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    Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks (April 26, 1917 – March 23, 2013) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns...
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    Derek Trucks (born June 8, 1979) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and founder of The Derek Trucks Band. He became an official member of The Allman...
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  • Trucks (1917–2013), professional baseball player Butch Trucks (1947-2017), drummer and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, nephew of Virgil Trucks...
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  • with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. He is the great nephew of MLB pitcher Virgil Trucks. He is married to Cameron Herring, the daughter of his Widespread Panic...
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  • Look up truck or trucks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A truck is a vehicle for carrying goods and materials. Truck or trucks may also refer to: The...
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    Virgil Trucks, Stan Hack's two-run single put the Cubs up 2–1. After another walk loaded the bases, Phil Cavarretta's two-run single knocked Trucks out...
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    Achievements Preceded by Virgil Trucks Sam Jones No-hitter pitcher June 19, 1952 May 12, 1956 Succeeded by Virgil Trucks Mel Parnell Preceded by Don Newcombe...
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    deceit." In the past, major league pitchers Tommy Bridges, Bob Feller, Virgil Trucks, Herb Score, Camilo Pascual and Sandy Koufax were regarded as having...
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    no-hitters in a single season, a record that he and Vander Meer share with Virgil Trucks (1952), Nolan Ryan (1973), Roy Halladay (2010), and Max Scherzer (2015)...
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    by just 1.5 games over the Washington Senators with an 88–65 record. Virgil Trucks returned from the U.S. Navy in time to pitch 5+1⁄3 innings of 1-run...
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    27 batters for the game. He became the second Tigers pitcher since Virgil Trucks, and the 30th pitcher in the history of baseball, to throw multiple...
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    Cincinnati Reds in 1938. Besides Vander Meer, Allie Reynolds (in 1951), Virgil Trucks (in 1952), Nolan Ryan (in 1973), and Max Scherzer (in 2015) are the...
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    Newhouser† 176 1948 Bob Feller† 164 Cleveland Indians Bob Lemon† 147 1949 Virgil Trucks 153 Detroit Tigers Hal Newhouser† 144 1950 Bob Lemon† 170 Cleveland...
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    Dowdell, professional basketball player Hut Stricklin, NASCAR driver Virgil Trucks, Major League Baseball pitcher Shelby County Airport Heart of Dixie...
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    with Max Scherzer in 2015, Roy Halladay in 2010, Nolan Ryan in 1973, Virgil Trucks in 1952, and Johnny Vander Meer in 1938. The Red Sox and the Cleveland...
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  • Yaryan and Howie Gorman played for them, along with All-Star pitcher Virgil Trucks . After World War II, the Andalusia Arrows joined the Alabama State...
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    deceit." In the past, major league pitchers Tommy Bridges, Bob Feller, Virgil Trucks, Herb Score, Camilo Pascual, Sandy Koufax, Bert Blyleven, and the aforementioned...
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  • Andre Tippett, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Tommy Tolleson, NFL player Virgil Trucks, born in Birmingham, Major League Baseball player Bob Veale, born in...
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  • started Virgil Trucks, who had not played all year and had been released from the military only three days earlier. Hal Newhouser relieved Trucks in the...
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    Bobby Shantz, Jersey Joe Walcott & Julius Boros (tie), Rocky Marciano, Virgil Trucks, Rocky Marciano, Mickey Mantle, Anthony DeSpirito, Anthony DeSpirito...
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    No-hitters were thrown by Monte Pearson, Bob Feller, Allie Reynolds, Virgil Trucks, Dave Righetti, Jim Abbott, Dwight Gooden and a combination of six Houston...
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    1912 – George Mullin 1952 – Virgil Trucks 1952 – Virgil Trucks 1958 – Jim Bunning 1984 – Jack Morris 2007 – Justin Verlander 2011 – Justin Verlander 2021...
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  • he umpired 869 Major League games. He was the home plate umpire for Virgil Trucks no-hitter on August 25, 1952. In 1952, Robb was fined and suspended...
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    In a midseason transaction the following June, he and fellow pitcher Virgil Trucks were traded to the Yankees for outfielder Harry "Suitcase" Simpson and...
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  • worst record in Tigers' history until the 2003 Tigers lost 119 games. Virgil Trucks became the third pitcher in major league history to throw two no-hitters...
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  • retiring a batter) and Conley was tagged with the loss while Virgil Trucks earned the save. Trucks walked Snider to open the ninth inning, but retired Stan...
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  • Maas 21 Sal Maglie 55 Zach Monroe 30 Bobby Shantz 47 Tom Sturdivant 21 Virgil Trucks 19 Bob Turley Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 32 Elston Howard 22 Darrell Johnson...
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  • Tigers pitcher Virgil Trucks fires his second no-hitter of the season, a 1–0 shutout over the host New York Yankees. Previously, Trucks held the Washington...
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  • Nieman were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Groth, Virgil Trucks and Hal White. May 6, 1953: In his first major league start, the Browns'...
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    Cincinnati Reds in 1938. Besides Vander Meer, Allie Reynolds (in 1951), Virgil Trucks (in 1952), Ryan (in 1973), and Max Scherzer (in 2015) were the only...
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