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, 9,686th 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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.3

ERA

3.26

385

913.0

403

WHIP

1.221

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 77 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 7 tying, 19 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	62
PIT	15

Platoon
vs RHB	39
vs LHB	38

Home/Road
Away	48
Home	29

Outs
2	28
1	27
0	22

8 Opps
BRO	17
BSN	16
NYG	12
PIT	11
CHC	8
PHI	6
CIN	5
STL	2

55 Batters
Ron Northey	5
Duke Snider	4
Walker Cooper	3
Hank Sauer	3
Johnny Hopp	2
Jeff Heath	2
Jackie Robinson	2
Chuck Workman	2
Tommy Holmes	2
Pee Wee Reese	2
Roy Smalley	2
Jim Russell	2
Billy Cox	2
Bill Salkeld	2
Sid Gordon	2
Phil Masi	1
Bill Schuster	1
Red Schoendienst	1
Wally Westlake	1
Connie Ryan	1
Clyde Vollmer	1
Dee Fondy	1
Ray Noble	1
Pete Coscarart	1
George Shuba	1
Tommy Brown	1
Jack Graham	1
Goody Rosen	1
Earl Torgeson	1
Willard Marshall	1
Jack Bolling	1
Gene Hermanski	1
Buck Etchison	1
Bill Rigney	1
Ab Wright	1
Stan Musial	1
Bob Elliott	1
Ed Stevens	1
Augie Galan	1
Bill Hart	1
Andy Pafko	1
Hal Jeffcoat	1
Buddy Kerr	1
Virgil Davis	1
Andy Seminick	1
Whitey Lockman	1
Johnny Wyrostek	1
Stew Hofferth	1
Bert Haas	1
Eddie Miller	1
Clyde Kluttz	1
Davey Williams	1
Ralph Kiner	1
Bama Rowell	1
Bill Nicholson	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	24
Forbes Fld (PIT)	13
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	11
Braves Fld (BOS)	9
Polo Grounds (NYC)	7
Crosley Fld (CIN)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4

Where Hit
9	29
7	20
8	3
89	3
78	3

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	9
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	14
-2-	8
12-	4
--3	2
-23	2
123	1
1-3	1

118 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	45
1 on	24
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	32

Inning
1	8
2	6
3	4
4	9
5	5
6	11
7	11
8	9
9	12
Extra	2

1-3	18
4-6	25
7-end	34

RelScore
+4..	17
+3	6
+2	6
+1	7
Tied	17
-1	6
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	10

Ahead	36
Tied	17
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	14
LF	11
1B	10
C	10
CF	8
SS	8
3B	7
2B	6
PH	3

