Ed Plank vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Ed Plank
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan 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. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 5.23 and 2.032 for Ed Plank. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Plank and Doc Scanlan

Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.84
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.23
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
13.06
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.06
13.06
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.581
0.581
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
40.94
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.23
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.97
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.839
1.839
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
36.58
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Ed Plank and Doc Scanlan

Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.84
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.43
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Plank and Doc Scanlan

Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
232.55
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
600
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
534.48
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
59.1
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100