Bob
Skinner
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 3, 1931 in Usa, CA, LAJOLLA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1955    1957    1967   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 22 CIN NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1955 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1956 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1957 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
1958 26 CLE AL $ 3,057,143   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 7
1959 27 CLE AL $ 3,057,143   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1960 28 CLE AL $ 3,057,143   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1961 29 MIN AL $ 7,750,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1962 30 MIN AL $ 7,750,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1963 31 MIN AL $ 7,750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
1964 32 DET AL $ 5,000,250   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1965 33 TAM AL     7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
1966 34 TAM AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 7
1967 35 TAM AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1968 36 TAM AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,750,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 22 AAA   54 192 33 47 11 4 7 30 7 2 37 15 .245 .367 .453 .820 33.9  
    AA   83 316 56 91 10 5 13 46 10 5 61 34 .288 .403 .475 .878 62.0  
1955 23 TAM AL 25 97 20 26 2 0 2 9 1 1 13 6 .268 .355 .351 .705 12.4 2.2
  CLE AL 129 477 54 128 17 5 8 53 3 6 49 53 .268 .336 .375 .712 59.1 7.3
  TOT   154 574 74 154 19 5 10 62 4 7 62 59 .268 .340 .371 .711 71.5 9.4
1956 24 CLE AL 155 556 61 152 24 6 12 62 10 7 72 66 .273 .357 .403 .760 76.3 9.3
1957 25 CLE AL 160 563 82 171 37 8 8 75 12 4 77 67 .304 .386 .440 .826 93.9 18.9
1958 26 CLE AL 152 548 87 164 23 5 14 72 15 8 72 78 .299 .381 .436 .817 86.1 17.0
1959 27 CLE AL 155 583 68 156 21 11 6 59 9 7 66 95 .268 .343 .372 .715 74.2 13.3
1960 28 CLE AL 141 408 78 125 29 5 13 65 8 3 51 68 .306 .382 .498 .879 73.4 18.3
1961 29 MIN AL 149 469 48 104 14 7 2 34 7 3 67 97 .222 .318 .294 .612 47.8 7.2
1962 30 MIN AL 156 568 76 162 23 11 10 75 8 3 72 77 .285 .365 .417 .783 83.8 18.6
1963 31 MIN AL 154 606 92 163 22 7 8 44 36 18 77 75 .269 .355 .368 .723 83.0 18.6
1964 32 DET AL 133 364 43 100 28 4 5 49 10 9 33 40 .275 .337 .415 .751 47.8 8.9
1965 33 KCR AL 18 29 3 5 2 0 1 4 1 1 3 1 .172 .250 .345 .595 2.2 0.0
  TAM AL 122 387 43 96 20 2 4 29 18 13 46 67 .248 .327 .341 .668 40.6 7.3
  TOT   140 416 46 101 22 2 5 33 19 14 49 68 .243 .322 .341 .663 42.8 7.4
1966 34 TAM AL 156 488 63 126 14 8 4 53 22 8 54 71 .258 .330 .344 .675 54.8 6.8
1967 35 TAM AL 150 526 52 140 24 4 5 48 13 8 47 92 .266 .328 .356 .683 58.3 7.3
1968 36 TAM AL 81 144 21 30 4 1 3 17 1 3 16 30 .208 .284 .313 .596 11.2 0.3
14 Years Sim 2036 6813 891 1848 304 84 105 748 174 102 815 983 .271 .349 .387 .736 904.8 161.3
1 Years AAA 54 192 33 47 11 4 7 30 7 2 37 15 .245 .372 .453 .825 33.9  
1 Years AA 83 316 56 91 10 5 13 46 10 5 61 34 .288 .401 .475 .876 62.0  
2 Years Minors 137 508 89 138 21 9 20 76 17 7 98 49 .272 .390 .467 .857 95.9  
162 Game Average 542 70 147 24 6 8 59 13 8 64 78 .271 .349 .387 .736 72.0  
Career Highs 160 606 92 171 37 11 14 75 36 18 77 97 .306 .386 .498 .879 93.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4503 598 1273 201 49 74 507 126 75 548 570 .283 .360 .398 .759 651.7
vs LH   2310 293 575 103 35 31 241 48 27 267 413 .249 .327 .364 .691 282.4
Home 1012 3315 412 911 152 40 53 376 86 43 409 494 .275 .354 .393 .746 470.4
Away 1024 3498 479 937 152 44 52 372 88 59 406 489 .268 .345 .381 .726 463.7
RISP   1496 0 424 77 22 32 605 0 0 211 209 .283 .367 .428 .795 239.7
Pinch Hitting   237 30 58 12 4 3 40 3 7 28 39 .245 .330 .367 .697 27.3
Close/Late   876 129 233 41 16 15 97 0 0 119 119 .266 .356 .401 .757 127.0
Mar/Apr 340 1177 161 323 51 8 17 116 23 17 125 146 .274 .344 .375 .719 152.2
May 357 1156 148 313 52 19 18 138 27 13 143 164 .271 .351 .395 .746 163.5
June 341 1174 149 306 56 13 20 139 35 14 129 172 .261 .335 .382 .716 153.5
July 329 1098 154 291 47 9 17 119 26 17 139 156 .265 .347 .371 .718 145.7
August 343 1170 142 334 52 13 17 131 31 24 151 177 .285 .367 .396 .763 170.4
Sep/Oct 326 1038 137 281 46 22 16 105 32 17 128 168 .271 .350 .404 .754 148.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1955 23 TAM AL RF 25 24 224.7 51 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CLE AL RF 126 125 1084.9 248 5 2 1 .992 2.10 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 1 0 0.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 151 149 1309.6 299 6 2 1 .993 2.10   3.1
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1956 24 CLE AL RF 149 147 1307.0 287 13 2 4 .993 2.07 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    1B 3 0 8.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1957 25 CLE AL RF 144 142 1273.0 299 9 2 1 .994 2.18 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    LF 7 0 12.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.92 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 10.7 10 1 0 1 1.000 9.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 26 CLE AL RF 89 88 770.7 150 9 1 2 .994 1.86 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 54 54 489.7 631 45 4 57 .994 12.42 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 7 0 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
