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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

+10

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.4

177

135

ERA

3.39

517

328

2682.1

1534

WHIP

1.306

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 20-28 / in Starts: 1-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 20

1957 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1957 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	429	3	Apr 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-6	7-7		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.54	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.20	0.01%	0.25	7b --- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
2	430	4	Apr 20	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-11	3-6		1	3.1	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	9.00	6.46	16	4	2	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	13	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.176	4.28	-0.30%	-1.39	3b 1-- 0 out a3	6b -2- 1 out a1
3	431	7	Apr 23	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	7-8	W(1-0)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.00	5.29	8	1	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.191	5.05	0.29%	0.96	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
4	432	8	Apr 24	KCA		CLE	W,17-6	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	5.14	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t 12- 2 out a11	9t end a11
5	433	11	Apr 27	KCA		CHW	W,3-2	8-GF	W(2-0)	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.26	8	4	1	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.173	4.29	-0.29%	-0.06	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
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
6	434	14	May 1	KCA		BOS	W,7-5	3-GF	W(3-0)	3	6.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.00	3.39	23	7	11	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.576	3.05	0.81%	4.37	3t 123 1 out a1	9t end a 2
7	435	20	May 7	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	W(4-0)	5	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.50	3.01	9	1	6	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.312	3.20	0.43%	1.42	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
8	436	24	May 12(1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-2	6-GF	W(5-0)	4	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	2.73	12	4	4	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.098	.76	0.13%	1.94	6b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 7
9	437	29	May 18	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-5	6-GF	S(2)	5	3.2	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.49	3.01	18	5	2	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.85	0.159	2.31	0.12%	0.01	6b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
10	438	32	May 20	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.73	3.03	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.058	.47	-0.04%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
11	439	33	May 21	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		0	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.89	3.03	8	5	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.44	0.010	.43	0.01%	0.32	7b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 3
12	440	34	May 22	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-6	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	3.01	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	0.170	2.71	0.08%	0.43	9b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
13	441	35	May 25	KCA		DET	W,5-3	9-9	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.76	3.31	4	0	1	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.110	1.92	-0.07%	-1.87	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t 123 2 out a2
14	442	39	May 29	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	7-7	BS(1)	3	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.76	3.51	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.58	-0.434	4.41	-0.32%	-2.66	7b 12- 1 out a1	7b 123 1 out d1
15	443	41	May 30(2)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.49	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.009	.17	0.01%	0.67	8b -2- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
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
16	444	43	Jun 1	KCA		CLE	L,0-3	7-8		1	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.56	3.40	6	2	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.066	.47	0.04%	2.01	7t 123 1 out d3	8t 3 out d3
17	445	45	Jun 4	KCA		BAL	L,7-9	6-8	BS(2)	2	2.1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.38	3.37	9	1	3	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	0.084	2.02	0.04%	0.37	6t 12- 2 out a1	8t 3 out tie
18	446	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	8-8		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.37	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.028	.38	-0.01%	-1.00	8t 12- 1 out d3	8t 12- 1 out d4
19	447	52	Jun 12(1)	KCA		WSH	W,5-3	8-GF	S(4)	5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.32	7	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.186	.70	0.05%	0.94	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
20	448	53	Jun 12(2)	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF		-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	3.31	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.047	.94	0.01%	0.75	9t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 1
21	449	56	Jun 15	KCA		NYY	L,2-9	GS-5	L(5-1)	2	5.0	7	9	5	5	1	2	0	3.05	4.15	27	11	5	1	1	5	21			0	0	0	20	1	1	1	1	0	2	.94	-0.372	.40	-0.09%	-6.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out d8
22	450	58	Jun 18	KCA	@	WSH	W,2-0	9-GF	S(5)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.02	4.09	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.77	0.167	1.21	0.02%	0.74	9b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 2
