Joel Skinner

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 198lb (193cm, 89kg)

Born: February 21, 1961 in La Jolla, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 37th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mission Bay HS (San Diego, CA).

High School: Mission Bay HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: June 12, 1983 (Age 22-111d, 14,744th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1991 (Age 30-213d)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Joel Patrick Skinner

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Relatives: Son of Bob Skinner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

1441

329

.228

119

RBI

136

OBP

.269

SLG

.311

OPS

.580

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 17 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 3 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	8
CHW	5
CLE	4

Platoon
vs RHP	14
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Away	12
Home	5

Outs
1	7
2	7
0	3

9 Opps
CAL	4
BAL	3
CLE	2
NYY	2
SEA	2
KCR	1
OAK	1
TEX	1
TOR	1

16 Pitchers
Scott Bankhead	2
Urbano Lugo	1
Brad Havens	1
Dan Petry	1
Willie Fraser	1
Don Sutton	1
Mike Boddicker	1
Charlie Hough	1
Steve Carlton	1
Brian Holman	1
Bob Welch	1
Dave Johnson	1
Scott Nielsen	1
Joe Niekro	1
Scott McGregor	1
Doyle Alexander	1

9 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	9
78	4
8	1
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	9
2	3
6	2
4	1
3	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	17

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
12-	3
1--	2
123	1
-2-	1

29 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	10
1 on	3
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	7

Inning
2	2
3	4
4	2
5	3
6	2
7	3
9	1

1-3	6
4-6	7
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+1	2
Tied	2
-1	2
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	1

Ahead	6
Tied	2
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	9
1-0	3
2-1	1
1-1	1
3-2	1
2-2	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	17

OrderPos
9th	10
8th	7

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-09-18	CHW		CAL	Don Sutton	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---		1	9	2	0.088	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1986-05-31	CHW	@	TOR	Doyle Alexander	behind 0-3	t 6	0	-2-		2	8	2	0.143	34%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Hulett Scores
3	3	2	1	1986-07-13	CHW		BAL	Scott McGregor	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	12-		3	9	2	0.178	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bonilla Scores; J. Cruz Scores
4	4	3	1	1986-07-18	CHW	@	NYY	Joe Niekro	behind 0-1	t 2	1	12-		3	9	2	0.243	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Lyons Scores; J. Cruz Scores
5	5	4	1	1986-07-19	CHW	@	NYY	Scott Nielsen	ahead 6-2	t 6	1	1--		2	9	2	0.052	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Tolleson Scores
6	6	5	1	1986-08-15	NYY	@	KCR	Scott Bankhead	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---		1	8	2	0.111	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1987-04-14	NYY		CLE	Steve Carlton	tied 3-3	b 5	2	123		4	8	2	0.322	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores; M. Pagliarulo Scores; W. Randolph Scores
8	8	2	1	1987-05-16	NYY	@	SEA	Scott Bankhead	behind 2-4	t 4	2	---		1	9	2	0.098	33%		Home Run (LF-CF)
9	9	3	1	1987-05-24	NYY	@	CAL	Urbano Lugo	ahead 5-2	t 5	1	---		1	8	2	0.065	88%		Home Run
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1988-05-25	NYY	@	CAL	Dan Petry	tied 0-0	t 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	9	2	0.309	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Santana Scores
11	11	2	1	1988-06-04	NYY	@	BAL	Mike Boddicker	behind 1-3	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.105	22%		Home Run
12	12	3	1	1988-07-19	NYY		TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 0-7	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.012	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	1988-09-12	NYY	@	CLE	Brad Havens	behind 5-8	t 9	2	---	8,(1-2) .CBSFFFFX	1	8	2	0.008	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1989-09-28	CLE	@	SEA	Brian Holman	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	9	2	0.106	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1990-07-22	CLE	@	CAL	Willie Fraser	ahead 4-1	t 3	2	12-	6,(3-2) .BSSBBX	3	9	2	0.136	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. James Scores; F. Fermín Scores
16	16	2	1	1990-09-27	CLE		BAL	Dave Johnson	behind 1-4	b 7	2	---	6,(2-2) BCFFBX	1	8	2	0.070	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1991-05-05	CLE	@	OAK	Bob Welch	ahead 5-1	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	9	2	0.042	93%		Home Run (Line Drive); J. Skinner Scores