Alabama Florida League Hall Of Fame – Virgil Trucks Collection Page 2

 
AFL Hall Of Fame:
Virgil Trucks Collection – Page 2
 
Date    Opponent        Innings   
Hits Stikeouts   Score   Result  

4-21    Evergreen       
9           2    
20        6-0   
Win
                  
(Trucks fans 20 on opening day)           

5-10   
Panama City      9          
4     19       
8-1    Win 
                  
(Trucks
strikesout 19 Pelicans)

5-18    Evergreen        9          
0    
19        1-0    Win No Hitter

                  
(Trucks gets his 100th strikeout and no-hits Evergreen) 
5-30    Panama City     12          
3    
22        3-2    Win          

                  
(Trucks
strikeouts out 22 in a 3-hit performance)
6-4     Dothan          
9           0    
15        6-0   
Win No Hitter
                  
(Trucks’ 2nd no-hitter
in less than 20 days)

6-19    Union Springs    9          
5     16       
9-0    Win         

                  
(Trucks
gets 200th strikeout and 12th win)
7-20    Panama City     
9          
4     16       
4-0    Win         

                  
(Trucks get 300th strikeout 31 days after
200th)
8-20    Troy            
8          
2     15        3-0   
Win   

                  
(Trucks get 400th and 411th strikeouts, tying
Hoss
                   
Radbourne’s record of 411. Later, 
Radbourne’s total
                   
was amended
to 441 )
8-24    Dothan          
5          
4?     7              
No Decision 
                  
(Trucks
sets the modern strikeout mark of 418.  The ball
                   
from
this game is featured in the autographed
balls section)
           

Highlights of Virgil Trucks’ record-breaking 1938 season 
 
Virgil Trucks’ 1937 professional debut: Andalusia playoffs versus Union Springs