Bill Skowron

Retired
High Level
MLB
Years
1954-1967 (1954-1967)
Proper Name
William Joseph Skowron
Nickname
Moose
Positions
1B (1463) ... 3B (13) ... 2B (2)
Height / Weight
5-11 / 195
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Death Date
April 27,2012   Age:  81.131
High School
Weber (Chicago,IL)
Colleges
Purdue University (West Lafayette,IN)
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
skowb101
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Bill Skowron [William Joseph Skowron] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 1954-1967. His birthday is December 18th, 1930He died on April 27th, 2012 at the age of 81. He played High School baseball for the Weber High School Red Horde in Chicago, Illinois. He played College Baseball for the Purdue University Boilermakers. Made his Major League Debut on April 13th, 1954 at the age of 23. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle. Skowron played 9 seasons with the New York Yankees organization, 4 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, 1 season with the Texas Rangers, 1 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and 1 season with the Los Angeles Angels. Participated ...
in the MLB World Series 8x [1955,1956,1957,1958,1960,1961,1962,1963]. Hit a career high 28 home runs with the New York Yankees in 1961. Had a career high 91 runs batted in with the New York Yankees in 196. Had a career high .319 Batting Average for the New York Yankees in 1955. Had a career high .91 OPS for the New York Yankees in 1956.

Career Transactions: Traded from New York Yankees to Los Angeles Dodgers for Stan Williams on November 26th, 1962. Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Washington Senators II on December 6th, 1963. Traded from Washington Senators II with Carl Bouldin to Chicago White Sox for Joe Cunningham and Frank Kreutzer (7/28/1964) on July 13th, 1964. Traded from Chicago White Sox to California Angels for Cotton Nash on May 6th, 1967.

Career Notes: World Series Champion with New York Yankees in 1956. World Series Champion with New York Yankees in 1958. World Series Champion with New York Yankees in 1961. World Series Champion with New York Yankees in 1962. World Series Champion with Los Angeles Dodgers in 1963.

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#ageposlnptbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1954New York YankeesALMLBNYA53233/54R5/269817129872153773129741211918102081242372845.340.392.577.969.330.237.3448.027.590.9530.71
1955New York YankeesALMLBNYA14243H/55/89617120108288469217312611121323024111513143260.319.369.524.893.278.205.3256.6910.191.5224.00
1956New York YankeesALMLBNYA14253/55/68491231344647814321623904450606213162455235093.308.382.528.910.328.220.3149.5611.471.2020.17
1957New York YankeesALMLBNYA14263/5/46932811212245754139155178832316033761721550137102.304.347.470.817.236.166.3156.1911.981.9426.88
1958New York YankeesALMLBNYA14273/55/46971021264656112722314731128694151161975033988.273.317.424.741.211.151.2925.5713.722.4633.21
1959New York YankeesALMLBNYA14283/54/612274282398413515591020473220101523093351.298.349.539.888.316.241.3116.4715.212.3518.80
1960New York YankeesALMLBNYA14293/56/48312114653863166343269123389520621728458463103.309.353.528.881.288.219.3316.5116.272.5020.69
1961New York YankeesALMLBNYA14303/6/75910615056176150234288900351088039212656075595.267.318.472.790.267.205.2855.7717.793.0920.04
1962New York YankeesALMLBNYA14313/7/6951091404786312916623800136995144132265244584.270.325.473.798.276.203.2946.8718.892.7520.78
1963Los Angeles DodgersNLMLBLAN14323/5/967347889237194880419011349321410682561236.203.252.287.539.135.084.2385.0819.143.7759.25
1964Washington Senators IIALMLBWS23333/45/91077326228711001341001156302271202782348.271.306.458.764.229.187.2973.9620.145.0920.15
1964Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA5333/45/9107732731980113438001936104471092971862.293.337.399.736.176.106.3216.4012.121.8968.25
1965Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA14343/54/6310714655963153243187813327754542223760545108.274.316.424.740.204.150.2885.2912.732.4131.06
1966Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA14353/4/5679819712033727841526291126453214111213692361.249.308.359.667.187.110.2727.0512.201.7356.17
1967Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA1436H/9679*880000010001000010800.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.0012.500.000.00
1967California AngelsALMLBCAL1436H3//94568179*6212382721110004184001534131423.220.267.276.543.089.056.2503.0513.744.50123.00
Tot:MLB (14 yrs) MLB      16585547681156624353211888161838387054174548192254860465071059.282.332.459.792.246.177.3006.3314.392.2726.29
Tot:AL (13 yrs) AL      15695310662151823553207869161737082151154444182248057904951023.286.336.467.803.251.181.3036.3914.182.2225.65
Tot:NL (1 yrs) NL      89237194880419011349321410682561236.203.252.287.539.135.084.2385.0819.143.7759.25
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1955New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs2451224201300010000091231.333.333.7501.083.417.417.3000.008.330.008.33
1956New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs2531011001400030000041010.100.100.400.500.300.300.0000.0030.000.0010.00
1957American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar26131210000000000003311.667.6671.0001.667.333.333.6670.000.000.000.00
1957New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs26240000000000000000400.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1958American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar27140000000001000010400.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.0025.000.000.00
1958New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs27727370027001400000132825.259.286.481.767.259.222.2383.5714.294.007.14
1959American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar28130200000000000002302.667.667.6671.334.000.000.6670.000.000.000.00
1960American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar291101000000100000012011.0001.0001.0002.0001.000.0001.00050.000.000.000.00
1960American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar29130100000002000001301.333.333.333.666.000.0001.0000.0066.670.000.00
1960New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs297327122026000600000203248.375.375.6251.000.250.250.4170.0018.750.006.25
1961New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs3051736001500340000092015.353.450.529.979.353.176.41715.0020.001.335.00
1962New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs3161814010100150000061913.222.263.333.596.167.111.3085.2626.325.000.00
1963Los Angeles DodgersWorld SeriesPlayoffs3241325001300130000081414.385.429.6151.044.308.230.4447.1421.433.007.14
Tot:AllStar (4 Yrs) AllStar 51416100000130000171515.429.467.500.967.143.071.5456.6720.003.00
Tot:Playoffs (8 Yrs) Playoffs 391331939418290062600000691391326.293.324.519.843.271.226.3134.3218.714.3316.63

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