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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-23 / in Starts: 12-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	52 (34-12-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (28-18-9)

Most Driven In
S Vico	1
P Mullin	1

Most Driven In By
S Vico	2
G Kell	1
J Lipon	1
P Mullin	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	132	3 (2)	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.58	-0.183	4.68	-0.33%	-1.67	P
2	133	6 (2)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,4-7	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	134	9 (2)	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,9-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.22	-0.019	.48	-0.03%	-0.83	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	135	15 (5)	May 5	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.87	0.007	1.97	0.01%	-0.16	P
5	136	20 (4)	May 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
6	137	21	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.52	-0.057	.90	-0.06%	-0.95	P
7	138	26 (4)	May 18	DET		BOS	W,10-7	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.72	0.066	2.92	0.07%	0.62	P
8	139	31 (4)	May 23	DET		WSH	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9	1.75	-0.010	3.76	-0.01%	-0.24	P
9	140	36 (4)	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.158	.358	9	1.61	0.063	2.56	0.06%	0.62	P
10	141	38 (1)	May 31 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9	.49	-0.026	.62	-0.02%	-0.43	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	142	43 (4)	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.160	.192	.160	.352	9	.88	0.066	1.17	0.05%	0.45	P
12	143	47 (3)	Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339	9	.84	-0.024	1.24	-0.02%	-0.24	P
13	144	51 (3)	Jun 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.138	.305	9	.61	-0.047	.93	-0.04%	-1.22	P
14	145	55 (3)	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.167	.138	.305	9						P
15	146	60 (4)	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.161	.133	.295	9	.66	-0.017	1.11	-0.02%	-0.18	P
16	147	62 (1)	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,2-6	3-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.182	.156	.338	9	.74	0.037	.65	0.02%	0.54	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	148	67 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.189	.167	.356	9	.81	-0.015	.32	0.00%	-1.51	P
18	149	73 (5)	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.167	.146	.313	9	.78	-0.105	.47	-0.04%	-2.20	P
19	150	76 (2)	Jul 11	DET		CHW	W,5-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.167	.146	.313	9						P
20	151	80 (3)	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.152	.133	.286	9	.83	-0.091	.57	-0.04%	-1.05	P
21	152	83 (2)	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.143	.125	.268	9	.99	-0.076	.66	-0.03%	-0.53	P
22	153	86 (2)	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.137	.120	.257	9	.12	-0.006	.06	0.00%	-0.75	P
23	154	88 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.115	.132	.115	.247	9	.57	-0.030	.35	-0.01%	-0.37	P
24	155	92 (3)	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.145	.130	.275	9	1.02	0.018	.50	0.01%	0.22	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	156	96 (3)	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.145	.130	.275	9						P
26	157	104 (7)	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.140	.155	.175	.331	9	.76	-0.019	.03	0.00%	-0.21	P
27	158	106 (1)	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,10-3	3-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.136	.150	.169	.319	9	.23	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
28	159	108 (1)	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,6-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.150	.169	.319	9						P
29	160	109	Aug 20	DET		SLB	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.150	.169	.319	9						P
30	161	112 (2)	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	1-9	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.188	.206	.394	9	.40	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.67	P
31	162	115 (2)	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.185	.203	.388	1	.66	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
32	163	116	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.197	.215	.412	9	1.83	0.060	.01	0.00%	0.27	P
33	164	118 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,10-11	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.197	.215	.412	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	165	121 (2)	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.191	.209	.400	9	1.28	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.58	P
35	166	124 (2)	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.186	.203	.389	9	1.09	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
36	167	126 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-11	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.186	.203	.389	9						P
37	168	127	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.186	.203	.389	9						P
38	169	128	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	10-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.183	.200	.383	9	1.34	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
39	170	134 (5)	Sep 14 (2)	DET		WSH	W,12-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.176	.197	.203	.400	9						P
40	171	140 (5)	Sep 19 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.192	.197	.390	9	1.78	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.68	P
41	172	147 (6)	Sep 25	DET		CLE	L,3-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.192	.197	.390	9						P
42	173	148	Sep 26	DET		CLE	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.192	.197	.390	9						P
43	174	152 (3)	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.165	.185	.190	.375	9	1.22	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.89	P
							20-23		83	79	6	13	0	1	0	2	2	0	14	0	2		2	4	0	0	.165	.185	.190	.375		.87	-0.774	.91	-0.43%	-12.82

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