Ed Cole vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eddie Plank
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eddie Plank built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Cole as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eddie Plank posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.35 and WHIP 1.119 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Eddie Plank had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Eddie Plank

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
1.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
0.65
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.69
62.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.91
84.91
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.05
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3958
7.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2246
4.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.17
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.38
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.15
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
3.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16722
33.48
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Eddie Plank

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8751
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2917
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Eddie Plank

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
212.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1607
542.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
111.7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
95.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
13.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
16.54
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.24
34.84
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
132.62
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
143.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
43.87
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
41.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
84.03
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.11
38.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
23.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
89.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.71
6.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
25.65
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.25
81.25