Bill Skowron

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: December 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL us

Died: April 27, 2012 in Arlington Heights, IL

Buried: Maryhill Cemetery, Niles, IL

High School: Archbishop Weber HS (Chicago, IL)

School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 23-116d, 11,070th in major league history)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1967 (Age 36-287d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: William Joseph Skowron

Nicknames: Moose

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.1

5547

1566

211

.282

682

RBI

888

OBP

.332

SLG

.459

OPS

.792

OPS+

119

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-35 / in Starts: 37-34
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	27 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	1 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	11

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 309 PAs	59
Actual Runners on Base	225 (109-71-45)
Avg. MLBer w/ 309 PAs	33
Avg. Runners on Base	191 (100-60-30)

Most Driven In
M Mantle	15
Self	15
N Siebern	9
T Kubek	7
Y Berra	4
H LÃ³pez	3
H Bauer	1
D Maas	1

Most Driven In By
Self	15
E Howard	6
H LÃ³pez	5
G McDougald	4
A Carey	2
Y Berra	2
J Lumpe	1
H Bauer	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	578	2 (1)	Apr 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-3	CG	6	5	2	3	1	0	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.667	1.400	2.067	4	.33	0.051	.93	0.09%	2.63	1B
2	579	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.778	1.178	5	1.02	-0.103	2.79	-0.17%	-0.67	1B
3	580	4	Apr 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.667	1.095	4	1.69	0.004	5.01	0.01%	0.01	1B
4	581	5	Apr 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.333	.500	.833	4	.96	-0.173	2.90	-0.32%	-1.68	1B
5	582	6	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-7	CG	6	6	3	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.375	.727	1.102	5	.39	0.074	1.10	0.13%	2.16	1B
6	583	7	Apr 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(12)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.367	.643	1.010	5	1.80	-0.157	5.43	-0.28%	-1.16	1B
7	584	8	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.371	.667	1.038	6	.57	-0.015	1.49	-0.02%	0.93	1B
8	585	9	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG(14)	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.341	.667	1.008	6	1.71	0.135	4.90	0.23%	-0.46	1B
9	586	10	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.310	.356	.667	1.022	6	1.51	0.074	4.72	0.14%	-0.07	1B
10	587	11	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.360	.696	1.056	5	2.20	0.060	6.43	0.10%	0.46	1B
11	588	12	Apr 26 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.352	.653	1.005	6	1.38	-0.132	3.88	-0.22%	-1.01	1B
12	589	13	Apr 26 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.386	.673	1.059	5	1.56	0.228	4.04	0.35%	1.31	1B
13	590	14	Apr 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.410	.722	1.132	4	.61	0.120	1.47	0.17%	1.40	1B
14	591	15	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.409	.712	1.121	4	1.75	0.160	4.50	0.25%	1.43	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	592	16	May 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.414	.710	1.124	4	1.15	0.030	2.82	0.05%	-0.03	1B
16	593	17	May 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.392	.667	1.059	4	1.09	-0.097	2.51	-0.14%	-0.83	1B
17	594	18	May 3 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.377	.638	1.014	4	1.22	-0.100	2.08	-0.10%	-0.79	1B
18	595	19	May 3 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.383	.630	1.013	4	.66	-0.041	.99	-0.04%	-0.17	1B
19	596	20	May 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.312	.372	.610	.982	4	2.10	0.111	3.50	0.11%	0.08	1B
20	597	21	May 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.363	.585	.948	4	.47	-0.012	.82	-0.01%	-0.79	1B
21	598	28 (6)	May 17 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.370	.590	.960	8	5.68	0.302	7.62	0.24%	1.00	PH
22	599	30 (1)	May 19	NYY		DET	L,3-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.366	.583	.949	9	1.94	-0.053	2.31	-0.04%	-0.48	PH
23	600	32 (1)	May 22	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.351	.557	.907	5	.36	-0.036	.37	-0.02%	-0.82	1B
24	601	33	May 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-5	GS-7	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.356	.587	.943	5	.36	0.095	.30	0.05%	2.42	1B
25	602	34	May 24 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.340	.557	.896	5	.34	-0.042	.38	-0.03%	-1.32	1B
26	603	35	May 24 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.327	.535	.862	5	1.16	-0.121	1.42	-0.09%	-0.78	1B
27	604	36	May 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.267	.316	.514	.830	4	1.78	-0.242	1.64	-0.13%	-2.38	1B
28	605	37	May 27	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.314	.532	.846	4	.99	0.022	.78	0.01%	1.01	1B
29	606	38	May 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.311	.522	.834	5	1.16	0.038	1.17	0.02%	-0.06	1B
30	607	39	May 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.267	.310	.517	.827	5	1.77	0.188	1.65	0.11%	1.02	1B
31	608	40	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.305	.512	.818	4	.48	0.142	.51	0.09%	0.93	1B
32	609	41	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-0	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.264	.304	.504	.808	5	.93	0.146	1.13	0.11%	1.75	1B
33	610	42	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.309	.535	.844	5	2.11	0.437	2.86	0.36%	2.50	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	611	43	Jun 2	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.303	.523	.826	5	.78	-0.060	1.37	-0.06%	-0.52	1B
35	612	44	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.306	.526	.832	5	.56	-0.006	.89	-0.01%	-0.11	1B
36	613	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,14-3	GS-9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.296	.507	.803	5	.65	-0.091	1.18	-0.10%	-1.83	1B
37	614	46	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-2	GS-9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.306	.507	.813	5	.54	0.081	1.28	0.12%	1.79	1B
38	615	47	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.304	.500	.804	5	.89	-0.063	2.20	-0.10%	-0.46	1B
39	616	48	Jun 7 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.297	.487	.784	5	1.16	-0.115	3.60	-0.21%	-1.21	1B
40	617	49	Jun 7 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.253	.294	.475	.769	5	.52	-0.023	1.37	-0.04%	-0.96	1B
41	618	50	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,9-8	CG(13)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.288	.461	.749	5	1.96	0.061	5.38	0.10%	0.10	1B
42	619	51	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,6-4	GS-7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.293	.455	.748	5	1.64	-0.013	4.99	-0.02%	-0.16	1B
43	620	52	Jun 11	NYY		KCA	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.297	.456	.753	6	.48	-0.027	1.51	-0.05%	-0.29	1B
44	621	53	Jun 12	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.302	.457	.759	6	1.50	0.188	4.49	0.34%	1.41	1B
45	622	54	Jun 13	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG(8)	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.306	.464	.769	6	.58	0.041	1.60	0.07%	0.67	1B
46	623	55	Jun 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.305	.475	.780	5	1.92	-0.072	5.66	-0.13%	-0.40	1B
47	624	56	Jun 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.313	.497	.811	5	.41	0.059	1.06	0.09%	1.41	1B
48	625	57	Jun 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.312	.489	.802	5	1.15	-0.034	2.59	-0.05%	-0.41	1B
49	626	58	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.316	.490	.805	5	.30	-0.019	.74	-0.03%	-0.06	1B
50	627	59	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.315	.482	.797	5	1.86	-0.052	4.90	-0.08%	-0.89	1B
51	628	60	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.323	.482	.805	5	1.17	0.038	4.02	0.08%	0.55	1B
52	629	61	Jun 20	NYY		CLE	W,10-2	GS-8	4	4	3	3	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.330	.527	.857	4	.54	0.122	1.96	0.27%	4.40	1B
53	630	62	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.332	.524	.856	5	1.20	-0.036	4.76	-0.08%	-0.75	1B
54	631	63	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GS-11	5	4	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.342	.547	.889	4	1.60	0.520	5.63	1.10%	2.37	1B
55	632	64	Jun 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.343	.556	.899	5	.46	0.153	1.24	0.25%	1.04	1B
56	633	65	Jun 23	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.340	.548	.888	4	.25	-0.002	.79	0.00%	-0.68	1B
57	634	66	Jun 24	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.339	.540	.879	4	1.00	-0.125	3.33	-0.25%	-1.05	1B
58	635	67	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.341	.539	.881	5	.71	0.001	2.35	0.00%	0.30	1B
59	636	68	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.339	.536	.875	4	.79	0.066	3.25	0.16%	0.01	1B
60	637	69	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.341	.549	.890	5	.97	0.088	4.06	0.22%	1.05	1B
61	638	70	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.290	.340	.544	.883	5	.66	-0.004	2.78	-0.01%	-0.82	1B
62	639	71	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.342	.541	.883	5	.85	0.079	3.34	0.19%	0.31	1B
63	640	72	Jun 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS-3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.347	.545	.892	4	1.48	0.015	4.75	0.03%	0.22	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	641	73	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.346	.540	.886	6	.80	0.043	2.90	0.09%	0.21	1B
65	642	74	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.295	.344	.543	.888	5	1.13	-0.049	4.47	-0.12%	-0.52	1B
66	643	75	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.350	.549	.899	5	1.04	0.146	3.50	0.30%	1.20	1B
67	644	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.349	.547	.895	5	.71	-0.018	2.45	-0.04%	-0.22	1B
68	645	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.350	.542	.892	4	.55	-0.038	1.73	-0.07%	0.36	1B
69	646	78	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.345	.534	.879	4	.58	-0.061	1.78	-0.11%	-0.88	1B
70	647	79	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,11-5	CG	5	4	3	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.353	.548	.901	4	1.02	0.363	2.69	0.58%	2.94	1B
71	648	80	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.296	.348	.540	.888	4	.58	-0.102	1.75	-0.18%	-2.46	1B
72	649	81	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.349	.541	.890	5	.85	0.012	2.25	0.02%	0.10	1B
73	650	82	Jul 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.350	.541	.891	4	1.31	0.101	3.14	0.15%	1.03	1B
74	651	96 (13)	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.349	.539	.888	2	2.89	-0.075	2.90	-0.05%	-0.24	PH 1B
							39-35		309	282	39	84	13	5	15	59	20	0	47	3	2	2	2	10	1	0	.298	.349	.539	.888		1.05	2.185	2.68	3.33%	14.08

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