How Ed Plank's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Ed Plank posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 6.97, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.54 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 4.05 to 12.27 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Ed Plank Lifetime Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career6.97
Season Avg.6.97
162 Game Avg.6.97
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Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Ed Plank's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Ed Plank's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ed Plank career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Plank's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Plank's seasonal Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Plank's MLB career with Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ed Plank Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table