Bill Skowron (original) (raw)
Bill Skowron
Full name William Joseph Skowron |
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Born December 18, 1930, Chicago, Illinois |
Died April 27, 2012, Arlington Heights, Illinois |
Buried at Maryhill Cemetery, Niles, Illinois |
First Game: April 13, 1954; Final Game: October 1, 1967 |
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 195 |
Named Minor League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1952) |
Named first baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1960) |
SABR Biography |
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1954 NY A Daily Splits 87 215 37 73 12 9 7 41 19 0 18 1 0 2 0 2 8 2 1 .340 .392 .577 1.9 1954 NY A 1955 NY A Daily Splits 108 288 46 92 17 3 12 61 21 4 32 3 0 2 0 3 11 1 1 .319 .369 .524 1.1 1955 NY A 1956 NY A Daily Splits 134 464 78 143 21 6 23 90 50 3 60 6 2 1 0 14 16 4 4 .308 .382 .528 2.4 1956 NY A 1957 NY A Daily Splits 122 457 54 139 15 5 17 88 31 6 60 3 3 7 0 11 17 3 2 .304 .347 .470 1.4 1957 NY A 1958 NY A Daily Splits 126 465 61 127 22 3 14 73 28 1 69 4 1 5 0 8 16 1 1 .273 .317 .424 -0.6 1958 NY A 1959 NY A Daily Splits 74 282 39 84 13 5 15 59 20 0 47 3 2 2 0 3 10 1 0 .298 .349 .539 1.2 1959 NY A 1960 NY A Daily Splits 146 538 63 166 34 3 26 91 38 2 95 2 0 6 0 11 17 2 3 .309 .353 .528 3.1 1960 NY A 1961 NY A Daily Splits 150 561 77 150 23 4 28 89 35 9 108 8 0 3 0 12 21 0 0 .267 .318 .472 0.0 1961 NY A 1962 NY A Daily Splits 140 478 63 129 16 6 23 80 36 4 99 5 1 4 0 7 13 0 1 .270 .325 .473 -0.5 1962 NY A 1963 LA N Daily Splits 89 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 13 4 49 3 2 1 0 8 10 0 1 .203 .252 .287 -1.9 1963 LA N 1964 WAS A Daily Splits 73 262 28 71 10 0 13 41 11 2 56 3 0 2 0 1 7 0 0 .271 .306 .458 -0.3 1964 WAS A 1964 CHI A Daily Splits 73 273 19 80 11 3 4 38 19 4 36 1 0 4 0 7 7 0 0 .293 .337 .399 -0.2 1964 CHI A 1964 TOT A 146 535 47 151 21 3 17 79 30 6 92 4 0 6 0 8 14 0 0 .282 .322 .428 -0.5 1964 TOT A 1965 CHI A Daily Splits 146 559 63 153 24 3 18 78 32 4 77 5 4 5 0 8 22 1 3 .274 .316 .424 -0.7 1965 CHI A 1966 CHI A Daily Splits 120 337 27 84 15 2 6 29 26 4 45 3 2 1 0 11 11 1 1 .249 .308 .359 -0.4 1966 CHI A 1967 CHI A Daily Splits 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 1967 CHI A 1967 CAL A Daily Splits 62 123 8 27 2 1 1 10 4 1 18 4 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 .220 .267 .276 -0.9 1967 CAL A 1967 TOT A 70 131 8 27 2 1 1 11 4 1 19 4 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 .206 .252 .260 -1.1 1967 TOT A Total NL ( 1 Year ) 89 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 13 4 49 3 2 1 0 8 10 0 1 .203 .252 .287 -1.9 Total NL Total AL (13 Years) 1569 5310 663 1518 235 53 207 869 370 44 821 51 15 44 0 101 182 16 17 .286 .336 .467 7.3 Total AL Total (14 Years) Splits 1658 5547 682 1566 243 53 211 888 383 48 870 54 17 45 0 109 192 16 18 .282 .332 .459 5.4 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1955 NY A Daily Splits 5 12 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .750 1955 NY A 1956 NY A Daily Splits 3 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .400 1956 NY A 1957 NY A Daily Splits 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 NY A 1958 NY A Daily Splits 7 27 3 7 0 0 2 7 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .259 .286 .481 1958 NY A 1960 NY A Daily Splits 7 32 7 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .375 .364 .625 1960 NY A 1961 NY A Daily Splits 5 17 3 6 0 0 1 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .353 .450 .529 1961 NY A 1962 NY A Daily Splits 6 18 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .300 .333 1962 NY A 1963 LA N Daily Splits 4 13 2 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .385 .429 .615 1963 LA N Total ( 8 Years) Splits 