Bill Skiff

William Franklin Skiff

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 16, 1895 in New Rochelle, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1921
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Yankees 1921-1926

Final Game: September 26, 1926
Died: December 25, 1976 in Bronxville, NY
Buried: Holy Mount Cemetery, Eastchester, NY
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1916	20	HFD	B	74	234	234		53									.226	.226								HFD · EL
1917	21	HFD	B	43	154	154		31									.201	.201								HFD · EL
1918	22	BPT	B	27	89	89		25									.281	.281								BPT · EL
1919	23	BPT	A	92	319	319		97	14	3	1						.304	.304	.376	.680		120				BPT · EL
1920	24	BPT	A	108	408	408		119	9	5	0						.292	.292	.338	.630		138				BPT · EL
1921	25	KCY	AA	150	148	148		42	4	2	0						.284	.284	.338	.622		50				KCY · AA
1921	25	PIT	NL	16	47	45	7	13	2	0	0	11	1	1	0	4	.289	.289	.333	.622	63	15	0	2	2

1922	26	KCY	AA	80	225	225		78	13	2	0						.347	.347	.422	.769		95				KCY · AA
1923	27	KCY	AA	121	400	400		134	31	6	4						.335	.335	.473	.808		189				KCY · AA
1924	28	KCY	AA	101	348	348		95	8	3	3						.273	.273	.339	.612		118				KCY · AA
1925	29	MLW	AA	101	353	353		100	9	1	4						.283	.283	.348	.632		123				MLW · AA
1926	30	TTO	AA	5																						TTO · IL
1926	30	NYY	AL	6	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	/2
1927	31	NWK	AA	100	303	303		83	12	3	1						.274	.274	.343	.617		104				NWK · IL
1928	32	NWK	AA	87	273	273		79	13	2	2						.289	.289	.374	.663		102				NWK · IL
1929	33	NWK	AA	70	193	193		58	7	1	1						.301	.301	.363	.663		70				NWK · IL
1930	34	LOS	AA	62	149	149		32	4	0	0						.215	.215	.242	.456		36				LOS · PCL
1931	35	NHV	A	45	118	118		28	2	2	0						.237	.237	.288	.525		34				NHV · EL
1933	37	NYY-min	B	13	26	26		6	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462		6				DHM · PIED
1934	38	NYY-min	B	15	24	24		7	1	0	0						.292	.292	.333	.625		8				NFK · PIED
1935	39	NYY-min	B	20	32	32		4	1	0	0						.125	.125	.156	.281		5				NFK · PIED
2 Yrs				22	58	56	7	14	2	0	0	11	1	1	0	5	.250	.250	.286	.536	40	16	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	427	412	52	103	15	0	0	81	7	7	0	37	.250	.250	.286	.536	40	118	0	15

PIT (1 yr)				16	47	45	7	13	2	0	0	11	1	1	0	4	.289	.289	.333	.622	63	15	0	2
NYY (1 yr)				6	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1921	25	PIT	NL	16	47	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	2

1926	30	NYY	AL	6	11	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.461	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
2 Seasons				22	58	-5	-0	0	0	1	-4	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.479	.499	-0.3	0.0	-3	$

PIT (1 yr)				16	47	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
NYY (1 yr)				6	11	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.461	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

Advanced Batting

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
1921	25	PIT	NL	47	35	4	3.1	108	.317	.289	.301	.289	.351	.333	.414	.622	.765	63	.321	-2.5	-0.2	.455	.044	.044	.0

1926	30	NYY	AL	11	10	0	0.0	109	.100	.091	.289	.091	.360	.091	.405	.182	.765	-52	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
2 Yrs				58	45	4	2.4	108	.275	.250	.298	.250	.353	.286	.412	.536	.765	40	.228	-5.0	-0.5	.372	.036	.036	.0
162 Game Avg.				427	331	29	2.4	108	.275	.250	.298	.250	.353	.286	.412	.536	.765	40	.228	-5.0	-0.5	.372	.036	.036

PIT (1 yr)				47	35	4	3.1	108	.317	.289	.301	.289	.351	.333	.414	.622	.765	63	.321	-2.5	-0.2	.455	.044	.044	.0
NYY (1 yr)				11	10	0	0.0	109	.100	.091	.289	.091	.360	.091	.405	.182	.765	-52	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.100	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1921	25	PIT	NL	47	0.0%	8.5%	0.0%	4.3%	15%		11.3		4.1	87%

1926	30	NYY	AL	11	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		11.0			91%
2 Yrs				58	0.0%	8.6%	0.0%	3.5%	14%		11.2		5.1	88%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.1%	7.7%	6.5%	26%	0.92	12.4	86.4	7.9	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1921	25	16	47	45	7	13	2	11	1	1	4	.289	.289	.333	.622	63	15	2
1922	26	16	47	45	7	13	2	11	1	1	4	.289	.289	.333	.622	63	15	2
1923	27	16	47	45	7	13	2	11	1	1	4	.289	.289	.333	.622	63	15	2
1924	28	16	47	45	7	13	2	11	1	1	4	.289	.289	.333	.622	63	15	2
1925	29	16	47	45	7	13	2	11	1	1	4	.289	.289	.333	.622	63	15	2
1926	30	22	58	56	7	14	2	11	1	1	5	.250	.250	.286	.536	40	16	2

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
1921	25	17	49	47	7	13	2	0	0	11	1	0	4	.277	.277	.319	.596	4	16

1926	30	6	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
2 Yrs		23	61	59	7	13	2	0	0	11	1	0	5	.220	.220	.254	.475	4	22
162 Game Avg.		162	430	416	49	92	14	0	0	77	7	0	35	.220	.220	.254	.475	28	22

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