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Dave Skaggs

David Lindsey Skaggs

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 12, 1951 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: North Torrance HS (Lawndale, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1977
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Angels 1977-1980

Final Game: October 4, 1980
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1977 BAL AL 26 C 80 71 54 636.1 380 344 34 2 4 .995 2 4 5.35 4.73 .986 6.01 5.97 4 14 40 28 41% 39% 1
1978 BAL AL 27 C 35 28 22 255.1 168 149 17 2 2 .988 1 5 5.85 4.74 .983 5.53 5.48 0 11 17 12 41% 38% 2
1979 BAL AL 28 C 63 46 34 415.2 250 222 24 4 1 .984 -4 -12 5.33 3.90 .982 5.46 5.39 5 14 38 13 25% 36% 0
1980 TOT AL 29 C 26 26 15 207.0 103 94 6 3 3 .971 -4 -23 4.35 3.85 .986 5.48 5.47 1 6 18 2 10% 35% 0
1980 BAL AL 29 C 2 2 1 15.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 5.40 4.50 .986 5.46 5.45 0 0 2 0 0% 35% 0
1980 CAL AL 29 C 24 24 14 192.0 94 86 5 3 2 .968 -4 -25 4.27 3.79 .986 5.48 5.47 1 6 16 2 11% 35% 0
4 Seasons C 204 171 125 1514.1 901 809 81 11 10 .988 -5 -4 5.29 4.36 .984 5.71 5.64 10 45 113 55 33% 37% 3
4 Seasons TOT 204 171 125 1514.1 901 809 81 11 10 .988 -5 -4 5.29 4.36 .984 5.71 5.64 10 45 113 55 33% 37% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1977 BAL AL 26 C 2 4 2
1978 BAL AL 27 C 1 5 1
1979 BAL AL 28 C -4 -12 -4
1980 BAL AL 29 C 0 0 0
1980 CAL AL 29 C -4 -25 -4
4 Seasons C -5 -4 -5
4 Seasons TOT -5 -4 -5

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 BAL AL 26 80 71 80 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 BAL AL 27 36 28 36 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 BAL AL 28 63 46 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CAL AL 29 24 24 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BAL AL 29 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 205 171 205 204 0 204 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1977 BAL AL 26 2618 3.35 3.52 30 90% 0 0 345 22 1 9 313 35 4 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 4 100%
1978 BAL AL 27 1079 4.02 4.51 5 80% 0 0 149 2 0 4 142 17 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100%
1979 BAL AL 28 1729 3.53 3.81 16 94% 2 0 222 10 0 3 209 23 4 0 1 1 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1980 CAL AL 29 832 3.94 4.45 14 100% 0 0 88 10 0 2 76 5 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 100%
1980 BAL AL 29 57 3.00 3.60 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
4 Seasons 6315 3.58 3.89 65 92% 2 0 812 44 2 18 747 81 12 1 2 8 11 0 5 6 1 11 0 2 5 9 100%
MLB Averages 3.87 4.35 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1977 BAL AL 26 4 14 940 40 28 25 41% 35 25 5 2 0 1 1 0 69 31 1.30 1.30
1978 BAL AL 27 0 11 398 17 12 10 41% 17 11 0 0 0 1 2 0 33 14 1.68 0.88
1979 BAL AL 28 5 14 644 38 13 12 25% 35 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 75 17 1.24 1.94
1980 CAL AL 29 1 6 330 16 2 2 11% 15 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 29 3 1.52 1.50
1980 BAL AL 29 0 0 12 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.69
4 Seasons 10 45 2324 113 55 49 33% 104 50 9 2 0 3 3 0 210 65 1.38 1.37
MLB Averages 35% 1.30 1.27

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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