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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1901 25 PHA AL 17 13 .567 3.31 33 32 1 28 1 0 260.2 254 133 96 3 68 90 7 0 13 1081 114 1.235 8.8 0.1 2.3 3.1 1.32
1902 26 PHA AL 20 15 .571 3.30 36 32 3 31 1 0 300.0 319 140 110 5 61 107 18 0 4 1248 111 1.267 9.6 0.2 1.8 3.2 1.75
1903 27 PHA AL 23 16 .590 2.38 43 40 2 33 3 0 336.0 317 128 89 5 65 176 23 0 8 1363 128 1.137 8.5 0.1 1.7 4.7 2.71
1904 28 PHA AL 26 17 .605 2.17 44 43 1 37 7 0 357.1 311 111 86 2 86 201 19 0 6 1427 124 1.111 7.8 0.1 2.2 5.1 2.34
1905 29 PHA AL 24 12 .667 2.26 41 41 0 35 4 0 346.2 287 113 87 3 75 210 24 0 9 1362 117 1.044 7.5 0.1 1.9 5.5 2.80
1906 30 PHA AL 19 6 .760 2.25 26 25 1 21 5 0 211.2 173 70 53 1 51 108 15 0 1 831 121 1.058 7.4 0.0 2.2 4.6 2.12
1907 31 PHA AL 24 16 .600 2.20 43 40 3 33 8 0 343.2 282 115 84 5 85 183 17 1 5 1349 118 1.068 7.4 0.1 2.2 4.8 2.15
1908 32 PHA AL 14 16 .467 2.17 34 28 5 21 4 1 244.2 202 71 59 1 46 135 9 0 7 956 117 1.014 7.4 0.0 1.7 5.0 2.93
1909 33 PHA AL 19 10 .655 1.76 34 33 0 24 3 0 265.1 215 74 52 1 62 132 8 1 4 1028 138 1.044 7.3 0.0 2.1 4.5 2.13
1910 34 PHA AL 16 10 .615 2.01 38 32 5 22 1 2 250.1 218 89 56 3 55 123 8 0 5 982 118 1.091 7.8 0.1 2.0 4.4 2.24
1911 35 PHA AL 23 8 .742 2.10 40 30 8 24 6 4 256.2 237 85 60 2 77 149 14 0 5 1020 149 1.223 8.3 0.1 2.7 5.2 1.94
1912 36 PHA AL 26 6 .813 2.22 37 30 7 23 5 2 259.2 234 90 64 1 83 110 6 1 5 1044 140 1.221 8.1 0.0 2.9 3.8 1.33
1913 37 PHA AL 18 10 .643 2.60 41 30 8 18 7 4 242.2 211 87 70 3 57 151 5 2 5 931 106 1.104 7.8 0.1 2.1 5.6 2.65
1914 38 PHA AL 15 7 .682 2.87 34 22 9 12 4 3 185.1 178 68 59 2 42 110 6 0 4 717 91 1.187 8.6 0.1 2.0 5.3 2.62 MVP-18
1915 39 SLM FL 21 11 .656 2.08 42 31 10 23 6 3 268.1 212 75 62 1 54 147 3 1 4 1028 155 0.991 7.1 0.0 1.8 4.9 2.72
1916 40 SLB AL 16 15 .516 2.33 37 26 9 17 3 3 235.2 203 78 61 2 67 88 6 0 2 930 118 1.146 7.8 0.1 2.6 3.4 1.31
1917 41 SLB AL 5 6 .455 1.79 20 14 4 8 1 1 131.0 105 39 26 2 38 26 2 0 1 506 145 1.092 7.2 0.1 2.6 1.8 0.68
17 Yrs 326 194 .627 2.35 623 529 76 410 69 23 4495.2 3958 1566 1174 42 1072 2246 190 6 88 17803 122 1.119 7.9 0.1 2.1 4.5 2.10
162 Game Avg. 19 11 .627 2.35 37 31 4 24 4 1 265 234 92 69 2 63 133 11 0 5 1051 122 1.119 7.9 0.1 2.1 4.5 2.10
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
PHA (14 yrs) 284 162 .637 2.39 524 458 53 362 59 16 3860.2 3438 1374 1025 37 913 1985 179 5 81 15339 120 1.127 8.0 0.1 2.1 4.6 2.17
SLB (2 yrs) 21 21 .500 2.14 57 40 13 25 4 4 366.2 308 117 87 4 105 114 8 0 3 1436 126 1.126 7.6 0.1 2.6 2.8 1.09
SLM (1 yr) 21 11 .656 2.08 42 31 10 23 6 3 268.1 212 75 62 1 54 147 3 1 4 1028 155 0.991 7.1 0.0 1.8 4.9 2.72
AL (16 yrs) 305 183 .625 2.37 581 498 66 387 63 20 4227.1 3746 1491 1112 41 1018 2099 187 5 84 16775 121 1.127 8.0 0.1 2.2 4.5 2.06
