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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
2	2	Apr 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
3	3	Apr 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
4	4	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
5	5	Apr 19	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
6	6	Apr 20	NYY		BAL	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
8	8	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,12-7	CG	47	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
9	9	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	10	0	0	10	3	1B
10	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B
11	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
12	12	Apr 29	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
13	13	Apr 30	NYY		DET	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	NYY		KCA	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
15	15	May 9	NYY		WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
16	16	May 10	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
17	17	May 11 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
18	18	May 11 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,0-4	GS	13	3.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
19	34 (15)	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,8-13	GF	21	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
20	35	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
21	36	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	37	Jun 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
23	38	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
24	39	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	17	2	0	19	1	1B
25	40	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
26	41	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
27	42	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
28	43	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
29	44	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
30	45	Jun 8 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-14	CG	48	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
31	46	Jun 8 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
32	47	Jun 11 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,10-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
33	48	Jun 11 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
34	49	Jun 12 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
35	50	Jun 12 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
36	51	Jun 13	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
37	52	Jun 14	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
38	53	Jun 15 (1)	NYY		DET	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
39	54	Jun 15 (2)	NYY		DET	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
40	55	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
41	56	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
42	57	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
43	58	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
44	59	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
45	60	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,15-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
46	61	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
47	62	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
48	63	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	1B
49	64	Jun 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
50	65	Jun 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
51	66	Jun 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,6-12	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	67	Jul 1 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
53	68	Jul 1 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
54	69	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
55	70	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
56	71	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
57	72	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
58	73	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	T,3-3	CG	48	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
59	74	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	L,4-10	GS	36	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
60	75	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	L,2-12	CG	51	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
61	76	Jul 10 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
62	77	Jul 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
63	78	Jul 11	NYY		CLE	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
64	79	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
65	80	Jul 13 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
66	81	Jul 13 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
67	82	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
68	83	Jul 15	NYY		DET	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
69	84	Jul 16	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
70	85	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
71	86	Jul 18	NYY		KCA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
72	87	Jul 19	NYY		KCA	L,4-6	CG	51	12.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
73	88	Jul 20 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,3-1	CG	39	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
74	90 (1)	Jul 22	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	GF	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH 1B
75	93 (2)	Jul 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-0	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
76	94	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
77	96 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
78	97	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-7	CG	38	9.0	9	2	1	12	1	1B
79	98	Jul 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
80	99	Jul 30	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG	16	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
81	100	Jul 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	101	Aug 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
83	102	Aug 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
84	103	Aug 3 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
85	104	Aug 3 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
86	105	Aug 4	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
87	106	Aug 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
88	107	Aug 6	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
89	108	Aug 8	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
90	109	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	GS	39	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
91	122 (12)	Aug 21	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
92	123	Aug 22	NYY		CHW	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
93	124	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
94	125	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
95	126	Aug 24 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
96	127	Aug 26	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	13	3	0	16	4	1B
97	128	Aug 27	NYY		KCA	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
98	129	Aug 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
99	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
100	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	132	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
102	133	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
103	134	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
104	135	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
105	136	Sep 5	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
106	137	Sep 6	NYY		WSH	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
107	138	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
108	139	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	GF	13	4.0	4	1	0	5	1	PH 1B
109	140	Sep 9	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	26	4.2	3	0	0	3	0	1B
110	141	Sep 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
111	142	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
112	143	Sep 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
113	144	Sep 14 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	1	14	2	1B
114	145	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-7	GS	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
115	149 (3)	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
116	150	Sep 21	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	3	4	0	3B
117	151	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
118	152	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
119	153	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	GS	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
120	155 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
							120gm		1027.0	1041	72	13	1126	112