39 133 19 39 4 1 8 29 6 1 26 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 .293 .326 .519 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1957 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1957 AL 1958 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1958 AL 1959 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1959 AL 1960 AL Daily Splits 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1960 AL Total ( 4 Years) Splits 5 14 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .467 .500 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1954 NY A Daily Splits 1B 61 56 17 397.2 395 28 6 48 1 .986 1954 NY A 3B 5 2 1 23 1 11 0 0 0 1.000 1954 NY A 2B 2 1 1 10 3 6 1 0 0 .900 1955 NY A Daily Splits 1B 74 69 42 548 517 37 6 63 0 .989 1955 NY A 3B 3 0 0 10 3 3 1 0 0 .857 1956 NY A Daily Splits 1B 120 117 99 1011.1 968 80 7 138 0 .993 1956 NY A 3B 2 2 1 17 1 6 1 0 0 .875 1957 NY A Daily Splits 1B 115 111 105 1012.1 1026 86 9 116 0 .992 1958 NY A Daily Splits 1B 118 114 108 1011 1040 71 8 112 1 .993 1958 NY A 3B 2 2 2 16 1 1 5 0 0 .286 1959 NY A Daily Splits 1B 72 71 60 607.1 626 43 6 68 0 .991 1960 NY A Daily Splits 1B 142 140 118 1200.1 1202 115 12 130 0 .991 1961 NY A Daily Splits 1B 149 147 142 1291 1228 102 10 146 0 .993 1962 NY A Daily Splits 1B 135 123 113 1116.1 1054 77 10 101 0 .991 1963 LA N Daily Splits 1B 66 60 39 507.2 518 34 5 44 0 .991 1963 LA N 3B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1964 WAS A Daily Splits 1B 66 63 58 559 591 40 4 41 0 .994 1964 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 70 70 53 602 621 40 1 53 0 .998 1964 TOT A 1B 136 133 111 1161 1212 80 5 94 0 .996 1965 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 145 143 87 1220.1 1297 74 8 116 0 .994 1966 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 98 92 40 689.1 722 60 7 75 0 .991 1967 CAL A Daily Splits 1B 32 27 17 224 238 16 3 15 0 .988 Total (14 Years) Splits 1B 1463 1403 1098 11997.2 12043 903 102 1266 2 .992 Total ( 5 Years) 3B 13 6 4 68 6 21 7 0 0 .794 Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 2 1 1 10 3 6 1 0 0 .900 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1955 NY A Daily Splits 1B 3 3 2 22 22 3 1 1 0 .962 1956 NY A Daily Splits 1B 2 2 2 17 21 4 1 3 0 .962 1957 NY A Daily Splits 1B 2 1 0 6 5 2 0 1 0 1.000 1958 NY A Daily Splits 1B 7 7 7 63.2 55 4 0 4 0 1.000 1960 NY A Daily Splits 1B 7 7 7 61 70 6 0 9 0 1.000 1961 NY A Daily Splits 1B 5 5 5 45 46 5 0 1 0 1.000 1962 NY A Daily Splits 1B 6 6 5 50 52 1 0 3 0 1.000 1963 LA N Daily Splits 1B 4 4 4 36 30 4 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 8 Years) Splits 1B 36 35 32 300.2 301 29 2 23 0 .994 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1957 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 0 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 1.000 1958 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 1 9 8 0 0 1 0 1.000 1959 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 1 0 1.000 1960 AL Daily Splits 1B 2 2 0 12 15 0 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 4 Years) Splits 1B 5 4 1 32 31 1 0 4 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1950).
Traded by New York Yankees to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Stan Williams (November 26, 1962).
Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Washington Senators (December 6, 1963).
Traded by Washington Senators with Carl Bouldin to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Joe Cunningham and a player to be named later (July 13, 1964); Washington Senators received Frank Kreutzer (July 28, 1964).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to California Angels in exchange for Cotton Nash and cash (May 6, 1967).
Released by California Angels (October 9, 1967).