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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-15 / in Starts: 21-9
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	0 (0-0-0)
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	0
Avg. Runners on Base	0 (0-0-0)

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	532	1	Apr 10	SLM	@	CHI	L,1-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.333	.333	1.000	1.333	9						P
2	533	4 (2)	Apr 15	SLM	@	KCP	L,3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	1.000	1.333	9						P
3	534	12 (7)	Apr 27	SLM	@	PBS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0		.286	.286	.714	1.000	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	535	16 (3)	May 2 (1)	SLM	@	NEW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.200	.500	.700	9						P
5	536	20 (3)	May 8 (1)	SLM	@	BUF	W,6-5	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.182	.182	.455	.636	9						P
6	537	25 (4)	May 15	SLM		KCP	W,13-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.250	.438	.688	9						P
7	538	28 (2)	May 21	SLM		NEW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.250	.400	.650	9						P
8	539	32 (3)	May 29 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,11-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.208	.208	.333	.542	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	540	37 (4)	Jun 2	SLM	@	CHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.222	.222	.370	.593	9						P
10	541	42 (4)	Jun 6	SLM	@	KCP	L,2-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.207	.207	.345	.552	9						P
11	542	46 (3)	Jun 12	SLM		PBS	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1				0		.194	.194	.323	.516	9						P
12	543	51 (4)	Jun 17	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.188	.313	.500	9						P
13	544	53 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	SLM	@	BTT	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.200	.222	.314	.537	9						P
14	545	60 (6)	Jun 26 (1)	SLM	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1				0		.216	.237	.324	.561	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	546	65 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	SLM	@	BUF	L,1-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.220	.300	.520	9						P
16	547	70 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	SLM	@	KCP	W,4-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.195	.214	.293	.507	9						P
17	548	77 (6)	Jul 13	SLM		CHI	L,0-2	CG(14)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.200	.234	.289	.523	9						P
18	549	83 (5)	Jul 20 (1)	SLM		BAL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.188	.220	.271	.491	9						P
19	550	88 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,4-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.180	.226	.260	.486	9						P
20	551	91 (2)	Jul 26	SLM		BTT	W,6-5	0-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.196	.241	.294	.535	9						P
21	552	93 (1)	Jul 28	SLM		NEW	L,6-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.196	.241	.294	.535	9						P
22	553	94	Jul 29	SLM		NEW	L,8-11	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.192	.236	.288	.525	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	554	97 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	SLM		BUF	L,2-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.189	.232	.283	.515	9						P
24	555	99 (1)	Aug 2	SLM		BUF	L,5-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.189	.232	.283	.515	9						P
25	556	101 (1)	Aug 5	SLM	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.182	.237	.273	.510	9						P
26	557	104 (2)	Aug 9	SLM	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG(8)	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.207	.258	.310	.568	9						P
27	558	109 (4)	Aug 14	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.197	.258	.295	.553	9						P
28	559	113 (3)	Aug 19	SLM	@	BTT	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.203	.271	.297	.568	9						P
29	560	118 (4)	Aug 24	SLM	@	CHI	L,3-4	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.200	.268	.292	.560	9						P
30	561	123 (4)	Aug 28	SLM		KCP	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				0		.194	.260	.284	.544	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	562	129 (5)	Sep 4	SLM	@	PBS	L,2-6	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.186	.250	.271	.521	9						P
32	563	132 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	SLM		CHI	T,2-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.194	.256	.278	.534	9						P
33	564	136 (3)	Sep 11	SLM		NEW	W,12-5	GS-0	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.280	.303	.583	9						P
34	565	140 (3)	Sep 14	SLM		NEW	L,6-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.224	.280	.303	.583	9						P
35	566	142 (1)	Sep 16	SLM		BTT	L,6-8	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.221	.277	.299	.576	9						P
36	567	144 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,4-3	0-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.218	.274	.295	.569	9						P
37	568	145	Sep 18 (2)	SLM		BTT	W,5-2	0-GF(7)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.215	.271	.291	.562	9						P
38	569	146	Sep 19	SLM		BAL	L,9-12	0-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.276	.309	.585	9						P
39	570	150 (3)	Sep 23	SLM		BAL	W,10-2	GS-0	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.247	.297	.329	.626	9						P
40	571	154 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	SLM		BUF	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.298	.330	.627	9						P
41	572	157 (2)	Sep 30	SLM		KCP	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.253	.299	.330	.629	9						P
42	573	159 (1)	Oct 3	SLM		KCP	W,6-2	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.303	.333	.636	9						P
							26-15		103	93	7	24	5	1	0	8	6	0	8	0	4		0		0		.258	.303	.333	.636

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