1959 27 CLE AL RF 121 119 1024.7 171 9 4 2 .978 1.58 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    1B 30 26 242.0 279 20 3 33 .990 11.12 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 28 CLE AL RF 88 84 707.3 109 8 1 2 .992 1.49 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 9 8 72.0 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 10 4 53.3 57 7 0 3 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1961 29 MIN AL LF 135 122 1124.3 217 10 10 1 .958 1.82 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    1B 6 0 12.0 13 1 0 2 1.000 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1962 30 MIN AL 1B 118 115 1019.3 1221 88 7 97 .995 11.56 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 34 33 287.3 56 4 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 5 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 0 0 .000 0  
1963 31 MIN AL RF 151 149 1350.7 231 7 6 1 .975 1.59 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 32 DET AL RF 87 79 665.3 144 6 1 2 .993 2.03 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    1B 6 6 53.0 75 7 2 7 .976 13.92 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 2 20.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 33 KCR AL 1B 14 12 58.5 74 5 0 8 1.000 12.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 1 3.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL 1B 97 78 793.5 1004 64 7 102 .993 12.11 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 10 3 51.8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 5 3 36.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 111 90 852.0 1078 69 7 110 .994 12.12   3.1
      LF 11 4 55.6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.1
      RF 6 4 39.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.0
1966 34 TAM AL RF 114 99 904.0 190 8 1 4 .995 1.97 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 26 25 222.0 40 2 2 0 .955 1.70 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 3 29.0 31 4 0 1 1.000 10.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1967 35 TAM AL 1B 132 124 1119.7 1403 105 7 132 .995 12.12 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 6 5 50.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 2 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1968 36 TAM AL RF 43 29 267.0 42 1 1 0 .977 1.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 2 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 5.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 16.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1186 1124 9932.6 1989 80 21 19 .990 1.87 0 0 .000 0 21.9
  1B 485 422 3895.6 4820 348 30 446 .994 11.94 0 0 .000 0 9.0
  LF 217 168 1602.3 298 17 12 1 .963 1.77 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1890 1714 15433.5 7107 446 63 466 .992 4.40 0 0 .000 0 33.0
Career Highs   157 149 1353.7 1414 105 10 132 .995 11.49 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1960 28 CLE AL 9 22 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 6 .182 .250 .364 .614
1964 32 DET AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 25 2 4 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 7 .160 .222 .320 .542
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1957-4-.304
1958-10-.299
On-Base Pct
1957-6-.386
1958-4-.381
Games
1956-10-155
1957-1-160
1962-9-156
1966-8-156
At-Bats
1955-10-574
1959-6-583
1963-3-606
Runs
1963-9-92
Hits
1957-5-171
Singles
1955-9-120
1957-5-118
1958-9-122
1959-7-118
Doubles
1957-5-37
Triples
1955-7-5
1956-6-6
1957-3-8
1959-1-11
1961-4-7
1962-1-11
1963-5-7
1966-3-8
CAR-30-84
Stolen Bases
1956-8-10
1957-6-12
1958-5-15
1959-9-9
1960-9-8
1963-3-36
Caught Stealing
1955-6-7
1956-5-7
1957-7-4
1958-2-8
1959-3-7
1960-10-3
1961-10-3
1963-3-18
1965-6-14
Walks
1962-10-72
1963-7-77
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1954
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: RF Gus Bell, 2B Dick Groat, CF Faye Throneberry, LF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti. Going to CIN: 2B Pee wee Reese)
Had first career hit on 4/4/1955, off Don Larsen (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1955, off Johnny Sain (NYA)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland on 5/1/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bill Henry, CF Jackie Jensen, LF Whitey Lockman. Going to CLE: P Red Embree, RF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti, P Bob Turley)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1955
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1957
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Minnesota on 6/17/1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1960, hitting .647 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/2/1961 to a 3-year deal worth $7,750,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/31/1963
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/5/1964 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,250 per year
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 3/3/1965 (Going to KCR: P Bennie Daniels, RF Bob Skinner, P Jackie Collum, P John Gabler. Going to DET: RF Duke Snider)
Traded from Kansas City to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1965 (Going to KCR: CF Bob Hazle, SS Ozzie Virgil, CF Barry Shetrone. Going to TAM: RF Bob Skinner)
Released by Tampa Bay on 10/3/1965
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/11/1966 to a 3-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1967
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay