Jim Palmer vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Jim Palmer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-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 Jim Palmer. Eddie Plank posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.35 vs 2.86) and WHIP (1.119 vs 1.190). 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 Jim Palmer and Eddie Plank

Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
1.27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.25
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
1.19
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
529
1.06
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
0.61
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
0.65
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.35
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.39
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.81
63.81
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.69
62.69
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.37
93.37
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.91
84.91
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
0.48
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.82
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.14
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1253
2.86
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11844
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3948
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3349
7.63
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3958
7.92
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
0.69
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1311
2.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.15
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.08
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2212
5.04
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246
4.5
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.19
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.17
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.09
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.38
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16114
36.73
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.03
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.15
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
3.18
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
3.13
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.26
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.17
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.44
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14575
33.23
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16722
33.48
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.73
36.73
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Jim Palmer and Eddie Plank

Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
1.27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.92
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
1.19
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
0.75
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11843
27
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8751
27
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3947.2
9
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2917
9
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
0.67
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.71
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
1.32
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.08
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
903
2.06
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
869
1.98
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.557
1.557
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.37
93.37
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.12
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.11
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Palmer and Eddie Plank

Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
576
643.58
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
212.6
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
537
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
489
546.37
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1607
542.29
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
85
94.97
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
111.7
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
72
80.45
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
95.16
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10.06
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
13.16
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.36
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.35
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.01
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
13
14.53
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
16.54
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
22.01
24.59
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.24
34.84
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
105
117.32
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
132.62
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
101
112.85
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
143.76
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
58.1
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
43.87
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
45.81
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
41.17
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
100.56
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
84.03
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
17.57
19.63
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.11
38.17
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
17.88
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
23.96
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
231.28
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
89.43
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.71
6.71
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
34.64
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
25.65
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.39
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Jim Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.4
Jim Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
81.25
81.25