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

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-23 / in Starts: 12-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 11

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	132	3	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.00	1.54	36	8	12	2	0	8	69			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.541	5.01	0.96%	2.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	133	6	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,4-7	7-8		2	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.45	2.58	7	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.011	1.22	-0.02%	0.10	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
3	134	9	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,9-4	GS-8	W(2-0)	2	7.1	9	4	3	1	7	0	0	2.95	2.05	32	9	7	0	1	8	52			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.108	.77	0.14%	0.12	1b start a 4	8b 1-3 1 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	135	15	May 5	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-9		6	8.0	5	3	2	0	6	0	1	2.73	1.92	30	8	10	1	3	5	68			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.221	2.97	0.30%	2.46	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
5	136	20	May 9(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	2.05	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.054	2.73	-0.07%	-0.37	8b -23 2 out d1	8b end d 2
6	137	21	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	GS-9	W(3-0)	1	8.1	9	1	1	5	6	0	0	2.31	2.30	38	3	15	1	0	9	62			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.310	1.93	0.32%	2.72	1b start a 2	9b 12- 1 out a3
7	138	26	May 18	DET		BOS	W,10-7	GS-5		6	4.1	8	6	6	3	4	0	0	3.43	2.38	22	4	3	0	1	8	24			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.205	1.83	-0.21%	-2.82	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d5
8	139	31	May 23	DET		WSH	L,0-1	GS-9	L(3-1)	4	8.2	4	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.00	2.59	35	15	7	0	0	4	71			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	0.234	3.45	0.30%	3.13	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out d1
9	140	36	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS-4	L(3-2)	5	4.0	7	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.46	3.10	19	1	6	1	0	7	33			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.204	1.46	-0.19%	-1.83	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
10	141	38	May 31(1)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	6-GF	S(1)	1	3.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.40	3.30	14	5	4	1	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.379	2.52	0.29%	1.27	6t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	142	43	Jun 6(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8		5	7.2	9	4	4	3	4	2	0	3.55	3.66	35	8	11	0	5	9	46			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.212	1.99	-0.17%	-0.06	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out tie
12	143	47	Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-10	GS-4	L(3-3)	3	3.1	5	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.19	3.72	18	4	5	0	0	5	24			1	0	0	13	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.272	1.55	-0.24%	-2.80	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d2
13	144	51	Jun 13(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.93	3.62	33	11	13	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	0	.77	0.210	1.17	0.19%	2.65	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
14	145	55	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS-1	L(4-4)	5	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	4.40	3.83	4	0	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.319	3.10	-0.47%	-4.00	1t start tie	1t --- 0 out d4
15	146	60	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,5-8	GS-4	L(4-5)	6	3.0	5	6	4	2	0	1	0	4.69	4.03	17	5	5	0	3	5	27			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.266	1.47	-0.27%	-3.75	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d5
16	147	62	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,2-6	3-8		2	5.1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.39	3.89	19	6	5	0	0	3		1	0	1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.096	.24	0.05%	3.08	3t -2- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	148	67	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	6.2	10	3	3	0	5	0	0	4.37	3.70	30	3	12	0	0	10	47			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.109	.34	0.03%	0.14	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out a3
18	149	73	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,12-2	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	5	2	2	6	5	0	0	4.15	3.69	38	12	10	0	1	5	68			1	0	0	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.12	0.199	.69	0.07%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
19	150	76	Jul 11	DET		CHW	W,5-4			2	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.40	3.66	5												5	1	0	0		0
20	151	80	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(7-5)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.12	3.56	34	10	11	0	3	4	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.583	1.08	0.24%	4.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
21	152	83	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(8-5)	2	9.0	6	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.88	3.58	37	10	13	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.587	1.01	0.24%	3.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	153	86	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	6-GF	W(9-5)	2	3.2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.76	3.49	11	2	5	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.109	.19	0.03%	2.48	6b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 6
23	154	88	Jul 25(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS-7	L(9-6)	1	7.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.84	3.47	30	9	8	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.138	.42	-0.05%	-0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
24	155	92	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	GS-7	L(9-7)	3	7.0	11	8	8	5	3	3	0	4.17	3.79	36	8	9	1	2	11	21			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.222	.38	-0.06%	-4.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out d7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	156	96	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	GS-3	L(9-8)	4	2.2	5	5	4	2	1	1	1	4.35	3.91	16	6	1	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.01	-0.317	.14	-0.03%	-3.60	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d4
26	157	104	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(9-9)	7	8.0	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	4.17	3.84	28	12	9	0	5	1	74			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	0.029	.05	0.00%	2.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	158	106	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,10-3	3-GF	W(10-9)	2	6.1	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.00	3.80	23	9	6	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.207	.01	0.00%	3.07	3b 123 2 out a5	9b end a 7
28	159	108	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,6-4	8-8		2	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.06	3.82	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.258	.03	0.00%	-3.00	8t 12- 0 out a5	8t 12- 0 out a2
29	160	109	Aug 20	DET		SLB	L,4-5	9-9		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	3.81	3	0	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	-0.180	.04	0.00%	-0.68	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-3 1 out tie
30	161	112	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	1-9	W(11-9)	3	7.1	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.98	3.83	32	9	12	1	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	.86	0.208	.01	0.00%	1.88	1b 12- 2 out d2	9b 1-3 0 out a4
31	162	115	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.94	3.81	5	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.72	0.592	.02	0.00%	1.94	8b -23 1 out a1	9b end a 1
32	163	116	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	9-GF(10)	W(12-9)	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.90	3.82	5	1	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.204	.01	0.00%	0.85	9b -2- 2 out tie	10b end a 2
33	164	118	Aug 29(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,10-11	7-7	BL(12-10)	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.99	3.88	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.372	.01	0.00%	-1.47	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	165	121	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS-6	L(12-11)	2	5.1	8	7	7	2	4	0	0	4.24	3.83	26	5	7	0	0	8	26			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d4
35	166	124	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	7	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.17	3.89	29	8	9	1	3	7	54			0	1	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	.97	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
36	167	126	Sep 6(2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-11			0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	3.88	4												3	0	0	0		0
37	168	127	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	5-6		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.10	3.85	6	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.66	5b -2- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d3
38	169	128	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	10-GF(13)	L(12-12)	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.08	3.83	13	2	5	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.43	10b -2- 2 out tie	13b end d 1
39	170	134	Sep 14(2)	DET		WSH	W,12-1	CG	W(13-12)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.94	3.73	31						82						30	0	0	0		0
40	171	140	Sep 19(1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	6	5	0	0	3.87	3.73	36	7	12	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.205	.00	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
41	172	147	Sep 25	DET		CLE	L,3-9	GS-3	L(13-13)	5	2.2	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.91	3.75	14	3	4	0	0	3	42			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d2
42	173	148	Sep 26	DET		CLE	L,1-4	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	3.75	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
43	174	152	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-8	W(14-13)	4	8.0	7	3	2	3	6	0	0	3.83	3.70	35	12	7	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.093	.00	0.00%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							20-23		W-L:14-13,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.9	211.2	190	97	90	85	122	14	2	3.83	3.70	901	0.89		3%	6%	180	51	20	25%	5	3	0	792	19	5	4	12	0	6	1.15	1.877	1.08	1.38%	16.52

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