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Eddie Plank

Edward Stewart Plank (Gettysburg Eddie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 31, 1875 in Gettysburg, PA
School: Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1901
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns/Terriers 1901-1917

Final Game: August 6, 1917
Died: February 24, 1926 in Gettysburg, PA
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1901 25 PHA AL 33 111 99 10 18 0 0 0 3 0 5 13 .182 .257 .182 .439 21 18 5 2 1
1902 26 PHA AL 36 128 120 15 35 6 1 0 16 4 3 4 .292 .315 .358 .673 84 43 1 4 1
1903 27 PHA AL 45 138 134 18 25 5 1 1 8 2 0 23 .187 .199 .261 .460 35 35 2 2 1
1904 28 PHA AL 46 141 129 9 31 2 1 0 11 0 4 22 .240 .274 .271 .545 69 35 2 6 1
1905 29 PHA AL 41 136 126 12 29 3 0 0 5 0 7 17 .230 .276 .254 .530 67 32 1 2 1
1906 30 PHA AL 26 82 73 6 17 0 1 0 6 0 3 12 .233 .273 .260 .533 65 19 1 5 1
1907 31 PHA AL 43 138 123 9 26 1 1 1 9 1 6 21 .211 .254 .260 .514 63 32 1 8 1
1908 32 PHA AL 36 92 89 4 16 4 0 0 4 1 2 11 .180 .198 .225 .423 34 20 0 1 1
1909 33 PHA AL 35 102 96 5 21 2 0 1 7 2 2 16 .219 .250 .271 .521 63 26 2 2 1
1910 34 PHA AL 38 94 86 6 11 2 0 0 8 0 2 18 .128 .185 .151 .336 6 13 4 2 1
1911 35 PHA AL 40 105 94 7 18 2 0 0 10 0 5 18 .191 .232 .213 .445 25 20 0 6 1
1912 36 PHA AL 37 106 90 5 24 2 1 0 9 0 2 4 18 .267 .305 .311 .616 79 28 1 11 1
1913 37 PHA AL 41 96 76 8 8 1 0 0 6 0 11 16 .105 .244 .118 .363 8 9 3 6 1
1914 38 PHA AL 34 71 60 6 9 2 0 0 5 1 1 4 14 .150 .203 .183 .386 18 11 0 7 1 MVP-18
1915 39 SLM FL 42 103 93 7 24 5 1 0 8 0 6 16 .258 .303 .333 .636 82 31 0 4 1
1916 40 SLB AL 37 89 81 3 15 1 0 0 5 2 0 4 16 .185 .224 .198 .421 29 16 0 4 1
1917 41 SLB AL 20 46 38 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 10 .105 .190 .132 .322 0 5 1 4 1
17 Yrs 630 1778 1607 130 331 39 7 3 122 13 3 71 265 .206 .250 .245 .495 48 393 24 76
162 Game Avg. 162 457 413 33 85 10 2 1 31 3 18 68 .206 .250 .245 .495 48 101 6 20
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHA (14 yrs) 531 1540 1395 120 288 32 6 3 107 11 3 58 223 .206 .250 .244 .494 48 341 23 64
SLB (2 yrs) 57 135 119 3 19 2 0 0 7 2 0 7 26 .160 .213 .176 .389 20 21 1 8
SLM (1 yr) 42 103 93 7 24 5 1 0 8 0 6 16 .258 .303 .333 .636 82 31 0 4
AL (16 yrs) 588 1675 1514 123 307 34 6 3 114 13 3 65 249 .203 .247 .239 .486 46 362 24 72
FL (1 yr) 42 103 93 7 24 5 1 0 8 0 6 16 .258 .303 .333 .636 82 31 0 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1901 25 PHA AL 33 111 -11 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 4 1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $1,000 1
1902 26 PHA AL 36 128 -3 -0 0 0 9 6 0.6 4 11 0.6 .517 .504 0.6 0.0 11 $ 1
1903 27 PHA AL 45 138 -11 0 0 0 11 0 -0.0 5 5 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 5 $ 1
