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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
2	2	Apr 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
3	3	Apr 15	CHW		WSA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
4	4	Apr 17	CHW		WSA	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
5	5	Apr 18 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
6	6	Apr 18 (2)	CHW		WSA	L,1-4	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
7	7	Apr 19	CHW		BAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
8	8	Apr 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS	36	10.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
9	9	Apr 23	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
10	10	Apr 24	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
11	11	Apr 27	CHW		BOS	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
12	12	Apr 30	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
14	14	May 2 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
15	16 (1)	May 4	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
16	17	May 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
17	18	May 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
18	19	May 7	CHW	@	MIN	W,13-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
19	20	May 8	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
20	22 (1)	May 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
21	23	May 12 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
22	24	May 12 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
23	25	May 13	CHW		KCA	W,6-3	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
24	26	May 14	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
25	27	May 15	CHW		CAL	W,8-3	GS	28	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
26	28	May 16 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
27	29	May 16 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,5-4	GS	23	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
28	30	May 17	CHW	@	KCA	W,13-2	GS	25	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
29	31	May 18	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
30	32	May 19	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
31	33	May 21	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
32	34	May 22	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
33	35	May 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
34	36	May 24	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
35	37	May 25	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
36	38	May 26	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
37	39	May 28	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
38	40	May 29	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	GS	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
39	41	May 30	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	52	12.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
40	42	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
41	43	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	55	15.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
43	45	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
44	46	Jun 6 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
45	47	Jun 6 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-12	GS	37	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
46	48	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
47	49	Jun 8	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
48	50	Jun 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
49	53 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
50	55 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
51	56	Jun 15	CHW		MIN	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
52	57	Jun 16	CHW		MIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
53	58	Jun 17	CHW		MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
54	59	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
55	60	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
56	61	Jun 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
57	62	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		WSA	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
58	63	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
59	64	Jun 25	CHW		BAL	W,6-0	GS	28	8.0	8	2	0	10	4	1B
60	65	Jun 26	CHW		BAL	L,0-2	CG	51	14.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
61	66	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
62	67	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,4-0	GS	30	7.0	4	0	1	5	1	1B
63	68	Jun 28	CHW	@	MIN	W,17-4	GS	30	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
64	69	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	37	8.2	7	2	0	9	1	1B
65	70	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
66	71	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	72	Jul 2	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
68	73	Jul 3	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
69	74	Jul 4	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
70	75	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
71	76	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
72	77	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
73	78	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
74	85 (6)	Jul 17	CHW		CAL	W,5-2	GF	26	7.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
75	86	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	17	1	0	18	2	1B
76	87	Jul 18 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
77	88	Jul 19	CHW		KCA	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
78	89	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
79	90	Jul 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
80	91	Jul 23	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
81	92	Jul 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
82	93	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
83	94	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
84	95	Jul 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
85	96	Jul 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
86	97	Jul 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-4	GS	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
87	98	Jul 30	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	12	1	1	14	3	1B
88	99	Jul 31	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	100	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
90	102 (1)	Aug 2	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
91	103	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
92	104	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
93	105	Aug 5	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
94	106	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	W,11-5	GS	38	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
95	107	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
96	108	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
97	109	Aug 10	CHW		WSA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
98	110	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		WSA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
99	111	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
100	112	Aug 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
101	113	Aug 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
102	114	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
103	115	Aug 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
104	116	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-2	GS	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
105	117	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-1	GS	9	2.0	2	0	1	3	0	1B
106	119 (1)	Aug 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
107	120	Aug 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-6	GS	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
108	121	Aug 22 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	GS	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
109	122	Aug 22 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
110	123	Aug 23	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	52	12.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
111	124	Aug 24	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
112	125	Aug 25	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
113	126	Aug 26	CHW		BAL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
114	127	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
115	128	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
116	129	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
117	130	Aug 29 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
118	132 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
119	133	Aug 31 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	134	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
121	135	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
122	136	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
123	137	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
124	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
125	139	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
126	140	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
127	141	Sep 7	CHW		CLE	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
128	142	Sep 8	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
129	143	Sep 9	CHW		MIN	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
130	144	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
131	145	Sep 11	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
132	146	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	GS	28	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
133	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
134	148	Sep 15 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,8-1	GS	28	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
135	149	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	54	13.1	14	0	0	14	0	1B
136	150	Sep 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
137	151	Sep 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
138	152	Sep 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
139	153	Sep 21	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
140	154	Sep 22	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
141	155	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
142	156	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS	26	6.2	7	0	0	7	0	1B
143	157	Sep 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
144	158	Sep 28 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
145	159	Sep 28 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
							145gm		1220.1	1297	74	8	1379	116