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: 19-13 / in Starts: 15-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 3

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	30	2	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	2.10	32						82						31	2	0			0
2	31	7	Apr 29	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	0	1.00	1.93	33	6	14	1	6	4	76			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.410	3.25	0.61%	2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	32	10	May 4	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	1.75	2.19	30	10	7	1	1	6	54			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.024	2.94	-0.04%	-0.04	1b start a 2	8b -23 2 out a1
4	33	14	May 9(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-1)	4	6.0	2	3	0	3	5	0	0	1.42	2.24	24	12	2	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.141	2.06	-0.23%	-0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	34	16	May 12	DET		PHA	W,3-2		W(4-1)	2	7.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.16	2.06	23												23					0
6	35	20	May 16(1)	DET		WSH	L,1-7	GS-5	L(4-2)	3	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	1.65	2.42	22	4	8	0	0	5	46			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.117	2.54	-0.20%	-0.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
7	36	29	May 30(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(4-3)	13	8.0	10	3	3	2	1	1	0	1.92	2.79	36	22	1	0	0	10	49			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.088	1.97	-0.15%	0.48	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
8	37	35	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	W,8-2	GS-	W(5-3)	3	6.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.03	2.71	22						59						20					0
9	38	39	Jun 6(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-8			2	2.2	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.24	2.65	14												13					0
10	39	44	Jun 13(2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	W(6-3)	6	8.1	7	2	2	3	8	0	0	2.23	2.55	33	5	10	0	1	7	66			0	1	0	30	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.40	0.298	4.11	0.53%	1.62	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
11	40	46	Jun 17(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF(12)	L(6-4)	3	3.1	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.25	2.53	14	2	5	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.37	0.161	9.78	0.28%	0.68	9b --3 1 out tie	12b end d 1
12	41	50	Jun 20(2)	DET		SLB	L,4-5			2	5.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.10	2.52	17												16					0
13	42	53	Jun 24	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	11	4	4	3	3	2	0	2.30	2.87	39	4	19	3	1	10	49			0	2	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.125	1.85	0.16%	0.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	43	58	Jun 30	DET		BOS	T,3-3	GS-5		5	5.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.18	2.83	18	11	0	0	0	3	63			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.279	2.33	0.33%	2.28	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
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
15	44	63	Jul 4(1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	GS-6	L(7-5)	3	6.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.13	2.81	25	6	10	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.156	4.04	0.34%	1.74	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
16	45	71	Jul 10	DET		PHA	L,1-6	GS-5	L(7-6)	5	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.29	2.96	22	11	0	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	.87	-0.123	3.39	-0.29%	-0.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
17	46	87	Jul 28(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-7)	17	6.0	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.42	3.03	23	6	9	1	0	4	54			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.136	1.68	-0.18%	-0.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
18	47	91	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	W,7-6	8-8	W(8-7)	2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.48	3.15	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.256	1.82	-0.40%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d1
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
19	48	94	Aug 3(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	GS-6	W(9-7)	2	5.2	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.35	3.08	18	5	7	1	1	1	70			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.287	1.70	0.32%	2.50	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out a3
20	49	98	Aug 8(1)	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.33	3.07	34						67						32	1	1			0
21	50	104	Aug 15(1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	GS-7		6	7.0	6	4	3	3	4	0	0	2.41	3.05	29	6	10	0	2	6	52			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.155	.63	-0.06%	-0.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	51	109	Aug 19(2)	DET		BOS	W,10-0	SHO	W(11-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.26	3.05	32	27	0	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.48	0.198	.43	0.11%	4.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
23	52	116	Aug 24(2)	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(12-7)	4	9.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.18	3.06	30	15	8	3	3	3	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.416	.52	0.13%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	53	121	Aug 29(1)	DET	@	SLB	W,15-5	CG	W(13-7)	4	9.0	10	5	5	1	9	2	0	2.34	3.10	38						55						37	1	1			0
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
25	54	126	Sep 4	DET		SLB	L,5-12	GS-4	L(13-8)	5	4.0	7	6	6	2	1	1	0	2.62	3.20	22	4	8	1	0	7	23			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.312	.07	-0.01%	-4.18	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
26	55	129	Sep 7(2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.20	2	1	1	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.60	0.270	.21	0.01%	0.52	9t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 1
27	56	130	Sep 9(1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	GS-7	L(13-9)	1	7.0	11	4	4	1	2	0	0	2.71	3.17	33	2	17	2	4	11	40			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.281	.05	-0.01%	-0.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
28	57	137	Sep 14(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-	W(14-9)	4	7.2	10	5	4	3	5	0	1	2.80	3.16	37						43						33					0
29	58	139	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	3.14	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.61	0.301	.00	0.00%	0.80	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
30	59	142	Sep 19(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.14	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.40	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
31	60	143	Sep 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6	L(14-10)	2	6.0	10	4	4	3	2	1	0	2.88	3.22	29	10	4	0	0	10	35			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
32	61	149	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	9	3	2	2	8	0	0	2.83	3.14	38	5	14	0	2	9	65			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.157	.00	0.00%	0.92	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
33	62	154	Oct 2	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	W(16-10)	4	9.0	10	5	5	3	11	0	0	2.93	3.06	40	9	7	0	1	10	55			2	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.008	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
							19-13		W-L:16-10,Sv:2	3.4	202.2	170	72	66	53	118	12	1	2.93	3.06	818	1.18		4%	6%	125	57	6	17%	7	7	0	756	27	6	4	8	0	5	1.04	1.224	1.77	1.26%	9.94

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