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Bob Skinner
Robert Ralph Skinner

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game September 24, 1966
Born October 3, 1931 in LaJolla, CA

Father of Joel Skinner

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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        Thursday October 13, 1960. Young 6 year old watches the team that couldn't win - WIN. and started my lifelong love affair with America's greatest game. Live on Bob Skinner and the 60 Pirates. FOREVER.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 22 PIT NL 132  470   67  117  15  9   8   46   4  0  47  59  .249  .316  .370   80  174  11   2       0  11
 1956 24 PIT NL 113  233   29   47   8  3   5   29   1  1  26  50  .202  .282  .326   65   76   0   2   1   1   6
 1957 25 PIT NL 126  387   58  118  12  6  13   45  10  4  38  50  .305  .370  .468  127  181   4   0   6   2   2
 1958 26 PIT NL 144  529   93  170  33  9  13   70  12  4  58  55  .321  .387  .491  134  260   2   5   7   2  11 MVP-15,AS
 1959 27 PIT NL 143  547   78  153  18  4  13   61  10  7  67  65  .280  .357  .399  102  218   1   2   8   0   6
 1960 28 PIT NL 145  571   83  156  33  6  15   86  11  8  59  86  .273  .340  .431  109  246   5   4  11   1  13 AS
 1961 29 PIT NL 119  381   61  102  20  3   3   42   3  5  51  49  .268  .358  .360   91  137   4   2   9   4   6
 1962 30 PIT NL 144  510   87  154  29  7  20   75  10  4  76  89  .302  .395  .504  139  257   4   3   5   4   9 MVP-22
 1963 31 TOT NL 106  316   43   82  15  7   3   25   5  3  34  64  .259  .335  .380  104  120   2   0   2   2  11
         PIT NL  34  122   18   33   5  5   0    8   4  1  13  22  .270  .341  .393  111   48   2   0   1   0   5
         CIN NL  72  194   25   49  10  2   3   17   1  2  21  42  .253  .332  .371  100   72   0   0   1   2   6
 1964 32 TOT NL  80  177   16   45   8  0   4   21   0  0  15  32  .254  .313  .367   86   65   0   0   2   0   1
         CIN NL  25   59    6   13   3  0   3    5   0  0   4  12  .220  .270  .424   90   25   0   0   0   0   1
         STL NL  55  118   10   32   5  0   1   16   0  0  11  20  .271  .333  .339   84   40   0   0   2   0   0
 1965 33 STL NL  80  152   25   47   5  4   5   26   1  0  12  30  .309  .360  .493  129   75   0   0   2   0   5
 1966 34 STL NL  49   45    2    7   1  0   1    5   0  0   2  17  .156  .208  .244   26   11   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1381 4318  642 1198 197 58 103  531  67 36 485 646  .277  .351  .421  108 1820  33  20  53  17  81
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        507   75  141  23  7  12   62   8  4  57  76  .277  .351  .421  108  213   4   2   6   2  10
 Career High    145  571   93  170  33  9  20   86  12  8  76  89  .321  .395  .504  139  260  11   5  11   4  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 22 PIT NL  530  377   56   4.0   107| .249  .272| .316  .343| .370  .420| .686  .763|  80  .416 -14.8  -1.4 100%
 1956 24 PIT NL  262  195   22   3.0   101| .202  .262| .282  .328| .326  .413| .608  .741|  65  .327 -11.6  -1.2  50%
 1957 25 PIT NL  431  279   70   6.8   100| .305  .265| .370  .328| .468  .410| .838  .738| 127  .669  14.2   1.4  71%
 1958 26 PIT NL  596  381  102   7.2   103| .321  .266| .387  .333| .491  .416| .878  .749| 134  .689  27.7   2.7  75%
 1959 27 PIT NL  617  410   81   5.3   104| .280  .269| .357  .335| .399  .416| .756  .751| 102  .561   2.9   0.3  58%
 1960 28 PIT NL  640  445   82   5.0   100| .273  .264| .340  .330| .431  .406| .771  .736| 109  .558   7.6   0.8  57%
