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Bill Skowron
William Joseph (Jr.) Skowron (Moose)

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

MLB Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game October 1, 1967
Born December 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL
Died April 27, 2012 (age 81)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 23 NYA AL   84  222   41   79  13  11  14   59   0   0   29   21  .356  .427  .703 1.130   164   156   1   3   6   1   3  
 1955 24 NYA AL  107  311   37  104  15   4  11   65   1   0   27   42  .334  .382  .514  .897   123   160   0   8  14   2  14  
 1956 25 NYA AL  137  491   74  164  28   4  32   96   2   2   53   59  .334  .405  .603 1.008   129   296   0   2  16   7  17  
 1957 26 NYA AL  116  379   39   97   7   5  13   52   5   1   19   57  .256  .294  .404  .697   101   153   0   2   5   2  12  
 1958 27 NYA AL  130  449   45  114  23   4  10   57   0   1   29   62  .254  .297  .390  .686    95   175   1   9   6   2  11  
 1959 28 NYA AL  111  295   38   79  12   8  14   60   0   0   30   48  .268  .337  .505  .842   121   149   2   2  15   2   7  
 1960 29 NYA AL  150  585   93  182  36   4  36  107   1   1   50  110  .311  .362  .571  .933   134   334   0   5   9   0  26  MVP-4
 1961 30 NYA AL  138  512   76  162  22   6  32   94   0   0   16   97  .316  .348  .570  .918   119   292   1   3   1  10  18  
 1962 31 NYA AL  137  526   67  149  11   4  31  114   0   0   24  115  .283  .323  .496  .819   111   261   0   2   1   8  18  
 1963 32 NYA AL   29   71    1   14   2   1   0    4   0   0    1   15  .197  .219  .254  .473    68    18   0   0   0   1   4  
 1964 33 CHA AL  132  413   43  108  15   4  10   46   0   0   30   77  .262  .317  .390  .707   104   161   0   1   9   4  16  
 1965 34 CHA AL  116  410   39  114  15   1  10   42   0   0   31   57  .278  .333  .393  .725   107   161   0   1   5   3  19  
 1966 35 CHA AL   49  147   12   32   6   1   6   15   1   0    5   21  .218  .245  .395  .640    96    58   0   2   0   1   5  
 1967 36 CHA AL    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1438 4813  605 1398 205  57 219  811  10   5  344  781  .290  .341  .493  .834        2374   5  40  87  43 170
 Per 600 PA           551   69  160  23   7  25   93   1   1   39   89                                 272   1   5  10   5  19
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA     1139 3841  511 1144 169  51 193  708   9   5  278  626  .298  .348  .519  .867        1994   5  36  73  35 130
   With CHA      299  972   94  254  36   6  26  103   1   0   66  155  .261  .312  .391  .703         380   0   4  14   8  40
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1658 5547  681 1566 243  53 211  888  16  18  383  870  .282  .332  .459  .792        2548  17  45  48  54 192
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1954 23 NYA AL  57   68  12.2  17   7   1  .412  11   28   12  .429    0    0  .000  1B   4e24      161   
 1955 24 NYA AL  43   57   6.8  23   6   0  .261  13   26   11  .423    0    0  .000  1B   3e18        3   
 1956 25 NYA AL  29  114   8.9  10   3   0  .300  10   55   28  .509    0    0  .000  1B   3e11       98   
 1957 26 NYA AL  29   42   3.8  20   3   0  .150   9   40   23  .575    0    0  .000  1B   3e12     -121   
 1958 27 NYA AL  31   50   3.8   3   2   1  .667  29   51   16  .314    0    0  .000  UT             -54   
 1959 28 NYA AL  42   48   5.8  26   7   1  .269   4   24   20  .833    0    0  .000  1B   3e14      -45   
 1960 29 NYA AL  30  111   6.9   4   0   0  .000  11   52   35  .673    0    0  .000  1B   3e14       53   
