Virgil Trucks
Virgil Oliver Trucks (Fire)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: April 26, 1917 in Birmingham, AL
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1941
Final Game: September 26, 1958
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 DET AL 24 P 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.20
1942 DET AL 25 P 28 36 5 28 3 0 .917 1.18 .958 1.30
1943 DET AL 26 P 33 40 16 24 0 0 1.000 1.21 .962 1.27
1945 DET AL 28 P 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.30
1946 DET AL 29 P 32 47 11 33 3 1 .936 1.38 .951 1.01
1947 DET AL 30 P 36 37 13 22 2 0 .946 0.97 .957 0.95
1948 DET AL 31 P 43 41 13 28 0 1 1.000 0.95 .961 0.91
1949 DET AL 32 P 41 48 13 33 2 2 .958 1.12 .962 1.01 AS,MVP-22
1950 DET AL 33 P 7 16 2 13 1 1 .938 2.14 .950 0.96
1951 DET AL 34 P 37 46 11 32 3 2 .935 1.16 .954 0.99 MVP-30
1952 DET AL 35 P 35 60 21 37 2 1 .967 1.66 .967 1.03
1953 TOT AL 36 P 40 62 14 42 6 3 .903 1.40 .960 0.88 MVP-5
1953 SLB AL 36 P 16 22 3 13 6 1 .727 1.00 .968 0.88
1953 CHW AL 36 P 24 40 11 29 0 2 1.000 1.67 .955 0.88
1954 CHW AL 37 P 40 33 264.2 58 10 48 0 1 1.000 1.97 1.45 .957 2.01 0.93 AS,MVP-12
1955 CHW AL 38 P 32 26 175.0 37 4 33 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.16 .954 1.99 0.83
1956 DET AL 39 P 22 16 120.0 27 6 18 3 1 .889 1.80 1.09 .952 1.92 0.82
1957 KCA AL 40 P 48 7 116.0 30 8 21 1 0 .967 2.25 0.60 .963 1.99 0.86
1958 TOT AL 41 P 41 0 61.2 15 7 7 1 0 .933 2.04 0.34 .960 1.96 0.82
1958 KCA AL 41 P 16 0 22.0 8 4 3 1 0 .875 2.86 0.44 .962 1.96 0.82
1958 NYY AL 41 P 25 0 39.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.28 .957 1.95 0.82
17 Seasons P 517 82 737.1 603 156 420 27 14 .955 7.03 1.11 .959 1.98 0.97
17 Seasons TOT 517 82 737.1 603 156 420 27 14 .955 7.03 1.11 .914 1.98 0.97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 DET AL 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 DET AL 25 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 DET AL 26 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 DET AL 28 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 DET AL 29 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 DET AL 30 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 DET AL 31 43 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 DET AL 32 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 DET AL 33 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 DET AL 34 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 DET AL 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 36 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 SLB AL 36 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 37 40 33 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 38 32 26 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 39 22 16 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 KCA AL 40 48 7 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 41 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 KCA AL 41 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 517 82 517 517 517 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 37 1102 78% 26% 58 86% 0 10 1 8 48 42 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 73%
1955 CHW AL 38 756 80% 28% 37 89% 0 6 1 5 32 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1956 DET AL 39 530 79% 22% 21 86% 0 5 1 3 18 16 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 60%
1957 KCA AL 40 469 77% 27% 17 100% 0 7 0 6 17 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1958 NYY AL 41 192 73% 19% 5 60% 1 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1958 KCA AL 41 98 69% 21% 6 83% 0 4 0 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
5 Seasons 3147 78% 25% 144 88% 1 34 3 27 122 106 9 5 0 2 3 2 3 1 3 0 33 76%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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