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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 18 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (1)	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
4	8 (1)	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	2	2	0	P
5	13 (4)	Apr 30	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (3)	May 3 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	18	May 5	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
8	22 (3)	May 10	SLB		CLE	L,3-12	GS	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
9	26 (3)	May 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	28 (1)	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	30 (1)	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	0	3	2	5	0	P
12	34 (3)	May 25	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	GS	17	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	39 (4)	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	45 (5)	Jun 4	SLB		WSH	L,1-10	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	49 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-7		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	53 (3)	Jun 11	SLB		BOS	L,0-7	GS	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox
17	60	Jun 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS	32	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	65 (4)	Jun 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	P
19	70 (4)	Jun 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-4	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
21	79 (5)	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,14-4	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
22	85 (5)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GS	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	88 (2)	Jul 17	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
24	92 (3)	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	97 (4)	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
26	101 (3)	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	105 (3)	Aug 4	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
28	110 (4)	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	114 (3)	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
30	118 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
31	124 (5)	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
32	127 (2)	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	129 (1)	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	GF	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	132 (2)	Sep 1	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
35	138 (5)	Sep 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
36	139	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	143 (3)	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
38	145 (1)	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7		3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	148 (2)	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	151 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
							40gm		264.1	14	42	6	62	3