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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1941 24 DET AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 50 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
1942 25 DET AL 14 8 .636 2.74 28 20 8 8 2 0 167.2 147 64 51 3 74 91 2 1 7 721 144 1.318 7.9 0.2 4.0 4.9 1.23
1943 26 DET AL 16 10 .615 2.84 33 25 6 10 2 2 202.2 170 72 64 11 52 118 1 1 1 817 124 1.095 7.5 0.5 2.3 5.2 2.27
1945 28 DET AL 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 19 209 0.938 5.1 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
1946 29 DET AL 14 9 .609 3.23 32 29 1 15 2 0 236.2 217 94 85 23 75 161 3 0 5 992 113 1.234 8.3 0.9 2.9 6.1 2.15
1947 30 DET AL 10 12 .455 4.53 36 26 5 8 2 2 180.2 186 105 91 14 79 108 2 0 5 800 83 1.467 9.3 0.7 3.9 5.4 1.37
1948 31 DET AL 14 13 .519 3.78 43 26 9 7 0 2 211.2 190 97 89 14 85 123 2 1 7 901 115 1.299 8.1 0.6 3.6 5.2 1.45
1949 32 DET AL 19 11 .633 2.81 41 32 8 17 6 4 275.0 209 95 86 16 124 153 4 0 3 1133 148 1.211 6.8 0.5 4.1 5.0 1.23 AS,MVP-22
1950 33 DET AL 3 1 .750 3.54 7 7 0 2 1 0 48.1 45 20 19 6 21 25 1 0 0 209 132 1.366 8.4 1.1 3.9 4.7 1.19
1951 34 DET AL 13 8 .619 4.33 37 18 8 6 1 1 153.2 153 81 74 9 75 89 5 1 6 680 96 1.484 9.0 0.5 4.4 5.2 1.19 MVP-30
1952 35 DET AL 5 19 .208 3.97 35 29 5 8 3 1 197.0 190 99 87 12 82 129 7 1 5 858 95 1.381 8.7 0.5 3.7 5.9 1.57
1953 36 TOT AL 20 10 .667 2.93 40 33 3 17 5 3 264.1 234 97 86 18 99 149 7 1 7 1101 140 1.260 8.0 0.6 3.4 5.1 1.51 MVP-5
1953 36 SLB AL 5 4 .556 3.07 16 12 2 4 2 2 88.0 83 37 30 4 32 47 4 0 3 374 137 1.307 8.5 0.4 3.3 4.8 1.47
1953 36 CHW AL 15 6 .714 2.86 24 21 1 13 3 1 176.1 151 60 56 14 67 102 3 1 4 727 141 1.236 7.7 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.52
1954 37 CHW AL 19 12 .613 2.79 40 33 7 16 5 3 264.2 224 87 82 13 95 152 1 0 4 1090 134 1.205 7.6 0.4 3.2 5.2 1.60 AS,MVP-12
1955 38 CHW AL 13 8 .619 3.96 32 26 2 7 3 0 175.0 176 78 77 19 61 5 91 2 0 1 749 100 1.354 9.1 1.0 3.1 4.7 1.49
1956 39 DET AL 6 5 .545 3.82 22 16 3 3 1 1 120.0 104 56 51 15 63 5 43 6 0 3 515 108 1.392 7.8 1.1 4.7 3.2 0.68
1957 40 KCA AL 9 7 .563 3.03 48 7 23 0 0 7 116.0 106 45 39 12 62 8 55 2 0 7 502 130 1.448 8.2 0.9 4.8 4.3 0.89
1958 41 TOT AL 2 2 .500 3.65 41 0 25 0 0 4 61.2 58 31 25 3 39 1 41 2 0 2 283 101 1.573 8.5 0.4 5.7 6.0 1.05
1958 41 KCA AL 0 1 .000 2.05 16 0 12 0 0 3 22.0 18 7 5 2 15 1 15 0 0 0 98 192 1.500 7.4 0.8 6.1 6.1 1.00
1958 41 NYY AL 2 1 .667 4.54 25 0 13 0 0 1 39.2 40 24 20 1 24 0 26 2 0 2 185 78 1.613 9.1 0.2 5.4 5.9 1.08
17 Seasons 177 135 .567 3.39 517 328 113 124 33 30 2682.1 2416 1124 1009 188 1088 19 1534 47 6 63 11378 116 1.306 8.1 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.41
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .567 3.39 42 26 9 10 3 2 216 194 90 81 15 88 123 4 0 5 916 116 1.306 8.1 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.41
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
DET (12 yrs) 114 96 .543 3.50 316 229 53 84 20 13 1800.2 1618 786 700 123 732 5 1046 33 5 42 7653 113 1.305 8.1 0.6 3.7 5.2 1.43
CHW (3 yrs) 47 26 .644 3.14 96 80 10 36 11 4 616.0 551 225 215 46 223 5 345 6 1 9 2566 124 1.256 8.1 0.7 3.3 5.0 1.55
KCA (2 yrs) 9 8 .529 2.87 64 7 35 0 0 10 138.0 124 52 44 14 77 9 70 2 0 7 600 137 1.457 8.1 0.9 5.0 4.6 0.91
NYY (1 yr) 2 1 .667 4.54 25 0 13 0 0 1 39.2 40 24 20 1 24 0 26 2 0 2 185 78 1.613 9.1 0.2 5.4 5.9 1.08
SLB (1 yr) 5 4 .556 3.07 16 12 2 4 2 2 88.0 83 37 30 4 32 47 4 0 3 374 137 1.307 8.5 0.4 3.3 4.8 1.47

