Dave Skaggs

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1951)}}

{{about||the American politician|David Skaggs|the American historian|David Curtis Skaggs Jr.}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dave Skaggs

|position=Catcher

|image=Dave Skaggs 1977.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1951|6|12}}

|birth_place=Santa Monica, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 17

|debutyear=1977

|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 4

|finalyear=1980

|finalteam=California Angels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.241

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=49

|teams=

• Baltimore Orioles (1977–1980)
• California Angels (1980)

}}

David Lindsey Skaggs (born June 12, 1951) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of four seasons, from {{By|1977}} until {{By|1980}}, for the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels. As a member of the Orioles, he was the last Oriole to wear #8 before Cal Ripken Jr.

Skaggs was the starting catcher in game 4 of the 1979 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a game in which the Orioles won 9-6.

The Dave Skaggs family would appear later in the 1980s on an episode of the popular game show Family Feud.