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Ted Wilks

Birthdate:

11/13/1915

Died:

8/21/1989

Height / Weight:

' " / 178 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Fulton, NY, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Ted Wilks, St Louis Cardinals Pitcher RH - one of the top relievers in the game during the late 1940s... Pitched in two World Series 1944 and 1946

Chosen by baseballhistorian.com as the 1944 National League Rookie of the Year, Ted Wilks

posted a resounding 17-4 record, and his .810 winning percentage was best in the major leagues.

His pitching played a major role in the Cardinals winning the 1944 NL pennant.

His 2.65 earned run average was fourth best in the NL and he allowed the second fewest hits, 7.51 in the NL, 173 hits in 207.1 innings. In this season he posted career highs in complete games, 16 of 21 starts, in innings pitched with 207.1. In the World Series versus the old St Louis Browns Ted Wilks started and was the losing pitcher in Game 3 and pitched the final 3.2 innings of the Series clinching Game 6, enabling the Cardinals to win the City Series. Ted Wilks picked up a save. He

batted twice in the Series but did not get a hit.

After posting a 4-7 record, 2.93 ERA in 1945, he was moved into the Cardinals bullpen and responded by going 6-0 in 36 relief games, also was 2-0 in 4 starts. In the 1946 World Series against the Red Sox, Ted Wilks yielded 2 hits in 1 inning in Game 3.

In 1948 he was 6-6 in 57 games with a 2.62 ERA. In 1949 Ted Wilks fashioned A brilliant 10-3 W/L... and he struck out 37

in 118 innings, in a major league leading 59 games.

Was chosen by baseballhistorian.com as the NL Fireman of the Year in 1948 and 1949.

Traded to Pittsburgh in mid 1951 Ted Wilks led the majors in games with 65 combined with St Louis and Pittsburgh. He finished his 10-year MLB career with the Pirates and then Cleveland in 1953. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1944	STL (NL)	36	21	17	4	0	16	4	207.2	173	61	61	12	49	0	70	1	1	0	2.64
1945	STL (NL)	18	16	4	7	0	4	1	98.1	103	39	32	9	29	0	28	0	1	0	2.93
1946	STL (NL)	40	4	8	0	1	0	0	95.0	88	41	36	13	38	0	40	0	2	0	3.41
1947	STL (NL)	37	0	4	0	5	0	0	50.1	57	33	28	10	11	0	28	0	2	0	5.01
1948	STL (NL)	57	2	6	6	13	1	0	130.2	113	40	38	5	39	0	71	3	0	0	2.62
1949	STL (NL)	59	0	10	3	9	0	0	118.1	105	52	49	7	38	0	71	0	0	0	3.73
1950	STL (NL)	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	24.1	27	18	18	4	9	0	15	1	1	1	6.66
1951	PIT (NL)	48	1	3	5	12	1	0	82.2	69	31	26	6	24	0	43	1	2	0	2.83
1951	STL (NL)	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	18.0	19	7	6	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	3.00
1952	CLE (AL)	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	11.2	8	6	5	0	7	0	6	1	0	0	3.86
1952	PIT (NL)	44	0	5	5	4	0	0	72.1	65	32	29	9	31	0	24	1	2	0	3.61
1953	CLE (AL)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.36
12 years		385	44	59	30	46	22	5	913.0	832	364	331	76	283	0	403	8	11	1	3.26

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1944	STL (NL)	36	64	6	9	2	0	0	6	5	15	0	0	0	0	6	0	.141	.203	SLG
1945	STL (NL)	18	30	2	4	0	0	0	1	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.133	.235	SLG
1946	STL (NL)	40	24	5	5	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.240	SLG
1947	STL (NL)	37	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	SLG
1948	STL (NL)	57	30	1	5	1	0	0	4	3	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	.167	.242	SLG
1949	STL (NL)	59	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	.37	.71	SLG
1950	STL (NL)	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1951	STL (NL)	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1951	PIT (NL)	48	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	.154	SLG
1952	CLE (AL)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1952	PIT (NL)	44	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.125	SLG
1953	CLE (AL)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
12 years		385	206	15	27	3	0	0	13	16	59	0	0	0	0	13	0	.131	.194	.SLG

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