Joel Skinner
Joel Patrick Skinner
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 204 lb.

Born: February 21, 1961 in LaJolla, CA
High School: Mission Bay (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 37th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1983
Final Game: September 22, 1991
Relatives: Son of Bob Skinner
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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
1983 22 CHW AL 6 11 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 49 3 2 0 0 0 0 /2
1984 23 CHW AL 43 88 80 4 17 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 19 .213 .273 .238 .510 40 19 2 0 0 1 0 2
1985 24 CHW AL 22 50 44 9 15 4 1 1 5 0 0 5 13 .341 .408 .545 .954 155 24 2 0 1 0 0 2
1986 25 TOT AL 114 336 315 23 73 9 1 5 37 1 4 16 83 .232 .269 .314 .584 58 99 6 1 2 2 0 *2
1986 25 CHW AL 60 162 149 17 30 5 1 4 20 1 0 9 43 .201 .250 .329 .579 54 49 2 1 2 1 0 2
1986 25 NYY AL 54 174 166 6 43 4 0 1 17 0 4 7 40 .259 .287 .301 .589 62 50 4 0 0 1 0 2
1987 26 NYY AL 64 154 139 9 19 4 0 3 14 0 0 8 46 .137 .187 .230 .417 11 32 9 1 4 2 0 2
1988 27 NYY AL 88 272 251 23 57 15 0 4 23 0 0 14 72 .227 .267 .335 .602 69 84 6 0 6 1 0 2/379
1989 28 CLE AL 79 189 178 10 41 10 0 1 13 1 1 9 42 .230 .271 .303 .575 62 54 3 1 1 0 0 2
1990 29 CLE AL 49 146 139 16 35 4 1 2 16 0 0 7 44 .252 .288 .338 .626 75 47 2 0 0 0 0 2
1991 30 CLE AL 99 305 284 23 69 14 0 1 24 0 2 14 67 .243 .279 .303 .582 61 86 8 1 4 2 1 2
9 Seasons 564 1551 1441 119 329 62 3 17 136 3 7 80 387 .228 .269 .311 .580 60 448 40 4 18 8 1
162 Game Avg. 162 446 414 34 95 18 1 5 39 1 2 23 111 .228 .269 .311 .580 60 129 11 1 5 2 0
CHW (4 yrs) 131 311 284 32 65 11 2 5 29 2 0 21 76 .229 .282 .335 .617 66 95 8 1 3 2 0
CLE (3 yrs) 227 640 601 49 145 28 1 4 53 1 3 30 153 .241 .279 .311 .590 64 187 13 2 5 2 1
NYY (3 yrs) 206 600 556 38 119 23 0 8 54 0 4 29 158 .214 .253 .299 .551 51 166 19 1 10 4 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
1983 22 CHW AL 11 10 0 0.0 101 .300 .273 .270 .273 .333 .273 .408 .545 .740 49 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .300 .000 .000
1984 23 CHW AL 88 66 5 2.0 101 .274 .213 .269 .273 .333 .238 .406 .510 .739 40 .188 -6.6 -0.7 .415 .125 .025 .0
1985 24 CHW AL 50 32 9 7.5 102 .467 .341 .266 .408 .332 .545 .413 .954 .745 155 .712 3.4 0.3 .935 .318 .205 .0
1986 25 TOT AL 336 256 26 2.7 101 .297 .232 .263 .269 .331 .314 .410 .584 .742 58 .270 -19.5 -1.9 .448 .124 .083 1.7
1986 25 CHW AL 162 124 13 2.8 104 .252 .201 .266 .250 .335 .329 .415 .579 .750 54 .282 -10.4 -1.0 .496 .195 .128 1.6
1986 25 NYY AL 174 132 13 2.6 99 .333 .259 .260 .287 .328 .301 .406 .589 .734 62 .259 -9.1 -0.9 .405 .060 .042 .0
1987 26 NYY AL 154 135 5 1.0 105 .174 .137 .264 .187 .332 .230 .424 .417 .756 11 .049 -18.3 -1.8 .318 .151 .094 .0
1988 27 NYY AL 272 207 22 2.8 94 .301 .227 .258 .267 .323 .335 .389 .602 .712 69 .309 -10.8 -1.1 .490 .163 .108 .0
1989 28 CLE AL 189 142 14 2.6 94 .296 .230 .262 .271 .327 .303 .385 .575 .712 62 .286 -9.4 -1.0 .454 .124 .073 1.0
1990 29 CLE AL 146 106 13 3.3 95 .355 .252 .259 .288 .327 .338 .388 .626 .715 75 .371 -5.3 -0.5 .509 .137 .086 .0
1991 30 CLE AL 305 231 23 2.7 98 .312 .243 .261 .279 .330 .303 .397 .582 .727 61 .275 -15.5 -1.6 .440 .102 .060 .0
9 Seasons 1551 1185 117 2.6 98 .299 .228 .262 .269 .329 .311 .400 .580 .729 60 .270 -82.7 -8.2 .456 .135 .083 5.1
