Lou Skizas MLB Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1956-1959 (1956-1959)

Proper Name

Louis Peter Skizas

Nickname

The Nervous Greek

Positions

OF (161) ... 3B (36)

Positions

OF - 3B

Height / Weight

5-11 / 175

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

June 2,1932

Death Date

November 17,2023 Age: 91.168

Place

Chicago, Illinois

High School

Crane Technical (Chicago,IL)

MLB Debut

April 19,1956

MLBAM ID

122300

Retrosheet#

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1956	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	45	24	OF-3B	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334	.000	.000	.250	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	KC1	35	24	OF	83	297	39	94	11	3	11	39	3	1	15	17	0	2	3	1	13	144	317	25	69	.316	.346	.485	.831	.226	.169	.305	4.73	5.36	1.13	27.00
1957	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	KC1	35	25	OF	119	376	34	92	14	1	18	44	5	2	27	15	2	3	3	1	9	162	411	33	59	.245	.297	.431	.728	.266	.186	.214	6.57	3.65	0.56	20.89
1958	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	22	26	OF-3B	23	33	4	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	13	38	3	5	.242	.342	.394	.736	.303	.152	.226	13.16	2.63	0.20	33.00
1959	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	3	27	OF	8	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	0	1	.077	.250	.077	.327	.231	.000	.091	18.75	12.50	0.67	0.00
1956	MLB	Total	--	NYA,KC1	--	--	--	89	303	39	95	11	3	11	40	3	1	15	19	0	2	3	1	13	145	323	25	70	.314	.343	.479	.821	.221	.165	.304	4.64	5.88	1.27	27.55	AL	1956
1957	MLB	Total	--	KC1	--	--	--	119	376	34	92	14	1	18	44	5	2	27	15	2	3	3	1	9	162	411	33	59	.245	.297	.431	.727	.266	.186	.214	6.57	3.65	0.56	20.89	AL	1957
1958	MLB	Total	--	DET	--	--	--	23	33	4	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	13	38	3	5	.242	.342	.394	.736	.303	.152	.226	13.16	2.63	0.20	33.00	AL	1958
1959	MLB	Total	--	CHA	--	--	--	8	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	0	1	.077	.250	.077	.327	.231	.000	.091	18.75	12.50	0.67		AL	1959
Tot:	MLB (4 yrs)		MLB					239	725	80	196	27	4	30	86	8	3	50	37	2	5	6	3	24	321	788	61	135	.270	.317	.443	.759	.248	.172	.250	6.35	4.70	0.74	24.17
Tot:	AL (4 yrs)		AL					239	725	80	196	27	4	30	86	8	3	50	37	2	5	6	3	24	321	788	61	135	.270	.317	.443	.759	.248	.172	.250	6.35	4.70	0.74	24.17

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year	team	league	level	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	sb	cs	sb%	fpct	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm share	pl share	tm rank
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	24	OF	74	-	622.0	148	9	4	0	161	157	0	0		.975	2.1	0.25	2.25	48.1	89.2	3
1957	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	25	OF	76	-	574.1	119	5	3	2	127	124	0	0		.976	1.6	0.22	1.98	49.7	63.9	4
1957	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	25	3B	32	-	230.1	29	57	5	3	91	86	0	0		.945	2.7	0.37	3.33	20.9	26.9	2
1958	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	26	OF	5	-	22.0	3	0	1	0	4	3	0	0		.750	0.6	0.14	1.26	3.2	21.7	8
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year	team	league	level	mlb-class	age	w	l	rank	rpi	gp	manager	salary	service time	playoffs	awards
1956	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	24	97	57	1	-	6	Casey Stengel			Won World Series (Dodgers)
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	KC1	24	52	102	8	-	83	Lou Boudreau			dnq
1957	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	KC1	25	59	94	7	-	119	Lou Boudreau, Harry Craft			dnq
1958	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	26	77	77	5	-	23	Bill Norman, Jack Tighe			dnq
1959	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	27	94	60	1	-	8	Al Lopez			Lost World Series (Dodgers)
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date	transaction description	team	minor team	40-man	status
1959-05-01	Traded from Chicago White Sox with Don Rudolph to Cincinnati Reds for Del Ennis	Cincinnati Reds		No	Hist
1958-12-01	Selected from Detroit Tigers by Chicago White Sox in MLB Rule 5 Draft	Chicago White Sox		No	Hist
1957-11-20	Traded from Kansas City Athletics with Gus Zernial, Billy Martin, Tom Morgan, Mickey McDermott and Tim Thompson to Detroit Tigers for Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, Kent Hadley and Jim McManus (4/3/1958)	Detroit Tigers		No	Hist
1956-06-14	Traded from New York Yankees with Eddie Robinson to Kansas City Athletics for Moe Burtschy and Bill Renna	Kansas City Athletics		No	Hist
1949-01-01	Signed as amateur free agent	New York Yankees		No	Hist
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Stat Capsule	ab	r	h	hr	rbi	sb	avg	ops
MLB Career	725	80	196	30	86	8	.270	.759

Lou Skizas

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