Bill Skowron
William Joseph Skowron Jr. (Moose)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL
High School: Weber (Chicago, IL)
School: Purdue University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: October 1, 1967
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 NYY AL 23 1B 61 56 399.2 429 395 28 6 48 .986 -3.9 -11.7 -3.9 -1.3 -2.6 0 9.53 6.93 .990 9.60 8.00
1954 NYY AL 23 3B 5 2 23.0 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.6 83.5 1.6 1.4 0.3 0 4.70 2.40 .958 3.48 3.08
1954 NYY AL 23 2B 2 1 10.0 10 3 6 1 0 .900 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 8.10 4.50 .980 5.40 4.85
1955 NYY AL 24 1B 74 69 548.0 560 517 37 6 63 .989 -2.8 -6.1 -2.8 -2.3 -0.5 0 9.10 7.49 .991 9.63 8.17
1955 NYY AL 24 3B 3 0 10.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.40 2.00 .957 3.15 2.73
1956 NYY AL 25 1B 120 117 1011.1 1055 968 80 7 138 .993 2.4 2.8 1.4 1.9 -0.5 1 9.33 8.73 .990 8.90 7.99
1956 NYY AL 25 3B 2 2 17.0 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.71 3.50 .950 3.23 2.80
1957 NYY AL 26 1B 115 111 1012.1 1121 1026 86 9 116 .992 8.2 9.7 8.2 1.8 6.4 0 9.89 9.67 .992 8.89 8.36 AS,MVP-22
1958 NYY AL 27 1B 118 114 1011.0 1119 1040 71 8 112 .993 7.9 9.4 6.9 6.0 0.9 1 9.89 9.42 .991 8.90 8.47 AS
1958 NYY AL 27 3B 2 2 16.0 7 1 1 5 0 .286 -2.2 -165.0 -2.2 -2.2 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 .986 3.09 2.60 AS
1959 NYY AL 28 1B 72 71 607.1 675 626 43 6 68 .991 2.3 4.5 2.3 1.9 0.4 0 9.91 9.29 .990 9.84 8.27 AS
1960 NYY AL 29 1B 142 140 1200.1 1329 1202 115 12 130 .991 9.7 9.7 9.7 2.4 7.3 0 9.87 9.27 .991 7.50 7.04 AS,MVP-9
1961 NYY AL 30 1B 149 147 1291.0 1340 1228 102 10 146 .993 7.9 7.3 6.9 5.1 1.8 1 9.27 8.93 .990 6.97 6.71 AS
1962 NYY AL 31 1B 135 123 1116.1 1141 1054 77 10 101 .991 6.8 7.3 6.8 1.7 5.2 0 9.12 8.38 .990 8.06 7.41
1963 LAD NL 32 1B 66 60 507.2 557 518 34 5 44 .991 -3.5 -8.3 -3.5 -3.4 -0.1 0 9.79 8.36 .989 9.81 8.36
1963 LAD NL 32 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.50
1964 TOT AL 33 1B 136 133 1161.0 1297 1212 80 5 94 .996 5.4 5.6 4.4 -0.8 5.1 1 10.02 9.50 .991 9.43 8.12
1964 WSA AL 33 1B 66 63 559.0 635 591 40 4 41 .994 2.8 6.0 1.8 1.1 0.7 1 10.16 9.56 .991 9.43 8.12
1964 CHW AL 33 1B 70 70 602.0 662 621 40 1 53 .998 2.6 5.2 2.6 -1.9 4.4 0 9.88 9.44 .991 9.43 8.12
1965 CHW AL 34 1B 145 143 1220.1 1379 1297 74 8 116 .994 4.5 4.4 4.5 3.2 1.3 0 10.11 9.46 .991 7.37 6.90 AS
1966 CHW AL 35 1B 98 92 689.1 789 722 60 7 75 .991 3.3 5.7 3.3 1.2 2.1 0 10.21 7.98 .991 9.59 8.18
1967 CAL AL 36 1B 32 27 224.0 257 238 16 3 15 .988 -2.3 -12.3 -2.3 -1.2 -1.1 0 10.21 7.94 .991 9.53 8.32
14 Seasons 1B 1463 1403 11999.2 13048 12043 903 102 1266 .992 45.9 4.6 41.9 16.2 25.7 4 9.71 8.85 .991 8.56 7.75
5 Seasons 3B 13 6 68.0 34 6 21 7 0 .794 -0.4 -7.1 -0.4 -0.7 0.4 0 3.57 2.08 .962 3.27 2.84
1 Season 2B 2 1 10.0 10 3 6 1 0 .900 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 8.10 4.50 .980 5.40 4.85
14 Seasons TOT 1478 1410 12077.2 13092 12052 930 110 1266 .992 45.2 4.5 41.2 15.5 25.8 4 9.67 8.78 .982 8.53 7.70
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1954 NYY AL 23 87 59 87 87 0 0 61 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
