Robert Roe Skidmore is a retired American

United States

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 professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player. An outfielder

Outfielder

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 and first baseman

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, he had a ten-year, 1,289-game

Games played

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 career (1966–1975) in minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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, but made only one Major League

Major League Baseball

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 appearance as a pinch hitter

Pinch hitter

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 for the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 in 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighed 188 pounds (85.3 kg).

Skidmore had split the 1970 season between the Cubs' two top farm clubs, the San Antonio Missions

San Antonio Missions

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 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

St. Louis Cardinals

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 at Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field

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, he pinch hit for Joe Decker

Joe Decker

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 in the seventh inning and singled

Single (baseball)

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 off Cardinal left-hander

Left-handed

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 Jerry Reuss

Jerry Reuss

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. He was then retired on a force out

Force out

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. It was Skidmore's only Major League at bat

At bat

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