Ted Wilks
Theodore Wilks (Cork)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 13, 1915 in Fulton, NY
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1944
Final Game: August 5, 1953
Died: August 21, 1989 in Houston, TX
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Standard Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1944 28 STL NL 17 4 .810 2.64 36 21 10 16 4 0 207.2 173 61 61 12 49 70 1 0 1 820 134 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 28 1 0 0 417 128 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 40 2 0 0 404 101 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 28 2 0 0 221 83 1.351 10.2 1.8 2.0 5.0 2.55
1948 32 STL NL 6 6 .500 2.62 57 2 28 1 0 13 130.2 113 40 38 5 39 71 0 0 3 529 156 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 7 38 71 0 0 0 484 112 1.208 8.0 0.5 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 15 1 1 1 106 65 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 48 2 0 1 406 145 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 5 0 0 0 74 132 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 43 2 0 1 332 148 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 30 2 0 2 357 107 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 24 2 0 1 305 111 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 6 0 0 1 52 87 1.286 6.2 0.0 5.4 4.6 0.86
1953 37 CLE AL 0 0 7.36 4 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 21 51 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
10 Seasons 59 30 .663 3.26 385 44 191 22 5 46 913.0 832 364 331 76 283 403 11 1 8 3765 118 1.221 8.2 0.7 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 64 2 0 1 597 118 1.221 8.2 0.7 2.8 4.0 1.42
STL (8 yrs) 51 20 .718 3.25 282 43 119 21 5 29 742.2 685 291 268 61 218 328 7 1 5 3055 118 1.216 8.3 0.7 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 67 4 0 2 637 128 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 8 0 0 1 73 73 1.500 7.6 0.0 5.9 4.7 0.80
NL (9 yrs) 59 30 .663 3.24 374 44 187 22 5 45 897.2 819 354 323 76 273 395 11 1 7 3692 120 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 8 0 0 1 73 73 1.500 7.6 0.0 5.9 4.7 0.80

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1944 28 STL NL WS W SLB 0 1 .000 5.68 2 1 1 0 0 1 6.1 5 4 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 27 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 9.9 2.33
1946 30 STL NL WS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 4.91 3 1 2 0 0 1 7.1 7 5 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 33 1.364 8.6 0.0 3.7 8.6 2.33
2 WS 0 1 .000 4.91 3 1 2 0 0 1 7.1 7 5 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 33 1.364 8.6 0.0 3.7 8.6 2.33

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1944 28 17 4 .810 2.64 36 21 10 16 4 0 207.2 173 61 61 12 49 70 1 0 1 820 134 1.069 7.5 0.5 2.1 3.0 1.43 134
1945 29 21 11 .656 2.74 54 37 11 20 5 0 306.0 276 100 93 21 78 98 2 0 1 1237 132 1.157 8.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 1.26 132
1946 30 29 11 .725 2.90 94 41 29 20 5 1 401.0 364 141 129 34 116 138 4 0 1 1641 123 1.197 8.2 0.8 2.6 3.1 1.19 123
1947 31 33 11 .750 3.13 131 41 48 20 5 6 451.1 421 174 157 44 127 166 6 0 1 1862 116 1.214 8.4 0.9 2.5 3.3 1.31 116
1948 32 39 17 .696 3.02 188 43 76 21 5 19 582.0 534 214 195 49 166 237 6 0 4 2391 124 1.203 8.3 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.43 124
1949 33 49 20 .710 3.14 247 43 106 21 5 28 700.1 639 266 244 56 204 308 6 0 4 2875 121 1.204 8.2 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.51 121
1950 34 51 20 .718 3.25 265 43 113 21 5 28 724.2 666 284 262 60 213 323 7 1 5 2981 117 1.213 8.3 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.52 117
1951 35 54 25 .684 3.21 330 44 153 22 5 41 825.1 754 322 294 67 242 371 9 1 6 3387 120 1.207 8.2 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.53 120
1952 36 59 30 .663 3.25 381 44 189 22 5 46 909.1 827 360 328 76 280 401 11 1 8 3744 119 1.217 8.2 0.8 2.8 4.0 1.43 119
1953 37 59 30 .663 3.26 385 44 191 22 5 46 913.0 832 364 331 76 283 403 11 1 8 3765 118 1.221 8.2 0.7 2.8 4.0 1.42 118

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1944 28 14 8 .636 2.99 205.0 185 76 68 13 52 69 1 1.156 8.1 2.3 3.0 1.33 0.6 36
1945 29 7 4 .636 3.09 99.0 108 38 34 9 30 28 1 1.394 9.8 2.7 2.5 0.93 0.8 18
1946 30 5 5 .500 4.06 93.0 98 47 42 14 42 39 2 1.505 9.5 4.1 3.8 0.93 1.4 40
1947 31 2 3 .400 4.85 52.0 60 31 28 11 12 29 2 1.385 10.4 2.1 5.0 2.42 1.9 37
1948 32 10 4 .714 2.57 133.0 115 42 38 5 40 72 0 1.165 7.8 2.7 4.9 1.80 0.3 57
1949 33 7 6 .538 3.60 120.0 105 53 48 7 38 72 0 1.192 7.9 2.9 5.4 1.89 0.5 59
1950 34 1 1 .500 6.12 25.0 27 19 17 4 9 15 1 1.440 9.7 3.2 5.4 1.67 1.4 18
1951 35 7 4 .636 2.85 101.0 89 36 32 7 29 48 2 1.168 7.9 2.6 4.3 1.66 0.6 65
1952 36 5 4 .556 3.86 84.0 78 40 36 10 41 30 2 1.417 8.4 4.4 3.2 0.73 1.1 51
1953 37 0 0 5.40 5.0 5 3 3 0 3 3 0 1.600 9.0 5.4 5.4 1.00 0.0 4
10 Seasons 58 39 .598 3.40 917.0 870 385 346 80 296 405 11 1.272 8.5 4.0 1.37 0.8 385

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1944-NL-24-1%
1949-NL-19-2%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 NL--2.644--4th

Wins s c a p y
1944 NL--17--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1944 NL--.810--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 NL--1.069--1st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL--7.498--2nd

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL--40--9th
1948 NL--57--2nd
1949 NL--59--1st
1951 NL--65--1st
1952 NL--44--9th

Saves s c a p y
1947 NL--5--5th
1948 NL--13--2nd
1949 NL--9--1st
1951 NL--13--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL--16--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 NL--4--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 NL--12--8th
1946 NL--13--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 NL--1.429--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1946 NL--18--6th
1947 NL--19--5th
1948 NL--28--4th
1949 NL--30--2nd
1951 NL--40--2nd
1952 NL--34--4th
Career--191--247th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 NL--134--4th

Oldest s c a p y
1952 NL--born 1915-11-13--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 24 (670), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (728), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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