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Lou Skizas
Louis Peter Skizas (The Nervous Greek)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 19, 1956
Final Game April 30, 1959
Born June 2, 1932 in Chicago, IL

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 24 TOT AL  89  303   39   95  11  3  11   40   3  1  15  19  .314  .343  .479  115  145   2   3   1   0  13
         NYY AL   6    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .167  -10    1   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL  83  297   39   94  11  3  11   39   3  1  15  17  .316  .346  .485  118  144   2   3   1   0  13
 1957 25 KCA AL 119  376   34   92  14  1  18   44   5  2  27  15  .245  .297  .431   96  162   3   3   1   2   9
 1958 26 DET AL  23   33    4    8   2  0   1    2   0  0   5   1  .242  .342  .394   97   13   0   0   1   0   1
 1959 27 CHW AL   8   13    3    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   2  .077  .250  .077   -5    1   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      239  725   80  196  27  4  30   86   8  3  50  37  .270  .317  .443  103  321   5   6   3   2  24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        491   54  133  18  3  20   58   5  2  34  25  .270  .317  .443  103  218   3   4   2   1  16
 Career High    119  376   39   95  14  3  18   44   5  2  27  19  .314  .343  .479  115  162   3   3   1   2  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 24 TOT AL  323  227   45   5.3   106| .314  .267| .343  .349| .479  .408| .822  .757| 115  .545   4.8   0.5  75%
         NYY AL    6    5    0   0.0   104| .167  .264| .167  .345| .167  .402| .334  .748| -10  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         KCA AL  317  222   45   5.4   106| .316  .267| .346  .349| .485  .408| .831  .757| 118  .555   5.8   0.6  75%
 1957 25 KCA AL  411  301   47   4.2   100| .245  .264| .297  .336| .431  .399| .728  .735|  96  .482  -4.0  -0.4  71%
 1958 26 DET AL   38   26    4   4.1   104| .242  .270| .342  .339| .394  .409| .736  .749|  97  .480  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1959 27 CHW AL   16   13    0   0.0    98| .077  .259| .250  .330| .077  .396| .327  .726|  -5  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       788  567   96   4.6   103| .270  .266| .317  .342| .443  .403| .760  .745| 103  .500  -1.1  -0.1  72%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 24 KCA AL OF 74 148 9 4 0 .975 .979 2.12 2.04 2.27 2.34 72 622.0 LF 57 125 9 3 0 .978 .977 2.35 1.69 2.43 2.10 55 496.7 RF 18 22 0 1 0 .957 .973 1.22 1.80 1.58 2.09 17 125.3 1957 25 KCA AL OF 76 119 5 3 2 .976 .980 1.63 1.97 1.94 2.24 67 574.3 RF 69 109 4 2 1 .983 .976 1.64 1.68 1.96 1.93 63 517.7 3B 32 29 57 5 3 .945 .951 2.69 2.77 3.36 3.23 28 230.3 LF 14 12 1 1 1 .929 .977 0.93 1.70 2.06 2.10 4 56.7 1958 26 DET AL OF 5 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 0.60 1.94 1.23 2.25 2 22.0 LF 4 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 0.50 1.62 0.95 2.08 2 19.0 3B 4 1 7 2 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.60 2.40 3.12 4 30.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 0 3.0 1959 27 CHW AL LF 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.68 1.71 2.05 4 26.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 25 KCA AL 3B 32 29 57 5 3 .945 .951 2.69 2.77 3.36 3.23 28 230.3 1958 26 DET AL 3B 4 1 7 2 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.60 2.40 3.12 4 30.0 1956 24 KCA AL LF 57 125 9 3 0 .978 .977 2.35 1.69 2.43 2.10 55 496.7 1957 25 KCA AL LF 14 12 1 1 1 .929 .977 0.93 1.70 2.06 2.10 4 56.7 1958 26 DET AL LF 4 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 0.50 1.62 0.95 2.08 2 19.0 1959 27 CHW AL LF 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.68 1.71 2.05 4 26.3 1956 24 KCA AL OF 74 148 9 4 0 .975 .979 2.12 2.04 2.27 2.34 72 622.0 1957 25 KCA AL OF 76 119 5 3 2 .976 .980 1.63 1.97 1.94 2.24 67 574.3 1958 26 DET AL OF 5 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 0.60 1.94 1.23 2.25 2 22.0 1959 27 CHW AL OF 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.97 2.40 2.22 4 26.3 1956 24 KCA AL RF 18 22 0 1 0 .957 .973 1.22 1.80 1.58 2.09 17 125.3 1957 25 KCA AL RF 69 109 4 2 1 .983 .976 1.64 1.68 1.96 1.93 63 517.7 1958 26 DET AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 161 276 15 8 2 .973 .979 1.81 2.00 2.10 2.29 145 1244.7 81 0 88# RF* 88 132 4 3 1 .978 .976 1.55 1.70 1.89 1.96 80 646.0 LF* 81 143 11 5 1 .969 .977 1.90 1.69 2.32 2.10 65 598.7 3B* 36 30 64 7 3 .931 .951 2.61 2.75 3.25 3.22 32 260.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 197 306 79 15 5 .963 .972 1.95 2.14 2.30 2.45 177 1505
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

June 14, 1956: Traded by the New York Yankees with Eddie Robinson to the Kansas City Athletics for Moe Burtschy, Bill Renna, and cash.

November 20, 1957: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Tim Thompson, and Gus Zernial to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, and Kent Hadley. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim McManus (April 3, 1958) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

December 1, 1958: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers in the 1958 rule 5 draft.

May 1, 1959: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Don Rudolph to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Del Ennis.


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