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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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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

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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

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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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