MLB / Players

Eddie Plank

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb

BornAugust 31, 1875 · Gettysburg, PA, USA

MLB debutMay 13, 1901

Final gameAugust 6, 1917

Seasons17 (1901–1917)

Philadelphia Athletics 1901–1914; St. Louis Terriers 1915; St. Louis Browns 1916–1917

Percentile snapshot

1916 season — qualified pitchers

52.2

72.2

14.4

81.1

75.6

SHO

63.3

203

31.1

48.9

62.2

235.7

65.6

ERA

2.33

WHIP

1.146

63.3

K/9

3.36

31.1

FIP

2.62

63.3

FIP-

95.5

62.2

ERA+

117.6

67.8

sWAR

3.5

73.3

of 91 qualified 1916 pitchers (min 158 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

122.7

92.3

sWAR

75.4

99.7

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1901	33	111	99	10	18	0	0	0	3	5	13	0	0	.182	.257	.182	.439	34.0	20.9	.225	3.6
1902	36	128	120	15	35	6	1	0	16	3	4	4	0	.292	.315	.358	.673	81.8	83.5	.314	4.8
1903	45	138	134	18	25	5	1	1	8	0	23	2	0	.187	.199	.261	.460	30.3	34.7	.211	6.0
1904	46	141	129	9	31	2	1	0	11	4	22	0	0	.240	.274	.271	.545	67.8	70.2	.262	6.2
1905	41	136	126	12	29	3	0	0	5	7	17	0	0	.230	.276	.254	.530	68.4	68.3	.261	5.5
1906	26	82	73	6	17	0	1	0	6	3	12	0	0	.233	.273	.260	.533	64.4	65.9	.262	3.6
1907	43	138	123	9	26	1	1	1	9	6	22	1	0	.211	.254	.260	.514	60.8	62.8	.254	5.2
1908	36	92	89	4	16	4	0	0	4	2	11	1	0	.180	.198	.225	.423	27.5	35.3	.205	3.3
1909	35	102	96	5	21	2	0	1	7	2	16	2	0	.219	.250	.271	.521	57.8	63.3	.255	5.6
1910	38	94	86	6	11	2	0	0	8	2	18	0	0	.128	.185	.151	.336	7.0	7.6	.175	3.3
1911	40	105	94	7	18	2	0	0	10	5	17	0	0	.191	.232	.213	.445	27.7	26.8	.221	5.6
1912	37	106	90	5	24	2	1	0	9	4	18	0	2	.267	.305	.311	.616	79.1	79.9	.300	5.8
1913	41	96	76	8	8	1	0	0	6	11	16	0	0	.105	.244	.118	.363	19.5	8.1	.211	3.1
1914	34	71	60	6	9	2	0	0	5	4	14	1	1	.150	.203	.183	.386	9.6	17.3	.198	1.3
1915	42	103	93	7	24	5	1	0	8	6	16	0	0	.258	.303	.333	.636	83.9	86.9	.306	6.4
1916	37	89	81	3	15	1	0	0	5	4	16	2	0	.185	.224	.198	.421	20.0	28.6	.212	3.5
1917	20	46	38	0	4	1	0	0	2	3	10	0	0	.105	.190	.132	.322	-2.3	-0.8	.176	2.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1901	33	32	17	13	0	28	1	254	96	68	90	3	260.7	3.31	1.235	3.11	3.24	85.4	114.4	3.6
1902	36	32	20	15	0	31	1	319	110	61	107	5	300.0	3.30	1.267	3.21	3.10	84.5	111.1	4.8
1903	43	40	23	16	0	33	3	317	89	65	176	5	336.0	2.38	1.137	4.71	2.71	88.4	128.4	6.0
1904	44	43	26	17	0	37	7	311	86	86	201	2	357.3	2.17	1.111	5.06	2.33	87.5	123.1	6.2
1905	41	41	24	12	0	35	4	287	87	75	210	3	346.7	2.26	1.044	5.45	2.22	83.7	117.3	5.5
1906	26	25	19	6	0	21	5	173	53	51	108	1	211.7	2.25	1.058	4.59	2.45	90.1	120.9	3.6
1907	43	40	24	16	0	33	8	282	84	85	183	5	343.7	2.20	1.068	4.79	2.36	91.6	117.0	5.2
1908	34	28	14	16	1	21	4	202	59	46	135	1	244.7	2.17	1.014	4.97	1.87	76.3	113.2	3.3
1909	34	33	19	10	0	24	3	215	52	62	132	1	265.3	1.76	1.044	4.48	2.13	85.3	141.8	5.6
1910	38	32	16	10	2	22	1	218	56	55	123	3	250.3	2.01	1.091	4.42	2.18	90.3	119.7	3.3
1911	40	30	23	8	4	24	6	237	60	77	149	2	256.7	2.10	1.223	5.22	2.92	90.7	152.9	5.6
1912	37	30	26	6	2	23	5	234	64	83	110	1	259.7	2.22	1.221	3.81	3.18	99.4	144.3	5.8
1913	41	30	18	10	4	18	7	211	70	57	151	3	242.7	2.60	1.104	5.60	2.18	76.3	110.2	3.1
1914	34	22	15	7	3	12	4	178	59	42	110	2	185.3	2.87	1.187	5.34	2.07	77.2	93.6	1.3
1915	42	31	21	11	3	23	6	212	62	54	147	1	268.3	2.08	.991	4.93	2.08	68.7	145.8	6.4
1916	37	26	16	15	3	17	3	203	61	67	88	2	235.7	2.33	1.146	3.36	2.62	95.5	117.6	3.5
1917	20	14	5	6	1	8	1	105	26	38	26	2	131.0	1.79	1.092	1.79	2.86	109.3	146.4	2.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

630

1,778

1,607

130

331

RBI

122

265

.2060

OBP

.2503

SLG

.2446

OPS

.4949

Pitching

G (P)

623

207th-most career G (P)

529

38th-most career GS

326

13th-most career W

194

49th-most career L

410

16th-most career CG

SHO

5th-most career SHO

4,496

28th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,246

62nd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,072

85th-most career BB allowed

ERA

2.350

21st-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1189

37th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.50

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1903-05-06	ATH @ NYY Gameday	4	2	3	2	1	0	1	7
1902-09-20	BOS @ ATH Gameday	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	5
1904-05-18	BAL @ ATH Gameday	4	2	3	0	1	0	0	5
1907-07-03	ATH @ NYY Gameday	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	5
1909-08-10	DET @ ATH Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1904-07-23	CLE @ ATH Gameday	9.0	9	4	4	1	12
1905-09-28	CWS @ ATH Gameday	9.0	3	2	0	2	12
1913-04-30	MIN @ ATH Gameday	9.0	6	2	2	1	12
1914-09-09	BOS @ ATH Gameday	11.0	6	2	0	3	11
1907-09-25	CWS @ ATH Gameday	9.0	2	0	0	2	11

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1946 (Old Timers)

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.