Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1983
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1983
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 564
- AB
- 1,441
- R
- 119
- H
- 329
- HR
- 17
- RBI
- 136
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .228
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CHW | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| 1984 | CHW | 43 | 80 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .213 |
| 1985 | CHW | 22 | 44 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .341 |
| 1986 |  CHW/NYY | 114 | 315 | 23 | 73 | 5 | 37 | 1 | .232 |
| 1987 | NYY | 64 | 139 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .137 |
| 1988 | NYY | 88 | 251 | 23 | 57 | 4 | 23 | 0 | .227 |
| 1989 | CLE | 79 | 178 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .230 |
| 1990 | CLE | 49 | 139 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .252 |
| 1991 | CLE | 99 | 284 | 23 | 69 | 1 | 24 | 0 | .243 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,551
- TB
- 448
- XBH
- 82
- HBP
- 4
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 40
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CHW | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHW | 88 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHW | 50 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHW/NYY | 336 | 99 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYY | 154 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYY | 272 | 84 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | CLE | 189 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | CLE | 146 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | CLE | 305 | 86 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.5
- RC
- 105.7
- RC/27
- 2.40
- ISOP
- .083
- SECA
- .135
- BB/K
- 0.21
- AB/HR
- 84.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CHW | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHW | -0.5 | 4.8 | 2 | .025 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHW | 0.5 | 8.8 | 7.4 | .205 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 44 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHW/NYY | -0.4 | 23.5 | 2.5 | .083 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 63 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYY | -1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 46.3 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYY | 0.5 | 20.6 | 2.7 | .108 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 62.8 | 0 |
| 1989 | CLE | -0.2 | 13.4 | 2.5 | .073 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 178 | 0 |
| 1990 | CLE | 0.4 | 12.8 | 3.3 | .086 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 69.5 | 0 |
| 1991 | CLE | 0.2 | 20.9 | 2.4 | .060 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 284 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Joel Skinner's career stats?
Joel Skinner played 9 seasons for the White Sox, the Yankees and the Guardians. He was a career .228 hitter with 329 hits, 17 home runs and 136 RBI. His best season was 1985: a .341 batting average, 1 home run and 5 RBI.
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