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Lou Trucks Shortstop
Retired (1980, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .268 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .760 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 1937 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 04-26-1943
HR 210 Drafted Round 2, Pick 26
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(41 games)
RBI 910
SB 191
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 1
2B C  (42.0%) CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 3
3B B- (58.4%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1961 Minors 18 64.00 7 / 7 9 / 10 12 / 12 6 / 6 5 / 10 5 / 8 9 / 11 53 / 64
1961 Pos (2B) 18 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 13 / 162
1962 Minors 19 61.00 9 / 12 4 / 7 12 / 12 6 / 6 0 / 7 6 / 9 7 / 8 44 / 61
1962 Pos (2B) 19 126.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 126
1963 Minors 20 55.00 4 / 4 13 / 15 4 / 4 5 / 6 2 / 5 5 / 7 9 / 14 42 / 55
1964 Minors 21 74.00 4 / 10 1 / 5 8 / 10 9 / 14 4 / 17 1 / 6 8 / 12 35 / 74
1964 Pos (SS) 21 10.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 10
1965 Minors 22 66.00 2 / 13 5 / 8 6 / 12 4 / 5 2 / 6 4 / 11 4 / 11 27 / 66
1965 Pos (SS) 22 130.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 17 / 130
1966 Minors 23 23.00 3 / 3 1 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 8 / 23
1966 Majors 23 24.44 67 29 14 1 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 5 3 / 5 1 / 5 10 / 24
1967 Minors 24 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2
1967 Majors 24 66.62 142 124 14 3 / 10 2 / 8 7 / 12 8 / 13 2 / 3 2 / 6 6 / 14 30 / 66
1968 Majors 25 78.64 159 147 3 4 / 10 2 / 6 4 / 11 7 / 16 1 / 12 0 / 14 1 / 9 19 / 78
1969 Majors 26 84.51 162 149 0 3 / 9 3 / 10 4 / 16 4 / 15 1 / 6 2 / 13 6 / 15 23 / 84
1970 Majors 27 81.91 162 149 0 4 / 15 0 / 11 3 / 17 1 / 6 0 / 9 3 / 11 1 / 12 12 / 81
1971 Majors 28 66.64 162 149 0 1 / 6 0 / 13 2 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 10 3 / 66
1972 Majors 29 65.33 162 149 0 0 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 65
1973 Majors 30 65.33 162 149 0 0 / 12 1 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 15 0 / 7 1 / 65
1974 Majors 31 51.14 133 104 29 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 51
1975 Majors 32 61.51 162 140 0 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 61
1976 Majors 33 64.06 162 149 0 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 64
1977 Majors 34 48.25 119 110 37 -2 / 4 -6 / 10 -1 / 9 -2 / 4 -4 / 8 -1 / 8 -1 / 5 -17 / 48
1978 Majors 35 65.33 162 149 0 0 / 10 -4 / 12 -1 / 9 -3 / 12 -4 / 8 -1 / 4 -3 / 10 -16 / 65
1979 Majors 36 53.98 146 108 16 -2 / 5 -6 / 7 -3 / 7 -3 / 9 -4 / 9 -1 / 12 -3 / 4 -22 / 53
1980 Majors 37 30.36 162 30 0 -3 / 4 -7 / 3 -4 / 2 -7 / 5 -6 / 4 -4 / 8 -2 / 4 -33 / 30
Total 2224 1835 113 38 / 170 20 / 179 57 / 191 39 / 170 -1 / 165 24 / 181 43 / 190 260 / 1674
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Lou Trucks has retired from the Boston Sand Cats
1979-10-01Lou Trucks of the Boston Sand Cats is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1979-05-09Lou Trucks of the Boston Sand Cats is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1977-07-10Lou Trucks of the Boston Sand Cats is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1976-07-27A trade has been completed between the Montreal Maroons and the Boston Sand Cats. The Boston Sand Cats receive Lou Trucks from the Montreal Maroons in exchange for Draft Pick 1977 Round 1 BOS (Mitch Moroney), Draft Pick 1978 Round 2 BOS (Scott Crawford). Protest This Trade.
1975-09-23A trade has been completed between the New York Rotties and the Montreal Maroons. The Montreal Maroons receive Lou Trucks, John Carisch from the New York Rotties in exchange for Luis Linares. Protest This Trade.
1975-08-23The New York Rotties have placed Lou Trucks on the trade block.
1974-04-04Lou Trucks of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1968-06-29Lou Trucks of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1967-07-09Lou Trucks of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1967-04-08The New York Rotties have promoted Lou Trucks to the major league team. The New York Rotties have sent Mike Pederson to the minors.
1966-08-23A trade has been completed between the New York Rotties and the Detroit Arachnids. The Detroit Arachnids receive Chuck Karl, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 NYA (Cy Boyles), Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 MON (Blas Dexter) from the New York Rotties in exchange for Lou Trucks. Protest This Trade.
1966-06-21The Detroit Arachnids have sent Lou Trucks to the minors.
1966-06-15Lou Trucks of the Detroit Arachnids is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1966-03-25The Detroit Arachnids have promoted George Smith to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Lou Trucks to the major league team.