Skip Lockwood

Pitcher

Born: August 17, 1946 (age 70)
Roslindale, Massachusetts

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 23, 1965, for the Kansas City Athletics

Last MLB appearance

September 10, 1980, for the Boston Red Sox

MLB statistics

57–97

3.55

829

Teams

Career highlights and awards

19 Saves in 1976 (2nd in NL)

Claude Edward (Skip) Lockwood Jr. (born August 17, 1946 in Roslindale, Massachusetts) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Seattle Pilots (1969), Milwaukee Brewers (1970–1973), California Angels (1974), New York Mets (1975–1979) and Boston Red Sox (1980).

Lockwood was the last of the original Seattle Pilots to play for the Brewers, being traded to the California Angels prior to the 1974 season.

Lockwood attended Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he earned 14 varsity letters in four years. His school record time in the 100-yard dash in 1964 still stands. Lockwood was a third baseman when he signed with the Kansas City Athletics out of high school in 1964 as an amateur free agent.

Despite batting only .208 with the Burlington Bees, he showed decent power with five home runs in 236 at bats, and was brought up to the majors for the 1965 season. With the A's, he batted only .121 with eleven strikeouts in 33 at bats, and was back in the minor leagues the next two seasons.

On November 28, 1967, Lockwood was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1967 Rule 5 draft, but, following spring training, he was returned to his original club, which had moved to Oakland. Upon his return to the Athletics organization, Lockwood was converted to a pitcher despite having only pitched one inning with the Modesto Reds in 1966. On October 15, 1968, he was selected by the Seattle Pilots in the 1968 expansion draft. During their first and only season, he made his major league debut on the mound with the Pilots, going 0–1 with a 3.52 earned run average in six games.

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