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About Eddie Plank
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Plank
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 (eleventh 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 elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3777/eddie-plank
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as a 25 year old rookie out of Gettysburg College in 1901, he was the winningest lefthander in Major League history until Warren Spahn. Pitching mostly for Connie Mack's great Philadelphia A's teams, he won 327 games between 1901 and 1917. Eddie was famous for his sidearm curve known as the "cross-fire" that cut across the plate at an angle disconcerting to batters. Although the A's had other pitchers that were more glamorous like Rube Waddell and Chief Bender, Plank was the work horse and a consistent winner year in and year out. Connie Mack considered Plank to be the greatest left handed pitcher ever, and the consistent winner of his Philadelphia teams. Babe Ruth considered Eddie Plank to be the toughest pitcher he ever had to face, and Ty Cobb ranked him as the greatest left handed pitcher of the pre-war era. By the time his career ended with the St. Louis Browns in 1917, he had accrued a 327-193 won-loss record, with a remarkable 2.34 era, 69 shutouts (fifth all-time), and 412 complete games. He was very unlucky in World Series play, only because he usually went head to head with fellow Pennsylvanian Christy Mathewson. His World Series record was only 2-5 with a 1.32 ERA over 54 innings. A serious, self-contained man, he was deliberate on the mound, often talking to the baseball before he threw it. He was well respected and loved by his teammates, especially fellow pitchers Chief Bender and Jack Coombs and second baseman Eddie Collins. After his retirement, he pitched in the Bethlehem Steel League and later opened a car dealership in Gettysburg. He passed away one day after suffering a stroke at his home in Gettysburg at the age of 50.
Bio by: Frank Russo
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Eddie Plank's Timeline
| 1875 |
August 30, 1875
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Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1915 |
October 18, 1915
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Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1926 |
February 24, 1926
Age 50
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Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
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February 24, 1926
Age 50
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Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
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