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3 unusual facts about Virgil Trucks


1954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Stone took the win (without retiring a batter) and Conley was tagged with the loss while Virgil Trucks earned the save.

Johnny Groth

On December 4, 1952, the Tigers traded Virgil Trucks‚ who tossed two no-hitters during the year‚ along with Hal White and Groth‚ to the Browns in exchange for Owen FriendBob Nieman‚ and Jay Porter.

Virgil Trucks

Trucks' great nephew, Derek, is also currently a member of the Allman Brothers Band and has a band with his wife, Susan Tedeschi, Tedeschi Trucks Band.


Gene Host

Following the 1956 season, Host was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Wayne Belardi, Ned Garver, Virgil Trucks, and $20,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Jim Finigan, Jack Crimian, Bill Harrington, and Eddie Robinson.


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