Bill Skowron

1954–1967 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1961-71)

1,658G

.282AVG

.332OBP

.459SLG

More career statistics

1,566H

211HR

888RBI

16SB

2Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Caught stealing	18	21
Batting · Strikeouts	870	871
Batting · Runs	681	682

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,658	6,046	5,547	681	1,566	243	53	211	888	383	870	16	18	54	45	2,548	.282	.332	.459	.791

Streaks

14longest hitting streak · 1961-07-01 to 1961-07-23

27longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
64	Platinum Sombrero	1964-06-07	1 in 927 games	box score ↗
52	7 RBI	1956-07-28	1 in 6,468 player-games	box score ↗
48	Hitless in Seven	1965-09-15	1 in 202 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	835	2989	766	86	382	198	432	.280	.323	.435
Away	823	3057	800	125	506	185	439	.284	.322	.483

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	173	675	196	34	106	36	84	.312	.344	.545
May	286	1037	244	30	154	61	155	.254	.294	.405
June	318	1175	320	48	183	73	168	.297	.334	.494
July	297	1094	294	42	178	78	149	.298	.340	.491
August	321	1162	312	37	155	76	175	.293	.334	.466
September	254	878	195	20	108	58	132	.241	.288	.369
October	9	25	5	0	4	1	8	.217	.240	.261

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	200	726	186	25	96	41	108	.278	.313	.468
boston-red-sox	198	755	232	34	128	49	118	.334	.372	.554
baltimore-orioles	193	708	171	26	110	55	100	.266	.319	.445
kansas-city-athletics	186	720	203	30	134	51	102	.310	.353	.505
cleveland-guardians	180	646	155	21	90	38	109	.260	.299	.425
chicago-white-sox	166	620	171	25	91	34	75	.298	.331	.487
washington-senators-1901-60	122	468	127	16	85	28	50	.292	.331	.490
minnesota-twins	91	331	70	8	36	22	47	.232	.278	.338

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1954	New York Yankees	87	215	73	7	41	2	.340	–	–
1955	New York Yankees	108	288	92	12	61	1	.319	–	–
1956	New York Yankees	134	464	143	23	90	4	.308	–	–
1957	New York Yankees	122	457	139	17	88	3	.304	–	–
1958	New York Yankees	126	465	127	14	73	1	.273	–	–
1959	New York Yankees	74	282	84	15	59	1	.298	–	–
1960	New York Yankees	146	538	166	26	91	2	.309	–	–
1961	New York Yankees	150	561	150	28	89	–	.267	–	–
1962	New York Yankees	140	478	129	23	80	–	.270	–	–
1963	Los Angeles Dodgers	89	237	48	4	19	–	.203	–	–
1964	Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1961-71)	146	535	151	17	79	–	.282	–	–
1965	Chicago White Sox	146	559	153	18	78	1	.274	–	–
1966	Chicago White Sox	120	337	84	6	29	1	.249	–	–
1967	California Angels, Chicago White Sox	70	131	27	1	11	–	.206	–	–