Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Pitching Comparison

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	417	279	.599	2.17	802	666	127	531	110	34	5914.1	4913	1902	1424	97	1363		3509	205	4	154	23415	6737	147	2.38	1.061	7.5	0.1	2.1	5.3
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	326	194	.627	2.35	623	529	77	410	69	23	4495.2	3958	1566	1174	42	1072		2246	190	6	88	17814	5278	122	2.45	1.119	7.9	0.1	2.1	4.5

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	3	3	.500	2.52	6	5	1	5	1	0	50.0	56	20	14	4	15	3	35	3	0	1	212	77			1.420	10.1	0.7	2.7	6.3
2	Eddie Plank	29-38	1905	1914	2	5	.286	1.32	7	6	1	6	0	0	54.2	37	11	8	0	11	2	32	4	0	1	215	57			0.878	6.1	0.0	1.8	5.3

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Value

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	154.2	96.7
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	623	529	4495.2	87.7	48.1

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals Against

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	6737	16659	2921	607	204	234	194	54.67	18	167	317	84	.295	.361	.306	.666	91	.076	.343	1461	5091	897	6481	6737
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	623	529	4495.2	5278	4791	946	135	51	93	83	52.84	9	29	110	24	.826	1.007	.295	1.302	312	.056	.939	416	1413	197	5220	5278

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	77	188	38	11	3	6	3	66.67	0	6	4	2	.298	.356	.452	.808		.154	.344	29	85	18	74	77
2	Eddie Plank	29-38	1905	1914	7	6	54.2	57	193	31	6	0	6	3	66.67	1	2	6	1	.192	.249	.223	.472		.031	.228	13	43	6	52	57

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Starting & Relieving

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	372	56	51.4	84	21	25	15	69.4	127	136
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	197	37	39.2	44	10	23	4	85.2	77	94

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	2	40	56.8	0	0				1	1
2	Eddie Plank	29-38	1905	1914	6	100	72.8	0	0				1	1

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Ratios

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	15.0	5.8	9.2
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	623	529	4495.2	12.6	6.0	6.6

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	16.5	7.1	9.4
2	Eddie Plank	29-38	1905	1914	7	6	54.2	14.9	5.1	9.8

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Pitch Summary

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1		98
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	623	529	4495.2

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	733	136	463	63.17
2	Eddie Plank	29-38	1905	1914	7	6	54.2	480	118	297	61.88

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Walter Johnson	10	6	.625	0.78	17	14	2	14	4	0	139.0	111	38	12	1	25	1	89	3	0	4	539	0.978	7.2	0.1	1.6	5.8
2	Eddie Plank	4	10	.286	1.21	17	14	3	11	1	1	126.1	104	37	17	0	30	1	65	11	0	4	499	1.061	7.4	0.0	2.1	4.6

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Game Logs

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Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Walter Johnson	WSH	1917-08-06	SHO(11), W	11.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	39	8	36	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	1	89			0.8	4.40			1.42
2	Eddie Plank	SLB	1917-08-06	CG(11), L	10.1	5	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	38	8	35	5	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	79			0.3	2.60			1.48
3	Walter Johnson	WSH	1917-06-01	CG(10), L	10.0	6	4	1	3	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	37	10	33	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	71			-0.3	0.00			1.18
4	Eddie Plank	SLB	1917-06-01	GS-8	8.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	7	27	6	0	0	1	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	64			0.0	1.20			0.59
5	Walter Johnson	WSH	1916-08-23 (2)	CG, W	7.0	9	2	2	0	0	1		4	0	0	0	30	10	28	8	1	0				10		1	0	1	54
6	Eddie Plank	SLB	1916-08-23 (2)	CG, L	7.0	10	4	3	1	0	2		3	2	0	0	33	14	28	9	1	0				11		1	0	1	44
7	Walter Johnson	WSH	1916-07-07	CG, L	9.0	8	5	2	3	0	1		3	0	0	0	35	9	33	8	0	0				8		1	0	0	59
8	Eddie Plank	SLB	1916-07-07	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	4		4	0	0	0	34	9	30	5	0	0				5		0	0	0	77
9	Walter Johnson	WSH	1914-05-08		3.0	7	6	6	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	18	10	15										0
10	Eddie Plank	PHA	1914-05-08	GS-	5.0	6	4	4	0	0	2		2	1	0	2	23	9	20										0		39
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Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Eddie Plank (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Eddie Plank (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1912	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1913	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1917	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	1	0	0	0	0

