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Joel Skinner

Joel Patrick Skinner

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: February 21, 1961 in La Jolla, 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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Yankees/WhiteSox 1983-1991

Final Game: September 22, 1991
Relatives: Son of Bob Skinner
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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… 

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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

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 Awards
1983 22 CHW AL 11 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /2
1984 23 CHW AL 88 -6 0 -1 0 -2 2 3 -4 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ 2
1985 24 CHW AL 50 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 2
1986 25 CHW AL 162 -9 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $75,000 2
1986 25 NYY AL 174 -10 -4 -1 0 2 3 6 -4 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 2
1987 26 NYY AL 154 -18 0 1 -2 1 3 5 -10 -1.0 -11 -1.1 0.1 $110,000 2
1988 27 NYY AL 272 -11 0 -1 0 4 5 8 5 0.5 1 0.1 0.4 $110,000 2/379
1989 28 CLE AL 189 -9 -2 0 1 -2 4 6 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $200,000 2
1990 29 CLE AL 146 -4 1 -1 0 2 3 5 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $280,000 2
1991 30 CLE AL 305 -16 -2 1 0 2 6 11 2 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $610,000 2
9 Seasons 1551 -80 -7 -1 -1 8 30 51 0 -0.4 -8 -0.8 0.4 $1,385,000
CHW (4 yrs) 311 -12 0 0 0 -1 6 10 3 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $75,000
CLE (3 yrs) 640 -29 -3 0 1 2 13 22 6 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $1,090,000
NYY (3 yrs) 600 -39 -4 -1 -2 7 11 19 -9 -1.0 -16 -1.6 0.6 $220,000

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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 Awards
1983 CHW AL 22 C 6 2 2 31.0 25 20 4 1 1 .960 1 39 6.97 4.00 .986 5.69 5.67 0 0 2 2 50% 0
1984 CHW AL 23 C 43 23 19 233.2 184 171 11 2 1 .989 -2 -10 7.01 4.23 .987 5.96 5.92 2 7 19 6 24% 1
1985 CHW AL 24 C 21 15 11 131.0 105 94 8 3 0 .971 0 0 7.01 4.86 .987 6.05 5.99 0 6 10 6 38% 0
1986 TOT AL 25 C 114 100 65 863.2 553 507 37 9 9 .984 2 3 5.67 4.77 .989 6.62 6.56 4 26 48 27 36% 0
1986 CHW AL 25 C 60 48 31 429.1 245 227 15 3 4 .988 0 0 5.07 4.03 .989 6.62 6.56 1 15 27 11 29% 0
1986 NYY AL 25 C 54 52 34 434.1 308 280 22 6 5 .981 2 6 6.26 5.59 .989 6.62 6.56 3 11 21 16 43% 0
1987 NYY AL 26 C 64 46 29 403.1 254 232 18 4 2 .984 1 3 5.58 3.91 .988 6.74 6.67 1 12 36 17 32% 0
1988 NYY AL 27 C 85 72 60 655.2 415 395 16 4 5 .990 4 7 5.64 4.84 .989 6.22 6.16 1 14 22 12 35% 1
1988 NYY AL 27 OF 2 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -55 0.00 0.00 2.49 2.45
1988 NYY AL 27 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.50
1988 NYY AL 27 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1988 NYY AL 27 RF 1 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.20
1989 CLE AL 28 C 79 57 43 509.2 305 280 22 3 1 .990 -2 -5 5.33 3.82 .989 6.24 6.17 5 20 41 17 29% 1
1990 CLE AL 29 C 49 44 33 375.0 239 222 16 1 3 .996 2 6 5.71 4.86 .991 6.42 6.35 3 13 20 13 39% 1
1991 CLE AL 30 C 99 90 76 790.0 547 504 38 5 4 .991 2 3 6.17 5.47 .990 6.49 6.48 6 26 54 28 34% 0
9 Seasons C 560 449 338 3993.0 2627 2425 170 32 26 .988 8 2 5.85 4.63 .989 6.41 6.34 22 124 252 128 34% 4
1 Season OF 2 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -55 0.00 0.00 2.49 2.45
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.50
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1 Season RF 1 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.20
9 Seasons TOT 563 449 338 3998.1 2628 2426 170 32 26 .988 8 2 5.84 4.61 .989 6.41 6.34 22 124 252 128 34% 4
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-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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1986 AL  9 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1988 AL  4 (5th)

                           

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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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
198625Chicago White Sox$75,0001986 USA Today survey
198726New York Yankees$110,0001987 USA Today survey
198827New York Yankees$110,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198928Cleveland Indians$200,0001989 USA Today survey
199029Cleveland Indians$280,000USA Today
199130Cleveland Indians$610,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $60,000 earned bonus
199231Cleveland Indians$700,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Missed entire season with injury
199332Cleveland Indians$750,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Missed entire season with injury
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,835,000
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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