Bill Evans vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Bill Evans
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational 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 Bill Evans. Eddie Plank posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.35 vs 3.85) and WHIP (1.119 vs 1.346). 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 Bill Evans and Eddie Plank

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.78
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
1.06
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
0.65
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.93
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.39
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.69
62.69
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.91
84.91
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.82
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.14
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
3.85
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.1
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
8.69
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3958
7.92
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.42
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.92
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2246
4.5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.705
0.705
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.17
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.38
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
38.61
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.71
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.15
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.77
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
3.13
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
34.91
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16722
33.48
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Bill Evans and Eddie Plank

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.92
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.75
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8751
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2917
9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.71
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.15
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.893
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Evans and Eddie Plank

Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
390.7
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
212.6
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
558.14
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1607
542.29
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
111.7
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
95.16
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
13.16
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
2.36
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
16.54
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.79
10.96
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.24
34.84
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
132.62
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
5
69.77
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
143.76
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
43.87
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
41.17
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
84.03
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-7.24
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.11
38.17
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
23.96
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
167.44
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
89.43
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.71
6.71
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
25.65
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.39
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.4
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.25
81.25