FL (1 yr) 21 11 .656 2.08 42 31 10 23 6 3 268.1 212 75 62 1 54 147 3 1 4 1028 155 0.991 7.1 0.0 1.8 4.9 2.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1901 25 PHA AL 260.2 33 32 133 4.59 5.27 -0.01 0.00 103.0 5.44 29 2.8 1.0 -0.2 5.0 55 .584 .517 $1,000
1902 26 PHA AL 300.0 36 32 140 4.20 4.78 -0.14 0.00 102.0 5.02 30 3.1 1.0 -0.3 5.5 59 .587 .519 $
1903 27 PHA AL 336.0 43 40 128 3.43 4.06 -0.05 0.00 103.0 4.23 36 4.2 1.0 -0.3 6.9 60 .598 .526 $
1904 28 PHA AL 357.1 44 43 111 2.80 3.53 -0.05 0.00 103.0 3.69 39 5.3 1.0 -0.3 8.1 65 .620 .532 $
1905 29 PHA AL 346.2 41 41 113 2.93 3.63 0.04 0.00 100.0 3.59 28 3.5 -0.2 6.3 55 .586 .522 $
1906 30 PHA AL 211.2 26 25 70 2.98 3.65 -0.06 0.00 101.0 3.74 19 2.4 1.0 -0.2 4.1 36 .592 .515 $
1907 31 PHA AL 343.2 43 40 115 3.01 3.63 0.04 0.00 102.0 3.66 25 3.2 1.0 -0.3 5.9 54 .574 .520 $
1908 32 PHA AL 244.2 34 28 71 2.61 3.50 -0.19 0.00 106.0 3.91 35 4.9 1.0 -0.2 6.8 55 .644 .530 $
1909 33 PHA AL 265.1 34 33 74 2.51 3.37 0.19 0.00 98.0 3.12 21 2.8 1.0 -0.3 4.8 40 .583 .517 $
1910 34 PHA AL 250.1 38 32 89 3.20 3.54 0.32 0.00 94.0 3.03 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 1.7 18 .491 .498 $
1911 35 PHA AL 256.2 40 30 85 2.98 4.46 -0.02 0.00 94.0 4.21 35 3.8 1.0 -0.2 5.9 64 .595 .523 $
1912 36 PHA AL 259.2 37 30 90 3.12 4.35 0.28 0.00 93.0 3.78 21 2.3 1.0 -0.3 4.3 48 .561 .514 $
1913 37 PHA AL 242.2 41 30 87 3.23 3.75 0.17 0.00 94.0 3.36 6 0.6 1.0 -0.2 2.6 27 .516 .504 $
1914 38 PHA AL 185.1 34 22 68 3.30 3.50 0.09 0.00 95.0 3.24 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.6 15 .502 .501 $5,000 MVP-18
1915 39 SLM FL 268.1 42 31 75 2.52 3.83 0.13 0.00 106.0 3.93 42 5.2 1.0 -0.1 6.0 51 .625 .532 $
1916 40 SLB AL 235.2 37 26 78 2.98 3.67 0.13 0.00 97.0 3.44 12 1.5 1.0 -0.2 3.5 33 .542 .510 $
1917 41 SLB AL 131.0 20 14 39 2.68 3.70 -0.14 0.00 97.0 3.73 15 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.0 27 .598 .512 $
17 Seasons 4495.2 623 529 1566 3.14 3.91 0.04 0.00 99.7 3.85 391 47.3 1.0 -3.8 82.0 762 .576 .517 $6,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
PHA (14 yrs) 3860.2 524 458 1374 3.20 3.93 0.04 0.00 99.5 3.88 322 38.6 1.0 -3.4 69.5 651 .574 .517 $6,000
SLB (2 yrs) 366.2 57 40 117 2.87 3.68 0.03 0.00 97.0 3.54 27 3.5 1.0 -0.3 6.5 60 .561 .511 $
SLM (1 yr) 268.1 42 31 75 2.52 3.83 0.13 0.00 106.0 3.93 42 5.2 1.0 -0.1 6.0 51 .625 .532 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1905 29 PHA AL WS L NYG 0 2 .000 1.59 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 15 4 3 0 4 1 11 1 0 1 71 1.118 7.9 0.0 2.1 5.8 2.75
1911 35 PHA AL WS W NYG 1 1 .500 1.86 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.2 6 2 2 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 35 0.621 5.6 0.0 0.0 7.4
1913 37 PHA AL WS W NYG 1 1 .500 0.95 2 2 0 2 0 0 19.0 9 4 2 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 70 0.632 4.3 0.0 1.4 3.3 2.33
1914 38 PHA AL WS L BSN 0 1 .000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 6 1 0 0 39 1.222 7.0 0.0 4.0 6.0 1.50