1904 28 PHA AL 46 141 -5 0 0 0 9 4 0.5 5 9 0.5 .512 .503 0.5 -0.0 9 $ 1
1905 29 PHA AL 41 136 -4 0 0 0 10 6 0.7 4 10 0.7 .517 .504 0.7 -0.0 10 $ 1
1906 30 PHA AL 26 82 -3 0 0 0 6 2 0.3 3 5 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1907 31 PHA AL 43 138 -5 0 0 0 9 4 0.4 5 8 0.4 .510 .503 0.4 0.0 8 $ 1
1908 32 PHA AL 36 92 -6 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1
1909 33 PHA AL 35 102 -4 -0 0 0 8 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $ 1
1910 34 PHA AL 38 94 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.3 3 1 -0.3 .494 .498 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ 1
1911 35 PHA AL 40 105 -10 0 0 0 9 -0 -0.0 4 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1
1912 36 PHA AL 37 106 -3 -1 0 0 9 5 0.5 4 9 0.5 .514 .503 0.5 0.0 9 $ 1
1913 37 PHA AL 41 96 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 3 $ 1
1914 38 PHA AL 34 71 -6 0 0 0 6 0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $5,000 1 MVP-18
1915 39 SLM FL 42 103 -2 0 0 0 8 6 0.6 1 7 0.6 .515 .504 0.6 0.0 7 $ 1
1916 40 SLB AL 37 89 -7 -0 0 0 7 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 3 $ 1
1917 41 SLB AL 20 46 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1
17 Seasons 630 1778 -101 1 0 0 133 32 3.4 57 89 3.3 .506 .501 3.5 -0.1 89 $6,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PHA (14 yrs) 531 1540 -88 0 0 0 115 28 3.0 52 79 2.9 .506 .501 3.1 -0.1 79 $6,000
SLB (2 yrs) 57 135 -11 0 0 0 10 -1 -0.2 5 3 -0.2 .497 .500 -0.2 -0.0 3 $
SLM (1 yr) 42 103 -2 0 0 0 8 6 0.6 1 7 0.6 .515 .504 0.6 0.0 7 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1901 25 PHA AL 111 83 4 1.3 101 .209 .182 .290 .257 .347 .182 .390 .439 .737 21 .095 -10.8 -1.1 .346 .051 .000
1902 26 PHA AL 128 89 13 3.9 100 .302 .292 .288 .315 .345 .358 .388 .673 .733 84 .456 -3.0 -0.3 .600 .125 .067 .0
1903 27 PHA AL 138 111 7 1.7 85 .218 .187 .268 .199 .317 .261 .362 .460 .679 35 .198 -11.0 -1.2 .358 .090 .075 1.3
1904 28 PHA AL 141 104 9 2.3 77 .290 .240 .257 .274 .309 .271 .337 .545 .647 69 .357 -4.8 -0.6 .418 .062 .031
1905 29 PHA AL 136 99 9 2.4 74 .266 .230 .250 .276 .310 .254 .326 .530 .636 67 .388 -4.8 -0.6 .412 .079 .024
1906 30 PHA AL 82 61 5 2.2 77 .279 .233 .259 .273 .315 .260 .332 .533 .647 65 .329 -3.2 -0.4 .411 .068 .027
1907 31 PHA AL 138 105 8 2.0 73 .248 .211 .256 .254 .312 .260 .320 .514 .632 63 .315 -5.6 -0.7 .412 .106 .049 1.0
1908 32 PHA AL 92 74 4 1.4 73 .205 .180 .252 .198 .310 .225 .321 .423 .631 34 .215 -6.7 -0.8 .315 .079 .045 .0
1909 33 PHA AL 102 77 6 2.1 75 .253 .219 .255 .250 .316 .271 .323 .521 .639 63 .330 -4.4 -0.5 .427 .094 .052 1.3
1910 34 PHA AL 94 77 2 0.7 74 .162 .128 .249 .185 .315 .151 .321 .336 .636 6 .058 -9.3 -1.1 .253 .047 .023
1911 35 PHA AL 105 82 5 1.6 95 .237 .191 .279 .232 .345 .213 .366 .445 .711 25 .154 -9.5 -1.0 .329 .074 .021
