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Joel Skinner

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 198lb (193cm, 89kg)

Born: February 21, 1961 in La Jolla, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 37th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mission Bay HS (San Diego, CA).

High School: Mission Bay HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: June 12, 1983 (Age 22-111d, 14,744th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1991 (Age 30-213d)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Joel Patrick Skinner

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Relatives: Son of Bob Skinner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

1441

329

.228

119

RBI

136

OBP

.269

SLG

.311

OPS

.580

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-28 / in Starts: 27-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	1 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 154 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	90 (53-20-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 154 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (46-31-16)

Most Driven In
G Ward	5
Self	3
M Pagliarulo	2
W Randolph	2
M Salas	1
D Winfield	1
J Royster	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
W Randolph	3
C Washington	1
D Mattingly	1

1987 Batting Game Log

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1987 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	186	1	Apr 6	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.09	-0.064	1.61	-0.06%	-0.57	C
2	187	2	Apr 8	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.48	-0.014	.73	-0.01%	-0.01	C
3	188	3	Apr 9	NYY	@	DET	L,3-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.70	-0.068	1.14	-0.07%	-1.72	C
4	189	4	Apr 10	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-13	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.81	-0.085	1.08	-0.07%	-1.02	C
5	190	6 (1)	Apr 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	8	.82	-0.065	1.07	-0.05%	-0.91	C
6	191	7	Apr 13	NYY		CLE	W,11-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.79	-0.021	1.00	-0.02%	-0.25	C
7	192	8	Apr 14	NYY		CLE	W,10-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	8	1.29	0.280	1.70	0.22%	2.56	C
8	193	9	Apr 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.286	.468	8	1.00	0.005	1.42	0.00%	-0.23	C
9	194	10	Apr 18	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.160	.192	.320	.512	8	.64	-0.070	.87	-0.06%	-0.91	C
10	195	12 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	NYY		KCR	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.286	.458	8	.96	-0.077	1.39	-0.07%	-0.60	C
11	196	13	Apr 20	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.258	.440	8	.32	-0.018	.55	-0.02%	-0.27	C
12	197	14	Apr 21	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.118	.167	.235	.402	8	1.20	0.045	2.14	0.05%	0.33	C
13	198	15	Apr 22	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.108	.154	.216	.370	8	.57	-0.056	1.11	-0.07%	-0.93	C
14	199	17 (1)	Apr 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.154	.216	.370	8						C
15	200	18	Apr 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.098	.140	.195	.335	8	1.86	-0.240	3.41	-0.26%	-1.78	C
16	201	19	Apr 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,14-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.167	.200	.367	8	.12	0.011	.21	0.01%	1.31	C
17	202	20	Apr 28	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.104	.157	.188	.344	8	.96	-0.074	1.67	-0.08%	-0.61	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	203	22 (1)	May 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.185	.216	.401	8	.46	-0.013	.74	-0.01%	0.27	C
19	204	23	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.186	.232	.419	8	.79	-0.046	1.14	-0.04%	-1.08	C
20	205	24	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.194	.254	.448	8	.99	0.004	1.48	0.00%	-0.05	C
21	206	25	May 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.197	.254	.451	8	.70	-0.005	1.03	0.00%	-0.16	C
22	207	26	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.191	.246	.437	8	1.12	-0.059	1.70	-0.05%	-0.52	C
23	208	27	May 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.183	.235	.418	8	.54	-0.053	.86	-0.05%	-1.28	C
24	209	28	May 8	NYY		MIN	W,11-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.178	.229	.407	8	1.02	-0.075	1.75	-0.08%	-0.74	C
25	210	29	May 9	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.139	.173	.222	.396	9	1.57	-0.127	2.80	-0.14%	-1.08	C
26	211	31 (1)	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.173	.222	.396	9						C
27	212	32	May 12	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	11-GF(13)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.173	.222	.396	9	3.15	-0.015	6.02	-0.02%	-0.22	C
28	213	33	May 13	NYY		TEX	L,6-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.173	.222	.396	9						C
