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Bill Skowron
William Joseph Skowron Jr. (Moose)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.
School Purdue University

Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game October 1, 1967
Born December 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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        My father always admired Moose's ability to hit any pitch, regardless of it's proximity to the strike zone. And, Skowron was the 1b (my favorite position) on my favorite team, the 61' Yankees.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 23 NYY AL  87  215   37   73  12  9   7   41   2  1  19  18  .340  .392  .577  167  124   0   2       1   8
 1955 24 NYY AL 108  288   46   92  17  3  12   61   1  1  21  32  .319  .369  .524  140  151   0   2   4   3  11
 1956 25 NYY AL 134  464   78  143  21  6  23   90   4  4  50  60  .308  .382  .528  142  245   2   1   3   6  16
 1957 26 NYY AL 122  457   54  139  15  5  17   88   3  2  31  60  .304  .347  .470  124  215   3   7   6   3  17 MVP-22,AS
 1958 27 NYY AL 126  465   61  127  22  3  14   73   1  1  28  69  .273  .317  .424  106  197   1   5   1   4  16 AS
 1959 28 NYY AL  74  282   39   84  13  5  15   59   1  0  20  47  .298  .349  .539  145  152   2   2   0   3  10 AS
 1960 29 NYY AL 146  538   63  166  34  3  26   91   2  3  38  95  .309  .353  .528  142  284   0   6   2   2  17 MVP-9,AS
 1961 30 NYY AL 150  561   76  150  23  4  28   89   0  0  35 108  .267  .318  .472  113  265   0   3   9   8  21 AS
 1962 31 NYY AL 140  478   63  129  16  6  23   80   0  1  36  99  .270  .325  .473  115  226   1   4   4   5  13
 1963 32 LAD NL  89  237   19   48   8  0   4   19   0  1  13  49  .203  .252  .287   60   68   2   1   4   3  10
 1964 33 TOT AL 146  535   47  151  21  3  17   79   0  0  30  92  .282  .322  .428  108  229   0   6   6   4  14
         WSA AL  73  262   28   71  10  0  13   41   0  0  11  56  .271  .306  .458  110  120   0   2   2   3   7
         CHW AL  73  273   19   80  11  3   4   38   0  0  19  36  .293  .337  .399  107  109   0   4   4   1   7
 1965 34 CHW AL 146  559   63  153  24  3  18   78   1  3  32  77  .274  .316  .424  116  237   4   5   4   5  22 AS
 1966 35 CHW AL 120  337   27   84  15  2   6   29   1  1  26  45  .249  .308  .359   98  121   2   1   4   3  11
 1967 36 TOT AL  70  131    8   27   2  1   1   11   0  0   4  19  .206  .252  .260   55   34   0   0   1   4   6
         CHW AL   8    8    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
         CAL AL  62  123    8   27   2  1   1   10   0  0   4  18  .220  .267  .276   65   34   0   0   1   4   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1658 5547  681 1566 243 53 211  888  16 18 383 870  .282  .332  .459  120 2548  17  45  48  54 192
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        542   67  153  24  5  21   87   2  2  37  85  .282  .332  .459  120  249   2   4   5   5  19
 Career High    150  561   78  166  34  9  28   91   4  4  50 108  .319  .382  .539  145  284   4   7   9   8  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 23 NYY AL  237  153   49   8.6    96| .340  .262| .392  .337| .577  .383| .969  .719| 167  .783  18.3   1.8  66%
 1955 24 NYY AL  314  210   52   6.6   102| .319  .265| .369  .344| .524  .395| .893  .739| 140  .663  14.9   1.5  50%
 1956 25 NYY AL  523  344   90   7.0   104| .308  .264| .382  .345| .528  .402| .910  .748| 142  .665  26.4   2.5  50%
 1957 26 NYY AL  501  347   70   5.5    98| .304  .261| .347  .332| .470  .393| .817  .726| 124  .597  13.7   1.4  60%
 1958 27 NYY AL  503  361   59   4.4    95| .273  .257| .317  .325| .424  .390| .741  .715| 106  .507   3.0   0.3  50%
 1959 28 NYY AL  309  212   50   6.3    95| .298  .256| .349  .326| .539  .391| .888  .717| 145  .661  15.6   1.6 100%
 1960 29 NYY AL  584  398   95   6.4    96| .309  .256| .353  .329| .528  .392| .881  .721| 142  .659  29.6   2.9  40%
 1961 30 NYY AL  607  435   78   4.8   100| .267  .258| .318  .332| .472  .401| .790  .734| 113  .513   7.9   0.8   0%
 1962 31 NYY AL  524  368   71   5.2   100| .270  .260| .325  .331| .473  .404| .798  .735| 115  .559   8.0   0.8   0%
 1963 32 LAD NL  256  203   15   2.0    84| .203  .246| .252  .307| .287  .368| .539  .675|  60  .225 -11.8  -1.3   0%
 1964 33 TOT AL  575  404   71   4.7    95| .282  .254| .322  .322| .428  .394| .750  .716| 108  .550   5.1   0.5   0%
         WSA AL  278  200   35   4.7    96| .271  .256| .306  .324| .458  .397| .764  .721| 110  .548   2.4   0.2   0%
         CHW AL  297  204   36   4.8    94| .293  .252| .337  .320| .399  .392| .736  .712| 107  .552   2.7   0.3   0%
 1965 34 CHW AL  605  440   68   4.2    86| .274  .243| .316  .311| .424  .372| .740  .683| 116  .515  10.0   1.1  25%
 1966 35 CHW AL  369  268   35   3.5    84| .249  .240| .308  .306| .359  .370| .667  .676|  98  .452  -0.8  -0.1  50%
 1967 36 TOT AL  139  110    8   2.0    80| .206  .237| .252  .306| .260  .356| .512  .662|  55  .236  -7.5  -0.8   0%
