Ted Wilks
1944–1953 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
385G
.131AVG
.194OBP
.146SLG
More career statistics
27H
0HR
13RBI
0SB
59–30W–L
913.0IP
403K
3.26ERA
44GS
46SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 206 | 207 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 235 | 237 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,765 | 3,773 |
| Pitching · p er | 331 | 333 |
| Pitching · p hr | 76 | 77 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,739 | 2,736 |
| Pitching · p k | 403 | 406 |
| Pitching · p r | 364 | 366 |
| Pitching · p w | 283 | 284 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 385 | 235 | 206 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .131 | .194 | .146 | .340 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 913.0 | 385 | 44 | 22 | 59 | 30 | 46 | 832 | 364 | 331 | 76 | 283 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 3.26 | 1.221 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1944-07-15 to 1944-07-24
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1944-07-20 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1944-09-21 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1944-07-29 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 183 | 104 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 25 | .149 | .212 | .172 |
| Away | 202 | 133 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 34 | .117 | .158 | .125 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .133 | .000 |
| May | 65 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | .182 | .293 | .182 |
| June | 65 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .118 | .108 | .118 |
| July | 78 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .130 | .192 | .174 |
| August | 78 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .128 | .170 | .154 |
| September | 71 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .125 | .143 | .125 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 70 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .034 | .143 | .034 |
| boston-braves | 55 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .150 | .156 | .175 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 54 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .227 | .345 | .318 |
| cincinnati-reds | 49 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .120 | .200 | .120 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 47 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .200 | .194 | .200 |
| chicago-cubs | 42 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .097 | .118 | .097 |
| new-york-giants | 42 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | .103 | .156 | .103 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 64 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .141 | 207 | 71 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Cardinals | 18 | 30 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .133 | 98 | 28 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 24 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .208 | 95 | 42 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 49 | 27 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 57 | 30 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .167 | 131 | 70 |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 28 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .036 | 118 | 72 |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 18 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 24 | 15 |
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | 100 | 48 |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | 84 | 31 |
| 1953 |  Cleveland Guardians | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 |