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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	WSA		LAA	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
2	2	Apr 15	WSA		LAA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
3	3	Apr 16	WSA		MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
4	4	Apr 17	WSA		MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
5	5	Apr 18	WSA		MIN	L,6-8	CG	44	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
6	6	Apr 19	WSA		KCA	L,1-5	CG	31	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
7	7	Apr 22	WSA	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
8	8	Apr 23	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
9	9	Apr 24	WSA	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	39	10.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
10	10	Apr 25	WSA	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
11	11	Apr 26	WSA	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
12	12	Apr 27	WSA	@	LAA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	1	12	4	1B
13	13	Apr 28	WSA	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15 (1)	May 1	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
15	17 (1)	May 3 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
16	19 (1)	May 4	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-11	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
17	20	May 5	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
18	21	May 6 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	16	4	0	20	1	1B
19	22	May 6 (2)	WSA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
20	23	May 7	WSA		NYY	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
21	24	May 8	WSA		BOS	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
22	25	May 9	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
23	26	May 10 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,13-4	GS	28	7.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
24	27	May 10 (2)	WSA		BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
25	28	May 11	WSA		BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
26	29	May 12	WSA		BAL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
27	30	May 14	WSA		BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
28	31	May 15	WSA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
29	32	May 16	WSA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
30	33	May 17	WSA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
31	34	May 18	WSA		DET	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
32	36 (1)	May 20	WSA		DET	W,10-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
33	38 (1)	May 22	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
34	40 (1)	May 24 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
35	42 (1)	May 25	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
36	44 (1)	May 27	WSA	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
37	45	May 29	WSA		CLE	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
38	46	May 30	WSA		CLE	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
39	47	May 31 (1)	WSA		CLE	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
40	48	May 31 (2)	WSA		CLE	L,3-8	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	50 (1)	Jun 5	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
42	51	Jun 6	WSA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
43	52	Jun 7 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	59	14.0	18	1	0	19	1	1B
44	55 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	WSA		KCA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
45	57 (1)	Jun 10	WSA		KCA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
46	59 (1)	Jun 13	WSA		MIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
47	61 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
48	63 (1)	Jun 16	WSA		LAA	L,5-7	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
49	64	Jun 17	WSA		LAA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
50	66 (1)	Jun 20	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
51	67	Jun 21 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,13-2	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
52	68	Jun 21 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
53	69	Jun 22	WSA	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
54	70	Jun 23	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
55	72 (1)	Jun 26	WSA		BAL	L,4-9	CG	63	13.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
56	73	Jun 27	WSA		BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	77 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
58	78	Jul 1 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
59	79	Jul 3 (1)	WSA	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
60	81 (1)	Jul 4	WSA	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
61	82	Jul 5 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
62	83	Jul 5 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
63	84	Jul 9	WSA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
64	85	Jul 10	WSA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
65	86	Jul 11	WSA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
66	87	Jul 12 (1)	WSA		BOS	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
				Player went from Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox
67	84	Jul 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
68	85	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
69	86	Jul 17	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
70	88 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
71	89	Jul 20	CHW		LAA	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
72	90	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
73	91	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
74	92	Jul 22	CHW		LAA	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
75	95 (2)	Jul 25	CHW		MIN	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
76	96	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
77	97	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
78	98	Jul 28	CHW	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
79	99	Jul 29	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
80	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
81	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSA	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
83	103	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
84	104	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
85	105	Aug 4	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
86	106	Aug 5	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	47	13.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
87	107	Aug 6	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
88	108	Aug 7	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
89	109	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
90	110	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
91	111	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
92	112	Aug 11 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
93	113	Aug 11 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
94	114	Aug 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
95	115	Aug 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
96	116	Aug 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
97	117	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
98	118	Aug 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
99	119	Aug 17	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
100	120	Aug 18	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
101	121	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
102	122	Aug 20	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
103	123	Aug 21	CHW		BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
104	124	Aug 22	CHW		BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
105	125	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
106	126	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
107	127	Aug 24	CHW		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
108	128	Aug 25	CHW		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
109	129	Aug 26	CHW		MIN	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	18	1	1	20	2	1B
110	131 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
111	132	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-8	GS	26	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
112	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
113	134	Aug 30	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	135	Sep 1	CHW		DET	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
115	136	Sep 2	CHW		DET	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
116	137	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
117	138	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	GS	24	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
118	139	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
119	140	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS	44	12.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
120	141	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
121	142	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
122	143	Sep 9	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
123	144	Sep 10	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS	31	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
124	145	Sep 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
125	146	Sep 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
126	148 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
127	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
128	150	Sep 18	CHW		WSA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
129	151	Sep 19	CHW		WSA	L,0-1	GS	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
130	155 (3)	Sep 25	CHW	@	KCA	W,11-3	GS	14	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
131	156	Sep 26	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-2	GS	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	3	1B
132	158 (1)	Sep 29	CHW		LAA	W,2-1	GS	20	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
133	159	Oct 2 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
134	160	Oct 2 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
135	161	Oct 3	CHW		KCA	W,7-0	GS	22	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
136	162	Oct 4	CHW		KCA	W,6-0	GS	19	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
							136gm		1161.0	1212	80	5	1297	94