 1961 29 PIT NL  442  296   51   4.6   106| .268  .271| .358  .338| .360  .422| .718  .760|  91  .494  -2.8  -0.3  37%
 1962 30 PIT NL  597  376  106   7.5   104| .302  .271| .395  .338| .504  .412| .899  .750| 139  .715  30.6   3.0  71%
 1963 31 TOT NL  354  250   39   4.2    91| .259  .257| .335  .319| .380  .384| .715  .702| 104  .533   1.9   0.2  62%
         PIT NL  137   97   16   4.4    90| .270  .255| .341  .317| .393  .382| .734  .699| 111  .558   1.5   0.2  80%
         CIN NL  217  153   23   4.0    92| .253  .258| .332  .320| .371  .385| .703  .705| 100  .516   0.4   0.0  33%
 1964 32 TOT NL  192  133   21   4.2    99| .254  .271| .313  .330| .367  .403| .680  .733|  86  .515  -3.4  -0.4   0%
         CIN NL   63   47    7   4.0    96| .220  .267| .270  .325| .424  .396| .694  .721|  90  .489  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         STL NL  129   86   14   4.4   101| .271  .273| .333  .332| .339  .406| .672  .738|  84  .530  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1965 33 STL NL  164  110   26   6.4   101| .309  .269| .360  .334| .493  .407| .853  .741| 129  .688   5.3   0.6 100%
 1966 34 STL NL   48   38    2   1.4    96| .156  .265| .208  .323| .244  .399| .452  .722|  26  .119  -4.6  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4873 3290  658   5.4   102| .277  .267| .351  .333| .421  .411| .772  .744| 108  .579  53.1   5.2  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 22 PIT NL 1B 118 1026 84 16 87 .986 .991 9.41 8.47 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 2 1956 24 PIT NL OF 36 40 2 1 0 .977 .977 1.17 2.05 1.64 2.28 30 230.0 LF 26 22 1 1 0 .958 .970 0.88 1.70 1.20 2.07 21 172.0 1B 23 176 6 1 21 .995 .989 7.91 8.71 9.40 9.82 19 174.3 RF 10 7 2 0 0 1.000 .978 0.90 1.80 1.40 2.00 9 58.0 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.60 4.50 3.15 0 2.0 1957 25 PIT NL LF 93 173 10 7 2 .963 .978 1.97 1.71 2.21 2.03 83 743.7 1B 9 60 6 1 7 .985 .990 7.33 8.82 8.25 9.68 8 72.0 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.70 3.00 3.00 1 6.0 1958 26 PIT NL LF 141 230 17 6 2 .976 .975 1.75 1.54 1.87 2.00 141 1191.3 AS 1959 27 PIT NL LF 141 287 9 11 1 .964 .971 2.10 1.59 2.12 2.04 141 1254.7 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 1960 28 PIT NL LF 141 242 13 5 2 .981 .974 1.81 1.55 1.87 1.99 140 1228.3 AS 1961 29 PIT NL LF 97 173 4 5 1 .973 .973 1.82 1.50 1.89 1.88 96 843.0 1962 30 PIT NL LF 139 214 6 9 0 .961 .968 1.58 1.37 1.68 1.82 138 1180.3 1963 31 TOT NL LF 83 134 4 1 1 .993 .971 1.66 1.38 1.82 1.80 76 681.7 TOT NL OF 83 131 4 1 1 .993 .977 1.63 1.75 1.78 2.01 76 681.7 PIT NL LF 32 59 1 1 0 .984 .971 1.88 1.38 1.96 1.80 30 275.0 CIN NL LF 51 75 3 0 1 1.000 .971 1.53 1.38 1.73 1.80 46 406.7 1964 32 TOT NL OF 43 62 4 5 0 .930 .973 1.53 1.72 1.95 1.99 41 304.7 TOT NL LF 16 26 1 2 0 .931 .964 1.69 1.34 1.86 1.71 16 130.7 CIN NL LF 12 21 1 2 0 .917 .965 1.83 1.34 1.95 1.71 12 101.7 STL NL OF 31 42 3 3 0 .938 .974 1.45 1.72 2.00 1.99 29 203.0 RF 26 37 3 3 0 .930 .973 1.54 1.62 2.07 1.90 25 174.0 LF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 1.35 1.55 1.71 4 29.0 1965 33 STL NL OF 33 43 0 3 0 .935 .975 1.30 1.75 1.68 2.00 28 229.7 RF 18 23 0 1 0 .958 .975 1.28 1.74 1.67 1.96 15 124.0 LF 16 20 0 2 0 .909 .966 1.25 1.38 1.70 1.72 13 105.