Tony Faeth vs. Virgil Trucks — Career Comparison

Tony Faeth
Lost GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Virgil Trucks
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Virgil Trucks built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Faeth as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Faeth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.708 compared to 3.39 and 1.313 for Virgil Trucks. By the career numbers, Tony Faeth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Faeth and Virgil Trucks

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.95
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
1.73
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.59
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
0.45
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.73
56.73
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.44
63.44
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.42
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.7
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1009
3.39
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8047
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2682.1
9
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
9.14
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2416
8.11
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.11
8.11
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.63
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.23
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1088
3.65
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
4.36
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
5.15
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.16
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
37.8
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11378
38.18
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.49
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.38
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.78
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1124
3.77
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
31.36
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10243
34.37
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.18
38.18

Fielding Stats for Tony Faeth and Virgil Trucks

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
6.31
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2212
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
737.1
9
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.9
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
5.13
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
7.36
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
7.03
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.526
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.114
1.114
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.86
15.86
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Faeth and Virgil Trucks

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1140
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
517
307.43
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
600
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
949
564.32
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
101.68
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
86.22
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
13.68
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
15.46
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.02
19.04
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
120.12
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
108.23
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
37.46
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
41.63
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
77.9
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-37.83
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.54
12.21
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
5.35
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
240
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
90.98
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
6.59
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
27.35
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.78
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
18.43
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50