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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 18	KCA		CHW	L,7-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	8 (3)	Apr 23	KCA		DET	L,2-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	10 (1)	Apr 25	KCA	@	CHW	L,5-6		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (4)	May 4 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	16	May 4 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	T,2-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
6	17	May 9	KCA	@	DET	L,1-7	GF	4	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
7	20 (2)	May 12	KCA		CHW	W,2-1		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	22 (1)	May 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	28 (5)	May 21	KCA		WSH	L,1-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	29	May 22	KCA		BOS	L,5-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	36 (6)	May 30 (1)	KCA		CLE	L,1-7	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	42 (5)	Jun 4	KCA	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	44 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	48 (3)	Jun 8 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	50 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	9	1.2	2	1	0	3	0	P
16	53 (2)	Jun 13	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-9	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to New York Yankees
17	58	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	66 (7)	Jun 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,6-12		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	67	Jul 1 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	73 (5)	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	T,3-3		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	74	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	L,4-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	75	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	L,2-12	GF	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	77 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	80 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	83 (2)	Jul 15	NYY		DET	L,5-12		20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	92 (8)	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	95 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	96	Jul 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	103 (6)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	109 (5)	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,6-9		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	110	Aug 10 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	114 (3)	Aug 12	NYY		BAL	W,7-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	119 (4)	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	123 (3)	Aug 22	NYY		CHW	W,8-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	125 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-8		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	128 (2)	Aug 27	NYY		KCA	L,7-11		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	130 (1)	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	136 (5)	Sep 5	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	140 (3)	Sep 9	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-9	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	145 (4)	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-7	GF	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	153 (7)	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							41gm		61.2	7	7	1	15	0