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KenRaffensberger16 · 03-24-2013, 10:52 PM

Pitcher Virgil Trucks passed away yesterday about one month shy of his 96th birthday. He won 177 games, with 124 Complete Games and 33 Shut Outs between 1941 and 1958, with 1944 and 1945 lost to military service. He came back from the Navy to pitch his first game in two years on the final day of the 1945 season to help the Tigers clinch the American League pennant and then limited the Cubs to one run for a Complete Game victory in Game Two of the World Series. Trucks was a two-time all-star, with one 20 win season, two 19 win seasons, and he once pitched two no-hitters in one year (1952). At the end of his MLB career he became an effective reliever, notching 30 Saves.
See page 794 of this thread for photos of Trucks in uniform for most of his major league teams.

03-24-2013, 10:52 PM	#17578
KenRaffensberger16 Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New jersey most of my life; Gulf Coast Florida since 2010. Posts: 422	Virgil Trucks (1917-2013) Pitcher Virgil Trucks passed away yesterday about one month shy of his 96th birthday. He won 177 games, with 124 Complete Games and 33 Shut Outs between 1941 and 1958, with 1944 and 1945 lost to military service. He came back from the Navy to pitch his first game in two years on the final day of the 1945 season to help the Tigers clinch the American League pennant and then limited the Cubs to one run for a Complete Game victory in Game Two of the World Series. Trucks was a two-time all-star, with one 20 win season, two 19 win seasons, and he once pitched two no-hitters in one year (1952). At the end of his MLB career he became an effective reliever, notching 30 Saves. See page 794 of this thread for photos of Trucks in uniform for most of his major league teams. Last edited by KenRaffensberger16; 03-26-2013 at 03:54 AM.