1955 NYY AL 24 108 69 108 108 0 0 74 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1956 NYY AL 25 134 119 134 134 0 0 120 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1957 NYY AL 26 122 111 122 122 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1958 NYY AL 27 126 116 126 126 0 0 118 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1959 NYY AL 28 74 71 74 74 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1960 NYY AL 29 146 140 146 146 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 NYY AL 30 150 147 150 150 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 NYY AL 31 140 123 140 140 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1963 LAD NL 32 89 60 89 89 0 0 66 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1964 CHW AL 33 73 70 73 73 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 WSA AL 33 73 63 73 73 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1965 CHW AL 34 146 143 146 146 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 CHW AL 35 120 92 120 120 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1967 CAL AL 36 62 27 62 62 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
1967 CHW AL 36 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
14 Seasons 1658 1410 1658 1658 0 0 1463 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 227 2
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 23 1572 67% 79% 27% 73 90% 4 362 21 337 5 26 26 12 5 0 0 6 0 3 3 2 44 1 1 0 42 2 2 2 0 8 100%
1955 NYY AL 24 2378 68% 77% 25% 117 93% 0 517 25 484 7 51 38 18 12 0 7 6 0 6 0 3 63 4 0 0 58 5 5 0 5 10 90%
1956 NYY AL 25 4454 61% 76% 25% 239 93% 2 970 67 891 12 89 75 38 30 0 1 7 1 3 3 6 138 7 3 3 120 12 17 7 10 13 92%
1957 NYY AL 26 4306 64% 76% 29% 248 96% 0 1028 84 939 6 76 84 59 19 2 3 9 3 6 0 4 117 6 0 1 106 7 11 4 7 16 100%
1958 NYY AL 27 4327 65% 76% 29% 236 93% 1 1045 54 979 11 106 70 43 21 0 5 8 0 7 1 7 112 4 4 5 99 13 11 3 8 9 89%
1959 NYY AL 28 2619 63% 76% 30% 127 94% 1 627 28 591 8 53 41 29 9 1 1 6 0 6 0 6 68 2 0 0 63 2 4 1 3 7 100%
1960 NYY AL 29 5204 65% 78% 29% 263 93% 4 1200 48 1146 7 93 114 78 23 4 2 12 2 7 3 7 130 4 0 2 119 6 10 1 8 22 82%
1961 NYY AL 30 5507 67% 77% 26% 271 94% 3 1234 82 1142 11 83 105 77 17 2 6 10 3 6 1 5 146 2 0 7 137 8 9 4 5 14 79%
1962 NYY AL 31 4783 61% 78% 29% 265 95% 1 1048 62 982 7 116 78 57 18 1 3 10 3 6 1 6 101 2 2 2 93 6 8 2 6 15 87%
1963 LAD NL 32 2179 64% 76% 32% 104 91% 1 516 22 490 5 40 35 28 5 1 0 5 1 2 2 3 44 0 0 1 41 1 3 1 2 16 88%
1964 CHW AL 33 2445 62% 76% 28% 115 94% 2 620 23 583 13 51 38 27 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 57 1 0 0 51 1 6 0 6 11 55%
1964 WSA AL 33 2497 58% 79% 26% 138 93% 0 588 42 538 9 56 40 24 10 1 3 4 2 2 0 2 41 4 1 2 37 6 4 2 2 9 67%
1965 CHW AL 34 5185 63% 77% 28% 245 96% 0 1294 49 1229 17 121 73 55 12 0 3 8 1 7 0 5 117 2 1 0 111 3 5 1 4 14 64%
1966 CHW AL 35 2881 65% 78% 29% 133 96% 0 719 21 688 10 54 62 48 8 0 3 7 2 4 1 3 75 1 0 0 71 1 4 1 3 10 100%
1967 CAL AL 36 960 54% 77% 27% 43 95% 1 240 6 231 4 22 15 11 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 16 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 1 2 100%
14 Seasons 51297 64% 77% 28% 2617 94% 20 12008 634 11250 132 1037 894 604 195 13 42 102 19 68 15 61 1269 40 12 23 1163 74 100 29 70 176 85%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 86%

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%
1954 NYY AL 23 104 58% 82% 28% 11 91% 0 1 0 0 1 10 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1955 NYY AL 24 42 67% 79% 26% 7 100% 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 25 71 66% 75% 27% 8 75% 0 1 0 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 27 71 73% 75% 20% 6 33% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1963 LAD NL 32 7 86% 71% 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 295 65% 78% 26% 32 78% 0 6 4 0 2 21 15 5 0 1 7 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 NYY AL 23 54 96% 78% 22% 6 83% 0 2 0 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 54 96% 78% 22% 6 83% 0 2 0 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

* 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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