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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYY		MIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
3	3	Apr 17	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
6	6	Apr 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 22 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
8	8	Apr 22 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	T,5-5	CG	30	6.2	6	1	0	7	0	1B
9	9	Apr 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
10	10	Apr 24	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
11	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	DET	W,13-11	CG	48	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
12	12	Apr 27	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
13	13	Apr 29	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
14	14	Apr 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
15	15	Apr 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
17	17	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
18	18	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
19	19	May 5	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
20	20	May 6	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
21	21	May 7	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
22	22	May 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
23	23	May 10	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
24	24	May 12	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
25	25	May 13	NYY		DET	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
26	26	May 14 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
27	27	May 14 (2)	NYY		DET	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
28	28	May 16	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
29	29	May 17	NYY		WSA	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	1B
30	30	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
31	31	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
32	32	May 21 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
33	33	May 21 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
34	34	May 22	NYY		BAL	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
35	35	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
36	36	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
37	37	May 28 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,9-14	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
38	38	May 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
39	39	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
40	40	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
41	41	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
43	43	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
44	44	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
45	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
46	46	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
47	47	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
48	48	Jun 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
49	49	Jun 7	NYY		MIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
50	50	Jun 8 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
51	51	Jun 8 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
52	52	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
53	53	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
54	54	Jun 11 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
55	55	Jun 11 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
56	56	Jun 12	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
57	57	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
58	58	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
59	59	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
60	60	Jun 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
61	61	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,10-12	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
62	62	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
63	63	Jun 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	11	1	0	12	1	1B
64	64	Jun 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
65	65	Jun 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
66	66	Jun 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
67	67	Jun 23	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
68	68	Jun 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
69	69	Jun 25	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
70	70	Jun 26	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
71	71	Jun 27	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
72	72	Jun 28	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
73	73	Jun 30	NYY		WSA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	74	Jul 1	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
75	75	Jul 2	NYY		WSA	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
76	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
77	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	46	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
78	79 (1)	Jul 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
79	80	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	W,14-3	GS	25	7.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
80	81	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
81	88 (6)	Jul 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	GS	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
82	89	Jul 18	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
83	90	Jul 19 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
84	91	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	GS	41	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
85	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
86	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-9	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
87	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	9	3	0	12	1	1B
88	95	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
89	96	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
90	97	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
91	98	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
92	99	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
93	100	Jul 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
94	101	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	103 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
96	104	Aug 2 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	5	6	0	11	0	1B
97	105	Aug 3	NYY		KCA	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
98	107 (1)	Aug 5	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
99	109 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
100	110	Aug 7	NYY		LAA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
101	111	Aug 8	NYY		LAA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
102	112	Aug 9	NYY		LAA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
103	113	Aug 10	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
104	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
105	115	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
106	116	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
107	118 (1)	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
108	119	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
109	120	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
110	122 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
111	123	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
112	124	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
113	125	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
114	126	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	CG	48	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
115	127	Aug 24	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
116	128	Aug 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
117	129	Aug 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
118	130	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
119	131	Aug 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
120	132	Aug 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
121	133	Aug 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	134	Sep 1	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
123	135	Sep 2	NYY		DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
124	136	Sep 3	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
125	137	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
126	138	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	2	1	9	1	1B
127	139	Sep 5	NYY		WSA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
128	140	Sep 6	NYY		WSA	W,8-0	GS	22	6.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
129	141	Sep 7	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
130	142	Sep 8	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
131	143	Sep 9	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
132	144	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
133	145	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
134	146	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	25	5.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
135	147	Sep 14 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
136	148	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	8	0	0	8	2	1B
137	149	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
138	150	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
139	151	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	47	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	1B
140	152	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	54	12.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
141	153	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
142	154	Sep 19 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
143	155	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
144	157 (1)	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
145	158	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
146	160 (1)	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
147	161	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
148	162	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
149	163	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	GS	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
							149gm		1291.0	1228	102	10	1340	146