Biography

Moose Skowron

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Born
December 18, 1930 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
April 27, 2012 · Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA (congestive heart failure)
Birth name
William Joseph Skowron
Nickname
- Moose
Height
5′ 11″ (1.80 m)

Moose Skowron was born on December 18, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Joey Bishop Show (1961), 1962 World Series (1962) and 1955 World Series (1955). He was married to Lorraine Rochnowski and Virginia Holmquist. He died on April 27, 2012 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA.

Major league baseball player. Played first base for the American League's New York Yankees (1954-1962), Washington Senators (1964), and Chicago White Sox (1964-1967); and the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers (1963).
Made major league debut on 13 April 1954.
He played for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, the Washington Senators, the Chicago White Sox, and the California Angels. He had 1,566 career hits, 888 runs batted and a .282 batting average. He retired as a player and held sales and promotional jobs where he was community affairs representative for the Chicago White Sox at the time of his death.
He is survived by his son, Greg Skowron of Schaumburg, Illinois; his wife, Lorraine "Cookie" Skowron of Arlington Heights, Illinois; his daughter, Lynnette Skowron Morgan; his son, Steve Skowron; his brother, Edward Skowron; and four grandchildren.
He went to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana on a football scholarship and played half-back, punted, and place kicked. He became a collegiate star in baseball playing shortstop and pitching. The New York Yankees signed him in 1950 after he won the Big Ten batting championship. He made his New York Yankee debut in 1954. His best season was 1960 when he hit .309 with 26 home runs, then hit .375 with 2 homers against Pittsburgh in the World Series.

I was miserable. Twelve years I was with New York, three in the minors, nine in the majors. I loved those guys and it killed me to beat them. My uniform might have said Los Angeles, but in my heart I was always a Yankee.
When I played for the White Sox, my grandmother thought everyone in the crowed was going boo. I said: 'No, Grandma, it's all right. They like me. They're saying Moose.' She was so relieved.
When I was about 8 years old living in Chicago, my grandfather gave all the haircuts to his grandchildren. He shaved off all my hair. I was completely bald. When I got outside, all the older fellows around the neighborhood started calling me Mussolini. At that time, he was the dictator of Italy. So after that, in grammar school, high school, and college, everybody called me Moose.

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