Candy Cummings vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Candy Cummings
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Eddie Plank
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Candy Cummings and Eddie Plank are fairly close on the surface numbers. Eddie Plank had the edge in WHIP (1.119 vs 1.228). 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 Candy Cummings and Eddie Plank

Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
1.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.25
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
1.06
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
0.61
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
0.65
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.39
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.39
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.67
60.67
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.69
62.69
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.59
99.59
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.91
84.91
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
0.98
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
410
0.82
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.14
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
2.42
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6449
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2149.2
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2526
10.58
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3958
7.92
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.08
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.47
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072
2.15
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
1.08
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2246
4.5
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.173
0.173
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.28
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.17
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.38
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9583
40.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.15
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1450
6.07
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
3.13
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.228
1.228
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9470
39.65
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16722
33.48
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Candy Cummings and Eddie Plank

Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
1.03
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.92
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.44
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.75
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6645
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8751
27
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2215
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2917
9
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.44
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.71
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
1.3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.26
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.12
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
2.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
1.74
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.84
86.84
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.689
1.689
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.52
42.52
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Candy Cummings and Eddie Plank

Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
247
136.72
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
212.6
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
1084
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1068
591.14
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1607
542.29
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
227
125.65
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
331
111.7
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
189
104.61
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
282
95.16
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.05
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
13.16
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.98
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
7
2.36
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
21.03
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
16.54
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
58.89
32.6
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.24
34.84
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
274
151.66
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
132.62
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
243
134.5
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
143.76
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
82.47
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
130
43.87
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
59.23
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
41.17
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
141.7
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
249
84.03
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
62.69
34.7
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.11
38.17
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
16
8.86
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
23.96
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
28.23
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
265
89.43
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.25
21.25
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
6.71
6.71
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
25.65
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.21
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.66
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.39
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.01
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.77
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.4
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.25
81.25