		.98	-0.639	1.18	-0.46%	-1.75

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