Eddie Plank
MLB debut May 31, 1901 for the Philadelphia Athletics Last MLB appearance August 6, 1917 for the St. Louis Browns Career statistics Win-Loss record 326-194 Earned run average 2.35 Strikeouts 2,246 Shutouts 69 Teams Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1914) St. Louis Terriers (1915) St. Louis Browns (1916-1917) Career highlights and awards World Series Champion: 1911, 1913 American League pennant: 1902, 1905, 1914 13th-most wins in Major League history (326) 21st-best earned run average in Major League history (2.35) 2-time American League shutout leader Most career shutouts (66) by a left-hander in MLB History 8 20-win seasons Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1946 Election Method Veteran's 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 is 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.