1912 36 PHA AL 106 79 8 2.7 88 .333 .267 .268 .305 .336 .311 .352 .616 .688 79 .344 -2.6 -0.3 .456 .067 .044
1913 37 PHA AL 96 74 2 0.7 86 .133 .105 .262 .244 .334 .118 .344 .363 .678 8 .049 -8.4 -0.9 .338 .158 .013
1914 38 PHA AL 71 59 2 0.9 79 .196 .150 .252 .203 .324 .183 .330 .386 .654 18 .088 -6.0 -0.7 .288 .100 .033 .0
1915 39 SLM FL 103 73 9 3.3 91 .312 .258 .269 .303 .337 .333 .360 .636 .698 82 .458 -1.6 -0.2 .536 .140 .075
1916 40 SLB AL 89 70 4 1.6 79 .231 .185 .251 .224 .324 .198 .328 .421 .652 29 .181 -7.1 -0.8 .333 .086 .012 .0
1917 41 SLB AL 46 38 1 0.7 77 .143 .105 .250 .190 .321 .132 .324 .322 .644 0 .054 -4.4 -0.5 .265 .105 .026
17 Yrs 1778 1355 98 1.9 83 .245 .206 .263 .250 .324 .245 .344 .495 .669 48 .252 -103.0 -11.8 .389 .089 .039 4.9
162 Game Avg. 457 348 25 1.9 83 .245 .206 .263 .250 .324 .245 .344 .495 .669 48 .252 -103.0 -11.8 .389 .089 .039 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHA (14 yrs) 1540 1174 84 1.9 83 .244 .206 .264 .250 .323 .244 .345 .494 .668 48 .247 -89.9 -10.3 .387 .085 .038 4.7
SLB (2 yrs) 135 108 5 1.3 78 .204 .160 .251 .213 .323 .176 .326 .389 .649 20 .133 -11.5 -1.3 .310 .092 .017 .0
SLM (1 yr) 103 73 9 3.3 91 .312 .258 .269 .303 .337 .333 .360 .636 .698 82 .458 -1.6 -0.2 .536 .140 .075
AL (16 yrs) 1675 1282 89 1.9 82 .241 .203 .263 .247 .323 .239 .343 .486 .667 46 .238 -101.4 -11.6 .381 .086 .036 4.9
FL (1 yr) 103 73 9 3.3 91 .312 .258 .269 .303 .337 .333 .360 .636 .698 82 .458 -1.6 -0.2 .536 .140 .075

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1905 29 PHA AL WS NYG L 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 1 0 0 0 0
1911 35 PHA AL WS NYG W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 37 PHA AL WS NYG W 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
1914 38 PHA AL WS BSN L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 7 18 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 2 1 0 0 0 0
4 WS 7 18 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 2 1 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1901 25 33 111 99 10 18 0 0 0 3 0 5 13 .182 .257 .182 .439 21 18 5 2
1902 26 69 239 219 25 53 6 1 0 19 4 8 17 .242 .288 .279 .566 55 61 6 6
1903 27 114 377 353 43 78 11 2 1 27 6 8 40 .221 .255 .272 .527 48 96 8 8
1904 28 160 518 482 52 109 13 3 1 38 6 12 62 .226 .260 .272 .532 53 131 10 14
1905 29 201 654 608 64 138 16 3 1 43 6 19 79 .227 .263 .268 .531 56 163 11 16
1906 30 227 736 681 70 155 16 4 1 49 6 22 91 .228 .264 .267 .532 57 182 12 21
1907 31 270 874 804 79 181 17 5 2 58 7 28 112 .225 .263 .266 .529 58 214 13 29
1908 32 306 966 893 83 197 21 5 2 62 8 30 123 .221 .256 .262 .518 55 234 13 30
1909 33 341 1068 989 88 218 23 5 3 69 10 32 139 .220 .256 .263 .519 56 260 15 32