 1961 30 NYA AL  38   94   6.8  11   1   0  .091  10   48   28  .583    0    0  .000  1B   3e11      127   
 1962 31 NYA AL  28   78   5.3   5   2   1  .400  12   46   30  .652    0    0  .000  1B   3e13       22   
 1963 32 NYA AL  21    3   1.3   8   1   0  .125   1    8    5  .625    0    0  .000  1B   4e15      -66   
 1964 33 CHA AL  36   47   4.0  33   9   2  .273   3   33   19  .576    0    0  .000  1B   4e6       -43   
 1965 34 CHA AL  61   49   4.2  21  12   2  .571   4   29   16  .552    0    0  .000  1B   4e10      -15   
 1966 35 CHA AL  25   13   2.9  11   1   1  .091   1   10    5  .500    0    0  .000  1B   4e14      -27   
 1967 36 CHA AL   0    0    .0   2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -512   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          778   5.8 194  54   9  .278 118  450  248  .551    0    0  .000                  16   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 20.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1954 23 NYA AL  1B    56   441    51    6   48   .988    50   414.1  10.69
                 2B    12    27    30    5   10   .919    11    90.0   5.70
                 3B     4     1     3    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   4.00
 1955 24 NYA AL  1B    74   600    84    6   66   .991    64   591.1  10.41
                 3B    14     6    24    7    1   .811    10    97.1   2.77
 1956 25 NYA AL  1B   117  1020    78    7  115   .994   115  1027.0   9.62
                 3B    10    10    15    3    1   .893     8    73.0   3.08
 1957 26 NYA AL  1B   100   735    62    9   82   .989    88   801.0   8.96
 1958 27 NYA AL  3B    63    59   132   27   16   .876    60   500.2   3.43
                 1B    75   541    33    2   59   .997    51   500.0  10.33
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1959 28 NYA AL  1B    87   653    50    4   69   .994    66   645.0   9.81
 1960 29 NYA AL  1B   148  1441   154   11  142   .993   144  1299.0  11.05
 1961 30 NYA AL  1B   128  1085    75   10   96   .991   123  1095.2   9.53
 1962 31 NYA AL  1B   134  1132   111   12  129   .990   126  1142.1   9.79
 1963 32 NYA AL  1B    21   178    15    1   23   .995    18   143.2  12.09
 1964 33 CHA AL  1B    99   857    86    3   68   .997    95   863.2   9.83
 1965 34 CHA AL  1B   100   890    89    4   61   .996    95   836.1  10.54
 1966 35 CHA AL  1B    38   327    30    1   19   .997    38   291.0  11.04
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1177  9900   918   76  977   .993  1073  9650.1  10.09
                 3B    91    76   174   37   18   .871    78   680.0   3.31
                 2B    12    27    30    5   10   .919    11    90.0   5.70
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1956 WS    NYA NY2   W    6  26  2  6  1  0  0   3  2  4  .231  .286  .269  0
 1957 WS    NYA CIN   L    6  16  2  7  0  0  1   4  0  3  .438  .438  .625  0
 1958 WS    NYA CHN   W    6  22  1  6  0  1  0   2  1  5  .273  .304  .364  0
 1959 WS    NYA CHN   W    6  26  2  8  1  1  1   3  1  5  .308  .333  .538  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1954  NYA   79-75   Billy Vanson
 1955  NYA   84-70   Billy Vanson
 1956  NYA  101-53   Billy Vanson
 1957  NYA   94-60   Billy Vanson
 1958  NYA  100-54   Billy Vanson
 1959  NYA   90-64   Billy Vanson
 1960  NYA   81-73   Billy Vanson
 1961  NYA   83-71   Billy Vanson
 1962  NYA   79-83   Billy Vanson
 1963  NYA   86-76   Billy Vanson
 1964  CHA   96-67   Jon Fellows
 1965  CHA   79-83   Jon Fellows
 1966  CHA   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1967  CHA   88-74   Jon Fellows

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