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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

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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 0 0 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
1952 36 CLE AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1953 37 CLE AL 4 0 0 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 0 0
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 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 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1944 STL NL 28 P 36 26 6 20 0 3 1.000 0.72 .958 1.09 MVP-24
1945 STL NL 29 P 18 14 1 12 1 2 .929 0.72 .964 1.06
1946 STL NL 30 P 40 19 2 16 1 3 .947 0.45 .958 1.01
1947 STL NL 31 P 37 12 2 9 1 0 .917 0.30 .967 0.91
1948 STL NL 32 P 57 25 6 19 0 1 1.000 0.44 .960 0.91
1949 STL NL 33 P 59 18 4 10 4 0 .778 0.24 .961 0.91 MVP-19
1950 STL NL 34 P 18 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.28 .960 0.97
1951 TOT NL 35 P 65 23 5 18 0 1 1.000 0.35 .961 0.96
1951 STL NL 35 P 17 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.12 .950 0.96
1951 PIT NL 35 P 48 21 4 17 0 1 1.000 0.44 .962 0.96
1952 TOT MLB 36 P 51 16 3 12 1 1 .938 0.29 .956 0.99
1952 PIT NL 36 P 44 13 3 9 1 1 .923 0.27 .954 0.98
1952 CLE AL 36 P 7 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.43 .967 1.03
1953 CLE AL 37 P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.88
10 Seasons P 385 158 30 120 8 11 .949 0.39 .960 0.97
10 Seasons TOT 385 158 30 120 8 11 .949 0.39 .909 0.97

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

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  8. Pete Mikkelsen (940)
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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Dick Cole, Joe Garagiola, Bill Howerton and Howie Pollet to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cliff Chambers and Wally Westlake.

August 18, 1952: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with George Strickland to the Cleveland Indians for Charlie Ripple (minors), Johnny Berardino and $50,000.

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