Lou Skizas

Louis Peter Skizas (The Nervous Greek)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 2, 1932 in Chicago, IL
High School: Crane Technical HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1956
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers/WhiteSox/Yankees 1956-1959

Final Game: April 30, 1959
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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	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1949	17	NYY-min	D	120	482	482		141	30	6	15						.293	.293	.473	.766		228							INC,FDL · KOML,WISL
1950	18	NYY-min	C	124	411	411		112	21	1	21						.273	.273	.482	.754		198							JOP · WA
1951	19	NYY-min	B	109	376	376		117	20	1	15						.311	.311	.489	.801		184							NFK · PIED
1954	22	NYY-min	AA,AAA	97	337	323	12	100	17	4	13	20	2		10	10	.310	.328	.508	.836		164	5	0	2	2			BIR,KCY · SOUA,AA
1955	23	NYY-min	AAA	112	426	376	69	131	19	2	21	99	3		37	32	.348	.401	.577	.978		217	9	2	2	9			DEN · AA
1956	24	NYY-min	AAA	16	41	37	3	5	1	0	0	4	0		4	5	.135	.220	.162	.382		6		0	0	0			RMD · IL
1956	24	TOT	AL	89	322	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	316	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	410	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-min	AAA,AA	30	120	109	11	19	2	2	1	6	0		8	5	.174	.229	.257	.486		28		0	2	1	1		CHL,BIR · AA,SOUA
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	CIN-min	AAA	116	437	402	46	111	18	2	15	53	1	2	29	31	.276	.327	.443	.770		178		2	3	1	3		SLE,HAV · PCL,IL
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
1960	28	CIN-min	AAA,AA	114	440	411	55	101	15	4	8	51	2	1	29	43	.246	.295	.360	.656		148							SLE,NVL · PCL,SOUA
1961	29	CIN-min	AA,AAA	100	336	313	50	86	21	1	12	54	2		23	20	.275	.324	.463	.788		145							MAC,INA · SOUA,AA
1962	30	DET-min	AAA,AA	21	18	15	5	6	0	0	1	4	0		2	2	.400	.444	.600	1.044		9		0	0	1	0		DEN,MCT · AA,MEX
4 Yrs				239	786	725	80	196	27	4	30	86	8	3	50	37	.270	.317	.443	.759	102	321	24	2	5	6	3
162 Game Avg.				162	533	491	54	133	18	3	20	58	5	2	34	25	.270	.317	.443	.759	102	218	16	1	3	4	2

KCA (2 yrs)				202	726	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

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
1956	24	NYY	AL	6	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
1956	24	KCA	AL	83	316	9	-1	-2	2	-4	4	0.5	8	13	1.3	.505	.503	1.1	-0.2	11	$	79
1957	25	KCA	AL	119	410	-1	-1	-1	4	-4	-2	-0.3	11	9	0.8	.498	.498	0.4	0.0	4	$	957
1958	26	DET	AL	23	38	-1	-1	-0	-3	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.476	.497	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$	/579
1959	27	CHW	AL	8	16	-2	0	-0	-0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.468	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/7
4 Seasons				239	786	5	-3	-3	3	-7	-6	-0.8	21	15	1.3	.497	.499	1.1	-0.5	12	$

KCA (2 yrs)				202	726	8	-2	-3	6	-7	2	0.1	20	22	2.1	.501	.501	1.5	-0.1	16	$
NYY (1 yr)				6	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
DET (1 yr)				23	38	-1	-1	-0	-3	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.476	.497	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$
CHW (1 yr)				8	16	-2	0	-0	-0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.468	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-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
1956	24	TOT	AL	322	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	316	222	45	5.4	106	.305	.316	.267	.346	.349	.485	.408	.831	.757	118	.555	5.7	0.6	.742	.226	.168	4.7
1957	25	KCA	AL	410	301	47	4.2	100	.214	.245	.264	.297	.337	.431	.399	.727	.736	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	.340	.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	.727	-5	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.308	.231	.000
4 Yrs				786	567	96	4.6	103	.250	.270	.266	.317	.342	.443	.403	.759	.745	102	.500	-1.1	-0.1	.680	.248	.172	12.6
162 Game Avg.				533	384	65	4.6	103	.250	.270	.266	.317	.342	.443	.403	.759	.745	102	.500	-1.1	-0.1	.680	.248	.172	9

