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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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns/Terriers 1901-1917

Final Game: August 6, 1917 (Age 41)
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. Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 2:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #37. Dazzy Vance… #38. Kevin Brown… #39. Early Wynn… #40. EDDIE PLANK… #41. Hal Newhouser… #42. Dizzy Dean… #43. Red Faber… 

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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 2 930 117 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 125 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 120 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 (v2.2): 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 5.3 56 .585 .517 $1,000
1902 26 PHA AL 300.0 36 32 140 4.20 4.78 -0.14 0.00 103.0 5.07 31 3.2 1.0 -0.3 5.8 61 .588 .520
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 7.2 61 .598 .526
1904 28 PHA AL 357.1 44 43 111 2.80 3.53 -0.05 0.00 103.0 3.69 40 5.3 1.0 -0.3 8.5 63 .621 .533
1905 29 PHA AL 346.2 41 41 113 2.93 3.63 0.04 0.00 100.0 3.59 27 3.5 -0.2 6.6 53 .585 .521
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 4.3 35 .591 .515
1907 31 PHA AL 343.2 43 40 115 3.01 3.63 0.04 0.00 102.0 3.66 25 3.1 1.0 -0.3 6.2 52 .573 .519
1908 32 PHA AL 244.2 34 28 71 2.61 3.50 -0.19 0.00 107.0 3.95 35 4.9 1.0 -0.2 7.1 55 .645 .530
1909 33 PHA AL 265.1 34 33 74 2.51 3.37 0.19 0.00 97.0 3.09 21 2.8 1.0 -0.3 5.1 37 .581 .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 2.0 16 .491 .498
1911 35 PHA AL 256.2 40 30 85 2.98 4.46 -0.02 0.00 95.0 4.25 36 3.9 1.0 -0.2 6.3 64 .597 .524
1912 36 PHA AL 259.2 37 30 90 3.12 4.35 0.28 0.00 93.0 3.78 21 2.2 1.0 -0.3 4.6 46 .560 .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 2.9 26 .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 1.8 14 .502 .501 $5,000 MVP-18
1915 39 SLM FL 268.1 42 31 75 2.52 3.83 0.13 0.00 105.0 3.89 41 5.2 1.0 -0.1 6.3 50 .624 .532
1916 40 SLB AL 235.2 37 26 78 2.98 3.61 0.13 0.00 96.8 3.36 11 1.4 1.0 -0.2 3.5 30 .536 .508
1917 41 SLB AL 128.2 20 14 39 2.73 3.67 -0.14 0.00 97.4 3.71 14 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.0 25 .589 .511
17 Seasons 4493.1 623 529 1566 3.14 3.90 0.04 0.00 99.7 3.85 388 47.0 1.0 -3.9 86.5 747 .575 .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 99.6 3.89 322 38.6 1.0 -3.4 73.7 641 .574 .517 $6,000
SLB (2 yrs) 364.1 57 40 117 2.89 3.63 0.03 0.00 97.0 3.49 25 3.1 1.0 -0.3 6.5 55 .555 .510
SLM (1 yr) 268.1 42 31 75 2.52 3.83 0.13 0.00 105.0 3.89 41 5.2 1.0 -0.1 6.3 50 .624 .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

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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 22 .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 88 81 3 15 1 0 0 5 2 4 16 .185 .224 .198 .421 30 16 0 4 1
1917 41 SLB AL 20 45 38 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 10 .105 .190 .132 .322 0 5 1 4 1
17 Yrs 630 1776 1607 130 331 39 7 3 122 13 3 71 266 .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 58 224 .206 .250 .244 .494 48 341 23 64
SLB (2 yrs) 57 133 119 3 19 2 0 0 7 2 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 1673 1514 123 307 34 6 3 114 13 3 65 250 .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 (v2.2): 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 2 -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 5 11 0.6 .516 .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 .500 .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 5 11 0.7 .517 .504 0.7 -0.0 11 1
1906 30 PHA AL 26 82 -3 0 0 0 5 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 9 0.4 .510 .503 0.4 0.0 9 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 4 8 0.4 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 1
1910 34 PHA AL 38 94 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.3 4 2 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 1 1
1911 35 PHA AL 40 105 -10 0 0 0 9 -0 -0.0 4 4 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 4 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 4 4 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 -0.0 4 1
1914 38 PHA AL 34 71 -6 0 0 0 6 0 -0.0 3 3 -0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 3 $5,000 1 MVP-18
1915 39 SLM FL 42 103 -2 0 0 0 8 6 0.6 2 7 0.6 .515 .504 0.6 0.0 7 1
1916 40 SLB AL 37 88 -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 45 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 1
17 Seasons 630 1776 -101 1 0 0 132 31 3.3 63 94 3.3 .506 .501 3.4 -0.1 94 $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 0 114 27 2.8 56 83 2.8 .506 .501 2.9 -0.1 83 $6,000
SLB (2 yrs) 57 133 -11 0 0 0 10 -1 -0.2 5 4 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 4
SLM (1 yr) 42 103 -2 0 0 0 8 6 0.6 2 7 0.6 .515 .504 0.6 0.0 7

