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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 19	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	8 (2)	Apr 23	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
4	11 (2)	Apr 30	PHA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (2)	May 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	18 (3)	May 9	PHA		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	21 (2)	May 13	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	25 (3)	May 18	PHA		SLB	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	28 (2)	May 21	PHA		CLE	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	31 (2)	May 25	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
11	34 (2)	May 28	PHA		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	37 (2)	Jun 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	38	Jun 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	42 (3)	Jun 8	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS	0	6.0	0	3	1	4	2
15	44 (1)	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	48 (3)	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	53 (4)	Jun 23	PHA		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	57 (3)	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	60 (2)	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	64 (3)	Jul 6	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	65	Jul 8	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
22	68 (2)	Jul 11	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	72 (3)	Jul 15	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
24	76 (3)	Jul 20	PHA		SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	80 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	81	Jul 26	PHA		DET	L,1-2	GS	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	84 (2)	Jul 29	PHA		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	89 (4)	Aug 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
29	92 (2)	Aug 8	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	95 (2)	Aug 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	98 (2)	Aug 17	PHA	@	DET	T,3-3	CG	0	12.0	1	3	1	5	0
32	101 (2)	Aug 22	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
33	106 (4)	Aug 27	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	109 (2)	Aug 31	PHA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	112 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	117 (4)	Sep 7	PHA		NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	122 (4)	Sep 10	PHA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	1	5	0	6	0
38	126 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
39	130 (3)	Sep 19	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	133 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
41	134	Sep 24	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	136 (1)	Sep 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	143 (6)	Sep 30 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	152 (8)	Oct 8 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-12	GS	0	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
							44gm		357.0	22	103	3	128	4