Bud Black vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Eddie Plank
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Eddie Plank posted a stronger line than Bud Black. Eddie Plank posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.35 vs 4.22) and WHIP (1.119 vs 1.688). By the career numbers, Eddie Plank had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Eddie Plank

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
529
1.06
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
0.65
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.39
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.69
62.69
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.91
84.91
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.82
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.14
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3958
7.92
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2246
4.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.17
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.38
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
3.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16722
33.48
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Eddie Plank

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.7
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.92
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
0.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8751
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2917
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.71
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.22
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.12
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.33
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.96
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Eddie Plank

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
212.6
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1607
542.29
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
111.7
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
95.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
13.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.36
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
16.54
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.24
34.84
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
132.62
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
143.76
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
43.87
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
41.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
84.03
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.11
38.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
23.96
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
265
89.43
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
6.71
6.71
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
25.65
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.39
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.4
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.25
81.25