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Bill Skowron
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Birthdate: 12/18/1930
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 195 lbs.
Place of Birth: Chicago, IL, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Moose Skowron batted over .300 in his first four seasons with the New York Yankees, 1954 thru 1957. He hit more than 20 HR's three straight seasons 1960-62 and drove in 80 or more runs in five diff. years. Skowron anchored 1st base with his fine, dependable fielding and with his late inning clutch-hitting helped the Yankees win a total of seven pennants and four World Crowns. In the 1958 World Series vs. the Milwaukee Braves, Skowron drove in the winning run in Game 6 and his big bat produced a three-run home run to give the Yankees a 6-2 victory in Game 7, an another World Crown. Skowron was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the winter of 1962 and he helped them win the pennant. In the World Series vs the Yankees, Moose Skowron went 5 for 13 and blasted a home run as the Dodgers sweep the Yankees. He finished his outstanding career playing in his hometown - for the Chicago White Sox. Bill Moose Skowron career: .282 BA in 1658 games, collected 1566 hits, 243 D, 53 T, 211 HR's, with 888 RBI's. Moose Skowron -Thanks for your always generous, good-natured attitude and your winning style of play. Baseball History 

Moose Skowron graduated from  Weber/Gordon Tech High School in Chicago


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
16 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1954 NYY (AL) 87 215 37 73 12 9 7 41 19 18 2 1 0 1 0 2 .340 .392 SLG
1955 NYY (AL) 108 288 46 92 17 3 12 61 21 32 1 1 4 3 0 2 .319 .369 SLG
1956 NYY (AL) 134 464 78 143 21 6 23 90 50 60 4 4 3 6 2 1 .308 .382 SLG
1957 NYY (AL) 122 457 54 139 15 5 17 88 31 60 3 2 6 3 3 7 .304 .347 SLG
1958 NYY (AL) 126 465 61 127 22 3 14 73 28 69 1 1 1 4 1 5 .273 .317 SLG
1959 NYY (AL) 74 282 39 84 13 5 15 59 20 47 1 0 0 3 2 2 .298 .349 SLG
1960 NYY (AL) 146 538 63 166 34 3 26 91 38 95 2 3 2 2 0 6 .309 .353 SLG
1961 NYY (AL) 150 561 76 150 23 4 28 89 35 108 0 0 9 8 0 3 .267 .318 SLG
1962 NYY (AL) 140 478 63 129 16 6 23 80 36 99 0 1 4 5 1 4 .270 .325 SLG
1963 LAD (NL) 89 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 13 49 0 1 4 3 2 1 .203 .252 SLG
1964 WSA (AL) 73 262 28 71 10 0 13 41 11 56 0 0 2 3 0 2 .271 .306 SLG
1964 CHW (AL) 73 273 19 80 11 3 4 38 19 36 0 0 4 1 0 4 .293 .337 SLG
1965 CHW (AL) 146 559 63 153 24 3 18 78 32 77 1 3 4 5 4 5 .274 .316 SLG
1966 CHW (AL) 120 337 27 84 15 2 6 29 26 45 1 1 4 3 2 1 .249 .308 SLG
1967 CHW (AL) 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1967 CAL (AL) 62 123 8 27 2 1 1 10 4 18 0 0 1 4 0 0 .220 .267 SLG
16 years   1658 5547 681 1566 243 53 211 888 383 870 16 18 48 54 17 45 .282 .332 .SLG



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