Virgil Trucks

Full Name: Virgil Oliver Trucks	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/198	First Game: September 27, 1941
Birthdate: April 26, 1917	Final Game: September 26, 1958
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama	MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on April 26, 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama, Virgil Trucks (Virgil Oliver Trucks) played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 17 year career. Trucks broke into the bigs on September 27, 1941 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 2.74 ERA in 167.2 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Virgil Trucks's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1953, when he posted a 2.93 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 149 batters. However, others believe that it was 1954, when he posted a 2.79 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 152 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1941	DET	A	1	0	0	0	9.00	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
1942	DET	A	28	20	14	8	2.74	91	64	51	8	2	0	167.2	147	3	74	0	7	2
1943	DET	A	33	25	16	10	2.84	118	72	64	10	2	2	202.2	170	11	52	0	1	1
1945	DET	A	1	1	0	0	1.69	3	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	2	0	0	0
1946	DET	A	32	29	14	9	3.23	161	94	85	15	2	0	236.2	217	23	75	0	5	3
1947	DET	A	36	26	10	12	4.53	108	105	91	8	2	2	180.2	186	14	79	0	5	2
1948	DET	A	43	26	14	13	3.78	123	97	89	7	0	2	211.2	190	14	85	0	7	2
1949	DET	A	41	32	19	11	2.81	153	95	86	17	6	4	275	209	16	124	0	3	4
1950	DET	A	7	7	3	1	3.54	25	20	19	2	1	0	48.1	45	6	21	0	0	1
1951	DET	A	37	18	13	8	4.33	89	81	74	6	1	1	153.2	153	9	75	0	6	5
1952	DET	A	35	29	5	19	3.97	129	99	87	8	3	1	197	190	12	82	0	5	7
1953	STL	A	16	12	5	4	3.07	47	37	30	4	2	2	88	83	4	32	0	3	4
1953	CHI	A	24	21	15	6	2.86	102	60	56	13	3	1	176.1	151	14	67	0	4	3
1953	TOT	A	40	33	20	10	2.93	149	97	86	17	5	3	264.1	234	18	99	0	7	7
1954	CHI	A	40	33	19	12	2.79	152	87	82	16	5	3	264.2	224	13	95	0	4	1
1955	CHI	A	32	26	13	8	3.96	91	78	77	7	3	0	175	176	19	61	5	1	2
1956	DET	A	22	16	6	5	3.83	43	56	51	3	1	1	120	104	15	63	5	3	6
1957	KC	A	48	7	9	7	3.03	55	45	39	0	0	7	116	106	12	62	8	7	2
1958	NY	A	25	0	2	1	4.54	26	24	20	0	0	1	39.2	40	1	24	0	2	2
1958	KC	A	16	0	0	1	2.05	15	7	5	0	0	3	22	18	2	15	1	0	0
1958	TOT	A	41	0	2	2	3.65	41	31	25	0	0	4	61.2	58	3	39	1	2	2
Total			517	328	177	135	3.39	1534	1124	1009	124	33	30	2682.1	2416	188	1088	19	63	47

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1941	DET	A	P	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	DET	A	P	28	0	0	5	28	3	0	0	0	0	.917
1943	DET	A	P	33	0	0	16	24	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	DET	A	P	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	DET	A	P	32	0	0	11	33	3	1	0	0	0	.936
1947	DET	A	P	36	0	0	13	22	2	0	0	0	0	.946
1948	DET	A	P	43	0	0	13	28	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1949	DET	A	P	41	0	0	13	33	2	2	0	0	0	.958
1950	DET	A	P	7	0	0	2	13	1	1	0	0	0	.938
1951	DET	A	P	37	0	0	11	32	3	2	0	0	0	.935
1952	DET	A	P	35	0	0	21	37	2	1	0	0	0	.967
1953	STL	A	P	16	0	0	3	13	6	1	0	0	0	.727
1953	CHI	A	P	24	0	0	11	29	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1953	TOT	A	P	40	0	0	14	42	6	3	0	0	0	.903
1954	CHI	A	P	40	0	0	10	48	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1955	CHI	A	P	32	0	0	4	33	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1956	DET	A	P	22	0	0	6	18	3	1	0	0	0	.889
1957	KC	A	P	48	7	116	8	21	1	0	2	4	1	.967
1958	NY	A	P	25	0	39.2	3	4	0	0	0	4	1	1.000
1958	KC	A	P	16	0	22	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	.875
1958	TOT	A	P	41	0	61.2	7	7	1	0	0	6	1	.933
Total			P	517	7	177.2	156	420	27	14	2	10	2	.955

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1941	DET	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	DET	A	28	65	4	8	0	3	.123	.123	.138	1	0	0	12	0	1	0	3
1943	DET	A	33	72	7	13	0	7	.181	.203	.194	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	3
1945	DET	A	1	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1946	DET	A	32	95	4	17	0	5	.179	.179	.221	4	0	0	13	0	2	0	4
1947	DET	A	36	70	7	19	0	5	.271	.282	.300	2	0	1	7	0	0	0	3
1948	DET	A	43	79	6	13	0	2	.165	.185	.190	0	1	2	14	0	2	0	5
1949	DET	A	41	100	6	12	0	3	.120	.137	.140	2	0	1	15	1	5	0	4
1950	DET	A	7	20	2	3	0	0	.150	.150	.200	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1951	DET	A	37	55	5	13	0	14	.236	.236	.291	3	0	0	12	0	2	0	0
1952	DET	A	35	64	3	12	1	3	.188	.200	.234	0	0	1	11	0	2	1	2
1953	STL	A	16	25	0	4	0	1	.160	.160	.200	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0
1953	CHI	A	24	63	6	15	1	6	.238	.250	.333	3	0	0	10	1	9	0	1
1953	TOT	A	40	88	6	19	1	7	.216	.225	.295	4	0	0	13	1	13	0	1
1954	CHI	A	40	93	5	17	0	8	.183	.188	.204	2	0	1	21	0	9	0	3
1955	CHI	A	32	64	2	8	0	6	.125	.123	.141	1	0	0	12	0	7	0	1
1956	DET	A	22	45	4	11	0	2	.244	.244	.289	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	0
1957	KC	A	48	28	1	4	0	2	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1
1958	NY	A	25	8	0	2	0	3	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1958	KC	A	16	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	TOT	A	41	9	0	2	0	3	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Total			517	949	63	171	2	70	.180	.189	.213	23	1	9	153	2	46	1	31

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1938).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Hal White and Johnny Groth to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Owen Friend, Bob Nieman and JW Porter (December 4, 1952).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Bob Elliott to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Darrell Johnson, Lou Kretlow and $75000 (June 13, 1953).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bubba Phillips (November 30, 1955).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Ned Garver, Gene Host, Wayne Belardi and $20000 to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Jim Finigan, Jack Crimian, Bill Harrington and Eddie Robinson (December 5, 1956).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Duke Maas to New York Yankees in exchange for Bob Grim and Harry Simpson (June 15, 1958).
Released by New York Yankees (April 14, 1959).

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