Bill
Skowron
 
Nickname: Moose
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 18, 1930 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
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 23 BSN NL     5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 7 6 6
1955 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1956 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1957 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1958 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 7 6 6
1959 28 BSN NL $ 1,207,143   7 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 7 6 6
1960 29 TAM AL $ 1,542,857   7 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1961 30 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 6
1962 31 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1963 32 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1964 33 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1965 34 CLN NL $ 10,119,080   6 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 6 3 3 3 6 5 5
1966 35 KCR AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1967 36 CLE AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4
1968 37 LAD NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,119,080   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 3 3 7 6 6
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 23 AAA   137 498 92 154 27 2 40 113 3 2 42 90 .309 .363 .612 .975 102.8  
1955 24 BSN NL 76 250 34 66 13 0 12 38 0 0 15 49 .264 .313 .460 .773 34.9 5.8
1956 25 BSN NL 110 306 55 101 18 4 20 63 1 0 24 47 .330 .379 .611 .990 64.6 15.6
1957 26 BSN NL 125 410 45 119 13 1 14 74 0 0 27 60 .290 .333 .429 .762 55.6 9.2
    AAA   1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 1.4  
1958 27 BSN NL 154 548 68 144 24 1 21 80 0 0 32 94 .263 .305 .425 .730 64.6 8.6
1959 28 BSN NL 131 401 54 109 22 4 12 57 0 0 20 78 .272 .307 .436 .744 49.7 8.5
1960 29 TAM AL 133 421 53 118 21 0 12 59 0 0 15 69 .280 .302 .416 .718 50.4 9.7
1961 30 TAM AL 120 357 41 127 19 2 15 57 0 0 13 68 .356 .379 .546 .925 63.6 16.6
1962 31 TAM AL 131 348 49 103 19 0 7 39 1 0 28 56 .296 .347 .411 .758 44.8 8.5
1963 32 TAM AL 126 354 33 113 15 1 14 50 0 0 19 68 .319 .355 .486 .841 55.4 12.3
1964 33 TAM AL 126 369 42 101 17 0 14 62 0 0 16 56 .274 .303 .434 .737 46.6 9.3
1965 34 CLN NL 115 306 44 99 7 2 15 63 3 1 19 44 .324 .363 .507 .870 52.4 12.7
1966 35 KCR AL 54 94 10 25 3 1 1 15 0 0 12 17 .266 .349 .351 .700 10.7 1.6
1967 36 CLE AL 141 452 42 106 14 2 9 51 2 2 27 118 .235 .288 .334 .622 39.1 2.3
1968 37 AAA   137 557 58 142 24 0 15 49 1 2 39 149 .255 .304 .379 .683 63.3  
13 Years Sim 1542 4616 570 1331 205 18 166 708 7 3 267 824 .288 .329 .448 .777 632.5 120.6
3 Years AAA 275 1056 151 297 51 2 56 163 4 4 81 239 .281 .337 .492 .829 167.6  
162 Game Average 484 59 139 21 1 17 74 0 0 28 86 .288 .329 .448 .777 66.4  
Career Highs 154 548 68 144 24 4 21 80 3 2 32 118 .356 .379 .611 .990 64.6  
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   2123 249 610 77 10 69 309 3 3 113 401 .287 .325 .431 .756 285.0
vs LH   2493 321 721 128 8 97 399 4 0 154 423 .289 .332 .464 .796 367.1
Home 760 2264 288 639 82 6 75 342 2 1 126 409 .282 .322 .423 .745 298.2
Away 782 2352 282 692 123 12 91 366 5 2 141 415 .294 .335 .473 .808 353.9
RISP   1149 0 357 56 5 38 498 0 0 73 207 .311 .347 .467 .815 178.0
Pinch Hitting   369 49 117 13 0 19 83 1 1 24 57 .317 .360 .507 .867 63.0
Close/Late   611 48 158 25 0 13 78 0 0 41 124 .259 .304 .363 .668 67.2
Mar/Apr 237 722 96 205 35 3 25 107 0 1 41 136 .284 .324 .445 .769 99.3
May 274 799 110 245 37 5 32 128 1 0 57 133 .307 .357 .486 .842 129.8
June 255 750 77 205 33 3 23 113 5 0 46 124 .273 .314 .417 .732 97.2
July 250 738 76 210 35 1 20 110 1 1 37 126 .285 .319 .416 .735 93.8
August 280 848 120 249 32 3 40 144 0 0 37 157 .294 .325 .480 .805 125.8
