Bob Skinner

This article is about the baseball player. For the fictional character, see Quintin Jardine.

Bob Skinner

Left fielder

Born: October 3, 1931
La Jolla, San Diego, California

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 13, 1954, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Last MLB appearance

September 24, 1966, for the St. Louis Cardinals

MLB statistics

Batting average

.277

Home runs

103

Runs batted in

531

Teams

As player

As manager

Philadelphia Phillies (1968–1969)
San Diego Padres (1977)

As coach

Career highlights and awards

3× All-Star (1958, 1960, 1960²)
2× World Series champion (1960, 1964)

Robert Ralph Skinner (born October 3, 1931) is a retired American outfielder-first baseman, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. Skinner spent over 50 years in the game.

Career

Bob Skinner, a left-handed hitter who threw right-handed, played most of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1954; 1956–63). He spent his last 3½ years as a pinch hitter and backup outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds (1963–64) and St. Louis Cardinals (1964–66). During his best season, 1962 with the Pirates, he batted .302 and hit 20 home runs. Over his 12-year career, he batted .277 with 103 homers. Skinner played for two World Series champions in two tries. Although he hit only .200 for Pittsburgh as a regular during the 1960 World Series, as a pinch hitter for St. Louis during the 1964 World Series, Skinner hit safely in two of three at-bats for a .667 average.

In 1967, Skinner retired from playing and became manager of his hometown team, the San Diego Padres of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, the top farm club of the Philadelphia Phillies. He led San Diego to an 85–63 record and the 1967 PCL championship, winning Minor League Manager of the Year honors from The Sporting News. In 1968, he began the year at San Diego but was soon called to the Phillies to replace Gene Mauch as manager with the Phils in fifth place with a record of 27–27. It was a disastrous move for the Phils; under Skinner, the team plunged to eighth place, with a 48–59 record, and when they performed even worse in 1969, at 44–64, and in fifth place in the new NL East Division, Skinner was replaced by his third-base coach, George Myatt.

He remained in the game, however, as a coach for the National League Padres, who came into being in 1969, Pirates, California Angels and Atlanta Braves. He also managed the Houston Astros' Tucson Toros PCL franchise from 1989–92 before becoming a Houston scout.

His career record as a manager, including a one-game interim stint with the 1977 Padres, was 93–123 (.431).

In 1976, Skinner was also inducted by the San Diego Hall of Champions into the Breitbard Hall of Fame honoring San Diego's finest athletes both on and off the playing surface.

Personal life

Skinner is the father of former MLB catcher and coach Joel Skinner.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, SABR Biography Project, or Pura Pelota (VPBL stats)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1960 World Series Champions

2 Bob Oldis 4 Bob Skinner 5 Hal Smith 6 Smoky Burgess 7 Dick Stuart 9 Bill Mazeroski 11 Ducky Schofield 12 Don Hoak 14 Rocky Nelson 16 Gene Baker 18 Bill Virdon 19 Bob Friend 20 Gino Cimoli 21 Roberto Clemente 22 Joe Gibbon 23 Joe Christopher 24 Dick Groat 26 Roy Face 29 Clem Labine 30 Wilmer Mizell 31 Harvey Haddix 32 Vern Law 35 Fred Green 39 George Witt 48 Tom Cheney

Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh Coaches 41 Bill Burwell 42 Mickey Vernon 43 Sam Narron 44 Frank Oceak 45 Lenny Levy Virgil Trucks

Regular season

St. Louis Cardinals 1964 World Series Champions

9 Bob Uecker 11 Jerry Buchek 12 Bill White 14 Ken Boyer 15 Tim McCarver 17 Carl Warwick 18 Mike Shannon 19 Bob Skinner 20 Lou Brock 21 Curt Flood 22 Gordie Richardson 23 Charlie James 24 Dick Groat 25 Julián Javier 27 Dal Maxvill 31 Curt Simmons 33 Barney Schultz 35 Mike Cuellar 37 Ray Sadecki 39 Ron Taylor 41 Roger Craig 44 Ray Washburn 45 Bob Gibson (World Series MVP) 47 Bob Humphreys

