What years did Eddie Plank play?

Eddie Plank played in Major League Baseball from 1901 to 1917.

Was Eddie Plank a pitcher?

Yes. Eddie Plank pitched in the major leagues, recording 326 wins and 2246 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Eddie Plank hit?

Eddie Plank hit 3 career home runs with 331 hits.

What was Eddie Plank's career batting average?

Eddie Plank batted .206 over his career, with 331 hits in 1,607 at bats.

How many RBI did Eddie Plank have?

Eddie Plank drove in 122 runs in his career.

Eddie Plank

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1901-1917)

Eddie Plank was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1901 to 1917 for the Philadelphia Athletics, the St. Louis Terriers, and the St. Louis Browns, a span of 17 seasons. Across 623 career appearances, he went 326-194 with a 2.35 ERA, 2,246 strikeouts, and 23 saves. He also batted .206 with 3 home runs. Eddie Plank was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 51914.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 9, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1946

W–L 326–194

ERA 2.35

WHIP 1.12

SO 2,246

Pitcher PIV 51914.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 175 lb
Born: 8/31/1875 in Gettysburg, PA, USA
Died: 2/24/1926 in Gettysburg, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1901-05-13
Last Game: 1917-08-06
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1946 (BBWAA)

Full name: Edward Stewart Plank

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Career Pitching Statistics

Eddie Plank — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
326	194	623	529	410	69	23	4495.7	3,958	1,174	42	1,072	2,246	2.35	51914.0

Career ERA 2.35 vs. league average 2.89 across their career seasons — 18.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Eddie Plank Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1901	PHA	AL	17	13	33	32	28	1	0	260.7	254	96	68	90	3.31	3.49 (+5%)	1649.7
1902	PHA	AL	20	15	36	32	31	1	0	300.0	319	110	61	107	3.30	3.17 (-4%)	1688.9
1903	PHA	AL	23	16	43	40	33	3	0	336.0	317	89	65	176	2.38	3.10 (+23%)	3831.7
1904	PHA	AL	26	17	44	43	37	7	0	357.3	311	86	86	201	2.17	2.66 (+18%)	3989.3
1905	PHA	AL	24	12	41	41	35	4	0	346.7	287	87	75	210	2.26	2.82 (+20%)	5035.4
1906	PHA	AL	19	6	26	25	21	5	0	211.7	173	53	51	108	2.25	2.68 (+16%)	1797.8
1907	PHA	AL	24	16	43	40	33	8	0	343.7	282	84	85	183	2.20	2.50 (+12%)	2839.7
1908	PHA	AL	14	16	34	28	21	4	1	244.7	202	59	46	135	2.17	2.40 (+10%)	4177.4
1909	PHA	AL	19	10	34	33	24	3	0	265.3	215	52	62	132	1.76	2.55 (+31%)	3241.9
1910	PHA	AL	16	10	38	32	22	1	2	250.3	218	56	55	123	2.01	2.79 (+28%)	3371.7
1911	PHA	AL	23	8	40	30	24	6	4	256.7	237	60	77	149	2.10	3.37 (+38%)	3870.8
1912	PHA	AL	26	6	37	30	23	5	2	259.7	234	64	83	110	2.22	3.36 (+34%)	1815.0
1913	PHA	AL	18	10	41	30	18	7	4	242.7	211	70	57	151	2.60	3.07 (+15%)	5008.8
1914	PHA	AL	15	7	34	22	12	4	3	185.3	178	59	42	110	2.87	2.93 (+2%)	3560.6
1915	SLF	FL	21	11	42	31	23	6	3	268.3	212	62	54	147	2.08	2.90 (+28%)	6346.0
1916	SLA	AL	16	15	37	26	17	3	3	235.7	203	61	67	88	2.33	2.78 (+16%)	700.4
1917	SLA	AL	5	6	20	14	8	1	1	131.0	105	26	38	26	1.79	2.69 (+34%)	-1011.1
Career · 17 seasons			326	194	623	529	410	69	23	4,495.2	3,958	1,174	1,072	2,246	2.35	—	51,914

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Eddie Plank — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
630	1,607	130	331	39	7	3	122	13	71	265	.206	.250	.245	.495	-5,255

Career AVG .206 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — 18.9% below league average.

