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: 25-15 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 3

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	335	3	Apr 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	3	3	4	3	2	0	4.50	7.73	28	7	7	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.072	1.57	-0.09%	-0.02	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d1
2	336	7	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.00	4.93	35	12	10	2	3	6	66			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	.89	0.217	2.32	0.34%	2.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
3	337	10	Apr 25(1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.63	3.73	35	11	9	1	2	7	69			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.517	4.46	0.90%	2.39	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
4	338	15	May 1	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-1)	5	9.0	1	0	0	3	8	0	0	1.91	3.16	31	8	11	1	0	1	90			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.659	4.12	1.37%	4.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
5	339	21	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.37	3.21	25	7	5	0	2	6	42			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.157	5.68	-0.37%	-0.78	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
6	340	23	May 9(1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	10-GF(11)	L(3-2)	2	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.25	3.27	10	4	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	-0.169	13.12	-0.45%	-0.03	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
7	341	27	May 13	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(3-3)	3	9.0	5	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.39	3.03	35	10	13	1	6	5	68			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.51	-0.213	6.26	-0.53%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
8	342	29	May 15	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF	W(4-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	2.98	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.135	7.17	0.32%	0.49	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
9	343	32	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		2	8.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.48	3.17	35	11	13	1	5	5	58			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.29	0.036	6.14	0.10%	0.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
10	344	36	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.39	2.91	21	8	3	0	1	4	66			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.154	3.43	0.40%	1.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
11	345	37	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.34	2.84	5	2	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.202	9.77	0.64%	1.25	8t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
12	346	41	May 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-4	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.54	2.71	36	10	11	0	2	7	59			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.035	3.82	0.09%	-0.12	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
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
13	347	46	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-8	W(6-3)	4	7.2	13	6	6	4	5	2	0	2.96	3.02	40	6	12	2	2	13	30			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.006	4.60	-0.02%	-2.29	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a3
14	348	48	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	9-GF(10)	W(7-3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.89	2.99	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.06	0.205	9.63	0.58%	0.89	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
15	349	51	Jun 8	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	4	3	3	4	2	1	0	2.90	3.16	35	16	9	2	0	4	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	.76	0.125	3.52	0.35%	1.26	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
16	350	56	Jun 13(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-3)	4	9.0	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.65	3.00	35	7	14	3	3	9	74			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.106	1.23	0.40%	4.09	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
17	351	60	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	GS-5		4	5.0	8	3	2	3	1	0	0	2.69	3.03	23	5	6	1	1	8	39			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.22	-0.111	6.78	-0.37%	-0.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
18	352	64	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	GS-9	W(10-3)	3	8.2	10	5	5	5	4	2	0	2.88	3.27	40	11	10	1	4	10	43			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.263	3.70	0.65%	-0.93	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a2
19	353	69	Jun 27(1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(10-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	0	2.82	3.11	33	8	12	0	2	7	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.113	6.16	0.32%	2.39	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
20	354	74	Jul 2(1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(10-5)	4	8.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.85	3.14	33	6	12	0	5	8	57			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.055	8.47	-0.24%	0.82	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
21	355	80	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(11-5)	3	9.0	1	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.67	3.09	30	10	9	0	1	1	87			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.69	0.341	2.15	0.64%	4.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	356	86	Jul 11(2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(12-5)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.63	3.05	36	10	11	1	0	5	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.270	2.46	0.91%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	357	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.59	3.02	23	6	9	1	2	3	63			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	0.129	3.31	0.26%	1.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
24	358	93	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,15-3	GS-7	W(13-5)	4	6.2	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.64	2.96	29	9	5	1	1	7	52			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	.49	0.049	1.87	0.11%	-0.03	1b start a 5	7b 1-- 2 out a7
25	359	96	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.61	2.92	7	1	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.036	.34	0.04%	1.66	7b -23 2 out a5	9b end a 6
26	360	100	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.47	2.88	33	11	12	2	1	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.85	0.390	2.83	0.78%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	361	106	Aug 1(2)	CHW		PHA	W,12-1	GS-8	W(15-5)	4	8.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.41	2.84	29	6	11	1	3	3	75			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.151	.61	0.20%	2.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out a11
28	362	110	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	GS-8	W(16-5)	4	8.0	10	5	5	3	6	0	0	2.55	2.81	36	12	5	1	3	10	45			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.170	3.24	-0.30%	-1.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
29	363	115	Aug 11	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(17-5)	4	9.0	9	0	0	4	7	0	0	2.43	2.78	39	9	10	0	0	9	72			0	0	0	35	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.65	0.738	2.76	0.74%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	364	119	Aug 15(2)	CHW		DET	L,7-8	GS-4	L(17-6)	3	3.1	10	8	7	2	2	0	0	2.70	2.78	22	6	3	0	0	9	10			4	1	0	17	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.659	1.05	-0.32%	-6.56	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d3
31	365	120	Aug 17(1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	8-GF	S(3)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.69	2.76	5	0	2	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.152	.96	0.04%	0.83	8b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
32	366	124	Aug 20	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(18-6)	2	9.0	9	2	1	4	6	0	0	2.62	2.74	39	8	12	1	1	9	65			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	0.150	.75	0.06%	2.18	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
33	367	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(18-7)	8	8.0	8	4	4	5	2	1	0	2.68	2.84	37	10	13	2	4	7	47			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.119	.67	-0.07%	-0.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
34	368	136	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS-8	L(18-8)	4	8.0	9	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.71	2.89	36	10	9	1	3	8	53			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.038	.31	-0.01%	0.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
35	369	140	Sep 6(2)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GS-8		2	8.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.69	2.88	30	11	11	3	4	6	60			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	2	0	0	.83	0.179	.01	0.00%	1.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
36	370	143	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	GS-6	L(18-9)	3	5.1	6	6	6	4	3	1	1	2.86	2.96	26	9	4	0	2	5	31			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	-0.384	.00	0.00%	-4.63	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d4
37	371	146	Sep 12(2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	9-GF	W(19-9)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	2.95	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
38	372	147	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(19-10)	1	9.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.78	2.91	32	11	12	0	2	7	71			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.331	.00	0.00%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
39	373	150	Sep 19	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(19-11)	4	5.0	6	4	3	4	1	0	0	2.83	2.94	24	5	8	2	1	6	38			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out d3
40	374	154	Sep 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(19-12)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.82	2.98	27	8	8	1	1	6	58			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.014	.00	0.00%	1.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
							25-15		W-L:19-12,Sv:3	3.2	264.2	224	88	83	95	152	13	1	2.82	2.98	1089	0.97		5%	11%	216	58	7	0%	7	4	0	980	42	4	6	22	3	8	1.01	3.435	3.03	7.48%	37.47

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