162 Game Avg. 446 340 34 2.6 98 .299 .228 .262 .269 .329 .311 .400 .580 .729 60 .270 -82.7 -8.2 .456 .135 .083 1
CHW (4 yrs) 311 232 27 3.1 103 .293 .229 .267 .282 .334 .335 .412 .617 .746 66 .328 -14.4 -1.4 .524 .187 .106 2.9
CLE (3 yrs) 640 479 50 2.8 96 .316 .241 .261 .279 .329 .311 .391 .590 .720 64 .300 -30.1 -3.0 .460 .116 .070 1.6
NYY (3 yrs) 600 474 40 2.3 98 .282 .214 .260 .253 .327 .299 .403 .551 .730 51 .211 -38.2 -3.8 .417 .129 .085 .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
1983 22 CHW AL 11 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 11.0 11.0 2.00 91%
1984 23 CHW AL 88 0.0% 21.6% 8.0% 2.3% 12% 2.71 4.2 26.7 2.29 70%
1985 24 CHW AL 50 2.0% 26.0% 10.0% 12.0% 40% 2.60 3.4 44.0 8.8 2.17 60%
1986 25 TOT AL 336 1.5% 24.7% 4.8% 4.5% 21% 5.19 3.8 63.0 8.5 1.36 68%
1986 25 CHW AL 162 2.5% 26.5% 5.6% 6.2% 33% 4.78 3.5 37.3 7.5 1.36 64%
1986 25 NYY AL 174 0.6% 23.0% 4.0% 2.9% 12% 5.71 4.2 166.0 9.8 1.35 72%
1987 26 NYY AL 154 2.0% 29.9% 5.2% 4.6% 37% 5.75 3.0 46.3 9.9 2.35 60%
1988 27 NYY AL 272 1.5% 26.5% 5.2% 7.0% 33% 5.14 3.5 62.8 10.9 1.12 1.66 65% 16% 8.2% 41%
1989 28 CLE AL 189 0.5% 22.2% 4.8% 5.8% 27% 4.67 4.2 178.0 13.7 1.68 2.69 71% 16% 2.4% 18%
1990 29 CLE AL 146 1.4% 30.1% 4.8% 4.8% 20% 6.29 3.2 69.5 8.7 1.79 2.56 64% 18% 7.1% 15%
1991 30 CLE AL 305 0.3% 22.0% 4.6% 4.9% 22% 4.79 4.2 284.0 11.8 1.49 2.14 71% 17% 1.3% 13%
9 Seasons 1551 1.1% 25.0% 5.2% 5.3% 25% 4.84 3.7 84.8 10.6 1.45 1.95 67% 17% 4.1% 23%
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
1983 22 CHW AL 0 0 67% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1984 23 CHW AL 0 0 17% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14% 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
1985 24 CHW AL 0 0 42% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
1986 25 TOT AL 5 0 21% 102 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 7 11% 14 13 0 5 5 0 8 5 3
1986 25 CHW AL 3 0 36% 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 14% 5 5 0 3 3 0 6 4 2
1986 25 NYY AL 2 0 10% 59 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 8% 9 8 0 2 2 0 2 1 1
1987 26 NYY AL 3 0 24% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33% 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 1
1988 27 NYY AL 1 0 28% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 33% 15 11 4 1 1 0 5 2 3
1989 28 CLE AL 3 0 18% 75 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 14% 11 10 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
1990 29 CLE AL 0 0 35% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 56% 1 1 0 4 2 2 4 1 3
1991 30 CLE AL 5 0 27% 109 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 35% 16 12 4 6 5 1 12 5 7
9 Seasons 17 0 26% 502 3 7 30% 3 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 22 28 26% 70 58 11 18 15 3 41 20 20
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
1983 22 CHW AL 11 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1984 23 CHW AL 87 39% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 12 2 17% 9 2 22% 49 4 8% 2 1 50% 7 4 57% 1
1985 24 CHW AL 50 34% 15 2 0 0 0 1.87 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 50% 5 2 40% 5 1 20% 23 4 17% 3 2 67% 4 2 50% 0
1986 25 TOT AL 336 45% 73 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 4 1 1 4 0 2 2 100% 68 6 9% 26 9 35% 189 32 17% 17 7 41% 14 5 36% 0
