Lou Skizas
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Lou Skizas (Louis Peter Skizas) was born on June 2, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1956 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1956, his rookie year, he hit .314 with 11 home runs and 40 RBI. Skizas played for the Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 4 year career.
Most people believe that Lou Skizas's best season was 1957, when he slugged 18 home runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 83
| 297
| 39
| 94
| 11
| 39
| .316
| .346
| .485
| 11
| 3
| 15
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 13
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| 89
| 303
| 39
| 95
| 11
| 40
| .314
| .343
| .479
| 11
| 3
| 15
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 13
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 119
| 376
| 34
| 92
| 18
| 44
| .245
| .297
| .431
| 14
| 1
| 27
| 15
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 9
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 23
| 33
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 2
| .242
| .342
| .394
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1959
| CHI
| A
| 8
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .250
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 239
| 725
| 80
| 196
| 30
| 86
| .270
| .317
| .443
| 27
| 4
| 50
| 37
| 2
| 5
| 8
| 3
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1956
| KC
| A
| OF
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 148
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| RF
| 69
| 63
| 517.2
| 109
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 32
| 28
| 230.1
| 29
| 57
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| OF
| 76
| 67
| 574.1
| 119
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| LF
| 14
| 4
| 56.2
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| OF
| 5
| 2
| 22
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| LF
| 4
| 2
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 4
| 30
| 1
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1959
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 6
| 4
| 26.1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| CHI
| A
| LF
| 6
| 4
| 26.1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 36
| 32
| 260.1
| 30
| 64
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 70
| 63
| 520.2
| 110
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 24
| 10
| 102
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 161
| 73
| 622.2
| 276
| 15
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1949).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Eddie Robinson to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Moe Burtschy, Bill Renna and cash (June 14, 1956).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Gus Zernial, Billy Martin, Tom Morgan, Mickey McDermott and Tim Thompson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, Kent Hadley and a player to be named later (November 20, 1957); Kansas City Athletics received Jim McManus (April 3, 1958).
- Selected by Chicago White Sox from Detroit Tigers in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 1, 1958).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Don Rudolph to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Del Ennis (May 1, 1959).
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