Lou Skizas

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: June 2, 1932 in Chicago, IL us

Died: November 17, 2023 in Champaign, IL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Crane Technical HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: April 19, 1956 (Age 23-322d, 11,337th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 30, 1959 (Age 26-332d)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Louis Peter Skizas

Nicknames: The Nervous Greek

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

725

196

.270

RBI

OBP

.317

SLG

.443

OPS

.760

OPS+

103

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	KCA		DET	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
2	2	Apr 17	KCA		DET	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
3	3	Apr 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF LF
4	4	Apr 20	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	5	Apr 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	36	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
6	6	Apr 22	KCA	@	DET	W,11-7	GS	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
7	7	Apr 23	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
8	8	Apr 24	KCA		CLE	W,17-6	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
9	9	Apr 25	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	10	Apr 26	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	11	Apr 27	KCA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	12	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	13	Apr 30	KCA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	KCA		BOS	W,7-5	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	22 (7)	May 10	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	2	6	0	3B
16	23	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
17	25 (1)	May 12 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	28 (2)	May 17	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
19	29	May 18	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
20	30	May 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	31	May 19 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	T,0-0	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	35 (3)	May 25	KCA		DET	W,5-3	GS	24	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
23	36	May 26	KCA		DET	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	37	May 27	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	38	May 28	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	39	May 29	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
27	40	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	41	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
29	42	May 31	KCA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	43	Jun 1	KCA		CLE	L,0-3	GS	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B LF
31	44	Jun 2	KCA		CLE	W,8-2	GS	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B LF
32	45	Jun 4	KCA		BAL	L,7-9	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
33	46	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
34	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B RF
35	48	Jun 7	KCA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	49	Jun 9 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
37	50	Jun 9 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,5-9	GS	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	51	Jun 10	KCA		BOS	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	52	Jun 12 (1)	KCA		WSH	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	56 (3)	Jun 15	KCA		NYY	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	57	Jun 16	KCA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	46	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
42	58	Jun 18	KCA	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
43	59	Jun 19	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
44	60	Jun 20	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
45	61	Jun 21	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	62	Jun 22	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	66 (3)	Jun 26	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
48	68 (1)	Jun 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	69	Jun 30 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	22	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	70	Jun 30 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	71	Jul 1	KCA	@	CLE	W,10-3	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	72	Jul 3	KCA		CHW	W,5-0	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	73	Jul 4 (1)	KCA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	74	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
55	75	Jul 5	KCA	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	76	Jul 6	KCA	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	44	12.0	3	3	0	6	1	RF 3B
57	77	Jul 7	KCA	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF 3B
58	78	Jul 11	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	79	Jul 12	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	80	Jul 13	KCA		NYY	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	81	Jul 14 (1)	KCA		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	84 (2)	Jul 16	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	87 (2)	Jul 19	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
64	88	Jul 20	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
65	90 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	91	Jul 23	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	92	Jul 24	KCA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
68	93	Jul 25	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	94	Jul 26	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	96 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
71	97	Jul 28 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	98	Jul 30	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	99	Jul 31 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	100	Jul 31 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	101	Aug 2 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	52	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
76	102	Aug 2 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
77	103	Aug 3	KCA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	104	Aug 4	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
79	106 (1)	Aug 7	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-7	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
80	107	Aug 8	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	108	Aug 9	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	109	Aug 10	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
83	110	Aug 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	111	Aug 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	112	Aug 13 (1)	KCA		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
86	113	Aug 13 (2)	KCA		DET	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
87	114	Aug 14	KCA		DET	L,4-7	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	123 (8)	Aug 23	KCA		BAL	L,1-2	CG	45	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
89	124	Aug 24	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	125	Aug 25	KCA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	126	Aug 26	KCA		BOS	L,0-16	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	131 (4)	Sep 1	KCA		CHW	L,0-5	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 3B
93	132	Sep 2 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	133	Sep 2 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
95	134	Sep 6	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	135	Sep 7	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	136	Sep 8	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	45	13.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
98	140 (3)	Sep 14	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
99	141	Sep 15 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
100	142	Sep 15 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
101	150 (7)	Sep 25	KCA		CLE	L,7-9	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
							115gm		804.2	151	62	8	221	5