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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 KCA AL 24 OF 74 72 622.0 161 148 9 4 0 .975 1.6 3.1 2.6 0.8 1.8 -1 2.27 2.12 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 KCA AL 24 LF 57 55 496.2 137 125 9 3 0 .978 4.6 11.1 2.6 0.3 2.4 2 2.43 2.35 .977 2.10 1.69
1956 KCA AL 24 RF 18 17 125.1 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -3.0 -28.7 0.0 0.5 -0.6 -3 1.58 1.22 .974 2.09 1.80
1957 KCA AL 25 OF 76 67 574.1 127 119 5 3 2 .976 2.4 5.0 2.4 -1.6 4.1 0 1.94 1.63 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 KCA AL 25 RF 69 63 517.2 115 109 4 2 1 .983 1.2 2.8 2.2 -1.1 3.3 -1 1.96 1.64 .976 1.93 1.68
1957 KCA AL 25 3B 32 28 230.1 91 29 57 5 3 .945 1.9 9.9 1.9 -0.1 2.0 0 3.36 2.69 .952 3.23 2.77
1957 KCA AL 25 LF 14 4 56.2 14 12 1 1 1 .929 1.2 25.4 0.2 -0.5 0.8 1 2.06 0.93 .979 2.10 1.70
1958 DET AL 26 OF 5 2 22.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1.9 -103.6 -1.9 -0.9 -0.9 0 1.23 0.60 .975 2.25 1.94
1958 DET AL 26 3B 4 4 30.0 10 1 7 2 0 .800 -1.2 -48.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 2.40 2.00 .960 3.12 2.60
1958 DET AL 26 LF 4 2 19.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1.4 -88.4 -1.4 -0.4 -0.9 0 0.95 0.50 1.000 2.08 1.62
1958 DET AL 26 RF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -200.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1959 CHW AL 27 LF 6 4 26.1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -13.7 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 0 1.71 0.83 .980 2.05 1.68
1959 CHW AL 27 OF 6 4 26.1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -13.7 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 0 2.39 1.17 .986 2.22 1.97
4 Seasons OF 161 145 1244.2 299 276 15 8 2 .973 1.8 1.7 2.8 -1.3 4.3 -1 2.10 1.81 .980 2.29 2.00
3 Seasons RF 88 80 646.0 139 132 4 3 1 .978 -2.3 -4.3 1.7 -1.1 2.7 -4 1.89 1.55 .976 1.96 1.70
4 Seasons LF 81 65 598.2 159 143 11 5 1 .969 4.1 8.2 1.1 -0.2 1.6 3 2.32 1.90 .977 2.10 1.69
2 Seasons 3B 36 32 260.1 101 30 64 7 3 .931 0.7 3.2 0.7 -1.3 2.0 0 3.25 2.61 .952 3.22 2.75
4 Seasons TOT 197 177 1505.0 400 306 79 15 5 .963 2.5 2.0 3.5 -2.6 6.3 -1 0 2.30 1.95 .935 2.45 2.14

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
1956 KCA AL 24 83 72 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 18 74 10 0
1956 NYY AL 24 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1957 KCA AL 25 119 95 119 119 0 0 0 0 32 0 14 0 69 76 22 0
1958 DET AL 26 23 6 23 23 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 5 15 0
1959 CHW AL 27 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 3 1
4 Seasons 239 177 239 239 0 0 0 0 36 0 81 0 88 161 56 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 -- 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%
1956 KCA AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 20 4 20.0% 16 0 0.0% 0 581 62% 79% 28% 47 49%
1957 KCA AL 25 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 28 10 0 12 2 0 4 2 0 12 4 1 9 4 0 65 22 33.8% 42 1 1.5% 2 2096 59% 79% 28% 195 55%
1958 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 15 87% 87% 33% 4 25%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 31 10 0 21 3 0 9 3 0 13 4 1 13 6 0 87 26 29.9% 60 1 1.1% 2 2692 60% 79% 28% 246 53%
MLB Averages 42.5% 3.1% 62% 78% 29% 53%

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%
1956 KCA AL 24 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 3 3 2 25 18 2 16 2 1 11 7 0 2 1 0 8 8 0 62 36 58.1% 23 3 4.8% 5 2165 60% 78% 27% 249 51%
1957 KCA AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 11 7 63.6% 3 1 9.1% 0 260 58% 78% 24% 30 40%
1958 DET AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 84 64% 80% 29% 11 18%
1959 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 112 64% 77% 30% 12 42%
4 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 10 0 3 4 3 30 22 2 21 3 1 13 9 0 4 2 1 10 10 0 78 46 59.0% 28 4 5.1% 6 2621 60% 78% 27% 302 49%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.5% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 KCA AL 25 817 63% 82% 26% 79 92% 0 31 24 5 2 46 42 4 0 1 5 0 4 1 5 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 26 140 53% 74% 28% 10 70% 0 1 1 0 0 7 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2 Seasons 957 61% 81% 26% 89 90% 0 32 25 5 2 53 45 7 0 2 7 0 4 3 6 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 62%

* 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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