Bill Skowron

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: December 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL us

Died: April 27, 2012 in Arlington Heights, IL

Buried: Maryhill Cemetery, Niles, IL

High School: Archbishop Weber HS (Chicago, IL)

School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 23-116d, 11,070th in major league history)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1967 (Age 36-287d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: William Joseph Skowron

Nicknames: Moose

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.1

5547

1566

211

.282

682

RBI

888

OBP

.332

SLG

.459

OPS

.792

OPS+

119

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
2	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
3	3	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	55	12.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
4	4	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
5	5	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-6	CG	49	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.2	11	1	0	12	1	1B
7	7	Apr 24	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
8	8	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
9	9	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
10	10	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
11	11	Apr 30	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
13	13	May 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
14	14	May 3	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
15	15	May 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
16	16	May 5 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
17	17	May 5 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
18	18	May 7	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
19	20 (1)	May 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
20	21	May 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
21	22	May 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
22	23	May 15	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
23	24	May 16	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
24	25	May 17	NYY		DET	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
25	26	May 18	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
26	27	May 19	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
27	28	May 21	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	30 (1)	May 24	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
29	31	May 25	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
30	32	May 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
31	33	May 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	GF	18	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH 1B
32	34	May 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-8	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
33	35	May 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	36	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
35	37	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	40 (2)	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	17	3	0	20	1	1B
37	41	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
38	42	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
39	43	Jun 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	3	1B
40	44	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
41	45	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,14-5	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
42	46	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	47	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
44	48	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
45	49	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
46	50	Jun 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
47	51	Jun 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
48	52	Jun 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
49	53	Jun 14	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
50	54	Jun 15	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
51	55	Jun 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-6	CG	41	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
52	56	Jun 18	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	1	15	2	1B
53	57	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,10-2	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
54	58	Jun 20	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
55	59	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
56	60	Jun 22	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	60	13.0	13	3	0	16	0	1B
57	61	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
58	62	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
59	63	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	L,2-11	CG	43	9.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
60	66 (2)	Jun 28	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
61	67	Jun 29	NYY		KCA	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
62	68	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	70 (1)	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	8	2	1	11	2	1B
64	71	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	GF	18	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
65	72	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
66	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
67	74	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
68	75	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
69	76	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
70	77	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
71	78	Jul 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
72	81 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
73	86 (4)	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
74	87	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
75	93 (5)	Jul 26	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
76	94	Jul 27	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
77	95	Jul 28 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
78	96	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	63	15.0	14	3	0	17	0	1B
79	97	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
80	98	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
81	99	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	100	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
83	101	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
84	102	Aug 4 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
85	103	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
86	104	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
87	105	Aug 6	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
88	106	Aug 7	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
89	107	Aug 8	NYY		WSH	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
90	108	Aug 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
91	109	Aug 10	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	17	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
92	110	Aug 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
93	111	Aug 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
94	112	Aug 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
95	113	Aug 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
96	114	Aug 16	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	47	11.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
97	116 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
98	118 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
99	119	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
100	121 (1)	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	8	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
101	122	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
102	123	Aug 25	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
103	125 (1)	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
104	126	Aug 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
105	127	Aug 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	14	1	0	15	4	1B
106	128	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	11	2	1	14	3	1B
107	129	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	130	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
109	131	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	46	10.1	15	2	0	17	3	1B
110	132	Sep 2 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
111	133	Sep 3	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
112	134	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	CG	46	11.0	16	2	0	18	1	1B
113	135	Sep 5	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
114	136	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	8	1	0	9	3	1B
115	141 (4)	Sep 13	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	GS	20	5.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
							115gm		1012.1	1026	86	9	1121	116