         CHW AL    8    9    0   0.0    79| .000  .235| .000  .303| .000  .353| .000  .656|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         CAL AL  131  101    8   2.1    80| .220  .238| .267  .306| .276  .356| .543  .662|  65  .265  -5.6  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     6046 4253  811   5.1    95| .282  .255| .332  .326| .459  .390| .791  .716| 120  .573 132.2  13.0  47%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 23 NYY AL 1B 61 395 28 6 48 .986 .990 6.93 8.00 3B 5 1 11 0 0 1.000 .960 2.40 3.08 2B 2 3 6 1 0 .900 .978 4.50 4.85 1955 24 NYY AL 1B 74 517 37 6 63 .989 .991 7.49 8.17 3B 3 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 2.00 2.73 1956 25 NYY AL 1B 120 968 80 7 138 .993 .990 8.73 7.99 9.33 8.90 117 1011.3 3B 2 1 6 1 0 .875 .946 3.50 2.80 3.71 3.23 2 17.0 1957 26 NYY AL 1B 115 1026 86 9 116 .992 .992 9.67 8.36 9.89 8.89 111 1012.3 AS 1958 27 NYY AL 1B 118 1040 71 8 112 .993 .991 9.42 8.47 9.89 8.90 114 1011.0 AS 3B 2 1 1 5 0 .286 .952 1.00 2.60 1.12 3.09 2 16.0 AS 1959 28 NYY AL 1B 72 626 43 6 68 .991 .990 9.29 8.27 9.91 9.84 71 607.3 AS 1960 29 NYY AL 1B 142 1202 115 12 130 .991 .991 9.27 7.04 9.88 7.50 140 1200.3 AS 1961 30 NYY AL 1B 149 1228 102 10 146 .993 .990 8.93 6.71 9.27 6.97 147 1291.0 AS 1962 31 NYY AL 1B 135 1054 77 10 101 .991 .990 8.38 7.41 9.12 8.06 123 1116.3 1963 32 LAD NL 1B 66 518 34 5 44 .991 .989 8.36 8.36 9.79 9.81 60 507.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1964 33 TOT AL 1B 136 1212 80 5 94 .996 .991 9.50 8.12 10.02 9.43 133 1161.0 WSA AL 1B 66 591 40 4 41 .994 .991 9.56 8.12 10.16 9.43 63 559.0 CHW AL 1B 70 621 40 1 53 .998 .991 9.44 8.12 9.88 9.43 70 602.0 1965 34 CHW AL 1B 145 1297 74 8 116 .994 .991 9.46 6.90 10.11 7.37 143 1220.3 AS 1966 35 CHW AL 1B 98 722 60 7 75 .991 .991 7.98 8.18 10.21 9.59 92 689.3 1967 36 CAL AL 1B 32 238 16 3 15 .988 .991 7.94 8.32 10.21 9.53 27 224.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 23 NYY AL 1B 61 395 28 6 48 .986 .990 6.93 8.00 1955 24 NYY AL 1B 74 517 37 6 63 .989 .991 7.49 8.17 1956 25 NYY AL 1B 120 968 80 7 138 .993 .990 8.73 7.99 9.33 8.90 117 1011.3 1957 26 NYY AL 1B 115 1026 86 9 116 .992 .992 9.67 8.36 9.89 8.89 111 1012.3 1958 27 NYY AL 1B 118 1040 71 8 112 .993 .991 9.42 8.47 9.89 8.90 114 1011.0 1959 28 NYY AL 1B 72 626 43 6 68 .991 .990 9.29 8.27 9.91 9.84 71 607.3 1960 29 NYY AL 1B 142 1202 115 12 130 .991 .991 9.27 7.04 9.88 7.50 140 1200.3 1961 30 NYY AL 1B 149 1228 102 10 146 .993 .990 8.93 6.71 9.27 6.97 147 1291.0 1962 31 NYY AL 1B 135 1054 77 10 101 .991 .990 8.38 7.41 9.12 8.06 123 1116.3 1963 32 LAD NL 1B 66 518 34 5 44 .991 .989 8.36 8.36 9.79 9.81 60 507.7 1964 33 TOT AL 1B 136 1212 80 5 94 .996 .991 9.50 8.12 10.02 9.43 133 1161.0 WSA AL 1B 66 591 40 4 41 .994 .991 9.56 8.12 10.16 9.43 63 559.0 CHW AL 1B 70 621 40 1 53 .998 .991 9.44 8.12 9.88 9.43 70 602.0 1965 34 CHW AL 1B 145 1297 74 8 116 .994 .991 9.46 6.90 10.11 7.37 143 1220.3 1966 35 CHW AL 1B 98 722 60 7 75 .991 .991 7.98 8.18 10.21 9.59 92 689.3 1967 36 CAL AL 1B 32 238 16 3 15 .988 .991 7.94 8.32 10.21 9.53 27 224.0 1954 23 NYY AL 2B 2 3 6 1 0 .900 .978 4.50 4.85 1954 23 NYY AL 3B 5 1 11 0 0 1.000 .960 2.40 3.08 1955 24 NYY AL 3B 3 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 2.00 2.73 1956 25 NYY AL 3B 2 1 6 1 0 .875 .946 3.50 2.80 3.71 3.23 2 17.0 1958 27 NYY AL 3B 2 1 1 5 0 .286 .952 1.00 2.60 1.12 3.09 2 16.0 1963 32 LAD NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 3.15 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1463 12043 903 102 1266 .992 .991 8.85 7.75 1278 11052.0 3B* 13 6 21 7 0 .794 .954 2.08 2.84 4 35.0 2B 2 3 6 1 0 .900 .978 4.50 4.85 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1478 12052 930 110 1266 .992 .991 8.78 7.70
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    NYY BRO     L   5  12   2   4  2  0  1   3   0   1  .333  .333  .750   0  0   0   0   0 
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   3  10   1   1  0  0  1   4   0   3  .100  .100  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
 1957   WS    NYY MLN     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1958   WS    NYY MLN     W   7  27   3   7  0  0  2   7   1   4  .259  .286  .481   0  0   0   0   0 
 1960   WS    NYY PIT     L   7  32   7  12  2  0  2   6   0   6  .375  .364  .625   0  0   0   1   0 
 1961   WS    NYY CIN     W   5  17   3   6  0  0  1   5   3   4  .353  .450  .529   0  0   0   0   0 
 1962   WS    NYY SFG     W   6  18   1   4  0  1  0   1   1   5  .222  .300  .333   0  0   0   0   1 
 1963   WS    LAD NYY     W   4  13   2   5  0  0  1   3   1   3  .385  .429  .615   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  8 World Series        5-3  39 133  19  39  4  1  8  29   6  26  .293  .326  .519   0  0   0   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1957   NYY AL       3   1   2  1  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1958   NYY AL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1959-1 NYY AL   *   3   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1959-2 NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1960-1 NYY AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1960-2 NYY AL   *   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1961-2 NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1965   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/8      4  14   1   6  1  0  0   0   1   4   0  0   0   0   0  .429  .467  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1957 *
1958 (1B)
1959-1 (1B)
1959-2
1960-1 (1B)
1960-2 (1B)
1961-2
1965

