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 (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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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…

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
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	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-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 Seasons				239	788	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	534	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	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

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
1956	24	NYY	AL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
1956	24	KCA	AL	316	5	-1	2	-2	2	-4	9	11	1.1	9	0.9	0.2	$	79
1957	25	KCA	AL	410	-5	-1	1	-1	4	-3	12	7	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$	957
1958	26	DET	AL	38	0	-1	0	0	-3	0	1	-3	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$	/579
1959	27	CHW	AL	16	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/7
4 Seasons				786	-3	-3	3	-3	3	-7	22	12	1.1	9	0.9	0.2	$

KCA (2 yrs)				726	0	-2	3	-3	6	-7	21	18	1.7	12	1.2	0.5	$
NYY (1 yr)				6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
DET (1 yr)				38	0	-1	0	0	-3	0	1	-3	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$
CHW (1 yr)				16	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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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
1956	KCA	AL	24	OF	74	72	63	622.0	161	148	9	4	0	.975	2	3	2.27	2.12	.979	2.34	2.32
1956	KCA	AL	24	LF	57	55	50	496.2	137	125	9	3	0	.978	5	11	2.43	2.35	.977	2.10	2.09
1956	KCA	AL	24	RF	18	17	13	125.1	23	22	0	1	0	.957	-3	-29	1.58	1.22	.973	2.09	2.07
1957	KCA	AL	25	OF	76	67	47	574.1	127	119	5	3	2	.976	2	5	1.94	1.63	.980	2.24	2.25
1957	KCA	AL	25	RF	69	63	43	517.2	115	109	4	2	1	.983	1	3	1.96	1.64	.976	1.92	1.93
1957	KCA	AL	25	3B	32	28	18	230.1	91	29	57	5	3	.945	2	10	3.36	2.69	.951	3.23	3.24
1957	KCA	AL	25	LF	14	4	4	56.2	14	12	1	1	1	.929	1	25	2.06	0.93	.980	2.10	2.11
1958	DET	AL	26	OF	5	2	1	22.0	4	3	0	1	0	.750	-2	-104	1.23	0.60	.982	2.25	2.24
1958	DET	AL	26	3B	4	4	3	30.0	10	1	7	2	0	.800	-1	-48	2.40	2.00	.951	3.12	3.08
1958	DET	AL	26	LF	4	2	1	19.0	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-1	-88	0.95	0.50	.980	2.08	2.08
1958	DET	AL	26	RF	1	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-200	3.00	1.00	.980	2.10	2.00
1959	CHW	AL	27	LF	6	4	1	26.1	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-14	1.71	0.83	.980	2.05	2.05
1959	CHW	AL	27	OF	6	4	1	26.1	7	6	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-14	2.39	1.17	.980	2.22	2.22
	4 Seasons			OF	161	145	112	1244.2	299	276	15	8	2	.973	2	2	2.10	1.81	.979	2.29	2.28
	3 Seasons			RF	88	80	56	646.0	139	132	4	3	1	.978	-2	-4	1.89	1.55	.976	1.95	1.96
	4 Seasons			LF	81	65	56	598.2	159	143	11	5	1	.969	4	8	2.32	1.90	.977	2.10	2.09
	2 Seasons			3B	36	32	21	260.1	101	30	64	7	3	.931	1	3	3.25	2.61	.951	3.22	3.22
	4 Seasons			TOT	197	177	133	1505.0	400	306	79	15	5	.963	3	2	2.30	1.95	.972	2.45	2.45

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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
June 14, 1956: Traded by the New York Yankees with Eddie Robinson to the Kansas City Athletics for Moe Burtschy, Bill Renna and cash.
November 20, 1957: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Tim Thompson and Gus Zernial to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Kent Hadley, Frank House, Duke Maas, Jim Small, John Tsitouris and Bill Tuttle. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim McManus (April 3, 1958) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.
December 1, 1958: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers in the 1958 rule 5 draft.
May 1, 1959: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Don Rudolph to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Del Ennis.

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