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	1952: The Odd Year of Virgil Trucks \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Virgil "Fire" Trucks broke in with the Detroit Tigers in late 1941, pitching all of two innings.
		Though Trucks is commonly grouped with fellow Tigers’ pitchers Hal Newhouser and Dizzy Trout as members of the Tigers’ famed TNT pitching line, history would show that those other pitchers would enjoy their best seasons when Trucks was not in the rotation.
		Trucks was traded out of Detroit after the ’52 season, and spent the next eight seasons kicking around the American League, making stops in St. Louis, Chicago (where he won 47 games in less than three full seasons), Detroit (again), Kansas City and New York.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/submit/Brolin_Jonathan3.stm (674 words)

	Blast From The Past: Virgil Trucks -- The Hardball Times
		Trucks continued to dominate the league and finished the season 10-2 with an eye popping 420 strikeouts in 263 innings.
		Trucks finally lost command of his once blazing fastball and was walking almost as many as he struck out.
		Trucks pitched nine shutout innings and was lifted for pinch hitter Johnny Pesky in the tenth inning.
	www.hardballtimes.com /main/article/blast-from-the-past-virgil-trucks (1746 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - This date in history: The Satchel and Virgil Show
		But Virgil Trucks of Detroit was pitching just as tough and when the ninth inning came around nobody had a run yet.
		Trucks held the A's hitless until the seventh, when Billy Hitchcock singled with one out, and he settled for a two-hit, 5-1 victory.
		Ten days later, Paige beat Trucks and the Tigers with his 12-inning gem (ol' Satch beat the Tigers three times in 1952, and all three times Trucks was the starter for Detroit).
	espn.go.com /mlb/columns/neyer_rob/1414681.html (1013 words)

	Daily Tribune : Allman Brothers guitarist brings his band to Ferndale stage 09/14/04
		Derek Trucks is considered one of the top 100 guitarists of all-time, but at age 25, he would rather let his slide guitar do the talking about his place in music history.
		Trucks, the featured guitarist in his uncle's band, The Allman Brothers, since he was a teen, will perform with The Derek Trucks Band on Tuesday night at the Magic Bag in Ferndale.
		Trucks said taking time from touring with the Allman Brothers Band and putting together a 24-city tour with his own band is made easy with band mates who enjoy a blend of jazz, rock, blues, Latin, and Eastern India music.
	www.dailytribune.com /stories/091404/ent_trucks13001.shtml (759 words)

	Virgil Trucks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Virgil Oliver Trucks (born April 26, 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.
		Trucks is also the uncle of Butch Trucks, a founding member of the legendary group, the Allman Brothers Band.
		Trucks' great nephew, Derek Trucks, is also currently a member of the Allman Brothers Band and fronts his own band, The Derek Trucks Band.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virgil_Trucks (395 words)

	Thunderbirds: The Database
		However, as the first convoy of trucks sets off, a squad of robotic penguins emerge from a nearby iceberg and spray a sheet of oil across the route.
		Virgil hears the terrified screams of his brother before the radio goes dead, and decides to take a closer look.
		A bewildered Virgil lands to gather his thoughts and realises that the vanished berg must have fitted into an indentation in the coastline.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /tbirds/Iceberg.htm (1025 words)

	Alabama Florida League Hall Of Fame - Virgil Trucks Collection
		Trucks had started his baseball career in Birmingham in 1935 playing for the semi-pro team ACI as a utility outfielder.
		Virgil had one more start in which he added 7 more K's giving him a grand total of 420 strikeouts in 263 innings.
		Trucks was obviously too good for the AFL, and in 1939 he moved up to Beaumont in the Texas League, eventually making a name for himself with the Detroit Tigers.
	www.alabama-florida-league.com /afl_hall_of_fame_-_virgil_trucks_collection.htm (462 words)

	Virgil Trucks: former Tiger Pitcher recalls his two no-hit games in 1952 Baseball Digest - Find Articles
		Virgil Oliver (Fire) Trucks might have been starstruck, but the stocky right-hander knew how to throw heat and already had thrown four no-hitters in the minors.
		In 1949, Trucks led the American League in strikeouts with 153 and in shutouts with six, and he finished with a 19-11 record.
		Trucks was locked in a pitcher's duel with right-hander Bob Porterfield.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_6_63/ai_n6108140 (932 words)

	1945 World Series by Baseball Almanac
		Virgil Trucks, a sixteen-game winner for Detroit in 1943 (and only recently discharged from the United States Navy), pitched a seven-hitter in Game 2 and won, 4-1, as midseason service returnee Hank Greenberg unloaded a three-run homer in the fifth.
		Trucks and Passeau went at it for Game 6 and both dominated the other's line-up for over four innings.
		Trucks blinked first and was routed in the Cubs' four-run fifth which featured Stan Hack's bases-loaded single.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /ws/yr1945ws.shtml (1192 words)

	Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society's Official Website and Online Shoppe
		Trucks’ recollections of his brief time in St. Louis did not include any of Veeck’s blockbuster antics, but he did recall a day in which they had fun at the expense of Veeck’s baseball clown, Max Patkin.
		Trucks was shipped back to Detroit for the 1956 campaign where he began to transition from a starting role to relieving.
		Trucks went to spring training with the Yankees in 1959, but at 40 years of age he had finally lost the edge that made him special.
	www.philadelphiaathletics.org /history/trucks.htm (4560 words)

	The 1950s:A look back at Tiger Stadium moments
		Virgil Trucks was in the process of posting a 5-19 record and he started this game with sore feet and came out of it with a bump on his head.
		Trucks hadn’t allowed a hit and Bob Porterfield of the Senators had allowed only three.
		With two out, Trucks sat in the dugout and wondered if he would have to go back out there for the 10th inning.
	info.detnews.com /ballpark/9909/21/trucks/trucks.htm (427 words)

	Virgil Truck
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		Virgil Trucks - Virgil Oliver Trucks (born April 26 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.
	www.willieholt.com /virgiltruck.html (907 words)

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		Trucks was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1941 to 1958.
		Trucks beat with his first no hitter), because they had a more powerful ball club.
	www.nbobaseball.com /trucks.html (620 words)

	Highlander 2.0
		Not one to be discouraged, Trucks pitched a no hitter against the Yankees on September 25 to join Johnny VanDerMeer and Allie Reynolds as the only players to have two no hitters in a single season.
		Trucks, you became a Yankee in 1958 at the age of 41.
		Trucks, you spent most of the 1958 season with the New York Yankees, joining them at the trading deadline, which was June 15.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/thehighlander/Highlander12page3.htm (1362 words)

	Virgil Exner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Virgil "Ex" Exner (September 24, 1909–December 22, 1973) was an automobile designer for numerous American companies, notably Chrysler and Studebaker.
		Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Virgil Exner was adopted by George W. and Iva Exner as a baby.
		There is some debate, but many feel that Virgil was the main designer of the acclaimed 1947 Studebaker Starlight coupe, although Raymond Loewy got most of the credit for the car's design.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virgil_Exner (968 words)

	Three Key Events
		The Tigers' ace right hander, Virgil Trucks, who had won 19 games with a 2.81 ERA and led the league in strikeouts and shutouts in 1949, suffered a sore arm.
		Trucks' misfortune was a fatal blow to the Bengals pennant hopes and they finished second, three games behind the Yankees.
		After losing Trucks, the Tigers hung tough and as late as August 21 led the Yankees by 3 ½ games, the Indians by 4 ½, and the Red Sox by 6 ½.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/yankees_no_more_no_less/114516 (458 words)

	The Master Goes Twelve
		That year he had been used mainly in relief, but on August 6 he was given his second start of the season.
		Virgil would not end the season with a good record, but would pitch two no-hitters that year.
		Trucks would also record a one-hitter and a two-hitter in 1952.
	www.thediamondangle.com /marasco/negleg/12satch.html (632 words)

	TIME.com: Pitcher at the Well -- Aug. 10, 1953 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pitcher Trucks knows that his new success is not just the result of a change in scenery.
		Richards trained Trucks to change his grip on the "change-up" pitch, i.e., his slow ball, and to abandon his sidearm delivery for an overhand motion.
		Says Trucks: "I never thought I'd be learning a new pitch in my sixteenth year in baseball, but it's a good one.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,818659,00.html (499 words)

	Virgil Trucks \| BaseballLibrary.com
		While with the Tigers in 1952, this burly Southerner tossed a pair of no-hitters against the Senators and the Yankees, joining such luminaries as Johnny Vander Meer, Allie Reynolds, and Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers to accomplish this feat in a single season.
		Trucks also had four no-hitters in the minors and a near-miss with the White Sox in 1954.
		In the sixth inning, with Trucks not having given up another hit, Drebinger calls Pesky in the dugout from the press box, and the SS says that he should be given the error rather than Rizzuto the hit.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/T/Trucks_Virgil.stm (1262 words)

	Player Profile: Virgil Trucks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Trucks was a fine pitcher for a number of years with the Tigers and several other AL teams.
		He had a great year in 1949, leading the league in strikeouts and shutouts.
		Trucks was part of some excellent Detroit pitching rotations in the 1940s.
	www.diamondfans.com /profile-trucksv.html (106 words)

