Lou Skizas
Louis Peter Skizas (The Nervous Greek)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 2, 1932 in Chicago, IL
High School: Crane Technical (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1956
Final Game: April 30, 1959
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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
1956 24 TOT AL 89 323 303 39 95 11 3 11 40 3 1 15 19 .314 .343 .479 .821 115 145 13 0 2 3 1 79
1956 24 NYY AL 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 24 KCA AL 83 317 297 39 94 11 3 11 39 3 1 15 17 .316 .346 .485 .831 118 144 13 0 2 3 1 79
1957 25 KCA AL 119 411 376 34 92 14 1 18 44 5 2 27 15 .245 .297 .431 .727 96 162 9 2 3 3 1 957
1958 26 DET AL 23 38 33 4 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 .242 .342 .394 .736 97 13 1 0 0 0 1 /579
1959 27 CHW AL 8 16 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .077 .250 .077 .327 -5 1 1 0 0 0 0 /7
4 Seasons 239 788 725 80 196 27 4 30 86 8 3 50 37 .270 .317 .443 .759 103 321 24 2 5 6 3
162 Game Avg. 162 534 491 54 133 18 3 20 58 5 2 34 25 .270 .317 .443 .759 103 218 16 1 3 4 2
KCA (2 yrs) 202 728 673 73 186 25 4 29 83 8 3 42 32 .276 .318 .455 .773 106 306 22 2 5 6 2
NYY (1 yr) 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 23 38 33 4 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 .242 .342 .394 .736 97 13 1 0 0 0 1
CHW (1 yr) 8 16 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .077 .250 .077 .327 -5 1 1 0 0 0 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
1956 24 TOT AL 323 227 45 5.3 106 .304 .314 .267 .343 .349 .479 .408 .821 .757 115 .545 4.8 0.5 .730 .221 .165 4.7
1956 24 NYY AL 6 5 0 0.0 104 .250 .167 .264 .167 .345 .167 .402 .333 .748 -10 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1956 24 KCA AL 317 222 45 5.4 106 .305 .316 .267 .346 .349 .485 .408 .831 .757 118 .555 5.8 0.6 .742 .226 .168 4.7
1957 25 KCA AL 411 301 47 4.2 100 .214 .245 .264 .297 .336 .431 .399 .727 .735 96 .482 -4.0 -0.4 .658 .266 .186 7.8
1958 26 DET AL 38 26 4 4.1 104 .226 .242 .270 .342 .339 .394 .409 .736 .749 97 .480 -0.1 -0.0 .692 .303 .152 .0
1959 27 CHW AL 16 13 0 0.0 98 .091 .077 .259 .250 .330 .077 .396 .327 .726 -5 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .308 .231 .000
4 Seasons 788 567 96 4.6 103 .250 .270 .266 .317 .342 .443 .403 .759 .745 103 .500 -1.1 -0.1 .680 .248 .172 12.6
162 Game Avg. 534 384 65 4.6 103 .250 .270 .266 .317 .342 .443 .403 .759 .745 103 .500 -1.1 -0.1 .680 .248 .172 9
KCA (2 yrs) 728 523 92 4.7 103 .254 .276 .266 .318 .342 .455 .403 .773 .745 106 .516 1.8 0.2 .693 .248 .178 12.5
NYY (1 yr) 6 5 0 0.0 104 .250 .167 .264 .167 .345 .167 .402 .333 .748 -10 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
DET (1 yr) 38 26 4 4.1 104 .226 .242 .270 .342 .339 .394 .409 .736 .749 97 .480 -0.1 -0.0 .692 .303 .152 .0
CHW (1 yr) 16 13 0 0.0 98 .091 .077 .259 .250 .330 .077 .396 .327 .726 -5 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .308 .231 .000

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
1956 24 TOT AL 323 3.4% 5.9% 4.6% 7.7% 26% 1.27 15.9 27.5 7.6 0.82 85%
1956 24 NYY AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 6.0 0.00 67%
1956 24 KCA AL 317 3.5% 5.4% 4.7% 7.9% 27% 1.13 17.5 27.0 7.6 0.84 86%
1957 25 KCA AL 411 4.4% 3.7% 6.6% 8.0% 36% 0.56 25.1 20.9 8.5 0.85 84%
1958 26 DET AL 38 2.6% 2.6% 13.2% 7.9% 38% 0.20 33.0 33.0 16.5 0.92 82%
1959 27 CHW AL 16 0.0% 12.5% 18.8% 0.0% 0% 0.67 6.5 0.83 69%
4 Seasons 788 3.8% 4.7% 6.4% 7.7% 31% 0.74 19.6 24.2 8.4 0.84 84%
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
1956 24 TOT AL 8 0 28% 97 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 5 52% 21 9 10 3 1 1 5 1 4
1956 24 NYY AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 24 KCA AL 8 0 29% 96 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 5 52% 21 9 10 3 1 1 5 1 4
1957 25 KCA AL 7 0 16% 132 5 2 71% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 4 44% 18 11 6 3 2 1 4 0 4
1958 26 DET AL 0 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1959 27 CHW AL 0 0 75% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 Seasons 15 0 23% 245 8 3 73% 7 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 16 10 48% 42 22 17 7 4 2 10 1 9
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
1956 24 TOT AL 308 31% 95 15 3 0 3 1.28 11 0 6 8 2 5 5 0 2 2 100% 73 13 18% 26 7 27% 195 31 16% 13 8 62% 17 5 29% 14
1956 24 NYY AL 6 50% 1 6 1 0 1 1.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1956 24 KCA AL 302 30% 94 9 2 0 2 1.44 11 0 6 8 2 5 5 0 2 2 100% 72 13 18% 26 7 27% 192 30 16% 12 7 58% 16 4 25% 14
1957 25 KCA AL 373 16% 92 21 2 0 1 1.44 18 0 2 13 3 9 7 0 3 3 100% 66 9 14% 28 7 25% 204 23 11% 15 6 40% 17 3 18% 37
1958 26 DET AL 38 50% 8 13 2 0 0 1.47 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 20 1 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1959 27 CHW AL 16 75% 1 2 0 0 0 2.09 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 19 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 735 25% 196 51 7 0 4 1.43 30 0 10 21 6 15 12 0 5 5 100% 149 24 16% 58 14 24% 438 55 13% 31 14 45% 35 8 23% 51
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
1956 24 89 323 303 39 95 11 3 11 40 3 1 15 19 .314 .343 .479 .821 115 145 13 0 2 3 1
1957 25 208 734 679 73 187 25 4 29 84 8 3 42 34 .275 .317 .452 .769 105 307 22 2 5 6 2
1958 26 231 772 712 77 195 27 4 30 86 8 3 47 35 .274 .318 .449 .768 105 320 23 2 5 6 3
1959 27 239 788 725 80 196 27 4 30 86 8 3 50 37 .270 .317 .443 .759 103 321 24 2 5 6 3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1956 24 93 325 308 38 91 11 3 11 39 3 14 20 .295 .323 .458 .781 45 89
1957 25 125 429 396 37 97 15 1 19 47 5 28 16 .245 .296 .432 .728 50 119
1958 26 24 39 34 4 8 2 0 1 2 0 5 1 .235 .333 .382 .716 4 23
1959 27 8 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .176 .000 .176 0 8
4 Seasons 250 810 752 79 196 28 4 31 88 8 50 39 .261 .306 .432 .738 99 239
162 Game Avg. 162 525 487 51 127 18 3 20 57 5 32 25 .261 .306 .432 .738 64 239

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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