Virgil Trucks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 198lb (180cm, 89kg)

Born: April 26, 1917 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: March 23, 2013 in Calera, AL

Buried: Alabama National Cemetery, Montevallo, AL

High School: Tarrant City HS (Tarrant, AL)

Debut: September 27, 1941 (Age 24-154d, 9,140th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1958 (Age 41-153d)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Virgil Oliver Trucks

Nicknames: Fire

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.4

177

135

ERA

3.39

517

328

2682.1

1534

WHIP

1.306

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6 (2)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,4-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	9 (2)	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,9-4	GS	32	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (5)	May 5	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	20 (4)	May 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	21	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	GS	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
7	26 (4)	May 18	DET		BOS	W,10-7	GS	22	4.1	1	0	0	1	0
8	31 (4)	May 23	DET		WSH	L,0-1	GS	35	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
9	36 (4)	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	38 (1)	May 31 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GF	14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	43 (4)	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	35	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
12	47 (3)	Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-10	GS	18	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	51 (3)	Jun 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	55 (3)	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	60 (4)	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,5-8	GS	17	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	62 (1)	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,2-6		19	5.1	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	67 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS	30	6.2	1	2	0	3	0
18	73 (5)	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	76 (2)	Jul 11	DET		CHW	W,5-4		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	80 (3)	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	83 (2)	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	86 (2)	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	GF	11	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	88 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	92 (3)	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	GS	36	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	96 (3)	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	GS	16	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
26	104 (7)	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	106 (1)	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,10-3	GF	23	6.1	2	0	0	2	0
28	108 (1)	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,6-4		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	109	Aug 20	DET		SLB	L,4-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	112 (2)	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4		32	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
31	115 (2)	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GF	5	1.2	0	2	0	2	1
32	116	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	118 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,10-11		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	121 (2)	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS	26	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	124 (2)	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	126 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-11	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	127	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	128	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	134 (5)	Sep 14 (2)	DET		WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	140 (5)	Sep 19 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	147 (6)	Sep 25	DET		CLE	L,3-9	GS	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	148	Sep 26	DET		CLE	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	152 (3)	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
							43gm		211.2	13	28	0	41	1