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.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS	0	3.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	10 (4)	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (1)	May 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	15 (2)	May 6	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	18 (2)	May 9	PHA		WSH	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	21 (2)	May 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	25 (3)	May 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-9	GS	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	27 (1)	May 20	PHA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
10	30 (2)	May 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	32 (1)	May 28	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	GS	0	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	38 (5)	Jun 3	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	41 (2)	Jun 6	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	47 (5)	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	52 (4)	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
16	55 (2)	Jun 25	PHA	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	59 (3)	Jun 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	62 (2)	Jul 2	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-11		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	63	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
20	66 (2)	Jul 7	PHA		DET	L,7-8	GF	0	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	68 (1)	Jul 9	PHA		CLE	W,9-8	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	73 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	76 (2)	Jul 20	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	79 (2)	Jul 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	84 (4)	Jul 28	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	GS	0	8.2	1	3	0	4	1
26	86 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	90 (3)	Aug 3	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	93 (2)	Aug 7	PHA		BOS	L,3-11	GS	0	4.0	0	2	1	3	0
29	95 (1)	Aug 10	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	99 (3)	Aug 15	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	102 (2)	Aug 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	105 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	0	2	2	4	0
33	109 (3)	Aug 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	112 (2)	Aug 27	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	113	Sep 1 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	117 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	120 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	122 (1)	Sep 11	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	125 (2)	Sep 15	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	126	Sep 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	GF	0	8.1	1	6	0	7	0
41	129 (2)	Sep 21	PHA		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	132 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	136 (3)	Sep 28	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
							43gm		336.0	23	85	4	112	1