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: 26-15 / in Starts: 20-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 5

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	175	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	2	2	4	7	0	0	2.00	2.29	35	10	10	0	1	4	74			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.206	2.90	0.34%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	176	6	Apr 26(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	7.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.25	2.07	31	16	1	0	1	9	54			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.206	2.52	0.35%	0.55	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a4
3	177	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	9	5	5	2	5	0	1	3.24	2.19	37	5	15	1	0	9	52			0	0	0	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.065	2.98	0.10%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	178	14	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	3	1	0	2.65	2.75	32	9	14	0	4	3	77			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.389	2.01	0.65%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	179	18	May 8	DET		NYY	L,0-12	GS-7	L(4-1)	3	6.1	12	7	4	2	2	0	0	3.12	2.76	32	10	6	0	0	12	27			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	1	.80	-0.162	2.86	-0.35%	-2.25	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d5
6	180	22	May 12	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	2.74	2.86	33	11	9	2	1	5	77			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.613	3.22	0.92%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	181	27	May 17	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	5	6	0	0	2.72	2.87	31	7	6	0	1	7	56			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.075	3.15	0.14%	1.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
8	182	32	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(12)	L(5-2)	4	11.2	8	3	3	11	5	0	0	2.65	3.14	54	19	11	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	41	2	0	0	1	0	1	2.07	0.443	5.74	0.74%	3.37	1b start tie	12b 12- 2 out d1
9	183	36	May 27	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	4	3	3	8	1	0	2.69	3.15	36	10	9	0	3	6	66			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.38	0.272	2.16	0.26%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	184	38	May 29	DET		SLB	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.62	3.17	9	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.156	2.48	0.16%	1.06	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
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
11	185	41	Jun 1	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	W(7-2)	2	10.0	8	4	4	5	10	0	1	2.73	3.07	42						65						36	2	1	1		0
12	186	45	Jun 5(1)	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-3)	3	7.0	4	4	4	9	3	2	1	2.91	3.55	32	6	9	0	5	4	47			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.180	2.86	-0.31%	-0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
13	187	49	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(8-3)	2	11.0	3	2	2	5	6	0	0	2.78	3.47	39	12	13	2	2	3	84			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.715	4.98	1.52%	3.81	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
14	188	51	Jun 11	DET		WSH	L,8-9	7-GF		2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.72	3.42	8	4	1	0	0	1		2	1	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.035	3.29	-0.07%	0.57	7t 1-3 2 out tie	9t end d 1
15	189	54	Jun 14	DET	@	PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-3)	2	9.0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.51	3.27	29	9	12	0	0	1	90			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.408	2.53	0.92%	4.61	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
16	190	57	Jun 19(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.33	3.15	32	7	15	1	5	3	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.383	2.15	0.75%	4.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
17	191	62	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-12	GS-5	L(10-4)	3	4.1	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.46	3.23	19	5	6	2	2	6	37			0	0	0	18	1	3	0	2	0	1	.65	-0.131	2.99	-0.36%	-0.64	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d3
18	192	67	Jun 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-6	L(10-5)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	0	2.62	3.27	26	4	8	1	0	7	45			1	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	.91	-0.140	2.82	-0.26%	-0.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	193	70	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	W,12-6	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.26	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.21	0.00%	0.45	9b 12- 2 out a6	9b end a 6
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
20	194	72	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,7-6	GS-		1	8.1	10	6	6	7	4	1	0	2.83	3.40	41						36						34	1	1	1		0
21	195	77	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-12		3	11.2	9	5	5	8	7	2	1	2.91	3.58	52	13	15	0	1	8	60			0	0	0	42	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.118	1.67	0.07%	1.41	1b start a 1	12b 1-- 2 out tie
22	196	84	Jul 16	DET		BOS	L,1-11	GS-3	L(10-6)	9	3.0	5	6	5	3	1	2	0	3.13	3.77	18	3	6	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.327	.45	-0.12%	-4.42	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
23	197	86	Jul 17(2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	W(11-6)	0	4.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.05	3.77	15	4	6	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.538	1.29	0.20%	2.11	8t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
24	198	88	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,7-6	6-GF	BW(12-6)	1	4.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.04	3.77	19	4	5	0	2	5		2	2	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	0.124	1.92	0.04%	0.12	6t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
25	199	91	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	GS-4	L(12-7)	2	3.2	7	7	7	4	3	1	0	3.34	3.85	22	5	3	0	0	7	18			3	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.452	1.61	-0.38%	-5.34	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d5
26	200	99	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	SHO	W(13-7)	7	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.17	3.79	30	10	12	3	2	4	77			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	0	.56	0.314	.28	0.10%	4.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
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
27	201	103	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	3.79	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.145	2.44	-0.18%	-0.56	8b -23 1 out tie	8b end d 2
28	202	104	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.14	3.80	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	0.209	5.19	0.18%	0.53	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
29	203	106	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-7	L(13-8)	1	6.2	9	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.13	3.76	29	7	9	0	0	9	48			0	1	0	27	3	1	0	1	0	0	.85	0.091	.70	0.05%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d2
30	204	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(14-8)	5	9.0	2	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.03	3.67	31	10	8	0	2	2	84			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.389	.52	0.14%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	205	115	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-7	L(14-9)	3	7.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.10	3.63	33	8	11	1	0	9	44			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.109	.50	-0.05%	-0.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
32	206	117	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0		S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	3.62	3												3	0	0	0		0
33	207	120	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS-	L(14-10)	1	7.2	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.19	3.63	33						44						31	2	1	0		0
34	208	125	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	4	1	1	6	4	1	0	3.10	3.69	34	6	14	0	0	4	73			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.586	.34	0.09%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
35	209	129	Aug 29	DET		PHA	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.2	5	3	3	6	3	0	0	3.11	3.70	33	5	15	1	2	4	54			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.64	-0.127	.55	-0.03%	0.71	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
36	210	133	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-10)	3	9.0	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.00	3.62	36	10	11	0	4	10	72			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.237	.08	0.03%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
37	211	141	Sep 11	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(17-10)	8	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.89	3.56	34	12	13	1	1	2	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.56	0.755	.96	0.28%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
38	212	147	Sep 18(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(18-10)	6	9.0	3	2	1	4	0	0	0	2.82	3.57	34	10	17	1	5	3	71			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.349	.00	0.00%	2.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
39	213	150	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(19-10)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	10	0	0	2.73	3.49	35	8	9	0	0	5	84			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.21	0.510	.00	0.00%	4.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
40	214	152	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	8-8		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	3.49	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-1.27	8b 12- 1 out d4	8b 1-3 1 out d5
41	215	155	Oct 2	DET		CLE	L,4-8	GS-8	L(19-11)	6	7.2	9	8	6	4	2	1	0	2.85	3.54	37	15	7	1	0	9	31			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	-0.443	.00	0.00%	-3.23	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d3
							26-15		W-L:19-11,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.1	275.0	209	95	87	124	154	16	4	2.85	3.54	1134	0.89		3%	8%	176	60	10	60%	13	9	0	992	29	12	7	18	0	12	1.18	5.895	1.95	5.91%	47.18

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