Dave Skaggs
David Lindsey Skaggs
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 12, 1951 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: North Torrance (Lawndale, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1977
Final Game: October 4, 1980
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 26 BAL AL 80 246 216 22 62 9 1 1 24 0 0 20 34 .287 .345 .352 .696 96 76 2 0 8 2 0 2
1978 27 BAL AL 36 98 86 6 13 1 1 0 2 0 1 9 14 .151 .232 .186 .418 22 16 1 0 3 0 1 2
1979 28 BAL AL 63 152 137 9 34 8 0 1 14 0 0 13 14 .248 .313 .328 .642 76 45 8 0 2 0 0 2
1980 29 TOT AL 26 82 71 7 14 0 0 1 9 0 0 9 14 .197 .284 .239 .523 47 17 1 0 1 1 0 2
1980 29 BAL AL 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1980 29 CAL AL 24 77 66 7 13 0 0 1 9 0 0 9 13 .197 .289 .242 .532 50 16 1 0 1 1 0 2
4 Seasons 205 578 510 44 123 18 2 3 49 0 1 51 76 .241 .309 .302 .610 72 154 12 0 14 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 457 403 35 97 14 2 2 39 0 1 40 60 .241 .309 .302 .610 72 122 9 0 11 2 1
BAL (4 yrs) 181 501 444 37 110 18 2 2 40 0 1 42 63 .248 .311 .311 .622 75 138 11 0 13 2 1
CAL (1 yr) 24 77 66 7 13 0 0 1 9 0 0 9 13 .197 .289 .242 .532 50 16 1 0 1 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1977 26 BAL AL 246 166 28 4.5 95 .333 .287 .259 .345 .322 .352 .394 .696 .716 96 .488 -0.2 -0.0 .615 .157 .065 .0
1978 27 BAL AL 98 78 4 1.4 89 .181 .151 .254 .232 .318 .186 .374 .418 .693 22 .109 -8.7 -0.9 .320 .128 .035
1979 28 BAL AL 152 113 13 3.1 99 .270 .248 .266 .313 .330 .328 .403 .642 .733 76 .314 -4.2 -0.4 .523 .175 .080 .0
1980 29 TOT AL 82 60 5 2.2 96 .228 .197 .266 .284 .328 .239 .394 .523 .722 47 .211 -5.0 -0.5 .448 .169 .042 .0
1980 29 BAL AL 5 4 0 0.0 98 .250 .200 .268 .200 .330 .200 .397 .400 .727 11 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1980 29 CAL AL 77 56 5 2.4 96 .226 .197 .266 .289 .327 .242 .394 .532 .721 50 .234 -4.3 -0.4 .463 .182 .045 .0
4 Seasons 578 417 50 3.2 95 .276 .241 .261 .309 .324 .302 .393 .610 .718 72 .341 -18.1 -1.8 .510 .159 .061 .0
162 Game Avg. 457 330 40 3.2 95 .276 .241 .261 .309 .324 .302 .393 .610 .718 72 .341 -18.1 -1.8 .510 .159 .061
BAL (4 yrs) 501 361 45 3.3 95 .283 .248 .260 .311 .324 .311 .393 .622 .717 75 .357 -13.8 -1.4 .517 .155 .063 .0
CAL (1 yr) 77 56 5 2.4 96 .226 .197 .266 .289 .327 .242 .394 .532 .721 50 .234 -4.3 -0.4 .463 .182 .045 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 28 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 28 BAL AL WS PIT L 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1977 26 BAL AL 246 0.4% 13.8% 8.1% 4.5% 18% 1.70 6.4 216.0 9.0 1.10 74%
1978 27 BAL AL 98 0.0% 14.3% 9.2% 2.0% 15% 1.56 6.1 43.0 1.18 73%
1979 28 BAL AL 152 0.7% 9.2% 8.6% 5.9% 27% 1.08 9.8 137.0 9.8 1.33 80%
1980 29 TOT AL 82 1.2% 17.1% 11.0% 1.2% 7% 1.56 5.1 71.0 7.9 1.42 70%
1980 29 BAL AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 2.00 80%
1980 29 CAL AL 77 1.3% 16.9% 11.7% 1.3% 8% 1.44 5.1 66.0 7.3 1.39 69%
4 Seasons 578 0.5% 13.2% 8.8% 4.0% 19% 1.49 6.7 170.0 10.4 1.22 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 26 BAL AL 1 0 26% 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 43% 13 9 2 8 4 4 7 0 6
1978 27 BAL AL 2 0 27% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 50% 3 2 1 1 1 0 4 1 3
1979 28 BAL AL 1 0 17% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13% 6 6 0 5 5 0 4 2 2
1980 29 TOT AL 0 0 27% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44% 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 2
1980 29 BAL AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 29 CAL AL 0 0 29% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44% 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 2
4 Seasons 4 0 24% 219 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 5 37% 26 20 4 17 12 5 17 3 13
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1977 26 BAL AL 246 25% 62 1 1 0 0 0.02 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 9 8 89% 33 2 6% 32 14 44% 147 24 16% 17 8 47% 17 6 35% 0
1978 27 BAL AL 98 27% 13 1 0 0 0 5.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 12 1 8% 7 5 71% 55 4 7% 5 2 40% 9 0 0% 0
1979 28 BAL AL 152 26% 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 30 8 27% 11 2 18% 75 15 20% 4 1 25% 9 5 56% 0
1980 29 TOT AL 82 40% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 33% 9 1 11% 6 3 50% 52 8 15% 4 2 50% 5 1 20% 0
1980 29 BAL AL 5 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1980 29 CAL AL 77 39% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 33% 9 1 11% 6 3 50% 49 8 16% 4 2 50% 5 1 20% 0
4 Seasons 578 28% 123 2 1 0 0 2.76 3 0 15 3 0 0 3 0 18 14 78% 84 12 14% 56 24 43% 329 51 16% 30 13 43% 40 12 30% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 26 80 246 216 22 62 9 1 1 24 0 0 20 34 .287 .345 .352 .696 96 76 2 0 8 2 0
1978 27 116 344 302 28 75 10 2 1 26 0 1 29 48 .248 .312 .305 .617 76 92 3 0 11 2 1
1979 28 179 496 439 37 109 18 2 2 40 0 1 42 62 .248 .313 .312 .625 76 137 11 0 13 2 1
1980 29 205 578 510 44 123 18 2 3 49 0 1 51 76 .241 .309 .302 .610 72 154 12 0 14 3 1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 26 80 246 222 24 68 10 1 1 26 0 22 34 .306 .366 .374 .740 31 80
1978 27 36 98 88 7 15 1 1 0 2 0 10 14 .170 .255 .205 .460 5 36
1979 28 63 150 137 9 33 8 0 1 14 0 13 14 .241 .307 .321 .628 13 63
1980 29 26 84 73 8 16 0 0 1 10 0 10 14 .219 .310 .260 .570 6 26
4 Seasons 205 578 520 48 132 19 2 3 52 0 55 76 .254 .324 .315 .639 55 205
162 Game Avg. 162 457 411 38 104 15 2 2 41 0 43 60 .254 .324 .315 .639 43 205

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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