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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
2	3 (1)	Apr 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
3	4	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	51	11.1	17	3	0	20	0	1B
4	5	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
5	7 (1)	Apr 16	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	CG	42	12.0	17	0	0	17	3	1B
6	8	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
7	9	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
8	12 (2)	Apr 21 (1)	LAD		HOU	W,11-3	GF	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
9	13	Apr 21 (2)	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
10	14	Apr 22	LAD		MLN	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
11	15	Apr 23	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
12	16	Apr 24	LAD		CIN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
13	17	Apr 25	LAD		CIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
14	18	Apr 26	LAD		STL	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
15	19	Apr 27	LAD		STL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
16	20	Apr 28	LAD		STL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
17	21	Apr 29	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22	May 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
19	23	May 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-13	CG	46	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
20	24	May 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
21	25	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
22	26	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
23	34 (7)	May 15	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
24	36 (1)	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
25	37	May 18	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	GF	26	6.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
26	39 (1)	May 19 (2)	LAD		NYM	W,4-2	CG	52	13.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
27	40	May 21	LAD		NYM	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
28	43 (2)	May 25	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
29	45 (1)	May 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-0	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
30	46	May 29	LAD	@	MLN	T,3-3	CG	27	6.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
31	47	May 30	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	2	10	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	56 (8)	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-8	GS	24	5.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
33	57	Jun 10	LAD		SFG	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
34	64 (6)	Jun 16 (2)	LAD		CHC	W,2-0	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
35	65	Jun 17	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
36	66	Jun 18	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
37	67	Jun 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
38	68	Jun 21	LAD	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
39	69	Jun 22	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
40	72 (2)	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	78 (5)	Jul 2	LAD		STL	W,1-0	GS	23	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
42	81 (2)	Jul 5	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	GS	22	7.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
43	87 (5)	Jul 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
44	88	Jul 13	LAD	@	NYM	W,11-2	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
45	95 (6)	Jul 19	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
46	96	Jul 20	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS	9	2.1	4	0	0	4	0	1B
47	101 (4)	Jul 25	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
48	102	Jul 26	LAD		PHI	L,5-6	GS	22	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	112 (9)	Aug 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
50	114 (1)	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
51	117 (2)	Aug 13	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
52	128 (10)	Aug 24	LAD		MLN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
53	130 (1)	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	136 (5)	Sep 1	LAD		SFG	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	141 (4)	Sep 5	LAD		CHC	W,4-0	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
56	142	Sep 6	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
57	143	Sep 7	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
58	144	Sep 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
59	146 (1)	Sep 11	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
60	148 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
61	149	Sep 13 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	31	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
62	153 (3)	Sep 17	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
63	157 (3)	Sep 22	LAD		PIT	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
64	160 (2)	Sep 26	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
65	161	Sep 27	LAD		PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
66	162	Sep 28	LAD		PHI	L,3-12	GF	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
67	163	Sep 29	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
							67gm		509.2	518	34	5	557	44