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1945 28 DET AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 3.38 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.1 14 5 5 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 58 1.425 9.5 0.0 3.4 4.7 1.40
1 WS 1 0 1.000 3.38 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.1 14 5 5 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 58 1.425 9.5 0.0 3.4 4.7 1.40

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1941 24 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 25 DET AL 28 66 65 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .123 .123 .138 .262 -29 9 3 0 1 1
1943 26 DET AL 33 74 72 7 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 .181 .203 .194 .397 13 14 3 0 0 1
1945 28 DET AL 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -2 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 29 DET AL 32 97 95 4 17 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 .179 .179 .221 .400 9 21 4 0 2 1
1947 30 DET AL 36 71 70 7 19 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .271 .282 .300 .582 60 21 3 0 0 1
1948 31 DET AL 43 83 79 6 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 14 .165 .185 .190 .375 -1 15 5 0 2 1
1949 32 DET AL 41 107 100 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 15 .120 .137 .140 .277 -27 14 4 1 5 1 AS,MVP-22
1950 33 DET AL 7 20 20 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .150 .150 .200 .350 -12 4 0 0 0 /1
1951 34 DET AL 37 57 55 5 13 3 0 0 14 0 0 0 12 .236 .236 .291 .527 42 16 0 0 2 1 MVP-30
1952 35 DET AL 35 67 64 3 12 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 11 .188 .200 .234 .434 20 15 2 0 2 1
1953 36 TOT AL 40 102 88 6 19 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 13 .216 .225 .295 .520 38 26 1 1 13 1 MVP-5
1953 36 SLB AL 16 29 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .160 .160 .200 .360 -4 5 0 0 4 1
1953 36 CHW AL 24 73 63 6 15 3 0 1 6 0 0 0 10 .238 .250 .333 .583 54 21 1 1 9 1
1954 37 CHW AL 40 105 93 5 17 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 21 .183 .188 .204 .392 6 19 3 0 9 2 1 AS,MVP-12
1955 38 CHW AL 32 72 64 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 .125 .123 .141 .264 -30 9 1 0 7 1 0 1
1956 39 DET AL 22 47 45 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .244 .244 .289 .533 40 13 0 0 2 0 0 1
1957 40 KCA AL 48 29 28 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 4 1 0 1 0 0 1
1958 41 TOT AL 41 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
1958 41 KCA AL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1958 41 NYY AL 25 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Seasons 517 1009 949 63 171 23 1 2 70 1 1 9 153 .180 .189 .213 .402 8 202 31 2 46 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 316 297 20 54 7 0 1 22 0 0 3 48 .180 .189 .213 .402 8 63 10 1 14
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (12 yrs) 316 692 667 49 121 16 1 1 44 1 1 8 95 .181 .192 .213 .405 9 142 24 1 16 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 96 250 220 13 40 6 0 1 20 0 0 1 43 .182 .187 .223 .409 10 49 5 1 25 3 0
KCA (2 yrs) 64 30 29 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .138 .138 .138 .276 -24 4 2 0 1 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 25 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 2 0 0 0 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 16 29 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .160 .160 .200 .360 -4 5 0 0 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 28 DET AL WS CHC W 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 *
1954 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-AL-22-1%
1951-AL-30-1%
1953-AL-5-24%
1954-AL-12-6%
0.32 Career Shares (566th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL--2.738--9th
1949 AL--2.815--3rd
1953 AL--2.928--3rd
1954 AL--2.788--6th