4 Yrs (4 Series) 2 5 .286 1.32 7 6 1 6 0 0 54.2 37 11 8 0 11 1 32 4 0 1 215 0.878 6.1 0.0 1.8 5.3 2.91
4 WS 2 5 .286 1.32 7 6 1 6 0 0 54.2 37 11 8 0 11 1 32 4 0 1 215 0.878 6.1 0.0 1.8 5.3 2.91

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1901 25 17 13 .567 3.31 33 32 1 28 1 0 260.2 254 133 96 3 68 90 7 0 13 1081 114 1.235 8.8 0.1 2.3 3.1 1.32 114
1902 26 37 28 .569 3.31 69 64 4 59 2 0 560.2 573 273 206 8 129 197 25 0 17 2329 112 1.252 9.2 0.1 2.1 3.2 1.53 112
1903 27 60 44 .577 2.96 112 104 6 92 5 0 896.2 890 401 295 13 194 373 48 0 25 3692 117 1.209 8.9 0.1 1.9 3.7 1.92 117
1904 28 86 61 .585 2.73 156 147 7 129 12 0 1254.0 1201 512 381 15 280 574 67 0 31 5119 118 1.181 8.6 0.1 2.0 4.1 2.05 118
1905 29 110 73 .601 2.63 197 188 7 164 16 0 1600.2 1488 625 468 18 355 784 91 0 40 6481 118 1.151 8.4 0.1 2.0 4.4 2.21 118
1906 30 129 79 .620 2.59 223 213 8 185 21 0 1812.1 1661 695 521 19 406 892 106 0 41 7312 119 1.141 8.2 0.1 2.0 4.4 2.20 119
1907 31 153 95 .617 2.53 266 253 11 218 29 0 2156.0 1943 810 605 24 491 1075 123 1 46 8661 118 1.129 8.1 0.1 2.0 4.5 2.19 118
1908 32 167 111 .601 2.49 300 281 16 239 33 1 2400.2 2145 881 664 25 537 1210 132 1 53 9617 118 1.117 8.0 0.1 2.0 4.5 2.25 118
1909 33 186 121 .606 2.42 334 314 16 263 36 1 2666.0 2360 955 716 26 599 1342 140 2 57 10645 120 1.110 8.0 0.1 2.0 4.5 2.24 120
1910 34 202 131 .607 2.38 372 346 21 285 37 3 2916.1 2578 1044 772 29 654 1465 148 2 62 11627 120 1.108 8.0 0.1 2.0 4.5 2.24 120
1911 35 225 139 .618 2.36 412 376 29 309 43 7 3173.0 2815 1129 832 31 731 1614 162 2 67 12647 122 1.118 8.0 0.1 2.1 4.6 2.21 122
1912 36 251 145 .634 2.35 449 406 36 332 48 9 3432.2 3049 1219 896 32 814 1724 168 3 72 13691 123 1.125 8.0 0.1 2.1 4.5 2.12 123
1913 37 269 155 .634 2.37 490 436 44 350 55 13 3675.1 3260 1306 966 35 871 1875 173 5 77 14622 122 1.124 8.0 0.1 2.1 4.6 2.15 122
1914 38 284 162 .637 2.39 524 458 53 362 59 16 3860.2 3438 1374 1025 37 913 1985 179 5 81 15339 120 1.127 8.0 0.1 2.1 4.6 2.17 120
1915 39 305 173 .638 2.37 566 489 63 385 65 19 4129.0 3650 1449 1087 38 967 2132 182 6 85 16367 122 1.118 8.0 0.1 2.1 4.6 2.20 122
1916 40 321 188 .631 2.37 603 515 72 402 68 22 4364.2 3853 1527 1148 40 1034 2220 188 6 87 17297 122 1.120 7.9 0.1 2.1 4.6 2.15 122
1917 41 326 194 .627 2.35 623 529 76 410 69 23 4495.2 3958 1566 1174 42 1072 2246 190 6 88 17803 122 1.119 7.9 0.1 2.1 4.5 2.10 122

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1901 25 24 10 .706 2.64 310.0 270 101 91 3 72 107 7 1.103 7.8 2.1 3.1 1.49 0.1 33
1902 26 23 14 .622 3.04 341.0 353 128 115 6 68 122 20 1.235 9.3 1.8 3.2 1.79 0.2 36
1903 27 28 12 .700 2.66 369.0 378 121 109 6 78 193 27 1.236 9.2 1.9 4.7 2.47 0.1 43
1904 28 23 13 .639 2.92 333.0 354 120 108 2 98 187 22 1.357 9.6 2.6 5.1 1.91 0.1 44
1905 29 23 13 .639 3.01 329.0 331 122 110 3 86 200 28 1.267 9.1 2.4 5.5 2.33 0.1 41
1906 30 14 8 .636 3.00 201.0 200 74 67 1 59 103 17 1.289 9.0 2.6 4.6 1.75 0.0 26
