Eddie Plank

Full Name: Edward Stewart Plank	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/175	First Game: May 13, 1901
Birthdate: August 31, 1875	Final Game: August 6, 1917
Birthplace: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: February 24, 1926
Deathplace: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946

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[edit] Biography

Born on August 31, 1875 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Eddie Plank (Edward Stewart Plank) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Terriers and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 17 year career. Plank broke into the bigs on May 13, 1901 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.31 ERA in 260.2 innings pitched in 1901, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Eddie Plank's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1904, when he posted a 2.17 ERA, won 26 games and struck out 201 batters. However, others believe that it was 1905, when he posted a 2.26 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 210 batters.

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All-Star Games:
World Series Appearances: 1905, 1911, 1913, 1914

Pitched in 7 World Series games (6 GS, 2-5 record, 1.32 ERA)

World Series Champion: 1911, 1913

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1901	PHI	A	33	32	17	13	3.31	90	133	96	28	1	0	260.2	254	2	68	13	12
1902	PHI	A	36	32	20	15	3.30	107	140	110	31	1	0	300	319	5	61	4	18
1903	PHI	A	43	40	23	16	2.38	176	128	89	33	3	0	336	317	5	65	8	23
1904	PHI	A	44	43	26	17	2.17	201	111	86	37	7	0	357.1	311	2	86	6	19
1905	PHI	A	41	41	24	12	2.26	210	113	87	35	4	0	346.2	287	3	75	9	24
1906	PHI	A	26	25	19	6	2.25	108	70	53	21	5	0	211.2	173	1	51	1	15
1907	PHI	A	43	40	24	16	2.20	183	115	84	33	8	0	343.2	282	5	85	5	17
1908	PHI	A	34	28	14	16	2.17	135	77	59	21	4	1	244.2	202	1	46	7	9
1909	PHI	A	34	33	19	10	1.76	132	74	52	24	3	0	265.1	215	1	62	4	8
1910	PHI	A	38	32	16	10	2.01	123	89	56	22	1	2	250.1	218	3	55	5	8
1911	PHI	A	40	30	23	8	2.10	149	85	60	24	6	4	256.2	237	2	77	5	14
1912	PHI	A	37	30	26	6	2.22	110	90	64	23	5	2	259.2	234	1	83	5	6
1913	PHI	A	41	30	18	10	2.60	151	84	70	18	7	4	242.2	211	3	57	4	6
1914	PHI	A	34	22	15	7	2.87	110	68	59	12	4	3	185.1	178	2	42	4	6
1915	STL	F	42	31	21	11	2.08	147	75	62	23	6	3	268.1	212	1	54	4	3
1916	STL	A	37	26	16	15	2.33	88	78	61	17	3	3	235.2	203	2	67	2	6
1917	STL	A	20	14	5	6	1.79	26	39	26	8	1	1	131	105	2	38	1	2
Total	FL		42	31	21	11	2.08	147	75	62	23	6	3	268.1	212	1	54	4	3
Total	AL		581	498	305	183	2.37	2099	1494	1112	387	63	20	4227.1	3746	40	1018	83	193
Total			623	529	326	194	2.35	2246	1569	1174	410	69	23	4495.2	3958	41	1072	87	196

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1901	PHI	A	P	33	6	63	5	2	.932
1902	PHI	A	P	36	18	74	5	2	.948
1903	PHI	A	P	43	23	85	4	1	.964
1904	PHI	A	P	44	22	103	3	4	.977
1905	PHI	A	P	41	24	82	6	0	.946
1906	PHI	A	P	26	16	46	2	2	.969
1907	PHI	A	P	43	33	88	2	4	.984
1908	PHI	A	P	34	17	45	2	1	.969
1909	PHI	A	P	34	11	82	1	3	.989
1910	PHI	A	P	38	9	64	1	1	.986
1911	PHI	A	P	40	7	71	2	2	.975
1912	PHI	A	P	37	6	68	0	1	1.000
1913	PHI	A	P	41	6	59	2	2	.970
1914	PHI	A	P	34	7	36	1	2	.977
1915	STL	F	P	42	13	58	1	4	.986
1916	STL	A	P	37	6	51	2	6	.966
1917	STL	A	P	20	5	33	1	0	.974
Total			P	623	229	1108	40	37	.971

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1901	PHI	A	33	99	10	18	0	3	.182	.257	.182	0	0	5	0	5	2	0
1902	PHI	A	36	120	15	35	0	16	.292	.315	.358	6	1	3	0	1	4	4
1903	PHI	A	45	134	18	25	1	8	.187	.199	.261	5	1	0	0	2	2	2
1904	PHI	A	45	129	9	31	0	11	.240	.274	.271	2	1	4	0	2	6	0
1905	PHI	A	41	126	12	29	0	5	.230	.276	.254	3	0	7	0	1	2	0
1906	PHI	A	26	73	6	17	0	6	.233	.273	.260	0	1	3	0	1	5	0
1907	PHI	A	43	123	9	26	1	9	.211	.254	.260	1	1	6	0	1	8	1
1908	PHI	A	36	89	4	16	0	4	.180	.198	.225	4	0	2	0	0	1	1
1909	PHI	A	35	96	5	21	1	7	.219	.250	.271	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
1910	PHI	A	38	86	6	11	0	8	.128	.185	.151	2	0	2	0	4	2	0
1911	PHI	A	40	94	7	18	0	10	.191	.232	.213	2	0	5	0	0	6	0
1912	PHI	A	37	90	5	24	0	9	.267	.305	.311	2	1	4	0	1	11	0
1913	PHI	A	41	76	8	8	0	6	.105	.244	.118	1	0	11	16	3	6	0
1914	PHI	A	34	60	6	9	0	5	.150	.203	.183	2	0	4	14	0	7	1
1915	STL	F	42	93	7	24	0	8	.258	.303	.333	5	1	6	16	0	4	0
1916	STL	A	37	81	3	15	0	5	.185	.224	.198	1	0	4	16	0	4	2
1917	STL	A	20	38	0	4	0	2	.105	.190	.132	1	0	3	10	1	4	0
Total	FL		42	93	7	24	0	8	.258	.303	.333	5	1	6	16	0	4	0
Total	AL		587	1514	123	307	3	114	.203	.247	.239	34	6	65	56	24	72	13
Total			629	1607	130	331	3	122	.206	.250	.245	39	7	71	72	24	76	13

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (May, 1901).
Sold by St. Louis Terriers to St. Louis Browns with Babe Borton, Harry Chapman, Doc Crandall, Charlie Deal, Bob Groom, Grover Hartley, Ernie Johnson, Armando Marsans, Ward Miller and Jack Tobin (February 10, 1916).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Del Pratt to New York Yankees in exchange for Les Nunamaker, Fritz Maisel, Nick Cullop, Urban Shocker, Joe Gedeon and $15000 (January 22, 1918).

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