Bob Skube

Who is Bob Skube?

Robert Jacob "Bob" Skube is a retired professional baseball player whose career spanned seven seasons, two of which were spent in Major League Baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers. Skube has also served as a manager and coach in minor league baseball. During his MLB career, he compiled a .250 batting average with seven hits, one double, one triples, and nine runs batted in in 16 games played. Defensively in the majors, Skube played five games in center field, four games in right field, three games as a designated hitter, and one game at first base.

Skube attended Simi Valley High School, and the University of Southern California before turning professional. During the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, the Milwaukee Brewers selected Skube in the 13th round. He made his professional debut that season in the minor leagues with the Class-A Stockton Ports and the Class-A Burlington Bees. Over his minor league career, Skube batted .276 with 634 hits, 140 doubles, 24 triples, and 80 home runs.

In 2005, Skube began his coaching career with the Class-A Bakersfield Blaze of the California League. During the next season, he was made manager of the Arizona League Rangers of the rookie-level Arizona League. Since then, Skube has served as the hitting coach for the Class-A Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League, the rookie-level Arizona League Padres of the Arizona League, and the Class-A Lake Elsinore Storm of the California League. Skube currently serves as the Triple-A Tucson Padres hitting coach.