OrderPos
5th	13
4th	12
3rd	11
7th	11
2nd	10
6th	9
8th	5
1st	4
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1944-04-30 (2)	Bill Schuster	CHC	@	STL	behind 2-7	t 9	2	12-	3	1	6	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Dallessandro Scores; I. Goodman Scores
2	2	2	1	1944-06-03	Ron Northey	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1944-06-25 (2)	Virgil Davis	PIT		STL	behind 3-5	b 9	2	--3	2	9	PH	49%	53%		Home Run; A. Lopez Scores
4	4	4	1	1944-07-20 (2)	Buddy Kerr	NYG		STL	behind 0-2	b 7	1	1--	2	7	6	34%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hausmann Scores
5	5	5	1	1944-07-26	Ron Northey	PHI		STL	ahead 4-3	b 7	2	---	1	5	9	11%	88%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1944-07-29 (2)	Jack Bolling	BRO		STL	behind 2-10	b 8	1	1--	2	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run; A. Galan Scores
7	7	7	1	1944-08-03	Jim Russell	PIT		STL	behind 0-7	b 6	1	---	1	2	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1944-08-11	Ron Northey	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 3	2	1--	2	5	9	20%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Lupien Scores
9	9	9	1	1944-08-20 (1)	Ab Wright	BSN	@	STL	behind 1-15	t 8	1	-23	3	4	9	0%	0%		Home Run; T. Holmes Scores; B. Nieman Scores
10	10	10	1	1944-09-21 (2)	Buck Etchison	BSN		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	3
11	11	11	2	1944-09-21 (2)	Tommy Holmes	BSN		STL	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	---	1	3	8
12	12	12	3	1944-09-21 (2)	Chuck Workman	BSN		STL	tied 3-3	b 5	2	---	1	5	5
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1945-04-17	Bill Nicholson	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	1945-05-11	Bill Hart	BRO		STL	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	-2-	2	6	5	17%	90%		Home Run; L. Olmo Scores
15	15	3	1	1945-05-26	Goody Rosen	BRO	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	8	15%	69%		Home Run (CF-RF); E. Stanky Scores/unER
16	16	4	2	1945-05-26	Augie Galan	BRO	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 1	0	---	1	3	3	8%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	5	1	1945-06-10 (2)	Pete Coscarart	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 7	1	---	1	6	4	20%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	6	1	1945-07-01 (1)	Tommy Holmes	BSN		STL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	7	1	1945-07-15 (2)	Stew Hofferth	BSN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	1945-09-03 (1)	Jim Russell	PIT	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7
21	21	9	2	1945-09-03 (1)	Bill Salkeld	PIT	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	2
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1946-04-23	Bert Haas	CIN		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	7	3	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	2	2	1946-04-23	Eddie Miller	CIN		STL	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	6	14%	70%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	3	1	1946-05-05 (2)	Johnny Hopp	BSN	@	STL	ahead 8-4	t 7	0	---	1	2	3
25	25	4	2	1946-05-05 (2)	Johnny Hopp	BSN	@	STL	ahead 9-4	t 9	0	---	1	2	3
26	26	5	1	1946-05-21	Ron Northey	PHI		STL	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	14%	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1946-06-02 (2)	Walker Cooper	NYG	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	123	4	5	2	19%	96%		Home Run; G. Rosen Scores; W. Marshall Scores; J. Mize Scores
28	28	7	2	1946-06-02 (2)	Sid Gordon	NYG	@	STL	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	---	1	7	5	2%	98%		Home Run
29	29	8	1	1946-06-17 (1)	Phil Masi	BSN		STL	behind 4-9	b 7	1	---	1	6	2	2%	4%		Home Run
30	30	9	1	1946-06-25	Andy Seminick	PHI		STL	ahead 4-1	b 3	0	---	1	6	2	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	10	1	1946-07-06	Chuck Workman	PIT	@	STL	behind 3-6	t 5	2	---	1	3	9	7%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	11	1	1946-07-13	Walker Cooper	NYG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	2	26%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Blattner Scores; J. Mize Scores
33	33	12	1	1946-07-17	Ron Northey	PHI	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1	3	9	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	13	1	1946-07-25 (2)	Jack Graham	NYG		STL	ahead 5-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1947-04-17	Clyde Vollmer	CIN		STL	ahead 5-3	b 3	1	1--	2	7	8	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Kress Scores
36	36	2	1	1947-05-11 (1)	Clyde Kluttz	PIT		STL	tied 4-4	b 6	2	1--	2	7	2	28%	82%		Home Run; R. Kiner Scores
37	37	3	1	1947-06-01	Pee Wee Reese	BRO		STL	ahead 5-1	b 6	0	---	1	8	6	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	4	1	1947-06-22	Walker Cooper	NYG	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 8	1	1--	2	6	2	34%	84%		Home Run; W. Marshall Scores
39	39	5	1	1947-07-11 (2)	Sid Gordon	NYG		STL	ahead 11-9	b 4	1	1--	2	7	7	12%	90%		Home Run; W. Marshall Scores
40	40	6	2	1947-07-11 (2)	Bill Rigney	NYG		STL	ahead 13-9	b 4	2	1--	2	1	4	6%	96%		Home Run; D. Koslo Scores
