Eddie Plank Earned Runs
Eddie Plank Career Earned Runs Overview
During Eddie Plank's 17-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
1174 earned runs, an average of 69 earned runs per season. 1917 was his best season
with 26 earned runs and his worst season was 1902 when he had
110 earned runs. Eddie Plank is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (260.02402513399), Pre-Generational (335.8954248366), mlb (252.43564513569), SP (361.29457364341), and Y (1220.25) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
An earned run is run scored by the opposing team that is considered to be a direct result of the pitchers actions. For example a home run would be counted as an earned run since the pitcher would be directly responsible for the hit whereas a player scoring because of a position player's defensive error, or had advanced bases because of a position player's defenisve error allowing them to score later is not an earned run Generally, for Earned Runs, lower is better. (Source)
An earned run is run scored by the opposing team that is considered to be a direct result of the pitchers actions. For example a home run would be counted as an earned run since the pitcher would be directly responsible for the hit whereas a player scoring because of a position player's defensive error, or had advanced bases because of a position player's defenisve error allowing them to score later is not an earned run Generally, for Earned Runs, lower is better. (Source)