Career OBP .250 vs. league average .316 across their career seasons — 20.9% below league average.

Career SLG .245 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 26.4% below league average.

Career OPS .495 vs. league average .649 across their career seasons — 23.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Eddie Plank Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1901	PHA	AL	33	99	10	18	0	0	0	3	0	5	13	.182	.271 (-33%)	.326 (-21%)	.359 (-49%)	.686 (-36%)	-505.8
1902	PHA	AL	36	120	15	35	6	1	0	16	4	3	4	.292	.266 (+9%)	.321 (-2%)	.343 (+4%)	.665 (+1%)	-5.8
1903	PHA	AL	45	134	18	25	5	1	1	8	2	0	23	.187	.261 (-29%)	.316 (-37%)	.345 (-24%)	.662 (-31%)	-635.0
1904	PHA	AL	46	129	9	31	2	1	0	11	0	4	22	.240	.246 (-3%)	.300 (-9%)	.321 (-16%)	.622 (-12%)	-220.5
1905	PHA	AL	41	126	12	29	3	0	0	5	0	7	17	.230	.248 (-7%)	.307 (-10%)	.322 (-21%)	.629 (-16%)	-271.0
1906	PHA	AL	26	73	6	17	0	1	0	6	0	3	12	.233	.247 (-6%)	.307 (-11%)	.315 (-17%)	.622 (-14%)	-148.6
1907	PHA	AL	43	123	9	26	1	1	1	9	1	6	22	.211	.245 (-14%)	.304 (-17%)	.308 (-16%)	.613 (-16%)	-283.6
1908	PHA	AL	36	89	4	16	4	0	0	4	1	2	11	.180	.240 (-25%)	.298 (-34%)	.306 (-27%)	.605 (-30%)	-384.6
1909	PHA	AL	35	96	5	21	2	0	1	7	2	2	16	.219	.244 (-10%)	.306 (-18%)	.312 (-13%)	.618 (-16%)	-222.8
1910	PHA	AL	38	86	6	11	2	0	0	8	0	2	18	.128	.249 (-49%)	.317 (-42%)	.326 (-54%)	.644 (-48%)	-591.0
1911	PHA	AL	40	94	7	18	2	0	0	10	0	5	17	.191	.266 (-28%)	.336 (-31%)	.356 (-40%)	.693 (-36%)	-522.1
1912	PHA	AL	37	90	5	24	2	1	0	9	0	4	18	.267	.268 (-1%)	.335 (-9%)	.358 (-13%)	.694 (-11%)	-161.5
1913	PHA	AL	41	76	8	8	1	0	0	6	0	11	16	.105	.259 (-59%)	.325 (-25%)	.345 (-66%)	.670 (-46%)	-483.0
1914	PHA	AL	34	60	6	9	2	0	0	5	1	4	14	.150	.255 (-41%)	.322 (-37%)	.339 (-46%)	.661 (-42%)	-371.9
1915	SLF	FL	42	93	7	24	5	1	0	8	0	6	16	.258	.250 (+3%)	.318 (-5%)	.332 (avg)	.651 (-2%)	-49.5
1916	SLA	AL	37	81	3	15	1	0	0	5	2	4	16	.185	.248 (-25%)	.314 (-29%)	.326 (-40%)	.640 (-34%)	-398.2
1917	SLA	AL	20	38	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	10	.105	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			630	1,607	130	331	39	7	3	122	13	71	265	.206	—	—	—	—	-5,255

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Eddie Plank — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111

Playoff Batting by Year

Eddie Plank — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	SO	AVG
1914	WS	PHA	1	2	0	1	.000
1913	WS	PHA	2	7	1	0	.143
1911	WS	PHA	2	3	0	2	.000
1905	WS	PHA	2	6	1	2	.167

Playoff Career Pitching

Eddie Plank — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	5	7	6	0	54.7	37	8	11	32	1.32

