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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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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
1954 23 NYY AL 87 237 215 37 73 12 9 7 41 2 1 19 18 .340 .392 .577 .969 167 124 8 1 0 2 3/54
1955 24 NYY AL 108 314 288 46 92 17 3 12 61 1 1 21 32 .319 .369 .524 .894 140 151 11 3 0 2 4 3/5
1956 25 NYY AL 134 523 464 78 143 21 6 23 90 4 4 50 60 .308 .382 .528 .910 142 245 16 6 2 1 3 *3/5
1957 26 NYY AL 122 501 457 54 139 15 5 17 88 3 2 31 60 .304 .347 .470 .818 123 215 17 3 3 7 6 *3 AS,MVP-22
1958 27 NYY AL 126 503 465 61 127 22 3 14 73 1 1 28 69 .273 .317 .424 .740 106 197 16 4 1 5 1 *3/5 AS
1959 28 NYY AL 74 309 282 39 84 13 5 15 59 1 0 20 47 .298 .349 .539 .888 145 152 10 3 2 2 0 3 AS
1960 29 NYY AL 146 584 538 63 166 34 3 26 91 2 3 38 95 .309 .353 .528 .881 142 284 17 2 0 6 2 *3 AS,MVP-9
1961 30 NYY AL 150 607 561 76 150 23 4 28 89 0 0 35 108 .267 .318 .472 .790 113 265 21 8 0 3 9 *3 AS
1962 31 NYY AL 140 524 478 63 129 16 6 23 80 0 1 36 99 .270 .325 .473 .798 115 226 13 5 1 4 4 *3
1963 32 LAD NL 89 256 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 0 1 13 49 .203 .252 .287 .539 60 68 10 3 2 1 4 3/5
1964 33 TOT AL 146 575 535 47 151 21 3 17 79 0 0 30 92 .282 .322 .428 .750 108 229 14 4 0 6 6 *3
1964 33 WSA AL 73 278 262 28 71 10 0 13 41 0 0 11 56 .271 .306 .458 .764 110 120 7 3 0 2 2 3
1964 33 CHW AL 73 297 273 19 80 11 3 4 38 0 0 19 36 .293 .337 .399 .736 107 109 7 1 0 4 4 3
1965 34 CHW AL 146 605 559 63 153 24 3 18 78 1 3 32 77 .274 .316 .424 .740 116 237 22 5 4 5 4 *3 AS
1966 35 CHW AL 120 369 337 27 84 15 2 6 29 1 1 26 45 .249 .308 .359 .667 98 121 11 3 2 1 4 3
1967 36 TOT AL 70 139 131 8 27 2 1 1 11 0 0 4 19 .206 .252 .260 .511 55 34 6 4 0 0 1 3
1967 36 CHW AL 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1967 36 CAL AL 62 131 123 8 27 2 1 1 10 0 0 4 18 .220 .267 .276 .544 65 34 5 4 0 0 1 3
14 Seasons 1658 6046 5547 681 1566 243 53 211 888 16 18 383 870 .282 .332 .459 .792 120 2548 192 54 17 45 48
162 Game Avg. 162 591 542 67 153 24 5 21 87 2 2 37 85 .282 .332 .459 .792 120 249 19 5 2 4
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
NYY (9 yrs) 1087 4102 3748 517 1103 173 44 165 672 14 13 278 588 .294 .346 .496 .842 129 1859 129 35 9 32 29
CHW (4 yrs) 347 1279 1177 109 317 50 8 28 146 2 4 77 159 .269 .317 .397 .713 107 467 41 9 6 10 12
WSA (1 yr) 73 278 262 28 71 10 0 13 41 0 0 11 56 .271 .306 .458 .764 110 120 7 3 0 2 2
LAD (1 yr) 89 256 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 0 1 13 49 .203 .252 .287 .539 60 68 10 3 2 1 4
CAL (1 yr) 62 131 123 8 27 2 1 1 10 0 0 4 18 .220 .267 .276 .544 65 34 5 4 0 0 1
AL (13 yrs) 1569 5790 5310 662 1518 235 53 207 869 16 17 370 821 .286 .336 .467 .803 122 2480 182 51 15 44 44
NL (1 yr) 89 256 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 0 1 13 49 .203 .252 .287 .539 60 68 10 3 2 1 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 24 NYY AL WS BRO L 5 12 12 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .750 1.083 9 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 10 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .400 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 NYY AL WS MLN W 7 28 27 3 7 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 4 .259 .286 .481 .767 13 0 0 0 0 0
1960 29 NYY AL WS PIT L 7 33 32 7 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 6 .375 .364 .625 .989 20 1 0 0 1 0
1961 30 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 20 17 3 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 4 .353 .450 .529 .979 9 1 0 0 0 0
1962 31 NYY AL WS SFG W 6 20 18 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .222 .300 .333 .633 6 1 1 0 0 0
1963 32 LAD NL WS NYY W 4 14 13 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .385 .429 .615 1.044 8 2 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons (8 Series) 39 141 133 19 39 4 1 8 29 0 0 6 26 .293 .326 .519 .845 69 5 1 0 1 1
8 WS 39 141 133 19 39 4 1 8 29 0 0 6 26 .293 .326 .519 .845 69 5 1 0 1 1

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1957 *
1958 (1B)
1959-1 (1B)
1959-2
1960-1 (1B)
1960-2 (1B)
1961-2
1965

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1957-AL-22-1%
1960-AL-9-17%
0.18 Career Shares (755th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 AL--.304--7th
1960 AL--.309--4th

Slugging % s c a p y
1956 AL--.528--6th
1957 AL--.470--10th
1960 AL--.528--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1956 AL--.910--10th
1960 AL--.881--5th

Hits s c a p y
1960 AL--166--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1960 AL--284--3rd

Doubles s c a p y
1960 AL--34--2nd

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL--9--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 AL--26--8th
1961 AL--28--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1956 AL--90--10th
1957 AL--88--8th
1960 AL--91--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1960 AL--95--4th
1961 AL--108--6th
1962 AL--99--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1956 AL--142--7th
1960 AL--142--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1960 AL--95--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1956 AL--26--9th
1960 AL--30--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1956 AL--2.5--9th
1960 AL--2.9--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 AL--63--2nd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1960 AL--.659--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL--8--5th
1965 AL--5--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 AL--7--5th
1960 AL--6--9th
1964 AL--6--10th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL--6--10th
1961 AL--9--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 AL--17--4th
1960 AL--17--8th
1961 AL--21--2nd
1965 AL--22--3rd
Career--192--102nd

AB per HR s c a p y
1956 AL--20.174--9th
1960 AL--20.692--8th
1962 AL--20.783--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (726), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (476), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1108), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 26, 1962: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Stan Williams.

December 6, 1963: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

July 13, 1964: Traded by the Washington Senators with Carl Bouldin to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later and Joe Cunningham. The Chicago White Sox sent Frank Kreutzer (July 28, 1964) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

May 6, 1967: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the California Angels for Cotton Nash and cash.

October 9, 1967: Released by the California Angels.

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