Virgil Trucks
Virgil Trucks
Full name: Virgil Oliver Trucks
Born: April 26, 1917, Birmingham, Alabama
First Game: September 27, 1941; Final Game: September 26, 1958
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 198
Virgil Trucks
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1941 DET A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1941 DET A
1942 DET A 28 65 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 12 0 1 3 0 0 .123 .123 .138 0.0 1942 DET A
1943 DET A 33 72 7 13 1 0 0 7 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 .181 .203 .194 0.0 1943 DET A
1945 DET A 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0.0 1945 DET A
1946 DET A 32 95 4 17 4 0 0 5 0 13 0 2 4 0 0 .179 .179 .221 0.0 1946 DET A
1947 DET A 36 70 7 19 2 0 0 5 1 7 0 0 3 0 0 .271 .282 .300 0.0 1947 DET A
1948 DET A 43 79 6 13 0 1 0 2 2 14 0 2 5 0 0 .165 .185 .190 0.0 1948 DET A
1949 DET A 41 100 6 12 2 0 0 3 1 15 1 5 4 0 0 .120 .137 .140 0.0 1949 DET A
1950 DET A 7 20 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .200 0.0 1950 DET A
1951 DET A 37 55 5 13 3 0 0 14 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 .236 .236 .291 0.0 1951 DET A
1952 DET A 35 64 3 12 0 0 1 3 1 11 0 2 2 1 0 .188 .200 .234 0.0 1952 DET A
1953 STL A 16 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 .160 .160 .200 0.0 1953 STL A
1953 CHI A 24 63 6 15 3 0 1 6 0 10 1 9 1 0 0 .238 .250 .333 0.0 1953 CHI A
1953 TOT A 40 88 6 19 4 0 1 7 0 13 1 13 1 0 0 .216 .225 .295 0.0 1953 TOT A
1954 CHI A 40 93 5 17 2 0 0 8 1 21 0 9 2 3 0 0 .183 .188 .204 0.0 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A 32 64 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 7 1 1 0 0 .125 .123 .141 0.0 1955 CHI A
1956 DET A 22 45 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .244 .244 .289 0.0 1956 DET A
1957 KC A 48 28 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0.0 1957 KC A
1958 KC A 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1958 KC A
1958 NY A 25 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0.0 1958 NY A
1958 TOT A 41 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .222 .222 0.0 1958 TOT A
Total 517 949 63 171 23 1 2 70 9 0i 153 2 46 3i 31 1 1 .180 .189 .213 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1945 DET A Daily Splits 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 1945 DET A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1949 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1949 AL
1954 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1954 AL
Total Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1941 DET A 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 0.0 1941 DET A
1942 DET A 28 20 8 2 8 0 167.2 147 721 3 64 51 74 91 10 7 2 1 14 8 2.74 2.1 1942 DET A
1943 DET A 33 25 10 2 6 2 202.2 170 817 11 72 64 52 118 9 1 1 1 16 10 2.84 1.8 1943 DET A
1945 DET A 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 19 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.69 0.1 1945 DET A
1946 DET A 32 29 15 2 1 0 236.2 217 992 23 94 85 75 161 15 5 3 0 14 9 3.23 0.9 1946 DET A
1947 DET A 36 26 8 2 5 2 180.2 186 800 14 105 91 79 108 12 5 2 0 10 12 4.53 -1.5 1947 DET A
1948 DET A 43 26 7 0 9 2 211.2 190 901 14 97 89 85 123 22 7 2 1 14 13 3.78 1.4 1948 DET A
1949 DET A 41 32 17 6 8 4 275 209 1133 16 95 86 124 153 13 3 4 0 19 11 2.81 3.5 1949 DET A
1950 DET A 7 7 2 1 0 0 48.1 45 209 6 20 19 21 25 2 0 1 0 3 1 3.54 0.4 1950 DET A
1951 DET A 37 18 6 1 8 1 153.2 153 680 9 81 74 75 89 15 6 5 1 13 8 4.33 -0.2 1951 DET A
1952 DET A 35 29 8 3 5 1 197 190 858 12 99 87 82 129 12 5 7 1 5 19 3.97 -0.4 1952 DET A
1953 STL A 16 12 4 2 2 2 88 83 374 4 37 30 32 47 5 3 4 0 5 4 3.07 0.8 1953 STL A
1953 CHI A 24 21 13 3 1 1 176.1 151 727 14 60 56 67 102 5 4 3 1 15 6 2.86 3.0 1953 CHI A
1953 TOT A 40 33 17 5 3 3 264.1 234 1101 18 97 86 99 149 10 7 7 1 20 10 2.93 3.8 1953 TOT A
1954 CHI A 40 33 16 5 7 3 264.2 224 1090 13 87 82 95 152 10 3 4 1 0 19 12 2.79 3.3 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A 32 26 7 3 2 0 175 176 749 19 78 77 61 5 91 6 2 1 2 0 13 8 3.96 -0.1 1955 CHI A
1956 DET A 22 16 3 1 3 1 120 104 515 15 56 51 63 5 43 9 2 3 6 0 6 5 3.83 0.4 1956 DET A
1957 KC A 48 7 0 0 23 7 116 106 502 12 45 39 62 8 55 9 2 7 2 0 9 7 3.03 1.4 1957 KC A
1958 KC A 16 0 0 0 12 3 22 18 98 2 7 5 15 1 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.05 0.3 1958 KC A
1958 NY A 25 0 0 0 13 1 39.2 40 185 1 24 20 24 0 26 1 7 2 2 0 2 1 4.54 -0.4 1958 NY A
1958 TOT A 41 0 0 0 25 4 61.2 58 283 3 31 25 39 1 41 2 8 2 2 0 2 2 3.65 -0.1 1958 TOT A
Total 517 328 124 33 113 30 2682.1 2416 11378 188 1124 1009 1088 19i1534 156 17i 63 47 6 177 135 3.39 16.8 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1945 DET A Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 13.1 14 58 0 5 5 5 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.38 1945 DET A
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1949 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 9.00 1949 AL
1954 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1954 AL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 13 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
1941 DET A P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1942 DET A P 28 5 28 3 0 .917
1943 DET A P 33 16 24 0 0 1.000
1945 DET A P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
1946 DET A P 32 11 33 3 1 .936
1947 DET A P 36 13 22 2 0 .946
1948 DET A P 43 13 28 0 1 1.000
1949 DET A P 41 13 33 2 2 .958
1950 DET A P 7 2 13 1 1 .938
1951 DET A P 37 11 32 3 2 .935
1952 DET A P 35 21 37 2 1 .967
1953 STL A P 16 3 13 6 1 .727
1953 CHI A P 24 11 29 0 2 1.000
1953 TOT A P 40 14 42 6 3 .903
1954 CHI A P 40 10 48 0 1 1.000
1955 CHI A P 32 4 33 0 1 1.000
1956 DET A P 22 6 18 3 1 .889
1957 KC A P 48 8 21 1 0 .967
1958 KC A P 16 4 3 1 0 .875
1958 NY A P 25 3 4 0 0 1.000
1958 TOT A P 41 7 7 1 0 .933
Total P 517 156 420 27 14 .955
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1945 DET A Daily P 2 2 1 13.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1949 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1954 AL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions 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 Jay 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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