Eddie Plank

Eddie Plank
Plank in 1905
Pitcher
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.