| Roe Skidmore | |
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| Pinch hitter | |
| Born: October 30, 1945 Decatur, Illinois |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 17, 1970 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 17, 1970 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | 1.000 |
| At bats | 1 |
| Hits | 1 |
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Robert Roe Skidmore (born October 30, 1945, at Decatur, Illinois) is a retired American professional baseball player. An outfielder and first baseman, he had a ten-year, 1,289-game career (1966–1975) in minor league baseball,[1] but made only one Major League appearance as a pinch hitter for the 1970 Chicago Cubs. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 188 pounds (85 kg).
Skidmore had split the 1970 season between the Cubs' two top farm clubs, the San Antonio Missions and the Tacoma Cubs, before his late-season trial in the Majors. On September 17, 1970, during a 9–2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, he pinch hit for Joe Decker in the seventh inning and singled off Cardinal left-hander Jerry Reuss. He was then retired on a force out.[2] It was Skidmore's only Major League at bat.