Bob Gibson vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Bob Gibson
Silent GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-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 Bob Gibson. Eddie Plank posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.35 vs 2.91) and WHIP (1.119 vs 1.218). 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 Bob Gibson and Eddie Plank

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.25
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
529
1.06
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.58
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
0.65
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
0.4
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.39
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.06
59.06
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.69
62.69
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.91
84.91
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.59
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.82
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.13
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.14
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
2.91
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11653
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3884.1
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
7.6
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3958
7.92
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
0.6
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1336
3.1
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.15
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3117
7.22
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2246
4.5
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.25
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.17
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.24
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.38
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16068
37.23
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.15
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1420
3.29
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
3.13
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.14
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.1
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.188
1.188
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14525
33.65
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16722
33.48
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.23
37.23
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Bob Gibson and Eddie Plank

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.92
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
0.75
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11654
27
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8751
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.2
9
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2917
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
0.67
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.71
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
1.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
817
1.89
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
1.8
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.86
94.86
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.11
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.11
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gibson and Eddie Plank

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
596
240.16
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
212.6
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
1489
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
1328
535.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1607
542.29
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
274
110.41
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
111.7
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
201
80.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
95.16
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
17.73
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
39
13.16
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.36
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
9.67
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.01
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
29.42
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
49
16.54
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.39
41.66
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
103.24
34.84
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
400
161.18
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
393
132.62
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
345
139.02
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
143.76
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
53.19
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
130
43.87
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
58.03
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
122
41.17
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
252
101.54
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
249
84.03
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99.39
40.05
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113.11
38.17
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
3.22
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
25.39
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
23.96
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
415
167.23
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
89.43
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.71
6.71
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
29.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
25.65
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.25
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
5.24
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.24
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
13
4.39
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.03
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.01
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
9.27
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
16
5.4
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
56.52
56.52
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.25
81.25