Virgil Trucks Virgil Oliver Trucks Bats Right Throws Right Height 5'11 Weight 198 Born April 26, 1917 Birmingham, AL Died March 23, 2013 Calera, AL

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1942 25 HAR  10  12  .455   0  37  33   0   0  203.1  202  102   90   89  153  13  3.98  4.04  101  
 1943 26 HAR  11   6  .647   0  29  29   5   2  191.2  180   78   59   46  129  13  2.77  4.08  147  
 1944 27 HAR  Military Service                                                                       
 1945 28 HAR   0   0  .000   0   1   0   0   0    1.1    1    1    0    2    0   0  0.00  3.94  inf  
 1946 29 HAR   9  10  .474   0  29  28   6   2  188.2  203   90   84   54  153  15  4.01  3.97   99  

 1947 30 HAR  12  13  .480   0  39  36   1   0  201.2  221  122  115   90  146  16  5.13  4.63   90  
 1948 31 HAR   7  11  .389   0  32  31   6   1  190.0  204  119  103   81  107  13  4.88  4.45   91  
 1949 32 HAR  15  12  .556   0  40  39   9   3  281.0  246  115   98  141  133  17  3.14  4.54  145  
 1950 33 HAR   0   1  .000   0   1   1   0   0    5.0    6    3    3    3    3   1  5.40  4.26   79  
 1951 34 HAR  10   9  .526   0  31  30   1   0  166.1  187  105   98   77  132  15  5.30  4.04   76  

 1952 35 HAR  15  13  .536   0  36  35   7   2  225.1  226   91   71   81  153  13  2.84  4.02  142  
 1953 36 HAR  16  10  .615   0  34  34  12   4  227.1  230  108   91   80  126  15  3.60  4.67  130  
 1954 37 HAR  18   9  .667   0  37  37  10   3  257.1  207  108   95  109  152  13  3.32  4.10  123  
 1955 38 HAR   8  10  .444   0  23  23   4   1  141.2  158   92   81   39   77  30  5.15  4.58   89  
 1956 39 HAR   3  10  .231   0  22  22   0   0  121.2  142   84   78   51   44  17  5.77  4.29   74  

 1957 40 HAR   9   3  .750   1  31  16   0   0  109.0  102   58   52   59   47  14  4.29  4.19   98  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons  143 129  .526   1 422 394  61  18 2511.1 2515 1276 1118 1002 1555 205  4.01  4.28  107
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  11  10  .526   0  34  31   5   1  200.0  200  102   89   80  124  16  4.01  
 Career High  18  13  .667   1  40  39  12   4  281.0  246  122  115  141  153  30  2.77  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
 1943 HAR NDA   L     0   0  .000   0   2   2   0   0   4.2    7    4    4    4    3   1  7.71
 1954 HAR MON   L     1   0 1.000   0   2   2   1   0  14.1   12    5    5    4   12   4  3.14
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
               0-2    1   0 1.000   0   4   4   1   0  19.0   19    9    9    8   15   5  4.26
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+


WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star 1953 1954

Wins 1947-12-8 1949-15-9 1952-15-5 1953-16-7 1954-18-4

ERA 1943-2.77-4 1949-3.14-1 1952-2.84-5 1953-3.60-5 1954-3.32-4

Strikeouts 1942-153-3 1943-129-8 1946-153-5 1947-146-2 1948-107-7 1949-133-1 1952-153-3 1953-126-4 1954-152-2

Complete Games 1946-6-8 1953-12-4 1954-10-5

Innings 1949-281.0-2 1952-225.1-7 1953-227.1-9 1954-257.1-2

Walks 1942-89-3 1947-90-3 1949-141-4 1951-77-10 1954-109-4

Losses 1947-13-7 1952-13-9

Pitcher of the Month, July 1949
Pitcher of the Month, May 1954

Transactions January 1, 1941: Drafted 1st round (4th overall) by Harlem.

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