Skippy Roberge was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on May 19, 1917. He attended Keith Academy, now part of Lowell Catholic High School, from 1933–1937, where he was the football quarterback, All-American forward for the basketball team, and shortstop and pitcher for the baseball team. He did not attend college.\n', '

After high school, Roberge joined a semi-pro baseball team in the Lowell Twilight League, and the Lowell YMCA basketball team, where he played until 1938 when he tried out for the Braves, then nicknamed the Boston Bees. Manager Casey Stengel liked what he saw and assigned Roberge to a Class D farm team, the Bradford Bees, for 1939. The next year, in 1940, Roberge moved up to the Class B team, the Evansville Bees, then to the Class A team, the Hartford Bees, before entering the Majors.\n', '

Roberge was a right-handed backup utility Infielder for the Boston Braves from 1941–1942, 1946. Listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) 185 pounds (84 kg), he made his Major League debut at the age of 24. He never started a game, but finished his career with 508 at-bats and a .220 batting average, with 3 home runs.\n', '

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