Manager 5 Johnny Keane Coaches 2 Red Schoendienst 3 Joe Schultz 4 Howie Pollet 8 Vern Benson

Regular season

Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Series Champions

3 Phil Garner 5 Bill Madlock 6 Rennie Stennett 8 Willie Stargell (NLCS and World Series MVP) 10 Tim Foli 14 Ed Ott 15 Enrique Romo 16 Steve Nicosia 17 Lee Lacy 18 Omar Moreno 19 Jim Rooker 22 Bert Blyleven 23 Grant Jackson 24 Mike Easler 25 Bruce Kison 26 Jim Bibby 27 Kent Tekulve 28 Bill Robinson 34 John Milner 35 Manny Sanguillén 36 Matt Alexander 39 Dave Parker 43 Don Robinson 45 John Candelaria

Manager 7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 32 Joe Lonnett 42 Alex Monchak 48 Bob Skinner 57 Harvey Haddix

Regular season National League Championship Series

Philadelphia Phillies managers

Bob Ferguson (1883)
Blondie Purcell (1883)
Harry Wright (1884–1890)
Jack Clements (1890)
Al Reach (1890)
Bob Allen (1890)
Harry Wright (1891–1893)
Arthur Irwin (1894–1895)
Billy Nash (1896)
George Stallings (1897–1898)
Bill Shettsline (1898–1902)
Chief Zimmer (1903)
Hugh Duffy (1904–1906)
Billy Murray (1907–1909)
Red Dooin (1910–1914)
Pat Moran (1915–1918)
Jack Coombs (1919)
Gavvy Cravath (1919–1920)
Bill Donovan (1921)
Kaiser Wilhelm (1921–1922)
Art Fletcher (1923–1926)
Stuffy McInnis (1927)
Burt Shotton (1928–1933)
Jimmy Wilson (1934–1938)
Hans Lobert (1938)
Doc Prothro (1939–1941)
Hans Lobert (1942)
Bucky Harris (1943)
Freddie Fitzsimmons (1943–1945)
Ben Chapman (1945–1948)
Dusty Cooke (1948)
Eddie Sawyer (1948–1952)
Steve O'Neill (1952–1954)
Terry Moore (1954)
Mayo Smith (1955–1958)
Eddie Sawyer (1958–1960)
Andy Cohen (1960)
Gene Mauch (1960–1968)
Bob Skinner (1968–1969)
George Myatt (1969)
Frank Lucchesi (1970–1972)
Paul Owens (1972)
Danny Ozark (1973–1979)
Dallas Green (1979–1981)
Pat Corrales (1982–1983)
Paul Owens (1983–1984)
John Felske (1985–1987)
Lee Elia (1987–1988)
John Vukovich (1988)
Nick Leyva (1989–1991)
Jim Fregosi (1991–1996)
Terry Francona (1997–2000)
Larry Bowa (2001–2004)
Gary Varsho (2004)
Charlie Manuel (2005–2013)
Ryne Sandberg (2013–2015)
Pete Mackanin (2015–)

San Diego Padres managers

Preston Gómez (1969–1972)
Don Zimmer (1972–1973)
John McNamara (1974–1977)
Bob Skinner (1977)
Alvin Dark (1977)
Roger Craig (1978–1979)
Jerry Coleman (1980)
Frank Howard (1981)
Dick Williams (1982–1985)
Steve Boros (1986)
Larry Bowa (1987–1988)
Jack McKeon (1988–1990)
Greg Riddoch (1990–1992)
Jim Riggleman (1992–1994)
Bruce Bochy (1995–2006)
Bud Black (2007–2015)
Dave Roberts (2015)
Pat Murphy (2015)
Andy Green (2016–)

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