Eddie Plank

Edward Stewart Plank (August 31, 1875 – February 24, 1926), nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is the first left-handed pitcher to win 200 games and then 300 games, and now ranks third in all-time wins among left-handers with 326 career victories (eleventh all time) and first all-time in career shutouts by a left-handed pitcher with 66.

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Eddie Plank.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1901	PHA	17-13	3.31	33	32	28	1	0	260	254	133	96	68	90
1902	PHA	20-15	3.30	36	32	31	1	0	300	319	140	110	61	107
1903	PHA	23-16	2.38	43	40	33	3	0	336	317	128	89	65	176
1904	PHA	26-17	2.17	44	43	37	7	0	357	311	111	86	86	201
1905	PHA	24-12	2.26	41	41	35	4	0	346	287	113	87	75	210
1906	PHA	19-6	2.25	26	25	21	5	0	211	173	70	53	51	108
1907	PHA	24-16	2.20	43	40	33	8	0	343	282	115	84	85	183
1908	PHA	14-16	2.17	34	28	21	4	1	244	202	71	59	46	135
1909	PHA	19-10	1.76	34	33	24	3	0	265	215	74	52	62	132
1910	PHA	16-10	2.01	38	32	22	1	2	250	218	89	56	55	123
1911	PHA	23-8	2.10	40	30	24	6	4	256	237	85	60	77	149
1912	PHA	26-6	2.22	37	30	23	5	2	259	234	90	64	83	110
1913	PHA	18-10	2.60	41	30	18	7	4	242	211	87	70	57	151
1914	PHA	15-7	2.87	34	22	12	4	3	185	178	68	59	42	110
1915	SLM	21-11	2.08	42	31	23	6	3	268	212	75	62	54	147
1916	SLB	16-15	2.33	37	26	17	3	3	235	203	78	61	67	88
1917	SLB	5-6	1.79	20	14	8	1	1	131	105	39	26	38	26
Career		326-194	-	623	529	410	69	23	-	3958	1566	1174	1072	2246

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Major League fielding statistics for Eddie Plank.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1901	PHA	33	-	6	63	5	2	0.932
1902	PHA	36	-	18	74	5	2	0.948
1903	PHA	45	-	23	85	4	1	0.964
1904	PHA	46	-	22	103	3	4	0.977
1905	PHA	41	-	24	82	6	0	0.946
1906	PHA	26	-	16	46	2	2	0.969
1907	PHA	43	-	33	88	2	4	0.984
1908	PHA	36	-	17	45	2	1	0.969
1909	PHA	35	-	11	82	1	3	0.989
1910	PHA	38	-	9	64	1	1	0.986
1911	PHA	40	-	7	71	2	2	0.975
1912	PHA	37	-	6	68	0	1	1.000
1913	PHA	41	-	6	59	2	2	0.970
1914	PHA	34	-	7	36	1	2	0.977
1915	SLM	42	-	13	58	1	4	0.986
1916	SLB	37	-	6	51	2	6	0.966
1917	SLB	20	-	5	33	1	0	0.974
Career		630	-	229	1108	40	37	-

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Major League batting statistics for Eddie Plank.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1901	PHA	33	99	10	18	0	0	0	3	0	5		0.182	0.257	0.182
1902	PHA	36	120	15	35	6	1	0	16	4	3		0.292	0.315	0.358
1903	PHA	45	134	18	25	5	1	1	8	2	0		0.187	0.199	0.261
1904	PHA	46	129	9	31	2	1	0	11	0	4		0.240	0.274	0.271
1905	PHA	41	126	12	29	3	0	0	5	0	7		0.230	0.276	0.254
1906	PHA	26	73	6	17	0	1	0	6	0	3		0.233	0.273	0.260
1907	PHA	43	123	9	26	1	1	1	9	1	6		0.211	0.254	0.260
1908	PHA	36	89	4	16	4	0	0	4	1	2		0.180	0.198	0.225
1909	PHA	35	96	5	21	2	0	1	7	2	2		0.219	0.250	0.271
1910	PHA	38	86	6	11	2	0	0	8	0	2		0.128	0.185	0.151
1911	PHA	40	94	7	18	2	0	0	10	0	5		0.191	0.232	0.213
1912	PHA	37	90	5	24	2	1	0	9	0	4		0.267	0.305	0.311
1913	PHA	41	76	8	8	1	0	0	6	0	11	16	0.105	0.244	0.118
1914	PHA	34	60	6	9	2	0	0	5	1	4	14	0.150	0.203	0.183
1915	SLM	42	93	7	24	5	1	0	8	0	6	16	0.258	0.303	0.333
1916	SLB	37	81	3	15	1	0	0	5	2	4	16	0.185	0.224	0.198
1917	SLB	20	38	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	10	0.105	0.190	0.132
Career		630	1607	130	331	39	7	3	122	13	71	72	-	-	-

First Name	Edward
Middle Name	Stewart
Last Name	Plank
Full Name at Birth	Edward Stewart Plank
Other Names	Gettysburg Eddie
Age	50 (age at death)
Date of Birth	August 31, 1875
Birthplace	Gettysburg, PA
Date of Death	February 24, 1926
Location of Death	Gettysburg, PA
Buried	Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
Height	5' 11" (180 cm)
Weight	175 lbs (79.4 kg)
Star Sign	Virgo
Nationality	American
University	Gettysburg College
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Left
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	13 May 1901
Last MLB Game	6 August 1917
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.