Playoff Pitching by Year

Eddie Plank — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1914	WS	PHA	0	1	1	1	9.0	7	1	4	6	1.00
1913	WS	PHA	1	1	2	2	19.0	9	2	3	7	0.95
1911	WS	PHA	1	1	2	1	9.7	6	2	0	8	1.86
1905	WS	PHA	0	2	2	2	17.0	15	3	4	11	1.59

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Eddie Plank — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	314	790	74	169	1	59	.214
Away	315	807	56	161	2	62	.200

Pitching — Home / Away

Eddie Plank — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	312	2329.1	1983	426	523	1241	1.65
Away	311	2160.0	1978	472	555	1033	1.97

Last 10 Games — Batting

Eddie Plank — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1917-08-06	SLA	MIN	L	2	0	0	0	1	0
1917-08-02	SLA	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1917-07-28	SLA	BOS	L	5	1	0	0	0	1
1917-07-22	SLA	MIN	W	2	0	0	0	0	0
1917-07-17	SLA	BOS	W	4	0	0	0	0	2
1917-07-10	SLA	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	1	0
1917-07-08	SLA	NYY	W	1	0	0	0	0	0
1917-07-04	SLA	CLE	L	2	0	0	0	0	2
1917-06-30	SLA	DET	W	3	1	1	1	0	1
1917-06-28	SLA	CLE	W	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Eddie Plank — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1917-08-06	SLA	MIN	L	10.1	5	1	1	3	3	0
1917-08-02	SLA	NYY	L	7.0	4	3	2	3	1	0
1917-07-28	SLA	BOS	L	11.2	9	3	1	5	0	0
1917-07-22	SLA	MIN	W	9.0	7	0	0	2	0	0
1917-07-17	SLA	BOS	W	9.0	5	2	2	0	3	0
1917-07-10	SLA	NYY	—	6.0	6	5	5	1	3	1
1917-07-08	SLA	NYY	SV	3.2	0	0	0	1	2	0
1917-07-04	SLA	CLE	L	7.0	7	3	3	4	3	0
1917-06-30	SLA	DET	W	9.0	9	3	1	5	3	0
1917-06-28	SLA	CLE	—	2.0	4	0	0	2	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Eddie Plank — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	623	242	229	1108	40	37

Season-by-Season Fielding

Eddie Plank — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1901	PHA	P	33	0	6	63	5	2
1902	PHA	P	36	0	18	74	5	2
1903	PHA	P	43	0	23	85	4	1
1904	PHA	P	44	43	22	103	3	4
1905	PHA	P	41	41	24	82	6	0
1906	PHA	P	26	25	16	46	2	2
1907	PHA	P	43	40	33	88	2	4
1908	PHA	P	34	28	17	45	2	1
1909	PHA	P	34	33	11	82	1	3
1910	PHA	P	38	32	9	64	1	1
1911	PHA	P	40	0	7	71	2	2
1912	PHA	P	37	0	6	68	0	1
1913	PHA	P	41	0	6	59	2	2
1914	PHA	P	34	0	7	36	1	2
1915	SLF	P	42	0	13	58	1	4
1916	SLA	P	37	0	6	51	2	6
1917	SLA	P	20	0	5	33	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Eddie Plank Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	623

Awards & Honors

Eddie Plank — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1914	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1912	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P5
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2

College History

Eddie Plank — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Gettysburg College	Gettysburg	PA	1900, 1901

Award Voting History

Eddie Plank — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1914	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	5.0	64	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Eddie Plank

What years did Eddie Plank play?: Eddie Plank played in Major League Baseball from 1901 to 1917.
Was Eddie Plank a pitcher?: Yes. Eddie Plank pitched in the major leagues, recording 326 wins and 2246 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Eddie Plank hit?: Eddie Plank hit 3 career home runs with 331 hits.
Is Eddie Plank in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Eddie Plank was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
What was Eddie Plank's career batting average?: Eddie Plank batted .206 over his career, with 331 hits in 1,607 at bats.
How many RBI did Eddie Plank have?: Eddie Plank drove in 122 runs in his career.