Dizzy Dean vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Dizzy Dean
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Eddie Plank
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Eddie Plank posted a stronger line than Dizzy Dean. Eddie Plank posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.35 vs 3.02) and WHIP (1.119 vs 1.206). 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 Dizzy Dean and Eddie Plank

Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.45
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.25
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
1.05
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
1.06
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.69
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
0.65
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.38
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.39
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.38
64.38
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.69
62.69
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.56
72.56
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.91
84.91
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.7
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.82
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.14
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.14
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.05
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
3.02
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5902
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1967.1
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1919
8.78
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3958
7.92
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.43
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
2.07
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072
2.15
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1163
5.32
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246
4.5
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.821
0.821
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.17
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.38
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8171
37.38
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.35
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.15
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
774
3.54
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
3.13
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.206
1.206
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7691
35.18
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16722
33.48
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.38
37.38
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Dizzy Dean and Eddie Plank

Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.92
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.75
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8751
27
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2917
9
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.71
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dizzy Dean and Eddie Plank

Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
325
254.57
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
212.6
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
766
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
717
561.62
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1607
542.29
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
126.11
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
331
111.7
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
98.69
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
282
95.16
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.02
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
13.16
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.13
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
2.36
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.27
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.01
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
27.42
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
16.54
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49.52
38.79
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103.24
34.84
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
216
169.19
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
132.62
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
171
133.94
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
143.76
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
59.53
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
43.87
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
59.53
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
41.17
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
112.79
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
84.03
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51.35
40.22
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113.11
38.17
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.78
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.05
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
23.96
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
81.46
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
265
89.43
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.37
7.37
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
6.71
6.71
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
30.55
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
25.65
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
12
9.4
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3.92
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.39
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3.92
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.4
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
81.25
81.25