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 22 PIT NL 1B 118 1026 84 16 87 .986 .991 9.41 8.47 1956 24 PIT NL 1B 23 176 6 1 21 .995 .989 7.91 8.71 9.40 9.82 19 174.3 1957 25 PIT NL 1B 9 60 6 1 7 .985 .990 7.33 8.82 8.25 9.68 8 72.0 1959 27 PIT NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 1956 24 PIT NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.60 4.50 3.15 0 2.0 1957 25 PIT NL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.70 3.00 3.00 1 6.0 1956 24 PIT NL LF 26 22 1 1 0 .958 .970 0.88 1.70 1.20 2.07 21 172.0 1957 25 PIT NL LF 93 173 10 7 2 .963 .978 1.97 1.71 2.21 2.03 83 743.7 1958 26 PIT NL LF 141 230 17 6 2 .976 .975 1.75 1.54 1.87 2.00 141 1191.3 1959 27 PIT NL LF 141 287 9 11 1 .964 .971 2.10 1.59 2.12 2.04 141 1254.7 1960 28 PIT NL LF 141 242 13 5 2 .981 .974 1.81 1.55 1.87 1.99 140 1228.3 1961 29 PIT NL LF 97 173 4 5 1 .973 .973 1.82 1.50 1.89 1.88 96 843.0 1962 30 PIT NL LF 139 214 6 9 0 .961 .968 1.58 1.37 1.68 1.82 138 1180.3 1963 31 TOT NL LF 83 134 4 1 1 .993 .971 1.66 1.38 1.82 1.80 76 681.7 PIT NL LF 32 59 1 1 0 .984 .971 1.88 1.38 1.96 1.80 30 275.0 CIN NL LF 51 75 3 0 1 1.000 .971 1.53 1.38 1.73 1.80 46 406.7 1964 32 TOT NL LF 16 26 1 2 0 .931 .964 1.69 1.34 1.86 1.71 16 130.7 CIN NL LF 12 21 1 2 0 .917 .965 1.83 1.34 1.95 1.71 12 101.7 STL NL LF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 1.35 1.55 1.71 4 29.0 1965 33 STL NL LF 16 20 0 2 0 .909 .966 1.25 1.38 1.70 1.72 13 105.7 1954 22 PIT NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 2 1956 24 PIT NL OF 36 40 2 1 0 .977 .977 1.17 2.05 1.64 2.28 30 230.0 1957 25 PIT NL OF 93 172 9 7 2 .963 .980 1.95 2.07 2.19 2.29 83 743.7 1958 26 PIT NL OF 141 232 19 6 2 .977 .980 1.78 1.95 1.90 2.26 141 1191.3 1959 27 PIT NL OF 142 285 9 11 1 .964 .977 2.07 1.90 2.11 2.21 141 1254.7 1960 28 PIT NL OF 141 250 13 5 2 .981 .978 1.87 1.92 1.93 2.20 140 1228.3 1961 29 PIT NL OF 97 175 5 5 1 .973 .977 1.86 1.86 1.92 2.16 96 843.0 1962 30 PIT NL OF 139 210 6 9 0 .960 .974 1.55 1.79 1.65 2.07 138 1180.3 1963 31 TOT NL OF 83 131 4 1 1 .993 .977 1.63 1.75 1.78 2.01 76 681.7 PIT NL OF 32 57 1 1 0 .983 .976 1.81 1.75 1.90 2.01 30 275.0 CIN NL OF 51 74 3 0 1 1.000 .977 1.51 1.75 1.70 2.01 46 406.7 1964 32 TOT NL OF 43 62 4 5 0 .930 .973 1.53 1.72 1.95 1.99 41 304.7 CIN NL OF 12 20 1 2 0 .913 .972 1.75 1.72 1.86 1.99 12 101.7 STL NL OF 31 42 3 3 0 .938 .974 1.45 1.72 2.00 1.99 29 203.0 1965 33 STL NL OF 33 43 0 3 0 .935 .975 1.30 1.75 1.68 2.00 28 229.7 1956 24 PIT NL RF 10 7 2 0 0 1.000 .978 0.90 1.80 1.40 2.00 9 58.0 1964 32 STL NL RF 26 37 3 3 0 .930 .973 1.54 1.62 2.07 1.90 25 174.0 1965 33 STL NL RF 18 23 0 1 0 .958 .975 1.28 1.74 1.67 1.96 15 124.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF* 950 1600 71 53 9 .969 .977 1.76 1.89 914 7887.3 893 0 56# LF* 893 1521 65 49 9 .970 .973 1.78 1.52 865 7531.3 1B* 151 1262 96 18 115 .987 .991 8.99 8.53 28 246.3 RF* 54 67 5 4 0 .947 .974 1.33 1.69 49 356.0 3B* 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.65 1 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1103 2863 169 71 124 .977 .983 2.75 2.80
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   2   5   2   1  0  0  0   1   1   0  .200  .429  .200   1  0   1   0   1 
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   4   3   0   2  1  0  0   1   1   0  .667  .750 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   6   8   2   3  1  0  0   2   2   0  .375  .545  .500   1  0   1   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   PIT NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1960-1 PIT NL   *   4   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   1  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1960-2 PIT NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      3  10   1   3  0  0  0   2   0   2   1  0   0   0   0  .300  .300  .300 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1958 (LF)
1960-1 (LF)
1960-2 (LF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1958-NL-15-0.05
1962-NL-22-0.01
Car-1033-0.06 shares

