Born:(1875-08-31)August 31, 1875 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: February 24, 1926(1926-02-24) (aged 50) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 31, 1901, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
August 6, 1917, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
326–194
Earned run average
2.35
Strikeouts
2,246
Teams
Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1914)
St. Louis Terriers (1915)
St. Louis Browns (1916–1917)
Career highlights and awards
3× World Series champion (1910, 1911, 1913)
Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
Athletics Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1946
Election method
Old-Timers Committee
Edward Stewart Plank (August 31, 1875 – February 24, 1926), nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, Plank played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 through 1914, the St. Louis Terriers in 1915, and the St. Louis Browns in 1916 and 1917.
Plank was 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 (13th all time) and first all-time in career shutouts by a left-handed pitcher with 66. Philadelphia went to the World Series five times while Plank played there, but he sat out the 1910 World Series due to an injury. Plank had only a 1.32 earned run average (ERA) in his World Series career, but he was unlucky, with a 2-5 win–loss record in those games.
Plank died of a stroke in 1926. He was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 by the Veterans Committee.
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old college rival and eventual fellow Baseball Hall of Fame member, EddiePlank. With previous victories in 1910 and 1911, the Athletics became the first...
was also implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Chief Bender and EddiePlank jumped to the rival Federal League for the 1915 season. Mack unloaded...
The opening game was a pitchers' duel between Christy Mathewson and EddiePlank. Both got out of jams, shutting the opposing offense down. In the Giants'...
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fans were fond of chanting, "If EddiePlank doesn't make you lose / We have Waddell and Bender all ready to use!" Plank holds the franchise record for...
and accomplishments of team members during their tenures as Athletics. EddiePlank holds the most franchise records as of the end of the 2023 season, with...
least one achievement of note that happened in Federal League play. EddiePlank, pitching for the St. Louis Terriers, won his milestone 300th game on...
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consecutive innings in the 2012 and 2013 ALDS. With the score tied at 1 and with Eddie Collins on second, Frank Baker blasted a two-run home run off Rube Marquard...
Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2010. "Hall of Famers: EddiePlank". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2010...
Major League Baseball. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010. "EddiePlank". statistical listing. Major League Baseball. 19 October 2010. Retrieved...
outfielder Frank Robinson, starting pitcher Jim Palmer, first baseman Eddie Murray, shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., and manager Earl Weaver. The Orioles have...
to win 300 games, and the fifth left-handed pitcher to do so, joining EddiePlank, Lefty Grove, Warren Spahn, and Steve Carlton. (Randy Johnson won his...
Chesbro, Johnny Evers, Clark Griffith, Tommy McCarthy, Joe McGinnity, EddiePlank, Joe Tinker, Rube Waddell, and Ed Walsh. The election of the 11 players...
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