Wins s c a p y
1942 AL--14--8th
1943 AL--16--6th
1946 AL--14--9th
1949 AL--19--6th
1953 AL--20--4th
1954 AL--19--4th
Career--177--158th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1942 AL--.636--8th
1943 AL--.615--10th
1946 AL--.609--10th
1949 AL--.633--10th
1951 AL--.619--8th
1953 AL--.667--6th
1955 AL--.619--7th
Career--.567--233rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1943 AL--1.095--2nd
1946 AL--1.234--9th
1948 AL--1.299--7th
1949 AL--1.211--2nd
1953 AL--1.260--8th
1954 AL--1.205--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--7.891--4th
1943 AL--7.549--9th
1948 AL--8.079--5th
1949 AL--6.840--3rd
1953 AL--7.967--5th
1954 AL--7.617--6th
Career--8.106--146th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 AL--2.309--5th
1946 AL--2.852--8th
1955 AL--3.137--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--4.885--3rd
1943 AL--5.240--4th
1946 AL--6.123--3rd
1947 AL--5.380--4th
1948 AL--5.230--3rd
1949 AL--5.007--2nd
1952 AL--5.893--3rd
1953 AL--5.073--5th
1954 AL--5.169--8th
1955 AL--4.680--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL--43--9th
1949 AL--41--8th
1957 AL--48--5th

Saves s c a p y
1949 AL--4--5th
1957 AL--7--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1946 AL--236.7--8th
1949 AL--275.0--4th
1953 AL--264.3--4th
1954 AL--264.7--2nd
Career--2682.3--190th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL--91--10th
1943 AL--118--5th
1946 AL--161--4th
1948 AL--123--6th
1949 AL--153--1st
1952 AL--129--8th
1953 AL--149--2nd
1954 AL--152--3rd
Career--1534--155th

Games Started s c a p y
1946 AL--29--10th
1949 AL--32--6th
1953 AL--33--6th
1954 AL--33--4th
Career--328--227th

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 AL--17--10th
1953 AL--17--5th
1954 AL--16--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL--6--1st
1952 AL--3--8th
1953 AL--5--3rd
1954 AL--5--1st
1955 AL--3--8th
Career--33--87th

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 AL--11--8th
1946 AL--23--1st
1948 AL--14--10th
1953 AL--18--8th
1955 AL--19--10th
Career--188--224th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL--124--7th
1953 AL--99--8th
1954 AL--95--7th
Career--1088--78th

Hits s c a p y
1946 AL--217--8th
1953 AL--234--5th
1954 AL--224--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 AL--1.230--10th
1943 AL--2.269--2nd
1946 AL--2.147--4th
1947 AL--1.367--9th
1948 AL--1.447--3rd
1949 AL--1.234--6th
1952 AL--1.573--7th
1953 AL--1.505--9th
1954 AL--1.600--8th
1955 AL--1.492--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--.161--1st
1953 AL--.613--10th

Losses s c a p y
1952 AL--19--2nd
Career--135--229th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 AL--85--6th
1947 AL--91--7th
1952 AL--87--8th
Career--1009--220th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1942 AL--7--3rd
1946 AL--5--7th
1948 AL--7--2nd
1951 AL--6--3rd
1952 AL--5--4th
1953 AL--7--3rd
1957 AL--7--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL--5--9th
1952 AL--7--3rd
1953 AL--7--6th
1956 AL--6--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1946 AL--992--9th
1949 AL--1133--5th
1953 AL--1101--4th
1954 AL--1090--3rd
Career--11378--161st

Games Finished s c a p y
1957 AL--23--9th
1958 AL--25--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL--144--5th
1943 AL--124--10th
1949 AL--148--3rd
1953 AL--140--3rd
1954 AL--134--6th
Career--116--174th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1953 AL--13--6th
1954 AL--9--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1941 AL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 AL--0--1st

Oldest s c a p y
1955 AL--born 1917-04-26--9th
1956 AL--born 1917-04-26--5th
1957 AL--born 1917-04-26--4th
1958 AL--born 1917-04-26--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (370), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 141 (110), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 45 (292), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 28 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Johnny Groth and Hal White to the St. Louis Browns for Owen Friend, Bob Nieman and Jay Porter.

June 13, 1953: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bob Elliott to the Chicago White Sox for Darrell Johnson, Lou Kretlow and $75,000.

November 30, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Bubba Phillips.

December 5, 1956: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Wayne Belardi, Ned Garver, Gene Host and $20,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Jack Crimian, Jim Finigan, Bill Harrington and Eddie Robinson.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Duke Maas to the New York Yankees for Bob Grim and Harry Simpson.

April 14, 1959: Released by the New York Yankees.

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