Max Lanier vs Virgil Trucks

Max Lanier Virgil Trucks

Max Lanier and Virgil Trucks compared on their MLB careers: Max Lanier played 14 seasons, 1938 to 1953, Virgil Trucks 17 seasons, 1941 to 1958. Max Lanier has 108 wins to Virgil Trucks's 177. Max Lanier won 3 titles, Virgil Trucks won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Max Lanier and Virgil Trucks career totals

327	GP	517
108	W	177
82	L	135
3.0	ERA	3.4
1619.1	IP	2682.1
821	K	1,534
611	BB	1,088
1.3	WHIP	1.3
17	SV	30

How do they compare in the postseason?

Max Lanier and Virgil Trucks postseason

7	GP	2
0	R	0
24	H	14

Where each stands all time

Max Lanier and Virgil Trucks all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	219th (1,534)
—	Wins (pitching)	164th (177)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Max Lanier: 3 championships; none on file
Virgil Trucks: 2 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Max Lanier and Virgil Trucks season by season

1st	1938	0	3	4.20	1941	0	0	9.00
2nd	1939	2	1	2.39	1942	14	8	2.74
3rd	1940	9	6	3.34	1943	16	10	2.84
4th	1941	10	8	2.82	1945	0	0	1.69
5th	1942	13	8	2.96	1946	14	9	3.23
6th	1943	15	7	1.90	1947	10	12	4.53
7th	1944	17	12	2.65	1948	14	13	3.78
8th	1945	2	2	1.73	1949	19	11	2.81
9th	1946	6	0	1.93	1950	3	1	3.54
10th	1949	5	4	3.82	1951	13	8	4.33
11th	1950	11	9	3.13	1952	5	19	3.97
12th	1951	11	9	3.26	1953	20	10	2.93
13th	1952	7	12	3.94	1954	19	12	2.79
14th	1953	0	1	7.16	1955	13	8	3.96
15th	—	—	—	—	1956	6	5	3.83
16th	—	—	—	—	1957	9	7	3.03
17th	—	—	—	—	1958	2	2	3.65

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA