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	17-18 / in Starts: 14-12
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	44 (23-14-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (24-14-7)

Most Driven In
H Evers	2
D Cramer	1
E Mayo	1
B Swift	1

Most Driven In By
V Wertz	3
R Cullenbine	2
E Mayo	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 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	96	3 (2)	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.53	-0.015	1.37	-0.02%	-0.19	P
2	97	7 (3)	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,1-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.81	-0.046	4.42	-0.07%	-0.43	P
3	98	11 (3)	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,8-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	2.03	-0.090	5.14	-0.14%	-0.73	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	99	16 (4)	May 6	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	1.67	-0.092	4.83	-0.16%	-0.71	P
5	100	20 (3)	May 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9						P
6	101	24 (3)	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9						P
7	102	27 (2)	May 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9						P
8	103	38 (10)	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	GS-0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9						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
9	104	42 (3)	Jun 4 (2)	DET		NYY	L,8-17	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	8						P
10	105	45 (2)	Jun 9	DET		PHA	L,3-11	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9						P
11	106	46	Jun 10	DET		PHA	L,8-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9						P
12	107	50 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	9	.86	-0.021	3.37	-0.05%	-0.21	P
13	108	52 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	9						P
14	109	57 (4)	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.278	.541	9	1.69	0.190	3.76	0.25%	1.89	P
15	110	60 (2)	Jun 27	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG(8)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.318	.623	9	.35	0.002	.55	0.00%	-0.07	P
16	111	64 (3)	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.320	.628	9	.76	0.017	1.74	0.02%	-0.02	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	112	70 (5)	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.321	.632	9	.34	-0.008	.70	-0.01%	-0.34	P
18	113	76 (5)	Jul 13 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.281	.303	.313	.616	9						P
19	114	78 (1)	Jul 15	DET		WSH	W,11-6	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.303	.324	.333	.657	9						P
20	115	82 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	DET		WSH	W,4-3	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.324	.342	.351	.693	9						P
21	116	86 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.316	.333	.342	.675	9						P
22	117	91 (4)	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	W,13-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.279	.295	.302	.598	9	.31	0.038	.14	0.01%	-0.34	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
23	118	97 (5)	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.277	.283	.559	9	1.15	-0.090	.54	-0.03%	-0.62	P
24	119	100 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,13-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.277	.283	.559	9						P
25	120	101	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.277	.283	.559	9						P
26	121	105 (3)	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.260	.275	.280	.555	9	.83	0.024	.20	0.00%	-0.50	P
27	122	111 (5)	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS-8	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.278	.291	.296	.587	9	1.12	0.128	.22	0.02%	1.40	P
28	123	115 (3)	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,13-14	GS-8	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.322	.345	.667	9	.96	0.076	.42	0.02%	1.36	P
29	124	121 (5)	Aug 24 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.323	.344	.667	9	.27	-0.014	.01	0.00%	0.12	P
30	125	127 (5)	Aug 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.302	.313	.333	.646	9	1.23	-0.119	.07	0.00%	-0.86	P
Sept		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
31	126	133 (5)	Sep 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.303	.323	.626	9	1.13	-0.054	.01	0.00%	-0.39	P
32	127	138 (4)	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.299	.318	.617	9	1.79	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
33	128	143 (4)	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.290	.309	.599	9	1.11	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
34	129	149 (5)	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.286	.304	.590	9	1.67	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
35	130	151 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	T,5-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.271	.282	.300	.582	9	2.90	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
36	131	153 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.282	.300	.582	9						P
							17-18		71	70	7	19	2	0	0	5	1	0	7	0	0		2	3	0	0	.271	.282	.300	.582		.96	-0.352	1.04	-0.15%	-2.78

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