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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 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	W,19-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
2	2	Apr 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
4	4	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
5	5	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
6	6	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
7	7	Apr 20	NYY		BAL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
8	8	Apr 21	NYY		BAL	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
9	9	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
10	10	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
11	11	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
12	12	Apr 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
13	13	Apr 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	GS	25	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	45 (31)	Jun 1 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	4	1B
15	46	Jun 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-6	GS	22	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	47	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
17	48	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
18	50 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
19	64 (13)	Jun 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
20	65	Jun 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
21	66	Jun 21	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
22	67	Jun 22	NYY		KCA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
23	68	Jun 23	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
24	69	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	46	10.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
25	70	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
26	71	Jun 26 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
27	72	Jun 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
28	73	Jun 29 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
29	74	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	75	Jul 1	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
31	76	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	W,12-0	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
32	77	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
33	78	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
34	79	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
35	81 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	21	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
36	82	Jul 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
37	83	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
38	88 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
39	91 (2)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	1B 3B
40	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
41	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
42	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS	19	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
43	95	Jul 24 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
44	96	Jul 24 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
45	97	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
46	98	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	GS	46	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B 3B
47	99	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
48	100	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	101	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	106 (4)	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
51	108 (1)	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
52	113 (4)	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
53	114	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
54	115	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,20-6	GF	33	6.0	3	0	0	3	2	PH 1B
55	116	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
56	118 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-6	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
57	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B 3B
58	121 (1)	Aug 20	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
59	122	Aug 21	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	GS	19	5.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
60	127 (4)	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
61	129 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
62	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	132 (1)	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
64	133	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	L,5-10	GF	21	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
65	134	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	GF	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
66	136 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
67	138 (1)	Sep 8	NYY		KCA	W,13-0	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
68	140 (1)	Sep 10	NYY		CHW	L,8-9	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
69	141	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
70	142	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
71	143	Sep 13	NYY		DET	W,6-0	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
72	148 (4)	Sep 20 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	18	4.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
73	150 (1)	Sep 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	13	4.0	5	0	0	5	4	1B
74	154 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	28	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
							77gm		558.0	520	40	7	567	63