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: 12-10 / in Starts: 9-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 3

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	407	10	Apr 29(2)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	4-6		99	3.0	3	4	4	2	2	2	1	12.00	12.70	16	5	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.27	-0.063	.61	-0.09%	-2.42	4t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d8
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
2	408	18	May 7	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-8		7	8.0	8	3	3	6	5	0	0	5.73	5.92	36	7	10	2	0	8	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	-0.358	2.13	-0.32%	0.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
3	409	23	May 13	DET		CHW	L,1-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	5	5.1	6	4	4	2	0	1	0	6.06	5.92	23	11	4	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.06	-0.133	1.51	-0.11%	-1.54	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d4
4	410	29	May 20(2)	DET		WSH	W,7-1	GS-3		6	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.12	5.53	10	5	2	1	1	2	54			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	.67	0.099	.76	0.07%	1.58	1t start tie	3t 3 out a7
5	411	39	May 30(2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	W(1-1)	9	9.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.81	4.95	30	12	12	2	3	3	78			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.373	1.34	0.27%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
6	412	43	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,14-11	GS-5	W(2-1)	5	5.0	7	5	5	3	5	2	0	4.59	5.31	25	5	5	0	1	7	35			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.106	1.72	-0.14%	-2.08	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
7	413	48	Jun 10(1)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	2	4.58	5.12	30	8	9	0	2	8	41			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.001	2.21	0.00%	-0.34	1b start a 3	7b 1-3 0 out a3
8	414	53	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,5-2	7-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.54	5.09	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.076	6.66	0.10%	0.45	7t 12- 2 out tie	7t 3 out tie
9	415	54	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(12)	BL(2-2)	0	4.2	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.26	4.87	19	4	6	2	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	-0.200	6.13	-0.29%	0.05	8t 12- 1 out a1	12t end d 1
10	416	61	Jun 24(2)	DET		BAL	L,2-3	3-GF		7	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68	4.53	23	10	11	3	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.272	.25	0.08%	3.70	3t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
11	417	65	Jun 28	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.13	4.26	34	9	13	3	1	6	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.614	.27	0.06%	4.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
12	418	69	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,3-9	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	6.1	6	4	2	3	2	0	0	3.11	4.16	26	4	11	1	0	6	48			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	0.043	.38	0.01%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a2
13	419	82	Jul 15(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(3-4)	12	6.2	6	6	6	8	5	2	0	3.56	4.54	34	5	10	1	0	6	35			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.67	-0.434	.08	-0.01%	-3.10	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out d3
14	420	87	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-6	W(4-4)	4	5.1	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	3.55	4.54	25	5	11	2	3	5	40			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	2	1	1.00	0.118	.02	0.00%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a6
15	421	92	Jul 25	DET		BAL	W,6-2	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	1	3.47	4.39	30	6	12	0	0	8	54			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.102	.01	0.00%	1.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	422	98	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	8	1	1	1	3.23	4.60	37	7	17	2	2	3	70			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.418	.00	0.00%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
17	423	103	Aug 4	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3.43	4.81	23	6	6	1	2	4	42			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-1.36	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
18	424	108	Aug 9	DET		KCA	L,3-5	GS-3	L(5-5)	4	3.0	5	5	5	3	3	2	0	3.77	5.02	17	3	3	0	1	5	29			0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	.71	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-3.42	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
19	425	115	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8		7	7.2	8	3	3	2	5	1	1	3.75	4.94	33	11	7	2	0	7	54			1	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	-0.051	.00	0.00%	0.98	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out tie
20	426	123	Aug 25	DET	@	BAL	W,7-3	7-GF	S(1)	7	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.65	4.90	10	4	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.120	.00	0.00%	1.43	7b --- 0 out a2	9b 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
21	427	131	Sep 3(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	5-6		8	0.2	1	2	2	3	0	1	0	3.79	5.08	6	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-2.24	5b 1-3 2 out a4	6b --- 1 out a3
22	428	137	Sep 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-3	GS-6	W(6-5)	5	6.0	9	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.83	5.00	27	3	11	1	1	9	40			0	0	1	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.065	.00	0.00%	0.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
							12-10		W-L:6-5,Sv:1,BSv:1	5.0	120.0	104	56	51	63	43	15	6	3.83	5.00	515	0.77		8%	6%	102	49	6	50%	5	1	1	435	17	0	5	16	2	5	1.16	0.258	.82	-0.36%	7.44

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