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: 7-28 / in Starts: 6-23

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 5

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	260	2	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,4-5	8-GF		99	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.64	5	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.037	.67	0.05%	0.81	8t --3 2 out d2	9t end d 2
2	261	5	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-3	L(0-1)	2	2.0	6	5	5	2	0	2	0	13.50	12.89	14	3	3	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.396	1.68	-0.40%	-4.50	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d4
3	262	11	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-5		10	4.0	6	3	2	2	6	0	0	8.59	6.35	19	4	1	1	0	6	44			1	2	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.214	1.46	-0.17%	-1.40	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d2
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	263	15	May 4(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	GS-2	L(0-2)	3	1.1	5	6	6	2	0	1	0	13.50	7.93	10	2	1	0	0	5	18			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.374	1.14	-0.28%	-5.28	1b start tie	2b --- 1 out d6
5	264	20	May 9	DET		CHW	L,5-8	GS-9		4	8.1	13	4	3	1	4	0	0	8.47	4.92	39	13	9	1	0	12	46			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.189	.99	-0.08%	-0.47	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
6	265	26	May 15	DET		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-2)	5	9.0	0	0	0	1	7	0	2	5.54	3.85	31	9	12	0	1	0	93			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.661	.52	0.19%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	266	30	May 21	DET		PHA	W,5-1	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	7.2	2	1	1	4	5	0	2	4.54	3.76	31	8	10	0	0	2	72			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.79	0.230	.22	0.04%	2.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
8	267	32	May 25(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-3)	3	7.0	4	3	3	5	3	0	1	4.43	3.82	30	12	5	0	1	4	55			0	1	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	.90	-0.082	.37	-0.02%	0.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
9	268	37	May 30(1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.15	3.63	28	6	10	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.066	.30	0.01%	1.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
10	269	39	Jun 1(1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(2-4)	1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.25	3.66	6	1	3	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	-0.437	1.31	-0.12%	-1.50	8b --3 1 out a1	9b end d 1
11	270	42	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	1	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	2	1	4.20	4.06	29	7	11	2	3	6	53			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.046	.18	-0.01%	0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
12	271	48	Jun 8(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-6)	4	6.0	13	5	3	1	2	0	0	4.23	3.88	30	4	10	0	4	13	31			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.172	.10	-0.02%	-2.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
13	272	52	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.16	3.83	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.77	7b 1-3 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
14	273	55	Jun 15(2)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-7)	2	7.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.13	3.68	30	13	3	0	1	9	48			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.85	-0.106	.05	0.00%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
15	274	59	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,1-3	GS-	L(2-8)	4	7.0	5	3	2	3	4	0	0	3.99	3.58	30						58						27			0		0
16	275	63	Jun 24	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(3-8)	3	9.0	6	1	0	4	7	0	0	3.57	3.43	37	9	11	2	2	6	76			0	0	0	33	4	1	0	1	0	1	.80	0.222	.01	0.00%	3.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	276	68	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	L(3-9)	4	8.2	5	3	0	1	3	1	0	3.24	3.44	33	9	15	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.24	-0.346	.02	0.00%	1.16	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
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
18	277	73	Jul 4(2)	DET		CLE	L,1-10	GS-6	L(3-10)	4	5.2	7	6	6	3	5	2	0	3.60	3.63	26	2	9	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-3.43	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d5
19	278	77	Jul 11(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-11)	6	7.0	10	4	4	6	5	0	0	3.70	3.62	36	4	11	2	1	10	40			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-0.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
20	279	90	Jul 22	DET		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-11)	10	9.0	1	0	0	3	10	0	0	3.41	3.43	29	6	9	0	1	1	92			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.27	0.721	.00	0.00%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	280	96	Jul 27(2)	DET		NYY	L,0-6	GS-	L(4-12)	4	8.0	8	6	6	3	5	0	0	3.63	3.36	33						44						29			0		0
22	281	102	Jul 31(2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(4-13)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.59	3.27	39	12	9	1	0	9	60			0	1	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.237	.00	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
23	282	107	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-		5	9.0	6	0	0	6	9	0	0	3.36	3.21	36						78						30			0		0
24	283	109	Aug 8(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	BS(2)	1	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	3.20	3	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.16	-0.680	.00	0.00%	-1.89	9b 123 1 out a2	9b end d 1
25	284	113	Aug 10(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-1	L(4-14)	1	0.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.53	3.24	6	0	1	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
26	285	116	Aug 16	DET		SLB	W,5-2		S(1)	5	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	3.22	3												3			0		0
27	286	119	Aug 19(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	L(4-15)	2	8.2	10	4	4	4	1	0	1	3.55	3.26	40	10	15	2	0	9	45			1	0	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.350	.00	0.00%	0.00	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out d1
28	287	125	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-15)	5	9.0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.35	3.13	30	8	13	2	4	0	94			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.746	.00	0.00%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	288	130	Aug 29	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	L(5-16)	3	8.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.41	3.16	33	9	11	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-0.29	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Sept				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
30	289	133	Sep 2(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-GF	BS(3)	3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.16	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.12	-0.676	.00	0.00%	-2.04	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
31	290	137	Sep 6	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS-9		3	9.0	6	3	3	2	7	2	0	3.39	3.22	33	10	8	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.22	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
32	291	141	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	3	1	3	0	0	3.40	3.17	32	11	9	1	0	8	50			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.52	-0.407	.00	0.00%	-1.44	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d1
33	292	147	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,3-12	GS-4	L(5-17)	5	3.1	8	8	7	2	6	1	0	3.67	3.20	22	4	2	0	1	8	18			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.24	-0.565	.00	0.00%	-6.02	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
34	293	151	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(5-18)	4	8.0	11	6	5	8	7	0	0	3.75	3.21	44	6	12	0	0	11	37			0	0	0	36	3	1	2	1	0	2	1.14	-0.342	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
35	294	155	Sep 27	DET		CLE	L,6-11	GS-1	L(5-19)	4	0.1	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.97	3.23	8	0	1	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.414	.00	0.00%	-5.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d5
							7-28		W-L:5-19,Sv:1,BSv:3	3.4	197.0	190	99	87	82	129	12	7	3.97	3.23	858	0.87		4%	5%	168	52	9	78%	6	5	0	757	29	7	6	12	0	15	1.13	-4.192	.22	-0.81%	-17.29

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