Robert Ralph Skinner is a scout for the Houston Astros and a former outfielder-first baseman, manager and coach in American Major League Baseball. Skinner, who has spent over 50 years in the game, is the father of former MLB catcher and coach Joel Skinner. Bob Skinner, a left-handed hitter who threw right-handed, played most of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He spent his last 3� years as a pinch hitter and backup outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. 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 AAA Pacific Coast League, the top farm club of the Philadelphia Phillies. 

October 3rd, 1931 in La Jolla (Age 93)