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	20-16 / in Starts: 14-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	8 (4-2-2) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (24-17-9)

Most Driven In
G Hartley	1
D Lavan	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	574	4 (3)	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
2	575	9 (4)	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	T,1-1	0-GF(15)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	576	14 (4)	Apr 29	SLB		CHW	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.67	0.104	3.48	0.13%	0.76	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	577	16 (1)	May 2	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
5	578	18 (1)	May 5	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.200	.273	.200	.473	9						P
6	579	21 (2)	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.308	.250	.558	9						P
7	580	25 (3)	May 15	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.313	.333	.646	9						P
8	581	30 (4)	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.263	.278	.541	9	.68	-0.051	.91	-0.04%	-0.48	P
9	582	37 (6)	May 29 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-17	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.263	.300	.316	.616	9						P
10	583	38	May 30 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	0-GF(15)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	0				0		.250	.318	.300	.618	9						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
11	584	42 (3)	Jun 1 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.238	.304	.286	.590	9						P
12	585	46 (3)	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.217	.280	.261	.541	9						P
13	586	49 (2)	Jun 12	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	0-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.259	.240	.499	9						P
14	587	52 (2)	Jun 15	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.185	.241	.222	.464	9						P
15	588	55 (2)	Jun 20	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.207	.258	.241	.499	9						P
16	589	59 (3)	Jun 24	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.281	.267	.548	9	.68	0.028	.35	0.01%	0.23	P
17	590	65 (5)	Jun 28	SLB		DET	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.242	.286	.273	.558	9						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	591	68 (2)	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.235	.278	.265	.542	9						P
19	592	72 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	0-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.235	.278	.265	.542	9						P
20	593	74 (1)	Jul 7	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.222	.282	.250	.532	9						P
21	594	78 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.225	.279	.250	.529	9	.46	-0.040	.07	0.00%	-0.54	P
22	595	84 (5)	Jul 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.273	.244	.517	9						P
23	596	99 (14)	Jul 30 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.227	.277	.250	.527	9						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
24	597	103 (3)	Aug 4	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				2		.229	.275	.250	.525	9						P
25	598	109 (5)	Aug 8 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.231	.273	.250	.523	9						P
26	599	113 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	0-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.226	.268	.245	.513	9						P
27	600	114	Aug 12	SLB		CLE	W,11-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.214	.254	.232	.486	9						P
28	601	116 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.233	.270	.250	.520	9						P
29	602	123 (6)	Aug 23 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.258	.238	.496	9						P
30	603	127 (3)	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-10	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.254	.234	.488	9	1.33	-0.032	4.39	-0.06%	-0.20	P
Sep/Oct		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	604	135 (7)	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.209	.243	.224	.467	9						P
32	605	137 (1)	Sep 7	SLB	@	DET	W,6-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.209	.243	.224	.467	9						P
33	606	140 (2)	Sep 10	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.211	.243	.225	.469	9						P
34	607	144 (3)	Sep 14	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.203	.234	.216	.450	9						P
35	608	148 (3)	Sep 18	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.200	.231	.213	.444	9						P
36	609	152 (3)	Sep 22	SLB		PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	1				0		.195	.235	.208	.442	9						P
37	610	158 (5)	Oct 1	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1				0		.188	.226	.200	.426	9						P
							20-16		88	80	3	15	1	0	0	5	4	0	16	0	4		0		2		.188	.226	.200	.426		.91	0.009	1.52	0.03%	-0.23

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