KCA (2 yrs)				726	523	92	4.7	103	.254	.276	.266	.318	.342	.455	.403	.773	.745	106	.516	1.7	0.1	.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	.340	.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	.727	-5	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.308	.231	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	24	TOT	AL	322	3.4%	5.9%	4.7%	7.8%	26%	1.27	15.9	27.5	7.6	0.83	86%
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	316	3.5%	5.4%	4.8%	7.9%	27%	1.13	17.5	27.0	7.6	0.85	86%
1957	25	KCA	AL	410	4.4%	3.7%	6.6%	8.1%	36%	0.56	25.1	20.9	8.5	0.87	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 Yrs				786	3.8%	4.7%	6.4%	7.8%	31%	0.74	19.6	24.2	8.4	0.85	84%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.7%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.44	7.0	37.5	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	24	TOT	AL	4.8	0.5	317	1.0	6.5	-5.5	1.04	1.0	-0.0	10.2	1.0	0.92	9.4	1.26	15
1956	24	NYY	AL	-1.0	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.03	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.94	-0.7	1.03	6
1956	24	KCA	AL	5.7	0.6	311	1.0	6.4	-5.4	1.04	1.0	-0.1	10.6	1.0	0.92	10.1	1.41	9
1957	25	KCA	AL	-4.0	-0.4	394	0.1	7.6	-7.5	1.08	0.1	-0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.92	1.4	1.38	21
1958	26	DET	AL	-0.1	-0.0	39	-0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.01	-0.2	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.93	0.4	1.41	13
1959	27	CHW	AL	-1.8	-0.2	16	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.62	-0.2	-0.2	-4.1	-0.4	1.27	-2.4	2.13	2
4 Yrs				-1.1	-0.1	766	0.4	14.8	-14.4	1.07	0.8	-0.4	3.9	0.3	0.93	8.7	1.38	51

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	24	TOT	AL	8	28%	97	3	1	75%	3	1	0	2	0	8	5	52%	21	9	10	3	1	1	5	1	4
1956	24	NYY	AL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	24	KCA	AL	8	29%	96	3	1	75%	3	1	0	2	0	8	5	52%	21	9	10	3	1	1	5	1	4
1957	25	KCA	AL	7	16%	137	5	2	71%	4	1	1	1	1	9	4	42%	19	11	6	3	2	1	4	0	4
1958	26	DET	AL	0	25%	10	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	1	1	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1959	27	CHW	AL	0	75%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				15	23%	250	8	3	73%	7	2	1	4	1	18	10	47%	43	22	17	7	4	2	10	1	9

Situational Hitting*

						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	322	31%	95			15	3	0	3	1.26	11	0	6	8	2	6	5	0	2	2	100%	73	13	18%	26	7	27%	195	31	16%	13	8	62%	10	5	50%	0
1956	24	NYY	AL	6	50%	1			6	1	0	1	1.03	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	316	30%	94			9	2	0	2	1.41	11	0	6	8	2	6	5	0	2	2	100%	72	13	18%	26	7	27%	192	30	16%	12	7	58%	9	4	44%	0
1957	25	KCA	AL	410	15%	92			21	2	0	1	1.38	18	0	2	14	3	10	8	0	3	3	100%	67	9	13%	28	7	25%	214	26	12%	15	6	40%	7	2	29%	0
1958	26	DET	AL	38	50%	8			13	2	0	0	1.41	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	2.13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	0	0%	19	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				786	25%	196			51	7	0	4	1.38	30	0	10	22	6	17	13	0	5	5	100%	150	24	16%	58	14	24%	448	58	13%	31	14	45%	17	7	41%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			75%			11%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

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	322	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	732	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	770	712	77	195	27	4	30	86	8	3	47	35	.274	.318	.449	.768	104	320	23	2	5	6	3
1959	27	239	786	725	80	196	27	4	30	86	8	3	50	37	.270	.317	.443	.759	102	321	24	2	5	6	3

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
1956	24	93	334	314	39	97	11	3	11	40	3	15	20	.309	.337	.468	.806	50	89
1957	25	125	435	398	37	99	15	1	19	48	5	29	16	.249	.301	.435	.736	53	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 Yrs		250	825	760	80	204	28	4	31	90	8	52	39	.268	.315	.438	.753	107	239
162 Game Avg.		162	535	492	52	132	18	3	20	58	5	34	25	.268	.315	.438	.753	69	239

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