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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1983 CHW AL 22 C 6 2 31.0 25 20 4 1 1 .960 1.0 38.7 1 6.97 4.00 .988 5.69 4.77 0 0 2 2 50%
1984 CHW AL 23 C 43 23 233.2 184 171 11 2 1 .989 -2.0 -10.3 -2 7.01 4.23 .987 5.96 5.05 2 7 19 6 24%
1985 CHW AL 24 C 21 15 131.0 105 94 8 3 0 .971 0.0 0.0 0 7.01 4.86 .988 6.05 5.03 0 6 10 6 38%
1986 TOT AL 25 C 114 100 863.2 553 507 37 9 9 .984 2.0 2.8 2 5.67 4.77 .989 6.62 5.44 4 26 48 27 36%
1986 CHW AL 25 C 60 48 429.1 245 227 15 3 4 .988 0.0 0.0 0 5.07 4.03 .989 6.62 5.44 1 15 27 11 29%
1986 NYY AL 25 C 54 52 434.1 308 280 22 6 5 .981 2.0 5.5 2 6.26 5.59 .989 6.62 5.44 3 11 21 16 43%
1987 NYY AL 26 C 64 46 403.1 254 232 18 4 2 .984 1.0 3.0 1 5.58 3.91 .988 6.74 5.49 1 12 36 17 32%
1988 NYY AL 27 C 85 72 655.2 415 395 16 4 5 .990 4.0 7.3 4 5.64 4.84 .989 6.22 5.28 1 14 22 12 35%
1988 NYY AL 27 OF 2 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -55.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.49 2.15
1988 NYY AL 27 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1988 NYY AL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1988 NYY AL 27 RF 1 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -72.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.90
1989 CLE AL 28 C 79 57 509.2 305 280 22 3 1 .990 -2.0 -4.7 -2 5.33 3.82 .989 6.24 5.20 5 20 41 17 29%
1990 CLE AL 29 C 49 44 375.0 239 222 16 1 3 .996 2.0 6.4 2 5.71 4.86 .991 6.42 5.36 3 13 20 13 39%
1991 CLE AL 30 C 99 90 790.0 547 504 38 5 4 .991 2.0 3.0 2 6.17 5.47 .990 6.49 5.28 6 26 54 28 34%
9 Seasons C 560 449 3993.0 2627 2425 170 32 26 .988 8.0 2.4 8 5.85 4.63 .989 6.41 5.30 22 124 252 128 34%
1 Season OF 2 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -55.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.49 2.15
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1 Season RF 1 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -72.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.90
9 Seasons TOT 563 449 3998.1 2628 2426 170 32 26 .988 7.7 2.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 8 5.84 4.61 .977 6.41 5.29 22 124 252 128 34%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 CHW AL 22 6 2 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHW AL 23 43 23 43 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHW AL 24 22 15 22 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 CHW AL 25 60 48 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 25 54 52 54 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 26 64 46 64 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 NYY AL 27 88 72 88 88 0 85 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1
1989 CLE AL 28 79 57 79 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CLE AL 29 49 44 49 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CLE AL 30 99 90 99 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 564 449 564 563 0 560 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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%
1983 CHW AL 22 126 1.16 1.45 3 100% 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1984 CHW AL 23 994 3.27 3.81 9 100% 0 0 170 5 0 4 160 10 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 CHW AL 24 584 4.26 4.67 5 100% 0 0 94 2 3 1 88 8 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 CHW AL 25 1886 4.23 4.67 18 94% 0 0 227 15 0 7 205 14 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 100%
1986 NYY AL 25 1885 4.04 4.29 27 96% 0 0 281 21 1 5 254 22 3 0 2 2 6 0 2 4 0 5 0 0 1 5 100%
1987 NYY AL 26 1780 3.93 4.24 13 92% 0 0 231 7 0 4 220 18 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 100%
1988 NYY AL 27 2899 4.28 4.54 24 88% 0 0 395 20 1 7 367 16 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 2 0%
1989 CLE AL 28 2250 3.81 4.22 22 100% 1 1 283 15 0 4 263 22 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 100%
1990 CLE AL 29 1638 4.03 4.44 11 82% 0 0 223 9 1 1 212 14 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0%
1991 CLE AL 30 3508 4.22 4.66 33 91% 0 0 504 23 0 11 469 37 6 0 0 5 5 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 6 83%
9 Seasons 17550 4.03 4.41 165 93% 1 1 2428 117 6 44 2258 165 30 0 2 17 32 1 7 24 0 26 0 0 3 32 84%
MLB Averages 3.89 4.34 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1983 CHW AL 22 0 0 51 2 2 1 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1.43 2.10
1984 CHW AL 23 5 7 334 19 6 4 24% 15 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 36 7 1.10 0.85
1985 CHW AL 24 0 6 196 10 6 5 38% 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 5 0.86 0.75
1986 CHW AL 25 1 15 676 27 11 11 29% 24 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 51 11 1.08 0.95
1986 NYY AL 25 3 11 676 21 16 13 43% 20 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 45 18 0.92 1.18
1987 NYY AL 26 1 12 626 36 17 12 32% 30 15 6 2 0 0 0 0 53 17 1.20 1.36
1988 NYY AL 27 1 14 1073 22 12 10 35% 19 11 3 1 0 0 1 0 54 15 0.84 1.08
1989 CLE AL 28 5 20 814 41 17 11 29% 35 15 6 0 0 2 1 1 84 20 1.17 1.07
1990 CLE AL 29 3 13 575 20 13 11 39% 19 12 1 1 0 0 1 0 51 12 0.98 1.02
1991 CLE AL 30 6 26 1297 54 28 24 34% 47 25 7 3 0 0 0 0 104 29 1.12 1.34
9 Seasons 25 124 6318 252 128 102 34% 219 115 33 11 0 2 4 1 502 136 1.07 1.16
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1988 NYY AL 27 4 25% 100% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 25% 100% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1988 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 50% 50% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 50% 50% 0
MLB Averages 59.2% 2.7% 56% 77% 33% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1988 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 33% 67% 40% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 33% 67% 40% 1 0%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.8% 56% 77% 33% 59%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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