Virgil Trucks vs. Ewing Waddy — Career Comparison

Virgil Trucks
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ewing Waddy
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCs/Detroit StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Virgil Trucks and Ewing Waddy are fairly close on the surface numbers. Virgil Trucks posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.39 vs 6.81) and WHIP (1.313 vs 1.826). Ewing Waddy had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.12 per nine innings vs 0.63). By the career numbers, Virgil Trucks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Virgil Trucks and Ewing Waddy

Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
1.73
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.11
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.1
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.29
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.59
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.45
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.82
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.73
56.73
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.44
63.44
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.42
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
3.39
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
6.81
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8047
27
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2682.1
9
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.2
9
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2416
8.11
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
12.91
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.11
8.11
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.91
12.91
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.63
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
3.65
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.52
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
5.15
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
3.52
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.16
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11378
38.18
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
43.43
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.38
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1124
3.77
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
8.69
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.29
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.82
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.826
1.826
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10243
34.37
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
38.27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.43
43.43

Fielding Stats for Virgil Trucks and Ewing Waddy

Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
6.31
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.22
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.29
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.9
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
5.13
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.22
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
7.36
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.81
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
7.03
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.57
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.114
1.114
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.158
1.158
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.86
15.86
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Trucks and Ewing Waddy

Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
517
307.43
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
385.71
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
600
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
949
564.32
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
101.68
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
86.22
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
13.68
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
15.46
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32.02
19.04
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
45.66
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
120.12
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
108.23
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
37.46
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
41.63
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
77.9
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.54
12.21
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.27
48.63
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
5.35
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
153
90.98
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
6.59
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
27.35
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.78
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
18.43
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.59
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.19
Ewing Waddy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Ewing Waddy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100