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: 17-20 / in Starts: 11-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 8

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	223	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.48	9	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.075	1.54	0.10%	1.01	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
2	224	8	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	8-GF		6	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.25	1.98	8	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.023	.41	-0.03%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
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
3	225	11	May 3	DET		BOS	L,1-6	8-8		3	0.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	9.00	3.48	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.125	.92	-0.13%	-3.63	8t --- 0 out d2	8t -2- 0 out d5
4	226	16	May 8	DET		NYY	W,6-5	8-8		4	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7.71	4.19	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.034	3.82	-0.04%	-0.27	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 123 2 out tie
5	227	20	May 13(1)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-13			4	1.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.50	3.81	7												7			0		0
6	228	27	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,7-9	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.43	3.76	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.018	1.29	0.04%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
7	229	29	May 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	6-6		2	0.2	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	5.87	3.52	6	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.042	.53	-0.09%	-3.48	6b 1-- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d8
8	230	32	May 27(1)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	GS-	W(1-0)	2	8.0	8	2	2	3	4	1	0	4.02	3.88	31						59						27			0		0
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
9	231	39	Jun 3(1)	DET		WSH	L,4-8	9-9		6	0.2	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.96	3.89	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.000	.62	0.00%	0.01	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-3 2 out d1
10	232	55	Jun 20(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	16	7.0	3	4	2	1	2	0	1	4.24	3.55	27	6	14	3	1	3	60			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.195	.52	-0.09%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
11	233	59	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	GS-4		3	3.2	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	5.00	4.07	19	2	6	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.228	1.05	-0.11%	-2.08	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out tie
12	234	61	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	7-GF	BW(2-1)	2	3.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.50	3.98	10	4	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.68	0.394	2.81	0.25%	1.52	7b 12- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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
13	235	65	Jul 1(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.35	3.96	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.34	0.013	.19	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
14	236	69	Jul 6	DET		CLE	L,4-7	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.22	4.04	6	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.46	-0.035	.56	-0.01%	0.01	7t -23 0 out d1	7t 3 out d3
15	237	71	Jul 8(1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	5-7	L(2-2)	1	1.2	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.81	3.90	8	1	3	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.265	.49	-0.06%	-0.88	5t 123 2 out d3	7t -2- 1 out d2
16	238	74	Jul 13	DET		WSH	L,1-3	6-7		4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.63	3.94	5	2	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.090	.22	0.01%	1.30	6t 123 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
17	239	79	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,8-5	GS-6	W(3-2)	3	5.0	5	3	3	7	5	1	0	4.73	4.35	27	3	7	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.028	.11	0.00%	-1.42	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a4
18	240	82	Jul 19(2)	DET		PHA	W,4-3		W(4-2)	1	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.57	4.32	5												4			0		0
19	241	84	Jul 21	DET		BOS	L,3-6	GS-7	L(4-3)	1	6.1	7	6	5	4	1	1	0	4.91	4.56	29	13	4	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.169	.09	-0.01%	-1.31	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
20	242	89	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	GS-3	L(4-4)	5	2.0	8	7	6	0	1	0	0	5.80	4.43	15	2	4	0	0	8	15			0	0	0	15	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.472	.03	-0.01%	-5.58	1b start a 2	3b -2- 0 out d4
21	243	90	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	8-9	H(1)	0	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.12	4.48	3	0	1	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.075	.05	0.00%	-0.39	8b -23 2 out a3	9b 12- 0 out a3
22	244	93	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(4-5)	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.18	4.50	6	1	2	1	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.24	-0.531	.11	-0.01%	-1.34	8b -23 2 out a1	9b end d 1
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	245	94	Aug 1(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	6-7	W(5-5)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.94	4.48	7	2	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.089	.02	0.00%	0.99	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
24	246	95	Aug 1(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	1-4		-1	3.0	7	6	6	0	0	1	0	6.59	4.60	16	5	4	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.153	.03	0.00%	-3.13	1b 12- 1 out d1	4b 1-- 1 out d6
25	247	100	Aug 5(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-6		3	5.1	3	4	4	7	5	0	2	6.60	4.70	28	4	7	0	1	3	44			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.104	.02	0.00%	0.77	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out a4
26	248	105	Aug 10	DET		SLB	L,2-4	GS-	L(5-6)	4	8.0	8	4	3	4	4	1	0	6.23	4.69	35						52						31			0		0
27	249	110	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(5-7)	4	8.0	4	2	2	5	7	0	0	5.82	4.47	34	12	6	0	0	4	68			3	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.02	0.149	.00	0.00%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	250	116	Aug 20(1)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GS-8	W(6-7)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	5.55	4.23	28	10	10	1	3	5	58			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.172	.00	0.00%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
29	251	119	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,7-6	9-GF(12)	W(7-7)	1	4.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	1	5.30	4.14	18	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.45	0.562	.00	0.00%	2.07	9t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
30	252	122	Aug 25	DET		WSH	L,5-11	GS-	L(7-8)	2	2.2	7	5	5	3	1	0	0	5.64	4.17	18						22						15			0		0
31	253	126	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7	GS-7		3	6.1	11	5	5	2	6	1	0	5.73	4.13	31	5	7	0	0	11	35			0	1	0	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.406	.00	0.00%	-2.81	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d1
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
32	254	130	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	5.25	3.97	29						79						26			0		0
33	255	135	Sep 7(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(14)	W(9-8)	4	14.0	5	1	0	4	7	0	0	4.64	3.78	50	16	18	2	0	5	103			2	0	0	46	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.75	1.259	.00	0.00%	6.09	1b start tie	14b 3 out a1
34	256	140	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	W(10-8)	5	9.0	7	2	2	4	5	1	0	4.45	3.81	38	7	15	2	1	7	66			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.122	.00	0.00%	2.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
35	257	145	Sep 18	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS-7	W(11-8)	4	6.1	11	6	6	3	3	1	0	4.64	3.86	32	8	7	0	0	11	27			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a2
36	258	149	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	W(12-8)	4	9.0	7	1	0	4	10	0	0	4.35	3.72	39	6	12	0	0	7	77			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	0	1	.80	0.276	.00	0.00%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
37	259	154	Sep 30	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(13-8)	6	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	1	4.16	3.66	34	12	13	2	0	5	74			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.604	.00	0.00%	3.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							17-20		W-L:13-8,BSv:2,Hld:1	3.1	153.2	153	81	71	75	89	9	6	4.16	3.66	681	0.89		4%	3%	118	53	17	29%	7	5	0	585	25	2	5	6	0	11	1.17	1.023	.24	-0.19%	-1.53

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