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: 16-16 / in Starts: 14-15

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: 2

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	64	2	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,6-7	GS-9	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	7	5	2	7	1	0	5.63	3.21	35	8	10	1	3	8	47			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.15	-0.249	3.22	-0.42%	-2.09	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
2	65	5	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2		W(1-1)	3	3.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.86	2.67	11												11					0
3	66	9	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	L(1-2)	4	8.2	12	3	3	5	3	1	0	3.54	3.71	42	11	11	2	1	12	46			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.85	-0.073	6.53	-0.16%	1.21	1b start a 2	9b --- 2 out d1
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
4	67	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.95	3.94	32	5	11	1	3	9	44			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.164	1.53	-0.31%	-0.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
5	68	19	May 6	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.22	3.38	34	9	10	1	3	6	76			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.469	2.57	0.49%	3.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	69	23	May 11	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	7	1	1	2.78	3.33	32	8	13	0	0	2	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.343	2.14	0.46%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	70	28	May 17	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.48	3.06	36	22	2	0	0	8	71			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.48	0.478	3.46	0.67%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	71	32	May 21	DET		BOS	L,4-6	GS-5		3	4.1	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.76	3.11	19	5	4	0	1	6	43			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.176	3.40	-0.39%	-1.74	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out a1
9	72	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,6-12	5-5	L(4-3)	1	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	3.22	3.55	3	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.415	3.44	-0.53%	-3.52	5t -23 0 out a2	5t --- 0 out d3
10	73	37	May 26(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-4)	2	8.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.11	3.57	33	10	10	0	4	6	65			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.041	1.97	0.04%	1.50	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	74	41	May 30(2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS-	L(4-5)	3	6.0	8	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.10	3.41	27						52						25					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
12	75	46	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	GS-4	W(5-5)	5	4.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.93	3.43	15	3	6	0	1	1	59			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.222	1.51	0.17%	1.79	1b start a 1	4b 3 out a1
13	76	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.94	3.52	36	8	14	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.015	.42	-0.01%	1.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
14	77	53	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	10	2	0	2.85	3.55	35	8	8	0	0	7	73			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.235	1.21	0.17%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	78	56	Jun 19	DET		PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	9	0	0	2.60	3.38	36	4	14	0	8	6	81			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.482	1.59	0.44%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	79	60	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,8-10	GS-5		3	4.2	4	5	5	4	6	3	1	2.91	3.74	23	3	5	0	1	4	38			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.277	2.22	-0.41%	-2.79	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d4
17	80	64	Jun 26(2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9	GS-	L(8-6)	2	7.0	8	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.12	3.78	33						43						29					0
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
18	81	68	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.90	3.70	38						74						35	2	0			0
19	82	73	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	9	5	5	3	7	2	0	3.04	3.78	39	11	9	0	0	9	53			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.296	1.01	0.20%	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	83	77	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(10-7)	6	8.0	8	4	4	4	4	1	0	3.12	3.84	34	9	9	0	1	8	50			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.188	1.72	-0.19%	-0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
21	84	82	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	1	1	6	0	0	3.03	3.72	27	8	7	0	1	5	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.038	.86	0.02%	0.99	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
22	85	86	Jul 21(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-9		3	8.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.05	3.67	34	10	11	1	0	9	52			0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.176	1.22	0.07%	1.60	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
23	86	91	Jul 26	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	7	0	1	3.05	3.58	35						68						32	2	1			0
24	87	96	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	8	5	5	3	13	3	0	3.15	3.66	36	6	6	0	0	8	61			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.274	.64	0.07%	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
25	88	106	Aug 11(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8		11	8.0	7	3	3	4	7	0	0	3.16	3.60	35	9	8	0	0	7	59			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.01	-0.016	.08	0.00%	0.50	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
26	89	111	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(13-7)	4	9.0	6	1	0	2	8	0	0	3.01	3.50	35	5	14	0	0	6	79			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.450	.07	0.01%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	90	116	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS-6	L(13-8)	4	5.2	7	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.06	3.49	27	16	1	0	0	7	40			0	1	0	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.203	.01	0.00%	-2.05	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d3
28	91	121	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	GS-8		4	7.0	7	5	5	6	4	0	0	3.18	3.51	33	5	11	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.53	-0.051	.01	0.00%	-1.16	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 0 out a2
29	92	124	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	7-8	BS(1)	2	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.20	3.52	7	3	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.15	-0.516	.02	0.00%	-2.55	7b 12- 1 out a3	8b --3 1 out tie
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
30	93	128	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-		4	15.1	11	3	3	1	5	0	1	3.10	3.44	56						88						52					0
31	94	134	Sep 8(2)	DET		CHW	L,0-6	GS-8	L(13-9)	4	7.1	14	6	6	2	3	0	0	3.24	3.41	35	6	10	0	0	14	27			1	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-3.49	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d6
32	95	144	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,14-7	CG	W(14-9)	10	9.0	11	7	4	2	4	2	0	3.27	3.48	42						45						40	2	0			0
							16-16		W-L:14-9,BSv:1	3.6	236.2	217	94	86	75	162	23	4	3.27	3.48	995	0.94		2%	7%	166	58	4	100%	6	6	0	901	24	8	2	8	0	13	1.16	1.104	1.64	0.42%	7.34

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