Virgil Trucks

Virgil Trucks [Virgil Oliver Trucks] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 1941-1958. His birthday is April 26th, 1917He died on March 23rd, 2013 at the age of 95. Made his Major League Debut on April 21st, 1950 at the age of 32. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Hal White, Johnny Groth, Hal Newhouser and Dizzy Trout. Trucks played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers organization, 3 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, 2 seasons with the Athletics, 1 season with the Baltimore Orioles and 1 season with the New York Yankees. Participated in the MLB World Series 1x [1945]. Led the American League (MLB) with a .16 Home Runs per 9 Innings in 1942. Led the American ...

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League (MLB) with 23 Home Runs Allowed in 1946. Led the American League (MLB) with 6 Shutouts and 153 Strikeouts in 1949. Led the American League (MLB) with 5 Shutouts in 1954.

Career Transactions: Traded from Detroit Tigers with Hal White and Johnny Groth to St. Louis Browns for Owen Friend, Bob Nieman and J.W. Porter on December 4th, 1952. Traded from St. Louis Browns with Bob Elliott to Chicago White Sox for Darrell Johnson and Lou Kretlow on June 13th, 1953. Traded from Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers for Bubba Phillips on November 30th, 1955. Traded from Detroit Tigers with Ned Garver, Gene Host and Wayne Belardi to Kansas City Athletics for Jim Finigan, Jack Crimian, Bill Harrington and Eddie Robinson on December 5th, 1956. Traded from Kansas City Athletics with Duke Maas to New York Yankees for Bob Grim and Harry Simpson on June 15th, 1958.

Career Notes: World Series Champion with Detroit Tigers in 1945. Pitched 1-0 no-hitter for Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators on May 15,1952 in 1952. Pitched 1-0 no-hitter for Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees on August 25,1952 in 1952. Opening day starter for the St. Louis Browns in 1953. Opening day starter for the Chicago White Sox in 1955.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1941	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	-	24		0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.00	18.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	9.00	0.00
1942	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	25	117	14	8	2.74	28	20	8	2	8	8	0	167.2	147	64	51	3	74	91	7	1	2	1.32	7.89	0.16	3.97	4.88	3.44	1.23
1943	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	26	128	16	10	2.84	33	25	10	2	8	6	2	202.2	170	72	64	11	52	118	1	1	1	1.10	7.55	0.49	2.31	5.24	3.20	2.27
1945	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	28		0	0	1.69	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0.94	5.06	0.00	3.38	5.06	1.69	1.50
1946	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	29	121	14	9	3.23	32	29	15	2	3	1	0	236.2	217	94	85	23	75	161	5	0	3	1.23	8.25	0.87	2.85	6.12	3.57	2.15
1947	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	30	111	10	12	4.53	36	26	8	2	10	5	2	180.2	186	105	91	14	79	108	5	0	2	1.47	9.27	0.70	3.94	5.38	5.23	1.37
1948	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	31	120	14	13	3.78	43	26	7	0	17	9	2	211.2	190	97	89	14	85	123	7	1	2	1.30	8.08	0.60	3.61	5.23	4.12	1.45
1949	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	32	125	19	11	2.81	41	32	17	6	9	8	4	275.0	209	95	86	16	124	153	3	0	4	1.21	6.84	0.52	4.06	5.01	3.11	1.23
1950	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	33	109*	3	1	3.54	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	48.1	45	20	19	6	21	25	0	0	1	1.37	8.38	1.12	3.91	4.66	3.72	1.19
1951	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	34	110	13	8	4.33	37	18	6	1	19	8	1	153.2	153	81	74	9	75	89	6	1	5	1.48	8.96	0.53	4.39	5.21	4.74	1.19
1952	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	35	111	5	19	3.97	35	29	8	3	6	5	1	197.0	190	99	87	12	82	129	5	1	7	1.38	8.68	0.55	3.75	5.89	4.52	1.57
1953	St. Louis Browns	AL	MLB	SLA	22	36	115	5	4	3.07	16	12	4	2	4	2	2	88.0	83	37	30	4	32	47	3	0	4	1.31	8.49	0.41	3.27	4.81	3.78	1.47
1953	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	23	36	115	15	6	2.86	24	21	13	3	3	1	1	176.1	151	60	56	14	67	102	4	1	3	1.24	7.71	0.71	3.42	5.21	3.06	1.52
1954	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	23	37	120	19	12	2.79	40	33	16	5	7	7	3	264.2	224	87	82	13	95	152	4	0	1	1.21	7.62	0.44	3.23	5.17	2.96	1.60
1955	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	23	38	104	13	8	3.96	32	26	7	3	6	2	0	175.0	176	78	77	19	61	91	1	0	2	1.35	9.05	0.98	3.14	4.68	4.01	1.49
1956	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	23	39	88	6	5	3.83	22	16	3	1	6	3	1	120.0	104	56	51	15	63	43	3	0	6	1.39	7.80	1.13	4.73	3.23	4.20	0.68
1957	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	KC1	23	40	92	9	7	3.03	48	7	0	0	41	23	7	116.0	106	45	39	12	62	55	7	0	2	1.45	8.22	0.93	4.81	4.27	3.49	0.89
1958	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	KC1	23	41	101	0	1	2.05	16	0	0	0	16	12	3	22.0	18	7	5	2	15	15	0	0	0	1.50	7.36	0.82	6.14	6.14	2.86	1.00
1958	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	21	41	101	2	1	4.54	25	0	0	0	25	13	1	39.2	40	24	20	1	24	26	2	0	2	1.61	9.08	0.23	5.45	5.90	5.45	1.08
Tot:	MLB (17 yrs)		MLB					177	135	3.39	517	328	124	33	189	113	30	2682.1	2416	1124	1009	188	1088	1534	63	6	47	1.31	8.11	0.63	3.65	5.15	3.77	1.41
Tot:	AL (17 yrs)		AL					177	135	3.39	517	328	124	33	189	113	30	2682.1	2416	1124	1009	188	1088	1534	63	6	47	1.31	8.11	0.63	3.65	5.15	3.77	1.41
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1945	Detroit Tigers	World Series	Playoffs	28	1	0	3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	13.1	14	0	5	0	5	7	0	0	0	1.43	9.45	0.00	3.38	4.73	0.00	1.40
1949	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	32	1	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.50	13.50	0.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	0.00
1954	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	37	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	AllStar (2 Yrs)		AllStar		1	0	6.00	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	3.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	2.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	6.00	0.00
Tot:	Playoffs (1 Yrs)		Playoffs		1	0	3.38	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	13.1	14	0	5	0	5	7	0	0	0	1.43	9.45	0.00	3.38	4.73	0.00	1.40