23	451	59	Jun 19	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-3	7-9	W(6-1)	0	2.1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2.86	4.27	10	3	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.128	.34	0.02%	0.51	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 1 out a3
24	452	60	Jun 20	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-9	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	4.25	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.003	.07	0.00%	0.36	7b -23 1 out d3	7b 3 out d4
25	453	64	Jun 23(2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-10	6-7		2	2.0	5	2	2	1	1	2	0	3.09	4.75	11	2	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.01	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d8
26	454	67	Jun 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.35	4.36	30	9	8	1	2	8	48			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.211	.06	-0.01%	-0.76	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
27	455	72	Jul 3	KCA		CHW	W,5-0	GS-6	W(7-1)	4	5.1	4	0	0	5	4	0	1	3.05	4.35	26	5	7	0	3	4	59			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.203	.01	0.00%	1.46	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a4
28	456	75	Jul 5	KCA	@	DET	L,4-8	4-7	L(7-2)	1	4.0	7	4	3	3	4	0	0	3.29	4.25	21	4	4	1	0	6		0	0	0	1	0	17	2	1	1	0	0	1	.93	-0.233	.01	0.00%	-2.07	4b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d4
29	457	78	Jul 11	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	GS-8		5	7.1	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	3.07	4.35	28	13	8	0	0	3	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.240	.00	0.00%	2.28	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
30	458	84	Jul 16	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	L(7-3)	4	8.1	7	4	4	3	2	2	0	3.20	4.54	33	11	10	2	1	7	52			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d2
31	459	91	Jul 23	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-	L(7-4)	6	7.0	6	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.94	4.37	27						64						25	0	0	0		0
32	460	99	Jul 31(1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-6	L(7-5)	7	6.0	3	1	1	8	4	0	0	2.85	4.42	28	8	6	0	3	2	58			0	0	0	19	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.52	0.139	.00	0.00%	1.78	1b start tie	6b 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
33	461	105	Aug 6	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	S(6)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.83	4.38	2	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	0.201	.00	0.00%	0.50	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
34	462	108	Aug 9	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-2	12-GF(13)	W(8-5)	2	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.77	4.39	10	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.08	0.320	.00	0.00%	0.94	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
35	463	112	Aug 13(1)	KCA		DET	L,1-3	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	4.35	7	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.94	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
36	464	113	Aug 13(2)	KCA		DET	W,3-2	11-12		-1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.65	4.27	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.263	.00	0.00%	0.94	11t --- 0 out tie	12t 3 out tie
37	465	121	Aug 21	KCA		NYY	W,6-3	9-GF	S(7)	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	4.23	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.98	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.95	9t -23 0 out a4	9t end a 3
38	466	128	Aug 28	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF		6	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.69	4.24	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
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
39	467	131	Sep 1	KCA		CHW	L,0-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.66	4.20	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
40	468	133	Sep 2(2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.70	4.17	11	3	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.07	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
41	469	134	Sep 6	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-8	BS(3)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	4.13	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.19	8b 1-3 0 out a2	8b 3 out tie
42	470	139	Sep 13	KCA	@	WSH	L,6-11	6-7	L(8-6)	6	1.2	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	2.89	4.23	11	1	4	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.309	.00	0.00%	-2.50	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 12- 2 out d3
43	471	141	Sep 15(1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.85	4.19	6	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.56	7b --- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
44	472	142	Sep 15(2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	4.15	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
45	473	146	Sep 22(1)	KCA		DET	W,4-3	8-GF	W(9-6)	6	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.77	4.16	9	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	0.158	.00	0.00%	0.94	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end tie
46	474	148	Sep 23	KCA		CHW	W,6-5	7-7	BS(4)	0	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.77	4.19	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	-0.330	.00	0.00%	-2.00	7t -23 0 out a2	7t -23 0 out tie
47	475	150	Sep 25	KCA		CLE	L,7-9		L(9-7)	1	2.2	5	5	5	2	2	3	0	3.11	4.51	15												13	0	0	0		0
48	476	153	Sep 28	KCA	@	DET	W,5-3	9-11		2	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.03	4.51	12	5	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	2	0	0	0	3.07	0.401	.00	0.00%	1.45	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
							20-28		W-L:9-7,Sv:7,BSv:4,Hld:1	2.5	116.0	106	45	39	62	55	12	2	3.03	4.51	501	1.12		5%	7%	86	52	41	34%	5	1	0	427	15	4	9	12	2	5	1.37	1.330	.83	0.92%	6.57

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Trucks Pages

Virgil Trucks Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Virgil Trucks Pages at Baseball Reference