Virgil Trucks
baseball player from the United States
Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks (April 26, 1917 – March 23, 2013) was an American baseball player who was a 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.
Trucks was born on April 26, 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama. He was married to Elizabeth Ann Newman until his death in 2013. Trucks died in his home in Calera, Alabama from natural causes, aged 95.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Virgil Trucks_ 95_ threw two no-hitters in the major leagues". article.wn.com.
Other websites
change- Baseball Library Archived 2006-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Baseball Reference
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