	The Detroit Tigers during World War II
		The Tigers had lost pitchers Virgil Trucks, Hal White and Tommy Bridges and regular second baseman Jimmy Bloodworth for the 1944 season.
		Recently discharged navy pitching star Virgil Trucks started for the Tigers, and, in a manner befitting a classic clutch hitter, Greenberg came to bat with the bases loaded in the ninth inning.
		Trucks was throwing his high hard one, but the Cubs caught up with him in the fifth.
	www.michiganhistorymagazine.com /extra/sports/tigers.html (4249 words)

	Citrus: A lineup with power
		Cal Ripken Jr., Derek Jeter, Jason Giambi, Al Kaline, Don Mattingly, Gaylord Perry, Enos Slaughter, Virgil Trucks and Dwight Evans will be honored, and each plans to attend the ninth annual induction ceremony.
		Ripken, Evans, Maris, Mattingly and Slaughter are Hitters Hall of Fame selections, Perry and Trucks are being inducted into the Wall of Great Achievement, which is reserved for pitchers, and Kaline has been pegged for the 3,000 Hit club.
		Trucks played in two All-Star games and was fifth in voting for American League MVP in 1953.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/02/15/Citrus/A_lineup_with_power.shtml (1453 words)

	Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		Virgil Trucks, a 16-game winner for Detroit in 1943 and only recently discharged from the Navy, pitched a seven-hitter in Game 2 and won, 4-1, as midseason service returnee Hank Greenberg unloaded a three-run homer in the fifth.
		Four days earlier, on the final day of the AL schedule and in a game that marked Trucks' only appearance of the regular season, Greenberg had smashed a pennant-clinching, grand slam in the ninth inning against the St. Louis Browns.
		The Trucks-Passeau pitching pairing in Game 6 hinted at a low-scoring game, but Trucks was routed in the Cubs' four-run fifth -- which featured Stan Hack's bases-loaded single -- and Passeau left in the seventh, when Detroit scored twice.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1945.html (944 words)

	Derek Trucks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Gritz Magazine interviewed guitar great Derek Trucks a few weeks ago at the end of March of 2006, it was at a focal point in his life and career that amazed even him.
		At 26 years of age, Derek Trucks has long outgrown the ‘prodigy’ moniker that was thrown at him in years past.
		While it is true that his uncle, Butch Trucks, is an original member and still a drummer of the Allman Brothers Band, Derek’s appearance with the group was more than a case of familial ties.
	www.gritz.net /subscribers_area/inner_views/derektrucks_2006.html (3291 words)

	2 no-nos in a season - Baseball Fever
		Virgil Trucks Detroit 1952 vs. Washington and NYY
		The most remarkable thing about the 2 no-hitters that Virgil Trucks threw in 1952 was the fact that his no-nos accounted for 40% of his win total for 1952.His record that year was 5-19 for the Tigers.
		Virgil "Fire" Trucks sue could put out fires fast.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=5595 (149 words)

	1949 AL Mathewson Award
		He may also have been lucky, giving up only 8 home runs in 295 innings; he gave up twice as many per year the rest of his career.
		Virgil Trucks and Bob Lemon had similar seasons.
		Trucks' numbers were a little better; in fact, in some ways I like Trucks' numbers more than I do Parnell's.
	venus.lunarpages.com /~double2/History/400Pages/alcy1949.html (287 words)

	Baseball history \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		1952 –; Detroit's Virgil Trucks pitched his second no-hitter of the season, a 1-0 gem over New York at Yankee Stadium.
		The Tigers committed two errors and Trucks walked one batter and struck out eight.
		It was the last victory of the season for Trucks, who finished with a 5-19 record.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050825/news_1s25bbhist-a.html (158 words)

	Highlander 2.0
		Virgil Trucks Interview Feedback: (Too many to post - here are a few)
		The Virgil Trucks interview has been a complete success and I wanted to personally thank you again for your help in contacting him.
		Our site hits (on that page in particular) literally tripled this month (February) and I believe it was entirely due to Harold's great interview that would not have been possible without you.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/thehighlander/Highlander13page2.htm (824 words)

	Hal Newhouser not just a war time pitcher
		With star players like Hank Greenberg, Tommy Bridges and Virgil Trucks returning from WWll for the last part of the 1945 season, the Tigers entered into yet another tight pennant race.
		Trucks lasted five innings and was down 2-1 when he was pulled from the game, and Newhouser came in to pitch the final four innings.
		In game 2, Virgil Trucks beat the Cubs behind the power of a three run homerun off Hank Wyse in the fifth inning.
	members.aol.com /voodookidd/Newhouser/newhouser.html (2160 words)

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