Ed Plank vs. Ariel Prieto — Career Comparison

Ed Plank
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ariel Prieto
Gen XCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ariel Prieto built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Plank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ariel Prieto posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.85 and WHIP 1.675 compared to 5.23 and 2.032 for Ed Plank. By the career numbers, Ariel Prieto had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Plank and Ariel Prieto

Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.84
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.79
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.53
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.61
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.23
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.85
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057
27
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352.1
9
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
13.06
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
10.4
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.06
13.06
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.4
10.4
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.87
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
4.5
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
5.9
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.581
0.581
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.43
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.51
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
40.94
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1607
41.05
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.23
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.97
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
5.57
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.02
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.839
1.839
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.655
1.655
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
36.58
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
35.4
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.94
40.94
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.05
41.05

Fielding Stats for Ed Plank and Ariel Prieto

Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.84
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.79
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.53
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057
27
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352.1
9
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.59
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.3
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.07
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.89
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.36
91.36
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.057
1.057
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Plank and Ariel Prieto

Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
21000
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.21
-63.2
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Ariel Prieto
Career
Per 600 PA