Bio
- Debut
- 1944
Bio
- Debut
- 1944
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 385
- W
- 59
- L
- 30
- ERA
- 3.26
- IP
- 913.0
- K
- 403
- BB
- 283
- WHIP
- 1.22
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | STL | 36 | 17 | 4 | 2.64 | 207.2 | 70 | 49 | 1.07 |
| 1945 | STL | 18 | 4 | 7 | 2.93 | 98.1 | 28 | 29 | 1.34 |
| 1946 | STL | 40 | 8 | 0 | 3.41 | 95.0 | 40 | 38 | 1.33 |
| 1947 | STL | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5.01 | 50.1 | 28 | 11 | 1.35 |
| 1948 | STL | 57 | 6 | 6 | 2.62 | 130.2 | 71 | 39 | 1.16 |
| 1949 | STL | 59 | 10 | 3 | 3.73 | 118.1 | 71 | 38 | 1.21 |
| 1950 | STL | 18 | 2 | 0 | 6.66 | 24.1 | 15 | 9 | 1.48 |
| 1951 |  STL/PIT | 65 | 3 | 5 | 2.86 | 100.2 | 48 | 29 | 1.16 |
| 1952 |  PIT/CLE | 51 | 5 | 5 | 3.64 | 84.0 | 30 | 38 | 1.32 |
| 1953 | CLE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 3.2 | 2 | 3 | 2.18 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 5.14
- IP
- 7.0
- K
- 7
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.43
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 22
- SHO
- 5
- K/9
- 4.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | STL | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL/PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT/CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ted Wilks's career stats?
Ted Wilks played 10 seasons for the Cardinals and the Guardians. He had 59 wins and 403 strikeouts with a 3.26 ERA over 913.0 innings. His best season was 1944: 17 wins, a 2.64 ERA and 70 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1944 to 1953
Championships ×2
- 1944 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
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