Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Virgil Trucks's Battery Mates


Virgil Trucks pitched for Detroit (AL) 1941-1943, 1945-1952, 1956; St. Louis (AL) 1953; Chicago (AL) 1953-1955; Kansas City (AL) 1957-1958; and New York (AL)@ 1958. He pitched in 517 games, made 328 starts, had 124 complete games and pitched 33 shutouts. Three of Trucks' shutouts were with more than one catcher.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT TRUCKS' STARTS
Bob Swift 65   Frank House 9
Sherm Lollar 60   Clint Courtney 8
Birdie Tebbetts 27   Al Unser 8
Paul Richards 26   Les Moss 7
Aaron Robinson 25   Hank Riebe 5
Matt Batts 22   Tim Thompson 4
Joe Ginsberg 19   Carl Sawatski 3
Dixie Parsons 14   Bud Sheely 3
Hal Wagner 10   Hal W. Smith 3
Red Wilson 10      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHTTRUCKS' SHUTOUTS
Sherm Lollar 5   Les Moss 1
Aaron Robinson 5   Dixie Parsons 1
Birdie Tebbetts 4   Paul Richards 1
Bob Swift 3   Carl Sawatski 1
Matt Batts **2   Al Unser 1
Joe Ginsberg ****2   Red Wilson 1
Bud Sheely 2   multiple catchers 3
Clint Courtney 1      


** Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER
(8/25/1952 DET @ NYA 1-0)

**** Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER
(5/15/1952 DET vs. WAS 1-0)

@ Trucks had no starts with New York



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


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