Eddie Plank
1901–1917 · bats L / throws L · Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Terriers
630G
.206AVG
.250OBP
.245SLG
More career statistics
331H
3HR
122RBI
13SB
326–194W–L
4,495.2IP
2,246K
2.35ERA
529GS
23SV
12Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 630 | 629 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,607 | 1,597 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Doubles | 39 | 40 |
| Batting · Hits | 331 | 330 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 72 | 234 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,778 | 1,770 |
| Batting · RBI | 122 | 121 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 13 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 71 | 70 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 17,836 | 17,360 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,174 | 1,008 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,958 | 3,960 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 13,487 | 13,467 |
| Pitching · p k | 2,246 | 2,275 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,072 | 1,078 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 630 | 1,778 | 1,607 | 130 | 331 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 122 | 71 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 393 | .206 | .250 | .245 | .495 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,495.7 | 623 | 529 | 410 | 326 | 194 | 23 | 3,958 | 1,566 | 1,174 | 41 | 1,072 | 2,246 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 1.119 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1902-05-28 to 1902-06-28
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1904-09-10 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1903-09-11 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1901-07-22 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 314 | 871 | 169 | 1 | 60 | 35 | 122 | .214 | .234 | .254 |
| Away | 315 | 899 | 161 | 2 | 61 | 35 | 112 | .200 | .218 | .238 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 132 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 23 | .197 | .227 | .230 |
| May | 107 | 308 | 66 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 32 | .237 | .263 | .297 |
| June | 115 | 329 | 61 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 37 | .213 | .231 | .245 |
| July | 123 | 336 | 51 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 50 | .166 | .185 | .198 |
| August | 109 | 321 | 57 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 42 | .197 | .218 | .239 |
| September | 115 | 314 | 63 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 43 | .221 | .232 | .260 |
| October | 12 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .286 | .267 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 107 | 310 | 65 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 40 | .229 | .245 | .261 |
| boston-red-sox | 94 | 265 | 48 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 40 | .206 | .226 | .245 |
| chicago-white-sox | 92 | 248 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 41 | .154 | .169 | .193 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 77 | 237 | 47 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 34 | .221 | .245 | .249 |
| cleveland-guardians | 72 | 185 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 26 | .155 | .168 | .173 |
| st-louis-browns | 66 | 201 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 17 | .214 | .224 | .258 |
| new-york-yankees | 59 | 156 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 22 | .246 | .269 | .326 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .156 | .176 | .156 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 98 | 18 | – | 3 | – | .184 | 260 | 91 |
| 1902 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 119 | 35 | – | 16 | 4 | .294 | 295 | 112 |
| 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics | 45 | 134 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .187 | 337 | 176 |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 45 | 129 | 31 | – | 10 | – | .240 | 357 | 207 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 127 | 29 | – | 5 | – | .228 | 344 | 213 |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 72 | 16 | – | 4 | – | .222 | 211 | 108 |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 124 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .210 | 344 | 193 |
| 1908 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 89 | 16 | – | 4 | 1 | .180 | 244 | 137 |
| 1909 | Philadelphia Athletics | 35 | 95 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .221 | 263 | 131 |
| 1910 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 86 | 11 | – | 7 | 1 | .128 | 251 | 126 |
| 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 94 | 18 | – | 9 | – | .191 | 256 | 148 |
| 1912 | Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 90 | 24 | – | 9 | – | .267 | 260 | 112 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 74 | 8 | – | 6 | – | .108 | 243 | 151 |
| 1914 | Philadelphia Athletics | 34 | 59 | 9 | – | 5 | 1 | .153 | 186 | 112 |
| 1915 |  St. Louis Terriers | 42 | 90 | 24 | – | 10 | – | .267 | 268 | 140 |
| 1916 |  St. Louis Browns | 37 | 80 | 15 | – | 5 | – | .188 | 236 | 89 |
| 1917 | St. Louis Browns | 20 | 37 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .108 | 128 | 29 |