1907 31 24 12 .667 2.89 327.0 323 117 105 6 97 174 19 1.284 8.9 2.7 4.8 1.79 0.2 43
1908 32 17 8 .680 2.86 233.0 231 82 74 1 53 129 10 1.219 8.9 2.0 5.0 2.43 0.0 34
1909 33 19 8 .704 2.62 244.0 258 79 71 1 74 121 10 1.361 9.5 2.7 4.5 1.64 0.0 34
1910 34 16 9 .640 2.96 228.0 256 83 75 4 65 112 9 1.408 10.1 2.6 4.4 1.72 0.2 38
1911 35 19 7 .731 2.39 241.0 252 71 64 2 82 140 15 1.386 9.4 3.1 5.2 1.71 0.1 40
1912 36 19 8 .704 2.62 247.0 253 80 72 1 90 105 6 1.389 9.2 3.3 3.8 1.17 0.0 37
1913 37 13 11 .542 3.58 221.0 243 98 88 3 66 138 6 1.398 9.9 2.7 5.6 2.09 0.1 41
1914 38 8 9 .471 4.39 158.0 206 86 77 2 49 94 7 1.614 11.7 2.8 5.4 1.92 0.1 34
1915 39 20 8 .714 2.42 260.0 231 78 70 1 59 143 3 1.115 8.0 2.0 5.0 2.42 0.0 42
1916 40 14 10 .583 3.25 216.0 234 87 78 2 77 81 7 1.440 9.8 3.2 3.4 1.05 0.1 37
1917 41 9 4 .692 2.57 119.0 122 38 34 2 44 24 2 1.395 9.2 3.3 1.8 0.55 0.2 20
17 Yrs 313 164 .656 2.90 4377.0 4495 1565 1408 46 1217 2173 215 1.305 9.2 4.5 1.79 0.1 623
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1901 AL  5.0 (5th)
1902 AL  5.5 (7th)
1903 AL  6.9 (2nd)
1904 AL  8.1 (4th)
1905 AL  6.3 (4th)
1906 AL  4.1 (10th)
1907 AL  5.9 (4th)
1908 AL  6.8 (4th)
1909 AL  4.8 (6th)
1911 AL  5.9 (5th)
1912 AL  4.3 (8th)
1915 FL  6.0 (2nd)
1916 AL  3.5 (10th)
Career  82.0 (17th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1901 AL  3.31 (10th)
1903 AL  2.38 (10th)
1904 AL  2.17 (10th)
1909 AL  1.76 (7th)
1911 AL  2.10 (4th)
1912 AL  2.22 (4th)
1915 FL  2.08 (2nd)
1916 AL  2.33 (10th)
Career  2.35 (22nd)

Wins s c a p y
1901 AL  17 (9th)
1902 AL  20 (6th)
1903 AL  23 (2nd)
1904 AL  26 (2nd)
1905 AL  24 (2nd)
1906 AL  19 (9th)
1907 AL  24 (5th)
1909 AL  19 (4th)
1910 AL  16 (10th)
1911 AL  23 (4th)
1912 AL  26 (4th)
1913 AL  18 (8th)
1915 FL  21 (5th)
Career  326 (13th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1902 AL  .571 (9th)
1903 AL  .590 (8th)
1904 AL  .605 (7th)
1905 AL  .667 (4th)
1906 AL  .760 (1st)
1907 AL  .600 (9th)
1909 AL  .655 (7th)
1910 AL  .615 (7th)
1911 AL  .742 (3rd)
1912 AL  .813 (2nd)
1913 AL  .643 (9th)
1914 AL  .682 (3rd)
1915 FL  .656 (5th)
Career  .627 (60th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1901 AL  1.235 (5th)
1905 AL  1.044 (6th)
1906 AL  1.058 (7th)
1907 AL  1.068 (7th)
1908 AL  1.014 (8th)
1909 AL  1.044 (10th)
1910 AL  1.091 (10th)
1911 AL  1.223 (10th)
1912 AL  1.221 (9th)
1913 AL  1.104 (4th)
1915 FL  0.991 (1st)
Career  1.119 (30th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 AL  8.770 (6th)
1905 AL  7.451 (8th)
1906 AL  7.356 (8th)
1907 AL  7.385 (6th)
1915 FL  7.111 (3rd)
Career  7.924 (101st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1902 AL  1.830 (5th)
1908 AL  1.692 (7th)
1910 AL  1.977 (7th)
1913 AL  2.114 (4th)
1914 AL  2.040 (7th)
1915 FL  1.811 (1st)
Career  2.146 (137th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 AL  3.107 (7th)
1902 AL  3.210 (8th)
1903 AL  4.714 (6th)
1904 AL  5.063 (4th)
1905 AL  5.452 (6th)
