Ed Plank

Edward Arthur Plank

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 9, 1952 in Chicago, IL
School: University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1978
Team: Giants 1978-1979

Final Game: September 22, 1979
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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
1973	21	SFG-min	Rk	7	4	.636	3.06	14	12		8	0	0	106.0	108	49	36	3	43	1	78	1	0	3			1.425	9.2	0.3	3.7	6.6	1.81	GRF · PION
1974	22	SFG-min	A	4	5	.444	3.26	26	9		4	0	0	94.0	111	52	34	5	36	0	43	1	0	11			1.564	10.6	0.5	3.4	4.1	1.19	FRE · CALL
1975	23	SFG-min	A	17	7	.708	2.26	28	26		15	3	0	195.0	185	70	49	5	42	1	97	3	0	4			1.164	8.5	0.2	1.9	4.5	2.31	FRE · CALL
1976	24	SFG-min	AAA	15	10	.600	5.12	29	27		6	0	0	174.0	213	112	99	14	43	4	62	1	1	7			1.471	11.0	0.7	2.2	3.2	1.44	PHX · PCL
1977	25	SFG-min	AAA	14	7	.667	4.55	27	27		9	1	0	186.0	214	111	94	15	58	8	74	1	0	5			1.462	10.4	0.7	2.8	3.6	1.28	PHX · PCL
1978	26	SFG-min	AAA	8	8	.500	2.10	57	0		0	0	24	90.0	80	29	21	1	43	14	35	2	0	3			1.367	8.0	0.1	4.3	3.5	0.81	PHX · PCL
1978	26	SFG	NL	0	0		4.05	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.2	6	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	25	91	1.200	8.1	1.4	2.7	1.4	0.50
1979	27	SFG-min	AAA	4	8	.333	3.16	53	0		0	0	10	91.0	92	45	32	3	53	16	47	1	0	6			1.593	9.1	0.3	5.2	4.6	0.89	PHX · PCL
1979	27	SFG	NL	0	0		7.36	4	0	3	0	0	0	3.2	9	5	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	22	53	3.000	22.1	0.0	4.9	2.5	0.50
1980	28	SFG-min	AAA	3	8	.273	6.90	38	9		1	0	2	103.0	133	88	79	7	87	7	45	9	1	15			2.136	11.6	0.6	7.6	3.9	0.52	PHX · PCL
2 Yrs				0	0		5.23	9	0	6	0	0	0	10.1	15	8	6	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	47	72	1.839	13.1	0.9	3.5	1.7	0.50
162 Game Avg.				0	0		5.23	68	0	45	0	0	0	78	113	60	45	8	30	15	15	0	0	0	355	72	1.839	13.1	0.9	3.5	1.7	0.50

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1978	26	SFG	NL	6.2	5	3	4.05	4.34	-0.18	-0.35	91.8	3.83	-0	-0.0	.1	0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$
1979	27	SFG	NL	3.2	4	5	12.27	4.23	-0.71	-0.34	100.2	4.61	-3	-0.3	.0	0.2	-0.1	-3	.420	.498	$
2 Seasons				10.1	9	8	6.97	4.30	-0.37	-0.35	94.8	4.11	-3	-0.3	.1	0.2	-0.1	-2	.461	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1978	26	SFG	NL	5	25	22	3	6	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	.273	.320	.545	.865	.238	12	1	0	0	1	1	0
1979	27	SFG	NL	4	22	20	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.450	.500	.550	1.050	.474	11	0	0	0	0	1	1
2 Yrs				9	47	42	8	15	3	1	1	1	1	4	2	.357	.404	.548	.952	.350	23	1	0	0	1	2	1
162 Game Avg.				68	355	317	60	113	23	8	8	8	8	30	15	.357	.404	.548	.952	.350	174	8	0	0	8	15	8
MLB Averages																.262	.327	.388	.715	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1978	26	SFG	NL	-0.1	-0.0	27	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.12	-0.1	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.12	-0.7	5
1979	27	SFG	NL	-2.2	-0.2	23	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.2	-0.3	-4.7	-0.5	0.02	-3.0	3
2 Yrs				-2.4	-0.2	50	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.08	-0.3	0.1	-6.3	-0.6	0.08	-3.6	8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1978	26	SFG	NL	5	5	3	2	2	100%	8	.124	5	5	1	4	2	1	2	1	4.0
1979	27	SFG	NL	4	4	3	2	2	100%	8	.024	3	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	2.8
2 Yrs				9	9	6	4	4	100%		.077	8	9	2	7	2	2	2	1	3.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	26	SFG	NL	25	76%	4.0%	4.0%	8.0%	12.0%	50%	2.40	84%	3	1	33%
1979	27	SFG	NL	22	68%	0.0%	4.6%	9.1%	9.1%	22%	2.33	86%	7	0	0%
2 Yrs				47	72%	2.1%	4.3%	8.5%	10.6%	33%	2.38	85%	10	1	10%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	1.08	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1978	26	SFG	NL	25	6			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	7	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1979	27	SFG	NL	22	9			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				47	15			1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	33%	1	0	1	17	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

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+
1978	26	0	0		4.05	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.2	6	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	25	91	1.200	8.1	1.4	2.7	1.4	0.50	91
1979	27	0	0		5.23	9	0	6	0	0	0	10.1	15	8	6	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	47	72	1.839	13.1	0.9	3.5	1.7	0.50	72

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1978	26	7.20	5.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	1.800	12.6	3.6	1.8	0.50	1.8	5
1979	27	6.75	4.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	2.750	20.3	4.5	2.3	0.50	0.0	4
2 Yrs		7.00	9.0	16	7	7	1	4	2	2.222	16.0		2.0	0.50	1.0	9

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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