29	214	34	May 14	NYY		TEX	W,9-1	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.203	.230	.432	9	.21	0.001	.42	0.00%	0.73	C
30	215	35	May 15	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.193	.218	.411	8	.96	-0.136	1.96	-0.17%	-1.46	C
31	216	36	May 16	NYY	@	SEA	L,8-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.259	.466	9	.84	0.060	1.78	0.08%	0.70	C
32	217	38 (1)	May 18	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.250	.450	8	.89	-0.071	1.93	-0.09%	-0.72	C
33	218	39	May 19	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.241	.435	8	1.27	-0.105	2.87	-0.14%	-0.98	C
34	219	40	May 20	NYY	@	OAK	L,5-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.194	.241	.435	8						C
35	220	43 (2)	May 24	NYY	@	CAL	W,10-8	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.146	.206	.281	.487	8	.67	0.079	1.50	0.11%	0.86	C
36	221	44	May 25	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.208	.290	.498	8	.49	-0.017	1.13	-0.02%	-0.11	C
37	222	45	May 27	NYY		SEA	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.202	.281	.483	8	.95	-0.062	2.24	-0.09%	-0.59	C
38	223	49 (3)	May 31	NYY		OAK	W,9-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.141	.204	.273	.476	8	.46	0.006	1.08	0.01%	-1.16	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	224	56 (6)	Jun 7	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.205	.265	.470	8	1.41	-0.078	4.21	-0.14%	-0.72	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	225	116 (59)	Aug 14	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.135	.200	.260	.460	8	1.24	-0.041	3.35	-0.07%	-0.29	C
41	226	117	Aug 15	NYY		CLE	W,11-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.210	.269	.479	8	.63	0.050	1.53	0.07%	1.15	C
42	227	118	Aug 16	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.210	.269	.479	8						C
43	228	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.210	.269	.479	1						C
44	229	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.203	.259	.462	8	.31	-0.031	.69	-0.04%	-0.97	C
45	230	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-12	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.205	.259	.463	8	.77	0.024	2.01	0.04%	0.07	C
46	231	127 (5)	Aug 28	NYY		SEA	L,4-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.145	.203	.256	.460	8	.48	-0.018	.63	-0.01%	-0.96	PH C
47	232	129 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		SEA	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.200	.252	.452	8	.73	0.020	.75	0.01%	0.03	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	233	133 (3)	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.252	.452	9						C
49	234	134	Sep 4	NYY		CAL	W,8-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.142	.198	.250	.448	8	.07	-0.002	.07	0.00%	-0.32	C
50	235	136 (1)	Sep 6	NYY		CAL	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.195	.246	.441	8	.79	-0.044	.98	-0.03%	-0.42	C
51	236	141 (4)	Sep 12	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.193	.242	.435	8	.48	-0.025	.23	-0.01%	-0.30	C
52	237	143 (1)	Sep 14	NYY		MIL	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.193	.242	.435	8						C
53	238	145 (1)	Sep 16	NYY		MIL	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.193	.242	.435	8						C
54	239	146	Sep 17	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.193	.242	.435	8						C
55	240	148 (1)	Sep 19	NYY		TOR	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.188	.236	.425	8	1.36	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
56	241	149	Sep 20	NYY		TOR	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.186	.233	.418	8	1.31	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
57	242	151 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,10-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.186	.233	.418	8						C
58	243	152	Sep 23	NYY	@	MIL	L,7-8	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.191	.238	.430	8	2.06	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.22	C
59	244	153	Sep 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.191	.238	.430	8						C
60	245	154	Sep 26	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.191	.238	.430	8						C
61	246	155	Sep 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.190	.237	.427	7	1.70	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
62	247	157 (1)	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.192	.237	.429	8	.47	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-1.31	C
63	248	158	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	L,0-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.190	.235	.426	8	.78	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
64	249	159	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.187	.230	.417	8	.44	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.68	C
							36-28		154	139	9	19	4	0	3	14	8	0	46	1	4	2	3	9	0	0	.137	.187	.230	.417		.83	-1.543	1.35	-1.42%	-19.44

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