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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	SLM	@	CHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 15	SLM	@	KCP	L,3-4		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	12 (7)	Apr 27	SLM	@	PBS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (3)	May 2 (1)	SLM	@	NEW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
5	20 (3)	May 8 (1)	SLM	@	BUF	W,6-5	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	25 (4)	May 15	SLM		KCP	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	28 (2)	May 21	SLM		NEW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	32 (3)	May 29 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	37 (4)	Jun 2	SLM	@	CHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
10	42 (4)	Jun 6	SLM	@	KCP	L,2-3	GS	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	46 (3)	Jun 12	SLM		PBS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
12	51 (4)	Jun 17	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-2	GF	0	2.1	1	1	0	2	1
13	53 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	SLM	@	BTT	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
14	60 (6)	Jun 26 (1)	SLM	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	65 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	SLM	@	BUF	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	70 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	SLM	@	KCP	W,4-3	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	77 (6)	Jul 13	SLM		CHI	L,0-2	CG	0	14.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	83 (5)	Jul 20 (1)	SLM		BAL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	88 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	91 (2)	Jul 26	SLM		BTT	W,6-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	93 (1)	Jul 28	SLM		NEW	L,6-7	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
22	94	Jul 29	SLM		NEW	L,8-11	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	97 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	SLM		BUF	L,2-6	GS	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	99 (1)	Aug 2	SLM		BUF	L,5-6	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	101 (1)	Aug 5	SLM	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	104 (2)	Aug 9	SLM	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	109 (4)	Aug 14	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	113 (3)	Aug 19	SLM	@	BTT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	118 (4)	Aug 24	SLM	@	CHI	L,3-4	GS	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	123 (4)	Aug 28	SLM		KCP	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	129 (5)	Sep 4	SLM	@	PBS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	132 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	SLM		CHI	T,2-2	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	136 (3)	Sep 11	SLM		NEW	W,12-5	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	140 (3)	Sep 14	SLM		NEW	L,6-7	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	142 (1)	Sep 16	SLM		BTT	L,6-8	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	144 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,4-3	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	145	Sep 18 (2)	SLM		BTT	W,5-2	GF	0	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
38	146	Sep 19	SLM		BAL	L,9-12	GF	0	4.2	0	3	1	4	0
39	150 (3)	Sep 23	SLM		BAL	W,10-2	GS	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
40	154 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	SLM		BUF	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	157 (2)	Sep 30	SLM		KCP	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	159 (1)	Oct 3	SLM		KCP	W,6-2	GF	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
							42gm		268.0	13	58	1	72	4