Former Pirates outfielder, coach Bob Skinner, who won 2 World Series with club, dies at 94

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Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder and coach Bob Skinner has died, the club confirmed Tuesday. He was 94 years old.

Skinner won two World Series with the club, first as a player on the 1960 championship team that took down the New York Yankees and then as a coach for the 1979 Pirates squad that outlasted the Baltimore Orioles.

Skinner was a three-time All-Star and also won a World Series while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964.

We are saddened to relay the news of the passing of former Pirates outfielder and coach Bob Skinner. Skinner was a member of the 1960 World Series Championship Pirates and a coach on the 1979 World Series Championship team. He made his Major League debut with the Bucs in 1954 and… pic.twitter.com/xOfl4ZYKTV

— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 5, 2026

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