Lou Skizas
1956–1959 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees
239G
.270AVG
.317OBP
.443SLG
More career statistics
196H
30HR
86RBI
8SB
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 37 | 36 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 788 | 787 |
| Batting · Walks | 50 | 49 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | 788 | 725 | 80 | 196 | 27 | 4 | 30 | 86 | 50 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 321 | .270 | .317 | .443 | .760 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1957-07-04 to 1957-07-14
8longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1956-07-27 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 116 | 373 | 97 | 17 | 45 | 24 | 18 | .282 | .324 | .471 |
| Away | 123 | 414 | 99 | 13 | 41 | 25 | 18 | .260 | .300 | .417 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 91 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | .231 | .308 | .474 |
| May | 34 | 81 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .257 | .284 | .405 |
| June | 36 | 103 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | .242 | .301 | .400 |
| July | 46 | 172 | 51 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 9 | .319 | .355 | .506 |
| August | 46 | 178 | 41 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 6 | .252 | .292 | .393 |
| September | 43 | 162 | 44 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 11 | .284 | .309 | .458 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 38 | 132 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | .276 | .341 | .362 |
| baltimore-orioles | 36 | 106 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .245 | .274 | .398 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 128 | 36 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .295 | .305 | .541 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 104 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .237 | .269 | .392 |
| new-york-yankees | 33 | 111 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | .317 | .378 | .525 |
| detroit-tigers | 32 | 119 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 9 | .243 | .286 | .423 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 26 | 82 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .289 | .329 | .474 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 89 | 303 | 95 | 11 | 40 | 3 | .314 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Kansas City Athletics | 119 | 376 | 92 | 18 | 44 | 5 | .245 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Detroit Tigers | 23 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Chicago White Sox | 8 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | – | – |