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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYY		BAL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
2	2	Apr 13	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
3	3	Apr 14	NYY	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
4	4	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
5	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
8	9 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
9	10	Apr 24	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
10	11	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
11	12	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSA	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
12	13	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSA	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
13	15 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
15	17	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
16	18	May 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
17	21 (2)	May 6 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
18	22	May 9	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
19	23	May 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
20	24	May 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
21	25	May 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
22	26	May 13 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
23	27	May 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
24	28	May 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
25	29	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
26	30	May 18	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
27	31	May 19	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
28	32	May 20 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
29	33	May 20 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,2-4	CG	56	13.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
30	34	May 22	NYY		LAA	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	17	2	0	19	0	1B
31	35	May 23	NYY		KCA	W,13-7	GS	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
32	36	May 24	NYY		KCA	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	37	May 25	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
34	38	May 26	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
35	39	May 27 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
36	41 (1)	May 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
37	42	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
38	43	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	9	1	0	10	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	44	Jun 1	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
40	45	Jun 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
41	46	Jun 3	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	1B
42	47	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
43	48	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	49	Jun 8	NYY		BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
45	50	Jun 9	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
46	51	Jun 10 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
47	52	Jun 10 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
48	54 (1)	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	55	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
50	56	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-10	GF	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
51	57	Jun 17 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
52	60 (2)	Jun 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
53	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
54	64 (2)	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	95	22.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
55	65	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
56	66	Jun 26	NYY		MIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
57	67	Jun 27	NYY		MIN	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
58	68	Jun 28	NYY		MIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
59	69	Jun 29	NYY		LAA	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
60	70	Jun 30	NYY		LAA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	72 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		LAA	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
62	73	Jul 2	NYY		KCA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
63	74	Jul 3	NYY		KCA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	75	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,1-11	GF	15	3.0	2	0	1	3	1	1B
65	76	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	1B
66	77	Jul 6	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
67	78	Jul 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
68	79	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
69	80	Jul 12	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
70	81	Jul 13	NYY	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
71	84 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
72	85	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
73	86	Jul 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
74	87	Jul 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
75	88	Jul 19	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
76	89	Jul 20	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
77	90	Jul 21	NYY		WSA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
78	93 (2)	Jul 24	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
79	94	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	99 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
81	101 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	102	Aug 1 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
83	103	Aug 1 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
84	104	Aug 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
85	105	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	42	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
86	107 (1)	Aug 6	NYY		MIN	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
87	108	Aug 7	NYY		MIN	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
88	109	Aug 8 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
89	110	Aug 8 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
90	111	Aug 10	NYY		DET	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
91	112	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
92	113	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
93	114	Aug 12	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
94	115	Aug 13	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
95	116	Aug 14	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
96	117	Aug 15	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
97	118	Aug 16	NYY	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	43	9.1	8	0	1	9	2	1B
98	120 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B
99	122 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	KCA	W,21-7	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
100	124 (1)	Aug 21	NYY	@	LAA	W,11-4	CG	46	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
101	125	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
102	126	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	51	12.1	15	0	0	15	2	1B
103	128 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-14	CG	48	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
104	129	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,6-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
105	130	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	8	1	0	9	1	1B
106	131	Aug 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
107	132	Aug 27	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
108	133	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
109	135 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
110	136	Aug 31	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	137	Sep 1	NYY		KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
112	138	Sep 2	NYY		KCA	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
113	139	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
114	140	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		LAA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
115	141	Sep 4	NYY		LAA	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
116	142	Sep 6	NYY		LAA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
117	143	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
118	144	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
119	145	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
120	146	Sep 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	64	16.0	18	0	0	18	4	1B
121	147	Sep 10	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
122	148	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	32	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
123	150 (1)	Sep 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
124	151	Sep 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
125	152	Sep 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
126	153	Sep 18	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
127	154	Sep 19	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
128	155	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
129	156	Sep 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
130	157	Sep 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
131	158	Sep 25	NYY		WSA	W,8-3	GF	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
132	159	Sep 26	NYY		WSA	W,9-5	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
133	160	Sep 28	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	GS	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
134	161	Sep 29	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
135	162	Sep 30	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	GS	23	5.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
							135gm		1116.1	1054	77	10	1141	101