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Whitey Ford League
4-1-2070
Ed Plank Starting Pitcher
Retired (1953, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 3.67 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
W-L 37-19 Status Deceased (1975) Option Years 0  
SV 0 Age at Death 59 Date of Birth 01-24-1916
K 381 Drafted Round 3, Pick 48
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 2 years
(130 games)
IP 537.1
WHIP 1.27
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance C+   Ldrship
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L Velocity B+   Mentor Val B-
Speed B- Bunt B- Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 P BAL-TEX 33 33 213.2 33 1 31 1 3 +1 1.35 .970
1951 P TEX 32 31 230.0 39 0 37 2 2 -2 1.45 .949
1952 P TEX-BAL 20 16 92.0 8 0 8 0 1 0 0.78 1.000
1953 P BAL 1 1 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.42 1.000
Total 86 81 537.1 81 1 77 3 6 -1 1.31 .963
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1953-11-01Ed Plank has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1953-09-28The Baltimore Browns have waived Ed Plank.
1953-09-05The Baltimore Browns have designated Ed Plank for assignment.
1953-09-03The Baltimore Browns have promoted Ed Plank to the major league team.
1952-09-10The Baltimore Browns have promoted Randy Miller to the major league team. The Baltimore Browns have designated Ed Plank for assignment.
1952-05-21The Baltimore Browns have acquired Ed Plank from the waiver wire.
1952-05-05The Texas Titans have promoted Doc Tekulve to the major league team. The Texas Titans have designated Ed Plank for assignment.
1950-09-20A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Browns and the Texas Titans. The Texas Titans receive Marty Marion, Ed Plank from the Baltimore Browns in exchange for Draft Pick 1951 Round 2 TEX (Dick Smith), Draft Pick 1951 Round 3 TEX (Pretzel Lohr), Draft Pick 1951 Round 4 TEX (Bud Kellett).
1950-04-01The Baltimore Browns have renamed Greg Hilgendorf to Ed Plank.