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: 14-14 / in Starts: 10-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	2	4	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	8	7	6	4	6	0	0	8.10	2.07	33	14	2	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.365	3.13	-0.58%	-2.82	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d3
2	3	14	Apr 26(1)	DET		SLB	W,10-5	GS-6	W(1-1)	8	5.0	9	5	4	2	2	0	0	7.71	2.24	26	9	4	0	2	9	31			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.093	2.59	-0.16%	-1.43	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a4
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	4	38	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS-6	L(1-2)	25	5.1	9	4	3	3	7	0	1	6.88	2.07	28	5	3	0	0	9	40			2	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.469	3.81	-0.65%	-2.59	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d1
4	5	44	May 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	5.19	2.22	31						76						30	0	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
5	6	49	Jun 2	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.86	1.76	34	15	3	0	1	6	83			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.467	2.18	0.59%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	7	55	Jun 7(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-8	W(4-2)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	5	0	0	4.07	1.64	30	15	1	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.020	1.51	-0.02%	-1.04	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 0 out a3
7	8	59	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.1	12	4	3	2	8	0	0	4.10	1.49	32	4	8	0	5	10	41			1	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.265	3.33	-0.32%	-1.21	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
8	9	65	Jun 18	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.61	1.69	35	4	20	2	1	4	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.458	1.61	0.42%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	10	69	Jun 21(2)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	L(5-3)	2	2.0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	3.49	1.78	10	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.68	-0.256	4.75	-0.27%	0.03	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
10	11	71	Jun 24	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(5-4)	2	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.16	1.95	35	8	13	1	3	7	70			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.317	1.47	0.27%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
11	12	86	Jul 12(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	3-GF	W(6-4)	17	7.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.87	1.96	24	8	10	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.437	1.16	0.26%	3.27	3b --- 0 out d3	9b end a 2
12	13	91	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-		3	5.0	2	4	2	3	0	0	0	2.91	2.08	22						48						18					0
13	14	93	Jul 19(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	6-GF	W(7-4)	2	4.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.77	2.09	15	5	5	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	0.486	.25	0.03%	1.89	6b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
14	15	99	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,2-7	GS-4	L(7-5)	5	3.1	7	4	3	2	3	0	0	2.98	2.09	20	3	5	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.37	-0.226	.07	-0.01%	-1.87	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d2
15	16	101	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,12-7	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	9	7	3	5	1	0	0	2.98	2.23	41	14	12	0	0	9	45			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	3	.82	0.184	.00	0.00%	-2.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
16	17	107	Aug 2(2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	GS-9	W(9-5)	3	8.1	9	2	2	6	3	1	1	2.91	2.48	41	10	12	2	1	9	54			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.292	.00	0.00%	1.71	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
17	18	114	Aug 9(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(10-5)	6	9.0	6	1	0	4	7	0	0	2.68	2.43	37						76						33	1	0			0
18	19	119	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-9	L(10-6)	3	8.2	4	3	3	6	2	0	0	2.71	2.52	36	8	16	2	5	4	60			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.428	.00	0.00%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a2
19	20	124	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(11-6)	5	9.0	6	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.53	2.44	35	21	0	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.49	0.259	.00	0.00%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	21	128	Aug 26(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-6)	6	9.0	6	0	0	8	2	0	0	2.37	2.56	41	11	15	2	0	5	69			1	0	0	31	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.15	0.726	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	22	134	Aug 31	DET	@	NYY	L,3-8	GS-3	L(12-7)	4	3.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.57	2.58	15	2	6	1	0	4	34			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-2.60	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
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
22	23	136	Sep 2(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	2.56	7	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.020	.00	0.00%	1.61	7b -2- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
23	24	141	Sep 7(2)	DET		SLB	L,0-3	GS-7	L(12-8)	4	7.0	9	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.53	2.52	30	6	9	0	0	9	53			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.111	.00	0.00%	1.60	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
24	25	145	Sep 12	DET		PHA	W,6-5	8-GF(11)	W(13-8)	4	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.47	2.47	13	9	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.96	0.529	.00	0.00%	2.06	8t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
25	26	148	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,6-8	GS-5		1	4.2	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	2.62	2.52	21	9	5	1	2	4	35			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.188	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a1
26	27	150	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-7	6-GF		2	4.0	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.67	2.55	17	8	0	0	0	5		0	0	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	-0.038	.00	0.00%	0.06	6t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
27	28	152	Sep 20(2)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	9-GF	W(14-8)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.66	2.54	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.78	9t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 1
28	29	156	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-8			6	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.68	2.54	10												8					0
							14-14		W-L:14-8	3.8	167.2	147	64	50	74	94	3	2	2.68	2.54	720	1.25		4%	6%	127	54	4	0%	7	6	0	633	20	3	4	9	0	9	1.21	2.607	1.12	-0.45%	17.90

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