1910 34 379 1162 1075 94 229 25 5 3 77 10 34 157 .213 .250 .254 .504 52 273 19 34
1911 35 419 1267 1169 101 247 27 5 3 87 10 39 175 .211 .249 .251 .499 50 293 19 40
1912 36 456 1373 1259 106 271 29 6 3 96 10 2 43 193 .215 .253 .255 .508 52 321 20 51
1913 37 497 1469 1335 114 279 30 6 3 102 10 2 54 209 .209 .252 .247 .499 49 330 23 57
1914 38 531 1540 1395 120 288 32 6 3 107 11 3 58 223 .206 .250 .244 .494 48 341 23 64
1915 39 573 1643 1488 127 312 37 7 3 115 11 3 64 239 .210 .253 .250 .503 50 372 23 68
1916 40 610 1732 1569 130 327 38 7 3 120 13 3 68 255 .208 .252 .247 .499 49 388 23 72
1917 41 630 1778 1607 130 331 39 7 3 122 13 3 71 265 .206 .250 .245 .495 48 393 24 76

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1901 25 39 126 114 9 18 0 0 0 3 0 5 15 .158 .226 .158 .384 4 33
1902 26 42 148 139 16 39 7 1 0 17 4 3 5 .281 .301 .345 .646 14 36
1903 27 52 161 157 22 30 6 1 1 10 2 0 27 .191 .201 .261 .462 8 45
1904 28 47 149 136 11 35 2 1 0 14 0 5 23 .257 .294 .287 .580 11 46
1905 29 43 146 135 15 33 3 0 0 6 0 8 18 .244 .292 .267 .558 11 41
1906 30 28 89 79 8 20 0 1 0 8 0 4 13 .253 .298 .278 .576 6 26
1907 31 45 147 131 11 29 1 1 1 11 1 7 22 .221 .266 .267 .533 9 43
1908 32 37 98 95 5 19 5 0 0 5 1 2 11 .200 .216 .253 .469 5 36
1909 33 37 110 104 7 26 2 0 1 10 2 2 17 .250 .278 .298 .576 8 35
1910 34 39 97 89 6 12 2 0 0 9 0 2 19 .135 .189 .157 .347 2 38
1911 35 42 112 100 8 20 2 0 0 11 0 6 19 .200 .245 .220 .465 5 40
1912 36 39 111 95 6 26 2 1 0 10 0 4 19 .274 .310 .316 .626 9 37
1913 37 43 100 80 9 8 1 0 0 6 0 11 17 .100 .234 .113 .347 2 41
1914 38 35 75 63 8 11 2 0 0 7 1 5 14 .175 .235 .206 .442 3 34
1915 39 44 108 98 8 26 5 1 0 9 0 6 17 .265 .308 .337 .644 10 42
1916 40 38 97 88 4 19 1 0 0 7 3 5 17 .216 .258 .227 .485 5 37
1917 41 21 49 40 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 4 10 .125 .222 .150 .372 1 20
17 Yrs 671 1923 1743 153 376 42 7 3 145 14 79 283 .216 .259 .253 .512 113 630
162 Game Avg. 162 464 421 37 91 10 2 1 35 3 19 68 .216 .259 .253 .512 27 630
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA (11.4%)
1938 BBWAA (14.5%)
1939 BBWAA (10.2%)
1942 BBWAA (27.0%)
1945 BBWAA (13.4%)
1946 Nominating Vote (16.8%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946
by Old Timers Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1914 AL (18, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1901 AL  4.8 (9th)
1902 AL  6.1 (5th)
1903 AL  6.9 (5th)
1904 AL  8.6 (4th)
1905 AL  7.0 (4th)
1907 AL  6.3 (6th)
1908 AL  6.8 (5th)
1915 FL  6.6 (3rd)
Career  85.3 (42nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1911 AL  born 1875-08-31 (10th)
1913 AL  born 1875-08-31 (7th)
1914 AL  born 1875-08-31 (6th)
1915 FL  born 1875-08-31 (3rd)
1916 AL  born 1875-08-31 (5th)
1917 AL  born 1875-08-31 (2nd)

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