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	28-13 / in Starts: 19-11
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	41 (21-13-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (26-19-10)

Most Driven In
J Barry	2
H Baker	1
T Daley	1
R Oldring	1
J Lapp	0

Most Driven In By
E Collins	2
R Oldring	1
J Walsh	1

1913 Batting Game Log

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1913 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	457	1	Apr 10	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-9	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0			1.000			9						P
2	458	2	Apr 12	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	0-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.000	.200	.000	.200	9						P
3	459	5 (2)	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	W,7-5	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.286	.000	.286	9	.54	-0.005	1.63	-0.01%	0.08	P
4	460	6	Apr 21	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.286	.000	.286	9						P
5	461	10 (3)	Apr 25	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.125	.300	.125	.425	9	1.49	0.095	5.06	0.20%	1.14	P
6	462	12 (1)	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.091	.231	.091	.322	9	1.01	-0.074	4.30	-0.19%	-0.43	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
7	463	16 (3)	May 5	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.067	.176	.067	.243	9	.72	-0.073	2.73	-0.17%	-0.70	P
8	464	20 (3)	May 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.053	.143	.053	.195	9						P
9	465	23 (2)	May 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.050	.136	.050	.186	9						P
10	466	29 (5)	May 22	PHA	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.042	.115	.042	.157	9	.43	-0.076	1.73	-0.19%	-1.31	P
11	467	33 (3)	May 27 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.037	.103	.037	.140	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
12	468	41 (7)	Jun 3	PHA		DET	W,7-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.034	.125	.034	.159	9	1.20	0.032	5.64	0.09%	0.16	P
13	469	44 (2)	Jun 6	PHA		DET	W,8-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.032	.118	.032	.150	9	.94	-0.048	4.45	-0.14%	-0.41	P
14	470	47 (2)	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	W,10-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.031	.114	.031	.146	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
15	471	49 (1)	Jun 12	PHA		CLE	W,6-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.029	.108	.029	.138	9	.83	-0.037	6.65	-0.18%	-0.64	P
16	472	52 (2)	Jun 16	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.027	.100	.027	.127	9	1.31	-0.095	9.91	-0.43%	-0.62	P
17	473	57 (4)	Jun 21	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	1-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.051	.119	.051	.170	9	1.14	0.035	5.46	0.10%	0.41	P
18	474	60 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0		1		1	0	0				0		.070	.149	.070	.219	9						P
19	475	65 (4)	Jun 30	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		0		0		.068	.196	.068	.264	9	.64	0.103	2.24	0.22%	0.81	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
20	476	70 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	1	1				0		.087	.222	.087	.309	9						P
21	477	73 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.087	.222	.087	.309	9						P
22	478	75 (1)	Jul 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.083	.214	.083	.298	9	2.43	-0.120	10.05	-0.30%	-1.04	P
23	479	77 (1)	Jul 12	PHA	@	DET	W,16-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.082	.211	.082	.292	9	.06	-0.002	.13	0.00%	-0.33	P
24	480	81 (3)	Jul 15	PHA	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.094	.213	.113	.326	9	.48	0.009	1.18	0.01%	1.30	P
25	481	88 (6)	Jul 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0		1		1	0	0				0		.107	.231	.125	.356	9						P
26	482	93 (4)	Jul 26	PHA		DET	L,2-6	GS-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.105	.250	.123	.373	9	1.64	0.009	2.59	0.01%	-0.03	P
27	483	96 (2)	Jul 31	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.117	.254	.133	.387	9	.59	0.006	.97	0.01%	-0.18	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
28	484	100 (3)	Aug 5	PHA		CLE	L,0-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.117	.254	.133	.387	9						P
29	485	107 (6)	Aug 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.115	.260	.131	.391	9						P
30	486	108	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-5	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.115	.260	.131	.391	9						P
31	487	111 (2)	Aug 18	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.108	.247	.123	.370	9	1.55	-0.150	5.32	-0.31%	-1.16	P
32	488	115 (3)	Aug 22	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.106	.244	.121	.365	9	.55	-0.015	.75	-0.01%	-0.20	P
33	489	118 (2)	Aug 25	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	1	0				0		.116	.256	.130	.387	9						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
34	490	127 (8)	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,6-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.116	.256	.130	.387	9						P
35	491	129 (1)	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.247	.125	.372	9	1.28	-0.096	.93	-0.04%	-0.81	P
36	492	134 (4)	Sep 12	PHA		CHW	W,7-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.247	.125	.372	9						P
37	493	135	Sep 13	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.247	.125	.372	9						P
38	494	136	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	W,8-6	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.247	.125	.372	9						P
39	495	137	Sep 16	PHA		CLE	W,8-7	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.110	.244	.123	.367	9						P
40	496	142 (4)	Sep 22 (2)	PHA		DET	W,1-0	3-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.108	.250	.122	.372	9	.92	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.39	P
41	497	151 (8)	Oct 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,13-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.108	.250	.122	.372	9						P
							28-13		93	74	8	8	1	0	0	5	11	0	15	3	5		0		0		.108	.250	.122	.372		.99	-0.483	3.65	-1.33%	-3.77

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