Athletes - Virgil Trucks

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Virgil Oliver Trucks (born April 26 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1941 through 1958, Trucks played for the Detroit Tigers (1941-1943, 1945-1952, 1956), St. Louis Browns (1953), Chicago White Sox (1953-1955), Kansas City Athletics (1958) and New York Yankees (1958). He batted and threw right handed.

Career

In a 17-season career, Trucks posted a 177-135 record with 1534 strikeouts and a 3.39 ERA in 2682.2 innings pitched.

Best season

1953 - 20-10, 149 SO, 2.93 ERA, including eight straight victories

Highlights

Twice made American League All-Star team (1949, 1954)
Fifth in American League MVP vote (1953, behind Al Rosen
, Yogi Berra
, Mickey Vernon
and Minnie Miñoso
Led AL in strikeouts (1949 )
Twice led AL in shutouts (1949 , 1954 )
While with the Tigers in (1952), pitched a pair of no-hitters against the Washington Senators (May 15) and New York Yankees (August 25), joining Johnny Vander Meer
, Allie Reynolds
and Nolan Ryan
as the only major league pitchers to accomplish this feat in a single season
During his minor league career, set a record with 418 SO in a single season (1938) and also pitched four no-hitters

Sources

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