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Ted Wilks

Theodore Wilks (Cork)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", 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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Indians 1944-1953

Final Game: August 5, 1953
Died: August 21, 1989 in Houston, TX
Buried: Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster, TX
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:23AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #606. Jack Harshman… #607. Pete Vuckovich… #608. Eric Show… #609. TED WILKS… #610. Vic Aldridge… #611. Erik Hanson… #612. Dave Rozema… 

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 1 820 135 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 0 417 129 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 0 404 102 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 8 38 71 0 0 0 484 112 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 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 1 406 146 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 74 135 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 1 332 149 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 2 357 108 1.321 7.8 1.0 4.1 3.2 0.79
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 90 1.286 6.2 0.0 5.4 4.6 0.86
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
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 57 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 77 283 403 11 1 8 3765 119 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 64 2 0 1 597 119 1.221 8.2 0.8 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 62 218 328 7 1 5 3055 119 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 67 4 0 2 637 129 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 78 1.500 7.6 0.0 5.9 4.7 0.80
NL (9 yrs) NL 59 30 .663 3.24 374 44 187 22 5 45 897.2 819 354 323 77 273 395 11 1 7 3692 120 1.216 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.45
AL (2 yrs) AL 0 0 4.70 11 0 4 0 0 1 15.1 13 10 8 0 10 8 0 0 1 73 78 1.500 7.6 0.0 5.9 4.7 0.80

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1944 28 STL NL 207.2 21 61 109 7 1.0 48 4.3 $ MVP-24
1945 29 STL NL 98.1 16 39 54 1 1.0 15 1.4 $
1946 30 STL NL 95.0 4 41 49 1 1.0 8 0.8 $
1947 31 STL NL 50.1 0 33 30 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
1948 32 STL NL 130.2 2 40 76 0 1.0 36 4.0 $
1949 33 STL NL 118.1 0 52 71 1 1.0 19 2.0 $ MVP-19
1950 34 STL NL 24.1 0 18 15 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
1951 35 STL NL 18.0 0 7 11 0 1.0 4 0.3 $
1951 35 PIT NL 82.2 1 31 48 -1 1.0 17 2.1 $
1952 36 PIT NL 72.1 0 32 40 -1 1.0 8 1.2 $
1952 36 CLE AL 11.2 0 6 6 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1953 37 CLE AL 3.2 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
10 Seasons 913.0 44 364 511 8 1.0 147 15.5 $
STL (8 yrs) 742.2 43 291 415 10 1.0 124 12.4 $
PIT (2 yrs) 155.0 1 63 88 -2 1.0 25 3.3 $
CLE (2 yrs) 15.1 0 10 8 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1944 28 STL NL 36 75 64 6 9 2 0 0 6 0 5 15 .141 .203 .172 .375 5 11 0 0 6 1 MVP-24
1945 29 STL NL 18 35 30 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 .133 .235 .133 .369 3 4 1 0 1 1
1946 30 STL NL 40 25 24 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .208 .240 .208 .448 26 5 0 0 0 1
1947 31 STL NL 37 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 21 1 0 0 0 1
1948 32 STL NL 57 36 30 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 3 7 .167 .242 .200 .442 18 6 0 0 3 1
1949 33 STL NL 59 29 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 .037 .071 .037 .108 -71 1 0 0 1 1 MVP-19
1950 34 STL NL 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1951 35 TOT NL 65 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .077 .143 .077 .220 -40 1 0 0 1 1
1951 35 STL NL 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1951 35 PIT NL 48 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 1 0 0 1 1
1952 36 TOT MLB 51 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 1 1
1952 36 CLE AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
1952 36 PIT NL 44 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 1 1/1
1953 37 CLE AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 385 235 206 15 27 3 0 0 13 0 0 16 59 .131 .194 .146 .339 -7 30 1 0 13
162 Game Avg. 162 99 87 6 11 1 0 0 5 0 7 25 .131 .194 .146 .339 -7 13 0 0 5
STL (8 yrs) 282 212 186 15 25 3 0 0 13 0 0 15 53 .134 .199 .151 .350 -4 28 1 0 11
PIT (2 yrs) 92 23 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .100 .143 .100 .243 -33 2 0 0 2
CLE (2 yrs) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 374 235 206 15 27 3 0 0 13 0 0 16 59 .131 .194 .146 .339 -7 30 1 0 13
AL (2 yrs) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1944 28 STL NL 75 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1 MVP-24
1945 29 STL NL 35 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1946 30 STL NL 25 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1947 31 STL NL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1948 32 STL NL 36 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1949 33 STL NL 29 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1 MVP-19
1950 34 STL NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1951 35 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1951 35 PIT NL 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1952 36 PIT NL 9 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1/1
9 Seasons 235 -29 0 0 0 0 15 6 -8 -0.9 -8 -0.8 -0.1 $
STL (8 yrs) 212 -26 0 0 0 0 13 6 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $
PIT (2 yrs) 23 -3 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 28 STL NL WS SLB W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1946 30 STL NL WS BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1944 STL NL 28 P 36 207.2 26 6 20 0 3 1.000 1.13 0.72 .961 2.14 2.13 MVP-24
1945 STL NL 29 P 18 98.1 14 1 12 1 2 .929 1.19 0.72 .963 2.18 2.17
1946 STL NL 30 P 40 95.0 19 2 16 1 3 .947 1.71 0.45 .960 2.24 2.22
1947 STL NL 31 P 37 50.1 12 2 9 1 0 .917 1.97 0.30 .966 2.09 2.07
1948 STL NL 32 P 57 130.2 25 6 19 0 1 1.000 1.72 0.44 .963 2.11 2.08
1949 STL NL 33 P 59 118.1 18 4 10 4 0 .778 1.06 0.24 .953 2.04 2.02 MVP-19
1950 STL NL 34 P 18 24.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.85 0.28 .960 2.11 2.10
1951 TOT NL 35 P 65 1 1 100.2 23 5 18 0 1 1.000 2.06 0.35 .962 2.15 2.14 1 3 75% 2
1951 STL NL 35 P 17 0 0 18.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.12 .960 2.15 2.14 0 1 100% 0
1951 PIT NL 35 P 48 1 1 82.2 21 4 17 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.44 .962 2.14 2.14 1 2 67% 2
1952 TOT MLB 36 P 51 84.0 16 3 12 1 1 .938 1.61 0.29 .956 2.16 2.15
1952 PIT NL 36 P 44 72.1 13 3 9 1 1 .923 1.49 0.27 .953 2.18 2.16
1952 CLE AL 36 P 7 11.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.31 0.43 .967 2.08 2.10
1953 CLE AL 37 P 4 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 1.92
10 Seasons P 385 1 1 913.0 158 30 120 8 11 .949 1.48 0.39 .960 2.14 2.11 1 3 75% 2
10 Seasons TOT 385 1 1 913.0 158 30 120 8 11 .949 1.48 0.39 .960 2.14 2.11 1 3 75% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1251st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1944 NL  4.3 (5th)
1948 NL  4.0 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 NL  2.64 (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)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 NL  135 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  27 (4th)
1948 NL  22 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1944 NL  2.9 (4th)
1948 NL  2.3 (7th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1948 NL  57 (2nd)
1949 NL  59 (1st)
1951 NL  65 (1st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1949 NL  4 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1944 NL  1.000 (1st)
1948 NL  1.000 (1st)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (209), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 33 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (206), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  4. Justin Duchscherer (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Sandy Consuegra (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sandy Consuegra (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Aurelio Lopez (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Aurelio Lopez (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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