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1942	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	25				28	65	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	3	9	66	1	7	.123	.123	.138	.261	.015	.015	.000	0.00	18.18	0.00	0.00
1943	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	26				33	72	7	13	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	14	74	1	12	.181	.203	.194	.397	.042	.013	.000	2.70	5.41	2.00	0.00
1945	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	28				1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	.500	.000	.000	33.33	33.33	1.00	0.00
1946	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	29				32	95	4	17	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	13	0	2	0	0	4	21	97	4	13	.179	.179	.221	.400	.042	.042	.000	0.00	13.40	0.00	0.00
1947	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	30				36	70	7	19	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	3	21	71	2	17	.271	.282	.300	.582	.043	.029	.000	1.41	9.86	7.00	0.00
1948	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	31				43	79	6	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	14	0	2	0	0	5	15	83	1	12	.165	.185	.190	.375	.051	.025	.000	2.41	16.87	7.00	0.00
1949	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	32				41	100	6	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	15	1	5	0	0	4	14	107	2	10	.120	.137	.140	.277	.030	.020	.000	0.93	14.02	15.00	0.00
1950	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	33	1/	9		7	20	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	20	1	2	.150	.150	.200	.350	.050	.050	.000	0.00	10.00	0.00	0.00
1951	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	34	1/	9		37	55	5	13	3	0	0	14	0	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	16	57	3	10	.236	.236	.291	.527	.055	.055	.000	0.00	21.05	0.00	0.00
1952	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	35	1/	9		35	64	3	12	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	11	0	2	0	0	2	15	67	1	11	.188	.200	.234	.434	.078	.046	.000	1.49	16.42	11.00	64.00
1953	St. Louis Browns	AL	MLB	SLA	22	36	1/	9		16	25	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	5	29	1	3	.160	.160	.200	.360	.040	.040	.000	0.00	10.34	0.00	0.00
1953	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	23	36	1/	9		24	63	6	15	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	10	1	9	0	0	1	21	73	4	11	.238	.250	.333	.583	.095	.095	.000	0.00	13.70	0.00	63.00
1954	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	23	37	1/	9		40	93	5	17	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	21	0	9	2	0	3	19	105	2	15	.183	.188	.204	.392	.032	.021	.230	0.95	20.00	21.00	0.00
1955	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	23	38	1/	9		32	64	2	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	12	0	7	1	0	1	9	72	1	7	.125	.123	.141	.264	.016	.016	.151	0.00	16.67	0.00	0.00
1956	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	23	39	1/	9		22	45	4	11	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	13	47	2	9	.244	.244	.289	.533	.022	.045	.268	0.00	8.51	0.00	0.00
1957	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	KC1	23	40	1/	9/8		48	28	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	4	29	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	.000	.000	.222	0.00	34.48	0.00	0.00
1958	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	KC1	23	41	1/	9		16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1958	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	21	41	1/	9		25	8	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	.000	.000	.333	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (16 yrs)		MLB							516	949	63	171	23	1	2	70	1	1	9	153	2	46	3	0	31	202	1009	26	145	.180	.189	.213	.402	.042	.033	.212	0.89	15.16	17.00	474.50
Tot:	AL (16 yrs)		AL							516	949	63	171	23	1	2	70	1	1	9	153	2	46	3	0	31	202	1009	26	145	.180	.189	.213	.402	.042	.033	.212	0.89	15.16	17.00	474.50
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1945	Detroit Tigers	World Series	Playoffs	28	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	.250	.000	.000	20.00	20.00	1.00	0.00
1949	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1954	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	AllStar (2 Yrs)		AllStar		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00
Tot:	Playoffs (1 Yrs)		Playoffs		2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	.250	.000	.000	20.00	20.00	1.00

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Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
78	50	72	69	72	77	.516