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.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
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
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1941
DET
A
P
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1942
DET
A
P
28
0
0
5
28
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.917
1943
DET
A
P
33
0
0
16
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1945
DET
A
P
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1946
DET
A
P
32
0
0
11
33
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.936
1947
DET
A
P
36
0
0
13
22
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.946
1948
DET
A
P
43
0
0
13
28
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1949
DET
A
P
41
0
0
13
33
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1950
DET
A
P
7
0
0
2
13
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.938
1951
DET
A
P
37
0
0
11
32
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.935
1952
DET
A
P
35
0
0
21
37
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.967
1953
STL
A
P
16
0
0
3
13
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
.727
1953
CHI
A
P
24
0
0
11
29
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1953
TOT
A
P
40
0
0
14
42
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
.903
1954
CHI
A
P
40
0
0
10
48
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1955
CHI
A
P
32
0
0
4
33
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1956
DET
A
P
22
0
0
6
18
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.889
1957
KC
A
P
48
7
116
8
21
1
0
0
2
4
1
0
.967
1958
NY
A
P
25
0
39.2
3
4
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
1.000
1958
KC
A
P
16
0
22
4
3
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
.875
1958
TOT
A
P
41
0
61.2
7
7
1
0
0
0
6
1
0
.933
Total
P
517
7
177.2
156
420
27
14
0
2
10
2
0
.955
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1941
DET
A
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
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
0
3
1943
DET
A
33
72
7
13
0
7
.181
.203
.194
1
0
2
4
0
0
0
0
3
1945
DET
A
1
2
1
0
0
0
.000
.333
.000
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1946
DET
A
32
95
4
17
0
5
.179
.179
.221
4
0
0
13
0
2
0
0
4
1947
DET
A
36
70
7
19
0
5
.271
.282
.300
2
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
3
1948
DET
A
43
79
6
13
0
2
.165
.185
.190
0
1
2
14
0
2
0
0
5
1949
DET
A
41
100
6
12
0
3
.120
.137
.140
2
0
1
15
1
5
0
0
4
1950
DET
A
7
20
2
3
0
0
.150
.150
.200
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1951
DET
A
37
55
5
13
0
14
.236
.236
.291
3
0
0
12
0
2
0
0
0
1952
DET
A
35
64
3
12
1
3
.188
.200
.234
0
0
1
11
0
2
1
0
2
1953
STL
A
16
25
0
4
0
1
.160
.160
.200
1
0
0
3
0
4
0
0
0
1953
CHI
A
24
63
6
15
1
6
.238
.250
.333
3
0
0
10
1
9
0
0
1
1953
TOT
A
40
88
6
19
1
7
.216
.225
.295
4
0
0
13
1
13
0
0
1
1954
CHI
A
40
93
5
17
0
8
.183
.188
.204
2
0
1
21
0
9
0
0
3
1955
CHI
A
32
64
2
8
0
6
.125
.123
.141
1
0
0
12
0
7
0
0
1
1956
DET
A
22
45
4
11
0
2
.244
.244
.289
2
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
0
1957
KC
A
48
28
1
4
0
2
.143
.143
.143
0
0
0
10
0
1
0
0
1
1958
NY
A
25
8
0
2
0
3
.250
.250
.250
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1958
KC
A
16
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
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
0
1
Total
517
949
63
171
2
70
.180
.189
.213
23
1
9
153
2
46
1
0
31
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).