Sep/Oct 246 759 91 217 33 3 26 106 0 1 49 148 .286 .331 .440 .771 106.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1955 24 BSN NL 1B 66 62 521.7 611 38 3 65 .995 11.20   0.9
1956 25 BSN NL 1B 73 67 582.0 661 44 3 64 .996 10.90   1.4
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1957 26 BSN NL 1B 111 89 835.3 992 73 3 95 .997 11.47   2.0
1958 27 BSN NL 1B 144 135 1210.0 1393 108 6 139 .996 11.16   2.4
1959 28 BSN NL 1B 113 93 853.3 1030 74 4 77 .996 11.64   1.5
1960 29 TAM AL 1B 95 92 793.0 874 63 8 76 .992 10.63   2.3
    LF 3 3 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    RF 3 3 25.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72    
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 7.88   0.1
1961 30 TAM AL 1B 101 84 742.3 814 61 6 74 .993 10.61   1.4
1962 31 TAM AL 1B 61 55 473.0 568 49 7 51 .989 11.74   1.2
    3B 12 9 86.7 4 18 0 1 1.000 2.28   0.2
    2B 10 9 80.0 18 18 3 5 .923 4.05   0.2
1963 32 TAM AL 1B 102 90 761.3 941 79 12 88 .988 12.06   2.0
1964 33 TAM AL 1B 105 88 781.0 907 68 6 79 .994 11.24   1.9
1965 34 CLN NL 1B 81 75 630.7 747 44 10 65 .988 11.29   0.9
1966 35 KCR AL 1B 37 18 197.0 217 16 2 28 .991 10.64   0.4
1967 36 CLE AL 1B 133 122 1072.7 1330 95 12 125 .992 11.96   1.3
  1B 1222 1070 9453.3 11085 812 82 1026 .993 11.33   19.7
  3B 12 9 86.7 4 18 0 1 1.000 2.28   0.2
  2B 10 9 80.0 18 18 3 5 .923 4.05   0.2
  LF 3 3 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  RF 3 3 25.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72    
  CF 2 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 1 1 8.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 7.88   0.1
Career Totals   1253 1096 9692.0 11118 853 85 1034 .993 11.12   20.2
Career Highs   144 135 1210.0 1393 108 12 139 .997 12.06    
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
1957 26 BSN NL 5 18 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .278 .278 .444 .722
1962 31 TAM AL 11 19 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .105 .150 .158 .308
1963 32 TAM AL 7 26 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .115 .115 .231 .346
1964 33 TAM AL 3 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .500 .444 .944
1965 34 CLN NL 7 29 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .207 .258 .207 .465
1966 35 KCR AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 34 102 5 21 2 1 1 7 0 0 3 19 .206 .236 .275 .510
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1954
Had first career hit on 4/5/1955, off Bill Henry (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1955, off Joe Nuxhall (BOS)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 5/23/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1957, hitting .684 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,207,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1960 (Going to TAM: LF Dick Kokos, 2B Hank Thompson, 1B Bill Skowron. Going to BSN: LF Irv Noren, RF Gus Bell, 2B Bobby Avila)
9/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1961, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1961, hitting .398 with 7 HR, 18 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis, driving in 3 runs on 9/5/1961
Injured on 4/20/1963 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1965 to a 1-year deal worth $10,119,083 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1965, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1965, hitting .429 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 6/4/1965
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/12/1966 to a 2-year deal worth $6,500,000 per year
Traded from Kansas City to Cleveland (A) on 3/3/1967 (Going to KCR: P Gus Keriazakos, P Milt Pappas. Going to CLE: 1B Bill Skowron)
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/5/1968 to a 2-year deal worth $350,000 per year