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

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

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5		12	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
2	2	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
3	3	Apr 15	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	GS	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
4	4	Apr 18	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
5	7 (2)	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
6	8	Apr 24	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-1	GF	6	2.0	4	1	0	5	0	PR 1B
7	9	Apr 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
8	10	Apr 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
9	12 (1)	Apr 29	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14 (1)	May 1	NYY		CLE	L,2-10	GF	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
11	15	May 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,12-4	GS	21	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
12	16	May 2 (2)	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	23	5.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
13	19 (2)	May 7	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
14	21 (1)	May 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	T,1-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
15	24 (2)	May 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
16	27 (2)	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
17	28	May 16 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
18	31 (2)	May 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
19	34 (2)	May 23	NYY		BOS	L,9-10	GS	28	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
20	35	May 24	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
21	36	May 25	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
22	38 (1)	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
23	40 (1)	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-2	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
24	42 (1)	May 31 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
25	43	May 31 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	GS	27	5.0	2	0	1	3	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	44	Jun 1	NYY		WSH	W,9-3	GS	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
27	52 (7)	Jun 8	NYY		DET	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
28	54 (1)	Jun 10	NYY		DET	W,9-5	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
29	56 (1)	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
30	64 (7)	Jun 20 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-6	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
31	67 (2)	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	GS	23	5.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	75 (7)	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GS	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
33	76	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
34	78 (1)	Jul 4	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	GS	27	7.1	5	1	0	6	1	1B
35	83 (4)	Jul 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
36	85 (1)	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	25	6.2	10	0	0	10	2	1B
37	89 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
38	90	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	L,6-8	GS	36	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
39	91	Jul 19	NYY		DET	W,8-0	GS	22	7.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
40	94 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
41	95	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
42	97 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
43	100 (2)	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	29	6.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
44	101	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-0	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	106 (4)	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
46	109 (2)	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	33	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
47	111 (1)	Aug 8	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
48	115 (3)	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
49	116	Aug 13	NYY		BOS	W,8-2	GS	30	7.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
50	120 (3)	Aug 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
51	121	Aug 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-5		16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
52	122	Aug 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
53	123	Aug 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
54	127 (3)	Aug 26	NYY		DET	W,11-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
55	129 (1)	Aug 28	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
56	131 (1)	Aug 31	NYY		CLE	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	134 (2)	Sep 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-2	GS	23	6.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
58	135	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
59	136	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	5	2	0	7	1	1B
60	137	Sep 6 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
61	138	Sep 6 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,7-8	GS	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
62	140 (1)	Sep 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
63	142 (1)	Sep 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
64	150 (7)	Sep 20	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
65	151	Sep 21	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
66	152	Sep 22	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
67	154 (1)	Sep 25	NYY		PHA	W,10-2	GS	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
68	155	Sep 26	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	50	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
							68gm		431.2	399	45	7	451	48