Ted Wilks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 178lb (175cm, 80kg)

Born: November 13, 1915 in Fulton, NY us

Died: August 21, 1989 in Houston, TX

Buried: Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster, TX

Debut: April 25, 1944 (Age 28-164d, 9,691st in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1953 (Age 37-265d)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Theodore Wilks

Nicknames: Cork

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.3

ERA

3.26

385

913.0

403

WHIP

1.221

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1938	22	STL-min	AA,A1	7	7	.500	3.39	38	14	3	7	0		154.0	137	77	58		69		81	0	2	0				1.338	8.0		4.0	4.7	1.17	ROC,HSN IL,TL
1939	23	STL-min	A1	14	15	.483	2.60	45	23					235.0	229	92	68		62									1.238	8.8		2.4			HSN TL
1940	24	STL-min	A1	13	10	.565	2.51	47						197.0	187	63	55		44									1.173	8.5		2.0			HSN TL
1941	25	STL-min	A1	20	10	.667	2.50	40						248.0	261	95	69		41									1.218	9.5		1.5			HSN TL
1942	26	STL-min	AA	12	9	.571	2.41	32	20	5	12	3		164.0	136	62	44		40		78	3	1	0				1.073	7.5		2.2	4.3	1.95	CLB AA
1943	27	STL-min	AA	16	8	.667	2.66	38	26	9	13	0		240.0	236	80	71		46		132	2	0	1				1.175	8.9		1.7	5.0	2.87	CLB AA
1944	28	STL	NL	17	4	.810	2.64	36	21	10	16	4	0	207.2	173	61	61	12	49	3	70	1	0	1	820	135	3.47	1.069	7.5	0.5	2.1	3.0	1.43	MVP-24
1945	29	STL	NL	4	7	.364	2.93	18	16	1	4	1	0	98.1	103	39	32	9	29	3	28	1	0	0	417	129	4.23	1.342	9.4	0.8	2.7	2.6	0.97
1946	30	STL	NL	8	0	1.000	3.41	40	4	18	0	0	1	95.0	88	41	36	13	38	7	40	2	0	0	404	102	4.78	1.326	8.3	1.2	3.6	3.8	1.05
1947	31	STL	NL	4	0	1.000	5.01	37	0	19	0	0	5	50.1	57	33	28	10	11	1	28	2	0	0	221	83	4.91	1.351	10.2	1.8	2.0	5.0	2.55
1948	32	STL	NL	6	6	.500	2.62	57	2	27	1	0	13	130.2	113	40	38	5	39	5	71	0	0	3	529	156	3.06	1.163	7.8	0.3	2.7	4.9	1.82
1949	33	STL	NL	10	3	.769	3.73	59	0	30	0	0	9	118.1	105	52	49	8	38	4	71	0	0	0	484	111	3.15	1.208	8.0	0.6	2.9	5.4	1.87	MVP-19
1950	34	STL	NL	2	0	1.000	6.66	18	0	7	0	0	0	24.1	27	18	18	4	9	0	15	1	1	1	106	65	4.72	1.479	10.0	1.5	3.3	5.5	1.67
1951	35	TOT	NL	3	5	.375	2.86	65	1	40	1	0	13	100.2	88	38	32	7	29	6	48	2	0	1	406	146	3.35	1.162	7.9	0.6	2.6	4.3	1.66
1951	35	STL	NL	0	0		3.00	17	0	6	0	0	1	18.0	19	7	6	1	5	1	5	0	0	0	74	135	3.48	1.333	9.5	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.00
1951	35	PIT	NL	3	5	.375	2.83	48	1	34	1	0	12	82.2	69	31	26	6	24	5	43	2	0	1	332	149	3.33	1.125	7.5	0.7	2.6	4.7	1.79
1952	36	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	3.64	51	0	36	0	0	5	84.0	73	38	34	9	38	6	30	2	0	2	357	107	4.50	1.321	7.8	1.0	4.1	3.2	0.79
1952	36	PIT	NL	5	5	.500	3.61	44	0	34	0	0	4	72.1	65	32	29	9	31	5	24	2	0	1	305	110	4.71	1.327	8.1	1.1	3.9	3.0	0.77
1952	36	CLE	AL	0	0		3.86	7	0	2	0	0	1	11.2	8	6	5	0	7	1	6	0	0	1	52	90	3.16	1.286	6.2	0.0	5.4	4.6	0.86
1953	37	CLE-min	AAA	2	0	1.000		14																										INA AA
1953	37	CLE	AL	0	0		7.36	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	21	56	3.96	2.182	12.3	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
1954	38	CLE-min	AAA	5	2	.714	2.66	30	0		0	0		44.0	36	22	13	2	14		19	0	0	0				1.136	7.4	0.4	2.9	3.9	1.36	INA AA
1955	39	CLE-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.88	14	0		0	0		24.0	32	15	13	3	4	1	8	1	0	0				1.500	12.0	1.1	1.5	3.0	2.00	INA AA
1956	40	MLN-min	AA	1	0	1.000		5																										AUS TL
10 Yrs				59	30	.663	3.26	385	44	190	22	5	46	913.0	832	364	331	77	283	35	403	11	1	8	3765	119	3.79	1.221	8.2	0.8	2.8	4.0	1.42
162 Game Avg.				9	5	.663	3.26	61	7	30	3	1	7	145	132	58	52	12	45	6	64	2	0	1	597	119	3.79	1.221	8.2	0.8	2.8	4.0	1.42

STL (8 yrs)				51	20	.718	3.25	282	43	118	21	5	29	742.2	685	291	268	62	218	24	328	7	1	5	3055	118	3.76	1.216	8.3	0.8	2.6	4.0	1.50
PIT (2 yrs)				8	10	.444	3.19	92	1	68	1	0	16	155.0	134	63	55	15	55	10	67	4	0	2	637	128	3.97	1.219	7.8	0.9	3.2	3.9	1.22
CLE (2 yrs)				0	0		4.70	11	0	4	0	0	1	15.1	13	10	8	0	10	1	8	0	0	1	73	77	3.35	1.500	7.6	0.0	5.9	4.7	0.80

NL (9 yrs)				59	30	.663	3.24	374	44	186	22	5	45	897.2	819	354	323	77	273	34	395	11	1	7	3692	120	3.79	1.216	8.2	0.8	2.7	4.0	1.45
AL (2 yrs)				0	0		4.70	11	0	4	0	0	1	15.1	13	10	8	0	10	1	8	0	0	1	73	77	3.35	1.500	7.6	0.0	5.9	4.7	0.80

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