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: 25-15 / in Starts: 22-11

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: 3

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	295	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	W,10-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	2.15	31	9	11	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.26	0.166	.64	0.25%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
2	296	4	Apr 18(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	11-GF(11)	S(1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.18	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0.109	6.05	0.18%	0.26	11b --- 1 out a1	11b end a 1
3	297	6	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	GS-5		0	5.0	4	3	2	1	4	0	0	1.23	1.98	21	3	10	0	0	3	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.140	3.41	-0.27%	-0.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
4	298	8	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	8	3	2	1	5	0	1	1.66	1.99	28	6	7	0	0	8	55			1	2	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.061	2.27	-0.12%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
5	299	13	Apr 30	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	3	1	1	3	7	0	1	1.47	2.10	34	3	17	3	0	3	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.408	2.54	0.54%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
6	300	17	May 3(2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	2.11	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	0.090	8.67	0.10%	0.27	9t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
7	301	18	May 5	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	1	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.34	2.07	36	12	8	0	0	8	71			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.578	3.46	0.75%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	302	22	May 10	SLB		CLE	L,3-12	GS-9	L(3-2)	4	8.0	11	6	6	6	3	3	0	2.23	3.21	40	9	11	1	1	11	33			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	-0.375	2.75	-0.46%	-1.93	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out d3
9	303	26	May 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.88	3.08	35	13	10	0	6	6	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.439	1.53	0.39%	4.36	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
10	304	28	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.87	3.13	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.66	0.134	9.87	0.14%	0.49	9b 1-3 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
11	305	30	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-6		2	6.0	5	2	0	1	3	0	1	1.70	3.08	27	12	5	0	3	5	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.027	1.01	0.02%	1.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
12	306	34	May 25	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	GS-4		4	3.2	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.14	3.10	17	3	8	1	0	5	34			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.268	.56	-0.10%	-2.20	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d3
13	307	39	May 30(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.39	2.96	32	9	7	0	0	8	54			1	1	1	30	2	1	0	1	0	2	1.22	-0.178	.57	-0.05%	-0.09	1b start a 1	8b 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
14	308	45	Jun 4	SLB		WSH	L,1-10	GS-3	L(5-3)	4	3.0	6	4	4	3	0	1	1	2.76	3.27	17	3	4	0	1	6	28			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	.81	-0.236	.48	-0.08%	-2.47	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
15	309	49	Jun 7(2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-7			2	1.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.93	3.27	7												6			0		0
16	310	53	Jun 11	SLB		BOS	L,0-7	GS-8	L(5-4)	3	8.0	9	7	4	6	3	0	0	3.07	3.34	41	11	13	0	2	8	39			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	.72	-0.215	.03	-0.01%	-2.93	1t start tie	8t 3 out d7
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox
17	311	60	Jun 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS-8		6	7.1	6	4	3	3	5	0	0	3.12	3.27	32	8	11	3	2	5	54			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.74	-0.341	1.05	-0.12%	-1.30	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 1 out d2
18	312	65	Jun 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	6	3	3	7	8	1	0	3.11	3.39	41	12	8	1	1	6	64			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.004	.81	0.00%	1.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
19	313	70	Jun 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-4	GS-6	W(7-4)	4	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	1	3.26	3.44	29	8	4	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.041	2.37	-0.06%	-0.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
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
20	314	73	Jul 4(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-0	SHO	W(8-4)	5	9.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.02	3.35	34	10	9	0	0	6	78			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.171	.81	0.27%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a13
21	315	79	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,14-4	GS-7	W(9-4)	3	7.0	10	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.06	3.27	31	11	6	0	0	9	48			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.031	1.70	-0.05%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
22	316	85	Jul 12(2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GS-9	W(10-4)	3	8.1	6	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.94	3.17	33	5	11	0	3	6	72			0	0	0	30	0	3	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.315	4.71	0.74%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
23	317	88	Jul 17	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.82	3.14	30	9	12	3	1	3	83			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.430	2.61	0.99%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	318	92	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.65	3.10	33	11	12	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.748	4.40	1.43%	4.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	319	97	Jul 26(2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-4)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.51	3.04	33	10	9	2	3	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.494	2.33	0.65%	4.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	320	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-7	L(13-5)	4	7.0	6	2	1	4	1	0	0	2.45	3.08	28	7	10	2	2	6	56			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.77	0.024	2.54	0.05%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
27	321	105	Aug 4	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(14-5)	3	9.0	4	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.48	3.05	31	8	11	1	1	4	69			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	0	.39	0.221	1.22	0.42%	1.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
28	322	110	Aug 8(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(14-6)	3	8.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	1	2.52	3.12	32	6	11	0	2	7	57			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.003	2.27	-0.01%	0.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
29	323	114	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS-10	W(15-6)	4	9.0	11	3	3	5	6	2	0	2.54	3.25	43	10	11	1	2	11	54			1	0	0	37	1	0	2	1	0	1	1.56	-0.121	3.28	-0.15%	0.98	1b start tie	10b 1-- 0 out a4
30	324	118	Aug 18(1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	12	0	0	2.52	3.14	37	6	10	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.519	1.33	0.27%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
31	325	124	Aug 23(2)	CHW		DET	W,11-6	CG	W(17-6)	4	9.0	10	6	6	4	3	1	0	2.67	3.21	41	9	15	1	0	10	42			0	1	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.133	.83	0.06%	-1.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	326	127	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	W(18-6)	3	9.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	2.72	3.27	35	12	11	0	3	7	56			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.206	.19	0.02%	0.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	327	129	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	3.26	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.071	.35	0.01%	1.51	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
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
34	328	132	Sep 1	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(18-7)	2	9.0	9	3	3	5	3	1	0	2.72	3.33	38	7	14	1	4	9	55			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.067	.37	0.01%	1.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
35	329	138	Sep 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	L(18-8)	4	7.0	6	4	3	0	4	2	0	2.75	3.38	29	11	8	2	0	6	55			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	2	.79	-0.211	.01	0.00%	-0.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
36	330	139	Sep 7(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	6-7		0	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.85	3.38	8	1	3	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-2.08	6b 12- 2 out d1	7b 3 out d4
37	331	143	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	W(19-8)	3	9.0	13	4	4	4	2	1	0	2.89	3.44	42	8	15	2	4	13	43			1	0	0	38	3	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.131	.00	0.00%	0.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
38	332	145	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-8	HL(19-9)	1	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.96	3.44	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	-0.183	.00	0.00%	-0.69	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-3 1 out a1
39	333	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-6	L(19-10)	2	6.0	7	3	2	2	2	0	1	2.96	3.44	28	8	9	0	3	6	48			2	0	0	25	2	2	1	1	0	1	.74	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
40	334	151	Sep 20(2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(20-10)	3	9.0	5	2	2	7	4	2	0	2.93	3.55	38	7	15	1	0	5	66			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.266	.00	0.00%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							25-15		W-L:20-10,Sv:3,Hld:1	3.1	264.1	234	97	86	99	149	18	7	2.93	3.55	1104	0.83		5%	7%	224	59	6	0%	6	9	2	988	43	9	3	20	0	16	1.00	3.106	1.59	5.82%	38.07

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