1906 AL  4.592 (8th)
1907 AL  4.792 (3rd)
1908 AL  4.966 (8th)
1911 AL  5.225 (7th)
1913 AL  5.600 (3rd)
1914 AL  5.342 (6th)
1915 FL  4.930 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1902 AL  36 (6th)
1903 AL  43 (1st)
1904 AL  44 (6th)
1905 AL  41 (5th)
1907 AL  43 (5th)
1910 AL  38 (5th)
1911 AL  40 (5th)
1913 AL  41 (10th)
1915 FL  42 (9th)
Career  623 (162nd)

Saves s c a p y
1908 AL  1 (10th)
1910 AL  2 (3rd)
1911 AL  4 (1st)
1912 AL  2 (6th)
1913 AL  4 (4th)
1914 AL  3 (5th)
1915 FL  3 (8th)
1916 AL  3 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1902 AL  300.0 (7th)
1903 AL  336.0 (2nd)
1904 AL  357.3 (7th)
1905 AL  346.7 (2nd)
1907 AL  343.7 (3rd)
1909 AL  265.3 (8th)
1910 AL  250.3 (10th)
1911 AL  256.7 (6th)
Career  4,495.7 (28th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1901 AL  90 (10th)
1902 AL  107 (5th)
1903 AL  176 (3rd)
1904 AL  201 (4th)
1905 AL  210 (2nd)
1907 AL  183 (3rd)
1908 AL  135 (10th)
1909 AL  132 (8th)
1910 AL  123 (10th)
1911 AL  149 (6th)
1913 AL  151 (6th)
1915 FL  147 (4th)
Career  2,246 (49th)

Games Started s c a p y
1902 AL  32 (10th)
1903 AL  40 (1st)
1904 AL  43 (5th)
1905 AL  41 (1st)
1907 AL  40 (3rd)
1909 AL  33 (7th)
1910 AL  32 (6th)
1911 AL  30 (7th)
1913 AL  30 (10th)
Career  529 (34th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1902 AL  31 (7th)
1903 AL  33 (4th)
1904 AL  37 (6th)
1905 AL  35 (1st)
1907 AL  33 (4th)
1909 AL  24 (7th)
1910 AL  22 (9th)
1911 AL  24 (7th)
1912 AL  23 (9th)
1915 FL  23 (5th)
1916 AL  17 (9th)
Career  410 (16th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1903 AL  3 (10th)
1904 AL  7 (3rd)
1905 AL  4 (7th)
1906 AL  5 (10th)
1907 AL  8 (1st)
1911 AL  6 (1st)
1912 AL  5 (4th)
1913 AL  7 (3rd)
1915 FL  6 (2nd)
1916 AL  3 (7th)
Career  69 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1907 AL  5 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1904 AL  86 (8th)
1907 AL  85 (6th)
1911 AL  77 (8th)
Career  1,072 (83rd)

Hits s c a p y
1902 AL  319 (9th)
1903 AL  317 (3rd)
1904 AL  311 (8th)
1905 AL  287 (3rd)
1907 AL  282 (5th)
1909 AL  215 (10th)
1910 AL  218 (10th)
Career  3,958 (41st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1901 AL  1.324 (10th)
1902 AL  1.754 (4th)
1903 AL  2.708 (8th)
1905 AL  2.800 (4th)
1906 AL  2.118 (10th)
1907 AL  2.153 (9th)
1908 AL  2.935 (6th)
1909 AL  2.129 (9th)
1910 AL  2.236 (7th)
1911 AL  1.935 (9th)
1913 AL  2.649 (2nd)
1914 AL  2.619 (4th)
1915 FL  2.722 (1st)
Career  2.095 (232nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 AL  0.104 (4th)
1902 AL  0.150 (9th)
1904 AL  0.050 (8th)
1908 AL  0.037 (9th)
1909 AL  0.034 (8th)
1911 AL  0.070 (7th)
1912 AL  0.035 (2nd)
1915 FL  0.034 (1st)
Career  0.084 (17th)

Losses s c a p y
1903 AL  16 (6th)
1907 AL  16 (7th)
1908 AL  16 (7th)
1916 AL  15 (8th)
Career  194 (49th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1902 AL  110 (8th)
1903 AL  89 (8th)