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1957-AL-22-0.01
1960-AL-9-0.17
Car-755-0.18 shares

Batting Average
1957 AL-.304-7
1960 AL-.309-4

Slugging %
1956 AL-.528-6
1957 AL-.470-10
1960 AL-.528-5

OPS
1956 AL-.910-10
1960 AL-.881-5

Hits
1960 AL-166-7

Total Bases
1960 AL-284-3

Doubles
1960 AL-34-2

Triples
1954 AL-9-6

Home Runs
1960 AL-26-8
1961 AL-28-8

RBI
1956 AL-90-10
1957 AL-88-8
1960 AL-91-8

Strikeouts
1960 AL-95-4
1961 AL-108-6
1962 AL-99-9

Adjusted OPS+
1956 AL-142-7
1957 AL-124-10
1960 AL-142-5

Runs Created
1960 AL-95-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1956 AL-26-9
1960 AL-30-5

Batting Wins
1956 AL-2.5-9
1960 AL-2.9-5

Extra-Base Hits
1960 AL-63-2

Offensive Win%
1960 AL-.659-7

Hit By Pitch
1961 AL-8-5
1965 AL-5-9

Sac. Flies
1957 AL-7-5
1960 AL-6-9
1964 AL-6-10

Intentional Walks
1957 AL-6-10
1961 AL-9-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1957 AL-17-4
1960 AL-17-8
1961 AL-21-2
1965 AL-22-3
Car-192-100

At Bats per Home Run
1956 AL-20.2-9
1960 AL-20.7-8
1962 AL-20.8-10

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 43 (568) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.1 (1082) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 38.0 (479) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 26, 1962: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Stan Williams.

December 6, 1963: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

July 13, 1964: Traded by the Washington Senators with Carl Bouldin to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later and Joe Cunningham. The Chicago White Sox sent Frank Kreutzer (July 28, 1964) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

May 6, 1967: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the California Angels for Cotton Nash and cash.

October 9, 1967: Released by the California Angels.


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