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Ted
Wilks		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 183
 
Born: November 13, 1915 in Usa, NY, FULTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1944   
All-Star Selections 1944   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 4 3
1945 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1946 30 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1947 31 TAM AL $ 1,525,714 6 5 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1948 32 TAM AL $ 900,000 5 5 6 5 8 8 8 3 3 3
1949 33 TAM AL $ 900,000 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 3 3 3
1950 34 TAM AL $ 900,000 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1951 35 OAK AL $ 900,000 5 4 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1952 36 OAK AL $ 1,300,000 5 4 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1953 37 OAK AL $ 1,300,000 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,525,714 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 4 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 31 TAM AL $ 1,525,714   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 32 TAM AL $ 900,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 33 TAM AL $ 900,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 34 TAM AL $ 900,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 35 OAK AL $ 900,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 36 OAK AL $ 1,300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 37 OAK AL $ 1,300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,525,714   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1944 28 SEM AL 22 10 .688 41 41 4 1 0 274.7 280 123 29 76 89 4.03 .266 .314 .410 .724 17.9
1945 29 SEM AL 13 8 .619 30 27 4 1 0 180.7 188 85 16 52 69 4.23 .268 .317 .394 .710 9.9
1946 30 SEM AL 5 4 .556 15 7 1 0 0 95.3 90 39 9 20 37 3.68 .246 .283 .377 .660 7.4
  TAM AL 0 0 .000 14 6 1 0 0 16.7 17 8 2 6 4 4.32 .258 .319 .409 .729 0.8
  TOT   5 4 .556 29 13 2 0 0 112.0 107 47 11 26 41 3.78 .248 .289 .382 .670 8.2
1947 31 TAM AL 4 3 .571 61 0 0 0 3 60.3 66 23 6 18 19 3.43 .281 .328 .404 .732 4.9
1948 32 TAM AL 3 6 .333 73 0 0 0 6 85.0 109 48 17 31 32 5.08 .311 .366 .520 .886 4.7
1949 33 TAM AL 0 2 .000 7 0 0 0 1 10.7 13 4 0 3 6 3.38 .302 .348 .349 .697 1.0
1950 34 TAM AL 2 1 .667 34 1 0 0 3 37.3 33 11 4 13 14 2.65 .236 .299 .350 .649 4.6
1951 35 OAK AL 6 7 .462 47 0 0 0 21 43.7 54 29 12 24 17 5.98 .297 .379 .533 .912 1.9
1952 36 OAK AL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 9.3 12 9 4 2 5 8.68 .308 .341 .641 .982 0.0
    AAA   3 2 .600 20 0 0 0 0 28.0 23 15 4 11 22 4.82 .219 .293 .371 .665  
1953 37 AAA   1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 0 17.7 22 13 4 7 8 6.63 .314 .377 .529 .905  
9 Years Sim 55 42 .567 331 82 10 2 34 813.6 862 379 99 245 292 4.19 .272 .322 .421 .743 53.2
2 Years AAA 4 3 .571 34 0 0 0 0 45.7 45 28 8 18 30 5.52 .257 .326 .434 .761  
Season Average 6 4 .600 36 9 1 0 3 90.4 95 42 11 27 32 4.19 .272 .322 .421 .743  
Career Highs 22 10 .688 73 41 4 1 21 274.7 280 123 29 76 89 8.68 .311 .379 .641 .982  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   379 162 44 105 174   .248 .296 .382 .678
vs LH   483 217 55 140 118   .294 .349 .457 .806
Home 30 20 .600 184 41 4 0 19 444.6 486 216 59 142 149 4.37 .279 .333 .437 .771
Away 25 22 .532 147 41 6 2 15 369.0 376 163 40 103 143 3.98 .263 .312 .400 .713
Mar/Apr 9 8 .529 50 14 3 1 5 136.3 116 58 21 38 47 3.83 .228 .282 .393 .674
May 10 10 .500 54 19 2 1 5 166.0 170 75 14 49 59 4.07 .263 .315 .395 .710
June 8 8 .500 56 16 1 0 7 134.6 158 65 10 45 49 4.34 .298 .353 .417 .770
July 12 6 .667 61 14 3 0 6 141.3 144 66 16 37 52 4.20 .263 .310 .384 .694
August 11 7 .611 52 12 1 0 5 122.3 140 63 23 33 49 4.64 .287 .333 .493 .826
Sep/Oct 5 3 .625 58 7 0 0 6 113.0 134 52 15 43 36 4.14 .295 .356 .460 .816
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1944 28 SEM AL 41 92 4 12 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 25 .130 .137 .141 .278 -0.6 0.0
1945 29 SEM AL 30 65 4 8 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 .123 .136 .169 .306 -0.6 0.0
1946 30 SEM AL 15 29 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .172 .200 .207 .407 0.7 0.0
  TAM AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   29 29 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .172 .200 .207 .407 0.7 0.0
1947 31 TAM AL 61 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3
1948 32 TAM AL 73 10 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .100 .091 .400 .491 1.2 0.0
1949 33 TAM AL 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .400 .333 .400 .733 1.1 0.2
1950 34 TAM AL 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1952 36 OAK AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 284 209 11 29 6 0 1 22 0 1 4 55 .139 .152 .182 .334 2.2 0.5
162 Game Average 119 6 16 3 0 0 12 0 0 2 31 .139 .152 .182 .334 1.3  
Career Highs 73 92 4 12 3 0 1 8 0 1 1 25 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   144 7 18 3 0 0 7 0 1 3 41 .125 .142 .146 .288 -1.7
vs LH   65 3 11 3 0 1 15 0 0 1 14 .169 .174 .262 .435 2.3
Home 155 106 3 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 33 .142 .148 .170 .318 -0.2
Away 103 103 8 14 3 0 1 15 0 1 3 22 .136 .156 .194 .350 0.8
RISP   60 0 9 3 0 0 19 0 0 1 15 .150 .154 .200 .354 0.6
Close/Late   14 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .214 .214 .286 .500 0.7
Mar/Apr 21 33 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13 .182 .250 .182 .432 1.1
May 23 42 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .119 .140 .167 .306 -0.3
June 32 39 0 5 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 .128 .128 .205 .333 -0.1
July 55 40 4 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 .175 .171 .200 .371 0.6
August 28 28 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .107 .103 .107 .211 -0.9
Sep/Oct 25 27 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 10 .111 .103 .222 .326 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 28 SEM AL P 41 41 274.7 18 71 2 6 .978 2.92    
1945 29 SEM AL P 30 27 180.7 15 39 0 3 1.000 2.69    
1946 30 SEM AL P 15 7 95.3 15 31 0 2 1.000 4.34    
  TAM AL P 14 6 16.7 3 6 0 0 1.000 4.86    
  TOT   P 29 13 112.0 18 37 0 2 1.000 4.42    
1947 31 TAM AL P 61 0 60.3 2 16 1 2 .947 2.69    
1948 32 TAM AL P 73 0 85.0 2 21 0 2 1.000 2.44    
1949 33 TAM AL P 7 0 10.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.22    
1950 34 TAM AL P 34 1 37.3 1 9 1 1 .909 2.41    
1951 35 OAK AL P 47 0 43.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.44    
1952 36 OAK AL P 9 0 9.3 0 7 0 0 1.000 6.75    
Career Totals   331 82 813.6 59 209 4 16 .985 2.96    
Career Highs   73 41 274.7 18 71 2 6 1.000 6.75    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1944 28 SEM AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.3 17 10 3 5 4 5.87 .283 .338 .500 .838
1946 30 TAM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 2 1 2 9.00 .385 .429 .846 1.275
1947 31 TAM AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .143 .250 .143 .393
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 6 2 0 0 0 20.3 23 13 5 7 7 5.76 .288 .345 .525 .870
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1944 28 SEM AL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1946 30 TAM AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1944-10-4.03
 Wins
1944-2-22
 Winning Pct
1944-3-.688
1945-7-.619
 Saves
1948-10-6
1951-2-21
 Games Pitched
1947-6-61
1948-5-73
 Games Started
1944-5-41
Shutouts
1944-9-1
1945-8-1
 Homeruns Allowed
1944-5-29
 Walks per 9IP
1944-6-2.5
1945-5-2.6
 WHiP
1944-6-1.30
1945-9-1.33
 OOBP
1944-5-.314
1945-9-.317
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Charlie Lea (967)
  2. Bill Stafford (965)
  3. Craig Swan (963)
  4. Johnny Kucks (963)
  5. Steve Crawford (959)
  6. Arnie Portocarrero (955)
  7. Johnny Marcum (954)
  8. Reggie Cleveland (952)
  9. Joe Niekro (951)
  10. Herm Holshouser (949)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Seattle in 1944
Earned first career win on 4/3/1944
Had first career hit on 4/23/1944, off Harry Eisenstat (OAK)
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Injured on 7/30/1944 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Won Bronze Rookie in 1944, going 22-10, 4.03 ERA
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1944
Injured on 4/3/1945 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from Seattle to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1946 (Going to SEM: C Fats Dantonio, 3B Joe Gantenbein. Going to TAM: P Bob Harris, P Ted Wilks, C Phil Masi)
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,525,714 through salary arbitration
9/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $900,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 9/7/1948, off Ted Gray (MON)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/14/1951 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $1,300,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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