Ted Wilks

Infobox MLB retired
name=Ted Wilks
position=Pitcher

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bgcolor1=#c41e3a
bgcolor2=#c41e3a
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=November 13, 1915
city-state|Fulton|New York
deathdate=death date and age|1989|8|21|1915|11|13
city-state|Houston|Texas
debutdate= April 25
debutyear= 1944
debutteam= St. Louis Cardinals
finaldate=August 5
finalyear=1953
finalteam= Cleveland Indians
stat1label=Pitching record
stat1value=59-30
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.26
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=403
teams=
* St. Louis Cardinals (1944-1951)
* Pittsburgh Pirates (1951-1952)
* Cleveland Indians (1952-1953)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1944, 1946
*Led NL in WHIP (1.069) in 1944
*Led NL in Saves in 1949 (9) and 1951 (13)

Theodore "Cork" Wilks (November 13, 1915 - August 21, 1989) was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons (1944-1953) with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians. For his career, he compiled a 59-30 record in 385 appearances, most as a relief pitcher, with an 3.26 earned run average and 403 strikeouts. Wilks was a member of two Cardinals World Series championship teams, defeating the St. Louis Browns in 1944 and the Boston Red Sox in 1946. In World Series play, he compiled an 0-1 record in three appearances, with a 4.91 earned run average and seven strikeouts.

Wilks was born in Fulton, New York and later died in Houston, Texas at the age of 74.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball saves champions

References

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