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1901 PHA AL 25 P 33 260.2 74 6 63 5 2 .932 2.38 2.09 .930 2.99 2.90
1902 PHA AL 26 P 36 300.0 97 18 74 5 2 .948 2.76 2.56 .928 3.10 3.03
1903 PHA AL 27 P 43 336.0 112 23 85 4 1 .964 2.89 2.51 .948 3.19 3.13
1904 PHA AL 28 P 44 357.1 128 22 103 3 4 .977 3.15 2.84 .952 3.45 3.39
1905 PHA AL 29 P 41 346.2 112 24 82 6 0 .946 2.75 2.59 .942 3.25 3.21
1906 PHA AL 30 P 26 211.2 64 16 46 2 2 .969 2.64 2.38 .948 3.22 3.17
1907 PHA AL 31 P 43 343.2 123 33 88 2 4 .984 3.17 2.81 .946 3.28 3.25
1908 PHA AL 32 P 34 244.2 64 17 45 2 1 .969 2.28 1.82 .946 3.20 3.19
1909 PHA AL 33 P 34 265.1 94 11 82 1 3 .989 3.15 2.74 .942 3.19 3.15
1910 PHA AL 34 P 38 250.1 74 9 64 1 1 .986 2.62 1.92 .942 3.29 3.28
1911 PHA AL 35 P 40 256.2 80 7 71 2 2 .975 2.74 1.95 .938 2.88 2.85
1912 PHA AL 36 P 37 259.2 74 6 68 0 1 1.000 2.56 2.00 .940 2.96 2.90
1913 PHA AL 37 P 41 242.2 67 6 59 2 2 .970 2.41 1.59 .938 3.01 2.98
1914 PHA AL 38 P 34 185.1 44 7 36 1 2 .977 2.09 1.26 .936 2.96 2.93 MVP-18
1915 SLM FL 39 P 42 268.1 72 13 58 1 4 .986 2.38 1.69 .956 3.08 3.05
1916 SLB AL 40 P 37 26 17 235.2 59 6 51 2 6 .966 2.18 1.54 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 SLB AL 41 P 20 14 8 131.0 39 5 33 1 0 .974 2.61 1.90 .947 3.04 3.05
17 Seasons P 623 40 25 4495.2 1377 229 1108 40 37 .971 2.68 2.15 .943 3.14 3.09
17 Seasons TOT 623 40 25 4495.2 1377 229 1108 40 37 .971 2.68 2.15 .943 3.14 3.09
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (982nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1901 AL  5.1 (9th)
1902 AL  6.4 (5th)
1903 AL  7.2 (5th)
1904 AL  9.0 (4th)
1905 AL  7.3 (4th)
1907 AL  6.6 (6th)
1908 AL  7.1 (5th)
1911 AL  6.3 (10th)
1915 FL  6.9 (2nd)
Career  89.8 (46th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1901 AL  5.3 (5th)
1902 AL  5.8 (8th)
1903 AL  7.2 (2nd)
1904 AL  8.5 (4th)
1905 AL  6.6 (4th)
1907 AL  6.2 (5th)
1908 AL  7.1 (4th)
1909 AL  5.1 (6th)
1911 AL  6.3 (5th)
1912 AL  4.6 (9th)
1915 FL  6.3 (2nd)
Career  86.5 (16th)

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 (138th)

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 (164th)

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 (238th)

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 (137th)

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  138 (6th)
1911 AL  149 (5th)
1912 AL  140 (4th)
1915 FL  155 (1st)
Career  122 (93rd)

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  14 (7th)
1909 AL  20 (7th)
1911 AL  31 (5th)
1912 AL  26 (5th)
1915 FL  34 (2nd)
Career  288 (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  3.2 (5th)
1912 AL  2.7 (5th)
1915 FL  3.8 (2nd)
Career  31.6 (28th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1903 AL  43 (1st)
1905 AL  41 (5th)
1907 AL  43 (5th)
1910 AL  38 (5th)
1911 AL  40 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1903 AL  23 (4th)
1905 AL  24 (4th)
1907 AL  33 (3rd)
1915 FL  13 (5th)
Career  229 (61st)

Assists as P s c a p y
Career  1,108 (16th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1904 AL  .977 (5th)
1907 AL  .984 (4th)
1909 AL  .989 (2nd)
1910 AL  .986 (2nd)
1911 AL  .975 (3rd)
1912 AL  1.000 (1st)
1914 AL  .977 (1st)
1915 FL  .986 (5th)
Career  .971 (69th)

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 (151), 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
JAWS Starting Pitcher (22nd), 89.8 career WAR/50.5 7yr-peak WAR/70.2 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. John Clarkson (892) *
  2. Old Hoss Radbourn (880) *
  3. Christy Mathewson (860) *
  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) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Chipman (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Cliff Melton (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Earl Whitehill (974)
  2. Jack Powell (973)
  3. Steve Carlton (967) *
  4. Mordecai Brown (963) *
  5. Waite Hoyt (962) *
  6. Sad Sam Jones (960)
  7. Sadie McMahon (960)
  8. Christy Mathewson (959) *
  9. Eppa Rixey (959) *
  10. Herb Pennock (959) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jim Bagby (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bobo Newsom (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Earl Whitehill (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bobo Newsom (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Shawkey (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Shawkey (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Shawkey (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Shawkey (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Earl Whitehill (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Earl Whitehill (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Earl Whitehill (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Earl Whitehill (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Steve Carlton (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
190125Philadelphia Athletics$1,000BJHA; 1942 TSN Guide 163
191438Philadelphia Athletics$5,000BJHA; 1942 TSN Guide 163
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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