Eddie Plank, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eddie Plank

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1875

Place of Birth: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1926

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.

Paul Thompson (1878–1940)
Description	photographer, sports photographer and photojournalist
Date of birth/death	circa 1878	November 1940
Work location	New York City
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