Bill Skowron
William Joseph Skowron
Born: December 18, 1930
Chicago, IL USA
Deceased: 2012
Arlington Heights, IL USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 195
College: Purdue University
Career: 1954-1967
Minor League Statistics
Bill Skowron compiled a career batting average of .282 with 211 home runs and 888 RBI in his 1658-game career with the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and California Angels. He began playing during the 1954 season and last took the field during the 1967 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 87 | 237 | 215 | 37 | 73 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 18 | .340 | .392 | .577 | .969 | 124 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 108 | 314 | 288 | 46 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 32 | .319 | .369 | .524 | .894 | 151 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 134 | 523 | 464 | 78 | 143 | 21 | 6 | 23 | 90 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 60 | .308 | .382 | .528 | .910 | 245 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 122 | 501 | 457 | 54 | 139 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 60 | .304 | .347 | .470 | .818 | 215 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 126 | 503 | 465 | 61 | 127 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 69 | .273 | .317 | .424 | .740 | 197 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | 74 | 309 | 282 | 39 | 84 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 47 | .298 | .349 | .539 | .888 | 152 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | 146 | 584 | 538 | 63 | 166 | 34 | 3 | 26 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 95 | .309 | .353 | .528 | .881 | 284 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | 150 | 607 | 561 | 76 | 150 | 23 | 4 | 28 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 108 | .267 | .318 | .472 | .790 | 265 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | 140 | 524 | 478 | 63 | 129 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 99 | .270 | .325 | .473 | .798 | 226 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
1963 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 89 | 256 | 237 | 19 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 49 | .203 | .252 | .287 | .539 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
1964 | AL | Washington Senators | 73 | 278 | 262 | 28 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 56 | .271 | .306 | .458 | .764 | 120 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1964 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 73 | 297 | 273 | 19 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 36 | .293 | .337 | .399 | .736 | 109 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
1965 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 146 | 605 | 559 | 63 | 153 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 77 | .274 | .316 | .424 | .740 | 237 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
1966 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 120 | 369 | 337 | 27 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 45 | .249 | .308 | .359 | .667 | 121 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
1967 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | AL | California Angels | 62 | 131 | 123 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .220 | .267 | .276 | .544 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 1658 | 6046 | 5547 | 681 | 1566 | 243 | 53 | 211 | 888 | 16 | 18 | 383 | 870 | .282 | .332 | .459 | .792 | 2548 | 192 | 54 | 17 | 45 | 48 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 61 | 56 | 399.7 | 395 | 28 | 6 | 48 | .986 | 9.525 | 6.934 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 3B | 5 | 2 | 23.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.696 | 2.400 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 2B | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 8.100 | 4.500 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 74 | 69 | 548.0 | 517 | 37 | 6 | 63 | .989 | 9.099 | 7.486 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 3B | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 5.400 | 2.000 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 120 | 117 | 1011.3 | 968 | 80 | 7 | 138 | .993 | 9.326 | 8.733 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 3B | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.706 | 3.500 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 115 | 111 | 1012.3 | 1026 | 86 | 9 | 116 | .992 | 9.886 | 9.670 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 118 | 114 | 1011.0 | 1040 | 71 | 8 | 112 | .993 | 9.890 | 9.415 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 3B | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 1.125 | 1.000 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 72 | 71 | 607.3 | 626 | 43 | 6 | 68 | .991 | 9.914 | 9.292 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 142 | 140 | 1200.3 | 1202 | 115 | 12 | 130 | .991 | 9.875 | 9.275 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 149 | 147 | 1291.0 | 1228 | 102 | 10 | 146 | .993 | 9.272 | 8.926 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 135 | 123 | 1116.3 | 1054 | 77 | 10 | 101 | .991 | 9.118 | 8.378 |
1963 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 66 | 60 | 507.7 | 518 | 34 | 5 | 44 | .991 | 9.786 | 8.364 |
1963 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1964 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 70 | 70 | 602.0 | 621 | 40 | 1 | 53 | .998 | 9.882 | 9.443 |
1964 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 66 | 63 | 559.0 | 591 | 40 | 4 | 41 | .994 | 1.159 | 9.561 |
1965 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 145 | 143 | 1220.3 | 1297 | 74 | 8 | 116 | .994 | 1.111 | 9.455 |
1966 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 98 | 92 | 689.3 | 722 | 60 | 7 | 75 | .991 | 1.210 | 7.980 |
1967 | AL | California Angels | 1B | 32 | 27 | 224.0 | 238 | 16 | 3 | 15 | .988 | 1.205 | 7.938 |
Totals | 1478 | 1410 | 12077.7 | 12052 | 930 | 110 | 1266 | .992 | 9.674 | 8.783 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .750 | 1.083 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .400 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .259 | .286 | .481 | .767 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .375 | .364 | .625 | .989 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .353 | .450 | .529 | .979 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .385 | .429 | .615 | 1.044 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 39 | 141 | 133 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .293 | .326 | .519 | .845 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.227 | 8.333 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 13.235 | 12.500 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 3.500 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 7 | 7 | 63.7 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.340 | 8.429 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 7 | 7 | 61.0 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 11.213 | 1.857 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 1.200 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.540 | 8.833 |
1963 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.500 | 8.500 |
Totals | 36 | 35 | 300.7 | 301 | 29 | 2 | 23 | .994 | 9.878 | 9.167 |
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