41	41	7	3	1947-07-11 (2)	Willard Marshall	NYG		STL	ahead 15-9	b 7	2	-2-	2	5	9	1%	100%		Home Run; B. Thomson Scores
42	42	8	1	1947-08-16	Ralph Kiner	PIT		STL	ahead 6-5	b 4	1	12-	3	4	7	18%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Rikard Scores; F. Gustine Scores
43	43	9	2	1947-08-16	Billy Cox	PIT		STL	ahead 9-5	b 4	1	1--	2	6	6	5%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Greenberg Scores
44	44	10	1	1947-09-17	Bama Rowell	BSN	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	12-	3	3	7	8%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Holmes Scores; J. Hopp Scores
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1948-05-31 (1)	Hank Sauer	CIN		STL	tied 3-3	b 7	1	---	1	4	7	23%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	2	1	1948-06-10	Bill Salkeld	BSN	@	STL	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2
47	47	3	1	1948-07-04 (1)	Johnny Wyrostek	CIN		STL	tied 3-3	b 2	1	---	1	1	8	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	4	1	1948-07-28	Tommy Brown	BRO		STL	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	8%	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
49	49	5	1	1948-08-15 (1)	Ed Stevens	PIT		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	3
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1949-07-25	Gene Hermanski	BRO		STL	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	1	7	PH	18%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	2	1	1949-08-04	Jeff Heath	BSN	@	STL	behind 1-10	t 9	1	---	1	5	9	0%	0%		Home Run (CF-RF)
52	52	3	1	1949-08-23 (1)	Duke Snider	BRO		STL	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---	1	8	8	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	4	2	1949-08-23 (1)	Billy Cox	BRO		STL	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	1	2	5	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	5	1	1949-08-28 (1)	Connie Ryan	BSN		STL	behind 6-9	b 9	0	---	1	7	5	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	6	1	1949-08-30	Jeff Heath	BSN		STL	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	1-3	3	5	7	14%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores; P. Reiser Scores
56	56	7	1	1949-09-21 (2)	Duke Snider	BRO	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	---	1	8	8	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	8	1	1949-09-29	Wally Westlake	PIT		STL	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	1--	2	5	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hopp Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1950-07-16	Duke Snider	BRO	@	STL	ahead 7-2	t 9	2	1--	2	3	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hermanski Scores
59	59	2	2	1950-07-16	Jackie Robinson	BRO	@	STL	ahead 9-2	t 9	2	---	1	4	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
60	60	3	1	1950-09-19	Earl Torgeson	BSN		STL	behind 5-7	b 7	1	---	1	3	3
61	61	4	1	1950-09-24	Roy Smalley	CHC		STL	ahead 6-1	b 6	0	---	1	7	6	1%	99%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1951-05-09	Ray Noble	NYG		STL	ahead 5-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	4	2	5%	96%		Home Run; A. Dark Scores
63	63	2	1	1951-07-08 (2)	Red Schoendienst	STL	@	PIT	tied 4-4	t 6	1	---	1	2	4
64	64	3	1	1951-07-21	Bob Elliott	BSN		PIT	ahead 9-6	b 8	1	-2-	2	4	5	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Jethroe Scores
65	65	4	1	1951-08-08	Stan Musial	STL		PIT	behind 5-10	b 9	2	-2-	2	3	7
66	66	5	1	1951-08-18	Hal Jeffcoat	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 10-5	t 9	0	---	1	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run
67	67	6	1	1951-08-26 (2)	Jackie Robinson	BRO		PIT	tied 3-3	b 10	1	---	1	4	4	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	7	1	1951-09-03 (2)	Roy Smalley	CHC		PIT	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	1	8	6
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1952-05-02	Whitey Lockman	NYG	@	PIT	tied 3-3	t 10	0	---	1	2	3	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	2	1	1952-05-25	Dee Fondy	CHC	@	PIT	behind 3-4	t 9	2	-2-	2	2	3
71	71	3	1	1952-06-04	Duke Snider	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 5-3	t 8	2	1--	2	3	8	10%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Morgan Scores
72	72	4	1	1952-06-20	George Shuba	BRO		PIT	behind 3-4	b 9	2	-2-	2	9	PH	86%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hodges Scores
73	73	5	1	1952-06-21	Andy Pafko	BRO		PIT	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	1--	2	8	7	10%	97%		Home Run (LF-CF); G. Hodges Scores/unER
74	74	6	2	1952-06-21	Pee Wee Reese	BRO		PIT	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	--3	2	2	6	2%	99%		Home Run (LF-CF); G. Shuba Scores/unER; P. Reese Scores/unER
75	75	7	1	1952-08-03 (2)	Davey Williams	NYG		PIT	behind 5-10	b 6	2	-23	3	1	4	13%	19%		Home Run; D. Rhodes Scores; W. Westrum Scores
76	76	8	1	1952-08-10 (1)	Hank Sauer	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 7-3	t 9	1	-2-	2	4	7
77	77	9	1	1952-08-17 (1)	Hank Sauer	CHC		PIT	ahead 4-1	b 7	2	---	1	4	7	3%	97%		Home Run

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