John Skopec

John S. Skopec
(Buckshot)

• Bats Right, Throws Left
• Height 5' 10", Weight 190 lb.

• Debut April 25, 1901
• Final Game September 11, 1903
• Born May 8, 1880 in Chicago, IL USA
• Died October 20, 1912 in Chicago, IL USA

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Biographical Information

"John Skopec is without a doubt the best pitcher in the Southern League and would be a star in the big Leagues if he were only ambitious and did more practicing. He has a great abundance of speed and an endless assortment of slants and curves, but he is wild. He should be worked more." - from the Little Rock correspondent to Sporting Life, June 28, 1902

John "Buckshot" Skopec pitched for the 1901 White Sox and the 1903 Tigers.

The book Ed Barrow indicates that Skopec was released in late 1903. Skopec claimed there was dissension on the team regarding Barrow. Barrow, for his part, claimed that Skopec "refused to come east with the team because he could not have a lower bunk in the sleeper". Skopec had been acquired from St. Paul.

He also played in the Southern Association in 1902 and for Newark in 1905.

Skopec gave up the first home run in American League history, one by Erve Beck.