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Bill Skowron

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)
Born: December 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL
Died: April 27, 2012 in Arlington Heights, IL
Buried: Cremated
High School: Weber HS (Chicago, IL)
School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
Debut: April 13, 1954 ( 8,675th in MLB history)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: October 1, 1967 
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: William Joseph Skowron
Nicknames: Moose
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Notable Events and Chronology for Bill Skowron Career

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December 18, 1930

Bill Skowron is born

September 30, 1955

In Game 3 of the World Series, the Dodgers’ Johnny Podres defeats Bob Turley who fails to last 2 innings against the Bums. C Roy Campanella leads the attack with 3 hits and 3 RBI, as Brooklyn wins 8 – 3.

October 3, 1955

Yankees beat Dodgers 5-1 to force game 7 in 1955 World Series

August 8, 1956

Mickey Mantle’s opposite-field homer‚ off Camilo Pascual in the 1st inning, jump starts the Yankees to a 12 – 2 win over the Senators. Mantle is now 9 games ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 pace.

October 10, 1956

In Game 7 of the World Series, Johnny Kucks blanks Brooklyn, 9-0, to give the Yankees their 17th World Championship in franchise history

June 13, 1957

Yankees and White Sox Brawl – Full Broadcast June 13 1957 New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox

July 14, 1957

Bill Skowron of the New York Yankees hits a major league-record second pinch grand slam of the season.

October 31, 1957

Yogi Berra says the team returned fine money to players involved in the Copacabana fight

May 11, 1958

Washington Senators at New york Yankees Full Radio Broadcast

April 22, 1959

At Griffith Stadium, Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees pitches a 14-inning, 1 – 0 shutout against the Washington Senators, giving up 8 hits while striking out 15. The Yankees win in the first half of the 14th inning on a Moose Skowron solo home run – the longest contest in major league history ending 1 – 0 on a home run.

June 22, 1959

Mickey Mantle drives in six runs with a triple and two homers to lead New York to a 13 – 6 win

July 19, 1960

The Yankees outslug the Indians, 13 – 11, behind the slugging of Bill Skowron. Skowron follows a Yogi Berra blast with his second homer in the 8th, but Cleveland answers with two in the bottom of the 8th for an 11 – 8 lead. Moose then hits a bases-loaded double in the 9th to win it. Roger Maris hits his 30th home run and Jimmy Piersall homers for the Tribe.

October 8, 1960

Whitey Ford is brilliant as the Yankees take game 3 of the 1960 World Series

August 20, 1961

Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris homer in the twinbill sweep.

September 10, 1961

The Yankees sweep the Indians, 7 – 6 and 9 – 3, their 12th win in a row at home, and the Indians’ 20th loss in a row at Yankee Stadium – Full Radio Broadcast

September 15, 1961

The Yankees set a new American League record for most homers in a season as they split a doubleheader in Detroit

October 7, 1961

The Yankees win Game 3 of the World Series, beating the hometown Reds at Crosley Field, 3-2. The decisive blow is Roger Maris’ home run leading off in the top of the ninth inning off Cincinnati starter Bob Purkey.

October 8, 1961

Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth’s record for consecutive scoreless innings in World Series play

April 17, 1962

Yankees topple Orioles April 17 1962 8-3 Full Radio Broadcast

November 26, 1962

The Dodgers trade pitcher Stan Williams for Yankee first baseman Bill Skowron

July 18, 1975

Jim Rice clouts a tremendous homer over the CF wall at Fenway Park just the 6th player to accomplish this feat

Biography

As a joke, Skowron’s grandfather called him Mussolini, but his family shortened the nickname to Moose. A kicker for Purdue, he signed to play baseball in 1951, and joined the Yankees in 1954. A powerful opposite-field hitter, he topped the .300 mark five times with New York and was TSN all-star first baseman in 1960. He once lamented, “I hit over .300 three straight years for the Yankees and they wouldn’t give me a raise.”

Making up for the disappointment of making the final out of the 1957 WS when Milwaukee won, he became a hero of the 1958 World Series versus the Braves. He drove in what proved to be the winning run in Game Six, and hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning of the final game to give New York a 6-2 victory as they came back from a 3-games-to-1 deficit. When Skowron homered in the 14th inning on April 22, 1959, the Yankees and Senators set the AL record for the longest game to end 1-0 on a home run. After playing in his seventh WS with New York in 1962, Skowron was traded to the Dodgers, for whom he hit just .203 while platooned in 1963. But, facing his former team in the 1963 WS, he went 5-for-13, including a HR, as the Dodgers swept the Yankees.

He was an All-Star in 6 seasons and was a member of 5 World Series champions (1956, 1958, 1961-62 New York Yankees, 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers).

In his 14-year career (1954-1967), Skowron had 1566 hits, 211 HR, 888 RBI, .282 BA, .332 OBP, .459 Slg., & .792 OPS.

Bill passed away in 2012 at the age of 81.

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