Ike Delock

{{Short description|American baseball player (1929–2022)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ike Delock

|position=Pitcher

|image=Ike Delock.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1929|11|11}}

|birth_place=Highland Park, Michigan, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2022|2|28|1929|11|11}}

|death_place=Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 17

|debutyear=1952

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 13

|finalyear=1963

|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=84–75

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.03

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=672

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1952–1953, 1955–1963)
• Baltimore Orioles (1963)

}}

Ivan Martin Delock (November 11, 1929 – February 28, 2022) was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played 11 seasons for the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. He was born in Highland Park, Michigan.

In ten-plus seasons with the Red Sox, Delock had a record of 83–72. He pitched in at least 20 games for the Red Sox every year from 1952 to 1961 (1954 excepted), and had an Adjusted ERA+ of 110 or better in 1955 (114), 1956 (110), 1958 (118), 1959 (138), and 1961 (110).

Delock led the American League with 11 relief wins in {{baseball year|1956}} while tying for fourth with nine saves (then not an official statistic). In 1958, he was among the league leaders in win percentage and had a 13-game win streak that was broken at the end of July. His best season was {{baseball year|1959}} when he went 11–6 with a 2.95 ERA—1.10 points lower than the league average. His Adjusted ERA+ in 1959 was 138, and his winning percentage of .647 was fifth best in the American League.

In {{baseball year|1962}}, a knee injury shortened his career, which ended the following season after Delock made seven appearances, five as a starting pitcher, for the {{baseball year|1963}} Orioles. Delock died in Raleigh, North Carolina, on February 28, 2022, at the age of 92.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/09/sports/former-red-sox-pitcher-ike-delock-dies-92/ |title=Former Red Sox pitcher Ike Delock dies at 92 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=March 9, 2022}}