Eddie Plank (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Eddie Plank (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1912	1912-06-29	PHA	WSH	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
2	1912	1912-06-29	PHA	WSH	ahead 1-2	t5	---	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
3	1912	1912-09-27	PHA	WSH	tied 4-4	b10	1--	0		Groundout: P-2B/Forceout at 2B
4	1912	1912-09-27	PHA	WSH	tied 4-4	b12	1--	1		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
5	1912	1912-09-27	PHA	WSH	tied 4-4	b14	-2-	2		Strikeout
6	1912	1912-09-27	PHA	WSH	tied 4-4	b17	1--	0		Strikeout
7	1913	1913-04-30	PHA	WSH	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
8	1913	1913-04-30	PHA	WSH	tied 0-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout
9	1913	1913-04-30	PHA	WSH	tied 0-0	b8	---	0		Strikeout
10	1917	1917-06-01	SLB	WSH	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
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Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Eddie Plank (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Eddie Plank (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1912	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	0
2	1913	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1917	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.059	.059	.059	.118	0	0	0	0	0

Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Eddie Plank (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Eddie Plank (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1912	1912-06-29	WSH	PHA	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1912	1912-06-29	WSH	PHA	down 2-1	b5	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
3	1912	1912-06-29	WSH	PHA	down 2-1	b7	---	2		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
4	1912	1912-09-27	WSH	PHA	tied 4-4	t12	---	0		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
5	1912	1912-09-27	WSH	PHA	tied 4-4	t14	-23	1		Strikeout
6	1912	1912-09-27	WSH	PHA	tied 4-4	t16	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
7	1912	1912-09-27	WSH	PHA	tied 4-4	t19	1--	0		Single to P/Bunt; A. Williams to 2B
8	1913	1913-04-30	WSH	PHA	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout (C-1B)
9	1913	1913-04-30	WSH	PHA	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball)
10	1913	1913-04-30	WSH	PHA	tied 0-0	t8	---	1		Strikeout
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Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Comparison

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Totals

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	2324	241	547	94	41	24	255	13	4	110	419	.235	.274	.342	.616	76	795		13	70		0
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	630	1783	1607	130	331	39	7	3	122	13	3	71	265	.206	.250	.245	.495	48	393		24	76

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	0		0
2	Eddie Plank	29-38	1905	1914	7	18	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	2		0	0		0

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Value

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	12.7	12.2	12.9	-0.1	-83	0	2	0
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	630	1783	3.3	3.2	3.4	-0.1	-101	0	1	0

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Sabermetric

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	159	670	718	1851	224	.278	472	-83	-9.5	.107	5.5	50.0	8
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	630	1783	49	426	428	1355	98	.245	249	-103	-11.8	.039	6.1	25.0	4

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	0	2	3	18	0	.118	0			.000	6.7		0
2	Eddie Plank	29-38	1905	1914	7	18	0	2	2	16	0	.154	0			.000	3.6

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Win Probability

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	-2.5	-1.3	-1.1	-2.58	-0.2	-21.01	1.09
2	Eddie Plank	25-41	1901	1917	630	1783	-1.9	-1.6	-0.2	-10.30	-1.1	-17.08	1.03

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Head-to-Head Batting

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Walter Johnson	17	52	51	4	6	1	1	0	2	0		1	13	.118	.135	.176	.311	9		0	0		0
2	Eddie Plank	17	47	44	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		2	15	.114	.152	.114	.266	5		0	1		0

Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Game Logs

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Eddie Plank vs. Walter Johnson: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Walter Johnson	WSH	1917-08-06	*	11	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.79	-0.160	0.00	0.00%	-0.90			P
2	Eddie Plank	SLB	1917-08-06	*	11	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	1		0	1.62	-0.041	0.00	0.00%	-0.08			P
3	Walter Johnson	WSH	1917-06-01	*	10	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.35	-0.025	0.06	0.00%	-0.51			P
4	Eddie Plank	SLB	1917-06-01	*	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.70	-0.032	0.20	-0.01%	-0.25			P
5	Walter Johnson	WSH	1916-08-23 (2)	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	0										P
6	Eddie Plank	SLB	1916-08-23 (2)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
7	Walter Johnson	WSH	1916-07-07	*	10	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0										P
8	Eddie Plank	SLB	1916-07-07	*	10	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0										P
9	Walter Johnson	WSH	1914-05-08		1	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
10	Eddie Plank	PHA	1914-05-08	*	1	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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