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 (Torrance, 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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1969	18	BAL-min	A-	62	238	220	21	69	11	1	4	31	1	0	13	22	.314	.353	.427	.780		94		1	3	1		ABD · NORL
1971	20	BAL-min	A	77	184	184		35	2	0	3						.190	.190	.250	.440		46						STK · CALL
1972	21	BAL-min	A	72	277	239	25	50	3	1	3	23	1	2	34	29	.209	.307	.268	.574		64		0	3	1		MIA · FLOR
1973	22	BAL-min	A	82	260	260		66	9	5	1						.254	.254	.338	.592		88						LOD · CALL
1974	23	BAL-min	AA	110	421	363	41	91	16	2	5	38	0	2	52	36	.251	.344	.347	.692		126		1	3	2		AVL · SOUL
1975	24	BAL-min	AA,AAA	100	355	298	30	75	16	1	0	34	2	3	50	35	.252	.356	.312	.668		93	7	1	1	5	1	AVL,ROC · SOUL,IL
1976	25	BAL-min	AAA	85	294	252	40	61	8	2	2	27	1	0	32	28	.242	.325	.313	.639		79		1	5	4		ROC · IL
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1977	26	BAL	AL	246	0	-2	-1	0	2	5	8	12	1.2	10	1.0	0.2	$	2
1978	27	BAL	AL	98	-9	-1	0	0	1	2	3	-4	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$	2
1979	28	BAL	AL	152	-5	-1	-1	-2	-4	3	5	-5	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$	2
1980	29	BAL	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1980	29	CAL	AL	77	-5	0	-1	0	-4	1	2	-7	-0.7	-3	-0.3	-0.4	$	2
4 Seasons				578	-20	-4	-3	-2	-5	11	18	-5	-0.6	0	-0.0	-0.6	$

BAL (4 yrs)				501	-15	-4	-2	-2	-1	10	16	2	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$
CAL (1 yr)				77	-5	0	-1	0	-4	1	2	-7	-0.7	-3	-0.3	-0.4	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1979	28	BAL	AL	ALCS	CAL	W	1	4	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1979	28	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	1	3	3	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1
1 Season (2 Series)							2	7	7	1	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1
1 ALCS							1	4	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1 WS							1	3	3	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1

Standard Fielding

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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%	PO
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%	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%	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%	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%	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%	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%	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%	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%	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.

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
May 13, 1980: Purchased by the California Angels from the Baltimore Orioles.
February 2, 1981: Released by the California Angels.
February 17, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
March 31, 1981: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1981	30	California Angels	$60,000	1982 TSN Guide	Player loss; asked for $75K

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$60,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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