Batting Average
1958 NL-.321-5

On-base %
1958 NL-.387-5
1962 NL-.395-3

OPS
1958 NL-.879-7
1962 NL-.899-8

At Bats
1960 NL-571-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1960 NL-640-9

Runs
1958 NL-93-7

Hits
1958 NL-170-8

Total Bases
1958 NL-260-10

Doubles
1958 NL-33-6
1960 NL-33-3
1962 NL-29-9

Triples
1954 NL-9-4
1958 NL-9-7

RBI
1960 NL-86-9

Bases on Balls
1959 NL-67-10
1962 NL-76-5

Strikeouts
1960 NL-86-9

Stolen Bases
1958 NL-12-9

Adjusted OPS+
1958 NL-134-7
1962 NL-139-6

Runs Created
1958 NL-102-5
1962 NL-106-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1958 NL-28-8
1962 NL-31-6

Batting Wins
1958 NL-2.7-7
1962 NL-3.0-5

Extra-Base Hits
1958 NL-55-9
1960 NL-54-9

Times on Base
1958 NL-230-7

Offensive Win%
1958 NL-.689-6
1962 NL-.715-6

Sac. Hits
1954 NL-11-10

Intentional Walks
1960 NL-11-7

Caught Stealing
1959 NL-7-9
1960 NL-8-9
1961 NL-5-10

Power/Speed Number
1957 NL-11.3-7
1958 NL-12.5-6
1960 NL-12.7-10

Outs
1960 NL-445-6

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (785) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.3 (1317) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.5 (826) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

May 23, 1963: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds for Jerry Lynch.

June 13, 1964: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Saul (minors) and cash.

October 5, 1966: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


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