An outfielder and first baseman, he had a ten-year, 1,289-game career (1966–1975) in minor league baseball, 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).\n', '

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. It was Skidmore\'s only Major League at bat.\n', '

Roe attended Eisenhower High School in Decatur, Illinois.\n', '

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