1986 25 CHW AL 162 45% 30 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 1 1 3 0 2 2 100% 35 2 6% 10 4 40% 98 16 16% 6 2 33% 6 3 50% 0
1986 25 NYY AL 174 45% 43 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 4 12% 16 5 31% 91 16 18% 11 5 45% 8 2 25% 0
1987 26 NYY AL 154 31% 19 1 0 0 0 0.49 3 1 5 2 1 1 2 0 4 4 100% 31 9 29% 17 7 41% 90 11 12% 10 5 50% 6 2 33% 0
1988 27 NYY AL 272 23% 57 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.45 4 0 8 3 1 1 3 0 8 6 75% 52 6 12% 26 12 46% 152 20 13% 11 8 73% 12 5 42% 0
1989 28 CLE AL 189 30% 41 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 27 3 11% 17 4 24% 104 13 13% 6 1 17% 12 4 33% 0
1990 29 CLE AL 146 34% 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0% 25 2 8% 10 3 30% 88 15 17% 9 5 56% 7 5 71% 0
1991 30 CLE AL 305 30% 69 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% 54 8 15% 35 10 29% 194 23 12% 20 9 45% 22 9 41% 0
9 Seasons 1550 33% 329 31 1 3 0 0 0 1.41 17 1 30 14 3 5 12 0 27 18 67% 277 40 14% 146 48 33% 897 123 14% 78 38 49% 84 36 43% 1
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 NYY AL 272 971 3.57 639 66% 23% 23% 26% 29% 77% 0% 51% 71% 39% 4% 10 0 13% 34 17 6% 15 8 25% 0 0 0
1989 28 CLE AL 177 658 3.72 422 64% 23% 19% 27% 31% 77% 0% 49% 75% 30% 2% 3 0 15% 26 15 6% 10 7 26% 12 1 2
1990 29 CLE AL 139 479 3.45 320 67% 24% 24% 23% 28% 75% 0% 50% 67% 40% 6% 8 1 14% 20 8 7% 10 3 15% 7 0 3
1991 30 CLE AL 305 1102 3.61 723 66% 20% 23% 26% 31% 80% 1% 52% 72% 40% 3% 9 2 10% 32 17 6% 18 14 12% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 893 3210 3.59 2104 66% 22% 22% 26% 30% 78% 0% 51% 71% 38% 3% 30 3 13% 112 57 6% 53 32 19% 19 1 5
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
1983 22 6 11 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 49 3 2 0 0 0 0
1984 23 49 99 91 6 20 2 0 0 4 1 0 7 20 .220 .273 .242 .514 41 22 4 0 0 1 0
1985 24 71 149 135 15 35 6 1 1 9 1 0 12 33 .259 .318 .341 .658 79 46 6 0 1 1 0
1986 25 185 485 450 38 108 15 2 6 46 2 4 28 116 .240 .284 .322 .606 64 145 12 1 3 3 0
1987 26 249 639 589 47 127 19 2 9 60 2 4 36 162 .216 .261 .301 .562 51 177 21 2 7 5 0
1988 27 337 911 840 70 184 34 2 13 83 2 4 50 234 .219 .263 .311 .574 56 261 27 2 13 6 0
1989 28 416 1100 1018 80 225 44 2 14 96 3 5 59 276 .221 .264 .309 .574 57 315 30 3 14 6 0
1990 29 465 1246 1157 96 260 48 3 16 112 3 5 66 320 .225 .267 .313 .580 59 362 32 3 14 6 0
1991 30 564 1551 1441 119 329 62 3 17 136 3 7 80 387 .228 .269 .311 .580 60 448 40 4 18 8 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 22 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1984 23 43 89 81 4 18 2 0 0 3 1 7 19 .222 .281 .247 .528 6 43
1985 24 22 48 43 9 14 4 1 1 5 0 5 13 .326 .396 .535 .931 9 22
1986 25 114 330 312 23 70 9 1 5 37 1 15 83 .224 .261 .308 .568 25 114
1987 26 64 144 135 8 15 3 0 2 12 0 6 46 .111 .153 .178 .331 4 64
1988 27 88 268 253 25 59 16 0 4 25 0 14 72 .233 .272 .344 .616 24 88
1989 28 79 192 181 11 44 11 0 1 15 1 10 42 .243 .286 .320 .607 16 79
1990 29 49 148 141 18 37 4 1 2 18 0 7 44 .262 .297 .348 .645 15 49
1991 30 99 299 282 24 67 14 0 1 25 0 14 67 .238 .274 .298 .572 23 99
9 Seasons 564 1529 1439 122 324 63 3 16 140 3 78 387 .225 .266 .306 .572 122 564
162 Game Avg. 162 439 413 35 93 18 1 5 40 1 22 111 .225 .266 .306 .572 35 564

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