August 31, 1875, Eddie Plank is born in, Gettysburgh, PA, He was the fourth of seven children born to Martha McCreary and David Plank. His father was a school director and tax collector in Gettysburg. Plank did not play baseball until the age of 17, when he started playing for local teams in the Gettysburg area. He practiced pitching by throwing a baseball against his barn door, drawing lectures from his father for all the dents he left. When Plank was about 22, Frank Foreman, the pitching coach at Gettysburg College, asked him to try out for the school’s baseball team. History books often erroneously state that Plank graduated from Gettysburg College. He attended Gettysburg Academy, a prep school affiliated with the college. However, he played for the college’s team without ever being enrolled there. He will eventually sign with the Philadelphia A’s and debut in 1901, during his 17-year career, Eddie Plank won 326 games, setting the record at the time for most wins by a left-hander.
As of this writing there is a restaurant named after Eddie Plank, in Gettysburgh, PA. We had a fantastic dinner there in 2021.
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