1905 AL  87 (5th)
1907 AL  84 (4th)
Career  1,174 (136th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1901 AL  13 (1st)
1903 AL  8 (2nd)
1905 AL  9 (7th)
1908 AL  7 (10th)
Career  88 (144th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1902 AL  18 (1st)
1903 AL  23 (2nd)
1904 AL  19 (3rd)
1905 AL  24 (1st)
1906 AL  15 (3rd)
1907 AL  17 (3rd)
1911 AL  14 (4th)
Career  190 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1902 AL  1,248 (8th)
1903 AL  1,363 (1st)
1904 AL  1,427 (7th)
1905 AL  1,362 (2nd)
1907 AL  1,349 (3rd)
1909 AL  1,028 (9th)
1911 AL  1,020 (8th)
Career  17,803 (34th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1901 AL  114 (10th)
1903 AL  128 (9th)
1904 AL  124 (8th)
1905 AL  117 (10th)
1909 AL  136 (7th)
1911 AL  151 (5th)
1912 AL  140 (4th)
1915 FL  153 (1st)
1916 AL  118 (10th)
Career  122 (95th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1901 AL  17 (6th)
1903 AL  24 (5th)
1904 AL  23 (4th)
1905 AL  19 (6th)
1907 AL  17 (5th)
1908 AL  15 (7th)
1909 AL  19 (7th)
1911 AL  32 (4th)
1912 AL  26 (5th)
1915 FL  33 (2nd)
Career  289 (30th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1901 AL  1.6 (6th)
1903 AL  2.5 (5th)
1904 AL  2.6 (4th)
1905 AL  2.1 (6th)
1907 AL  2.0 (5th)
1908 AL  1.7 (7th)
1909 AL  2.3 (7th)
1911 AL  3.3 (4th)
1912 AL  2.7 (5th)
1915 FL  3.8 (2nd)
Career  31.7 (28th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (149), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 291 (11), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 186 (26), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 71 (6), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Tim Keefe (859) *
  5. Pete Alexander (852) *
  6. Mickey Welch (849) *
  7. Kid Nichols (836) *
  8. Lefty Grove (832) *
  9. Tom Seaver (820) *
  10. Jim Palmer (805) *
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  3. George Winter (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ray Collins (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Art Nehf (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Chesbro (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Chesbro (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Chesbro (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack Chesbro (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jack Chesbro (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chief Bender (932) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Juan Marichal (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Pete Alexander (903) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Warren Spahn (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Pete Alexander (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Warren Spahn (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Warren Spahn (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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