1915
Born November 13, 1915
Fulton, NY, USA
Ted Wilks Notable
b. November 13, 1915 · St. Louis Cardinals 1944–1951, Pittsburgh Pirates 1951–1952, Cleveland Indians 1952–1953
Ted Wilks played for three clubs across 10 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1944 and closing with the Cleveland Indians in 1953.
He went 59 and 30 with a 3.26 earned run average, pitching 913 innings in 385 games. He struck out 403, completed 22 of his 44 starts and threw 5 shutouts. Across 385 games he batted .131, with 27 hits and 15 runs. He finished with 3 doubles.
He led the league in saves two times between 1949 and 1951, topping out at 13.
He was born in Fulton, NY, USA on November 13, 1915, and died on August 21, 1989. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | STL | 36 | 64 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .141 |
| 1945 | STL | 18 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .133 |
| 1946 | STL | 40 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .208 |
| 1947 | STL | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| 1948 | STL | 57 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .167 |
| 1949 | STL | 59 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .037 |
| 1950 | STL | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1951 | PIT/STL | 65 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .077 |
| 1952 | CLE/PIT | 51 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| 1953 | CLE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 385 | 206 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 59 | 0 | .131 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | STL | 17 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 207.2 | 173 | 61 | 49 | 70 | 2.64 |
| 1945 | STL | 4 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 98.1 | 103 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 2.93 |
| 1946 | STL | 8 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 95.0 | 88 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 3.41 |
| 1947 | STL | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 50.1 | 57 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 5.01 |
| 1948 | STL | 6 | 6 | 57 | 2 | 13 | 130.2 | 113 | 38 | 39 | 71 | 2.62 |
| 1949 | STL | 10 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 9 | 118.1 | 105 | 49 | 38 | 71 | 3.73 |
| 1950 | STL | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 6.66 |
| 1951 | PIT/STL | 3 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 13 | 100.2 | 88 | 32 | 29 | 48 | 2.86 |
| 1952 | CLE/PIT | 5 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 84.0 | 73 | 34 | 38 | 30 | 3.64 |
| 1953 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7.36 |
| Career | — | 59 | 30 | 385 | 44 | 46 | 913.0 | 832 | 331 | 283 | 403 | 3.26 |
On this day & linked events
1989
Died August 21, 1989
1944
Major-league debut: Ted Wilks
Ted Wilks made a major-league debut on April 25, 1944.
1953
Final major-league game: Ted Wilks
Ted Wilks played a final major-league game on August 5, 1953.
Image: Bowman Gum, public domain