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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-15 / in Starts: 19-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	85 (36-28-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
C Michaels	3
J Rivera	1
J Groth	1
S Lollar	1
B Boyd	1
G Hatton	1
F Marsh	0

Most Driven In By
M MiÃ±oso	3
N Fox	1
J Groth	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	335	3 (2)	Apr 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.36	-0.120	2.88	-0.15%	-1.01	P
2	336	7 (3)	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.04	-0.211	2.69	-0.33%	-2.90	P
3	337	10 (2)	Apr 25 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.43	0.142	4.15	0.25%	1.21	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	338	15 (4)	May 1	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.01	-0.083	3.50	-0.17%	-0.72	P
5	339	21 (5)	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.78	0.039	3.07	0.09%	0.28	P
6	340	23 (1)	May 9 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	10-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9						P
7	341	27 (3)	May 13	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.63	-0.193	6.76	-0.48%	-2.14	P
8	342	29 (1)	May 15	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9						P
9	343	32 (2)	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9	.63	-0.027	3.02	-0.08%	-0.38	P
10	344	36 (3)	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	9	.64	0.000	2.78	0.00%	-0.03	P
11	345	37	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.227	.455	9	.22	0.009	1.17	0.03%	0.38	P
12	346	41 (3)	May 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.192	.200	.392	9	.83	-0.094	3.62	-0.25%	-1.20	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	347	46 (4)	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.167	.172	.339	9	.51	-0.035	2.18	-0.09%	-0.84	P
14	348	48 (1)	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.161	.167	.328	9	.59	-0.023	2.77	-0.06%	-0.72	P
15	349	51 (2)	Jun 8	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.143	.147	.290	9	.87	-0.101	4.04	-0.28%	-1.32	P
16	350	56 (4)	Jun 13 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.150	.154	.304	9	.17	-0.019	1.07	-0.07%	-0.94	P
17	351	60 (3)	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.146	.150	.296	9	.30	-0.008	1.67	-0.03%	-0.10	P
18	352	64 (3)	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.133	.136	.270	9	.46	-0.050	1.89	-0.12%	-1.73	P
19	353	69 (4)	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.146	.149	.295	9	1.52	-0.092	7.24	-0.26%	-0.79	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	354	74 (4)	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.137	.140	.277	9	1.09	-0.083	7.92	-0.36%	-0.60	P
21	355	80 (5)	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.148	.151	.299	9	.46	-0.025	1.43	-0.05%	-0.40	P
22	356	86 (5)	Jul 11 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.158	.155	.158	.313	9	.35	-0.030	1.98	-0.10%	0.42	P
23	357	88 (1)	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.150	.153	.303	9	.95	-0.045	3.20	-0.09%	-0.36	P
24	358	93 (4)	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,15-3	GS-7	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.188	.206	.394	9	.59	0.099	2.26	0.23%	2.45	P
25	359	96 (2)	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.185	.203	.388	9	.04	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.24	P
26	360	100 (3)	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.176	.194	.371	9	.34	-0.026	1.14	-0.05%	-0.69	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	361	106 (5)	Aug 1 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,12-1	GS-9	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.186	.181	.214	.395	9	.47	0.117	1.02	0.15%	1.08	P
28	362	110 (3)	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.173	.205	.379	9	.46	-0.048	1.35	-0.09%	-0.94	P
29	363	115 (4)	Aug 11	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.192	.213	.406	9	.65	0.025	1.08	0.03%	0.27	P
30	364	119 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		DET	L,7-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.190	.211	.400	9	.92	-0.023	.73	-0.01%	-0.23	P
31	365	120	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.190	.211	.400	9						P
32	366	124 (3)	Aug 20	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.185	.205	.390	9	1.05	-0.068	.73	-0.03%	-0.89	P
33	367	133 (8)	Aug 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.181	.200	.381	9	1.47	-0.091	1.45	-0.05%	-0.59	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	368	136 (2)	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.186	.205	.391	9	1.49	-0.070	.40	-0.01%	-0.40	P
35	369	140 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.202	.221	.423	9	1.35	0.078	.01	0.00%	0.36	P
36	370	143 (2)	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.193	.198	.216	.414	9	2.12	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.70	P
37	371	146 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.198	.216	.414	9						P
38	372	147	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.196	.213	.409	9	1.56	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
39	373	150 (2)	Sep 19	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.191	.209	.400	9	1.83	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-1.03	P
40	374	154 (3)	Sep 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.188	.204	.392	9	1.76	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
							25-15		105	93	5	17	2	0	0	8	1	0	22	0	9	2	1	3	0	0	.183	.188	.204	.392		.90	-1.507	2.32	-2.45%	-17.56

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