Walt Dropo

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

Born: January 30, 1923 in Moosup, CT us

Died: December 17, 2010 in Peabody, MA

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Moosup, CT

High School: Plainfield HS (Central Village, CT)

School: University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

Debut: April 19, 1949 (Age 26-079d, 10,575th in major league history)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 17, 1961 (Age 38-107d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Walter Dropo

Nicknames: Moose

Pronunciation: \DRO-po\

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Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.3

4124

1113

152

.270

478

RBI

704

OBP

.326

SLG

.432

OPS

.758

OPS+

100

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
2	2	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	43	10.2	9	2	0	11	0	1B
3	3	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
4	4	Apr 18	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
7	7	Apr 20	BOS		WSH	W,6-3	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	8	Apr 21	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
9	9	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
10	10	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
11	11	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
12	12	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,5-3	GS	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
14	14	May 2	BOS		SLB	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
15	15	May 3	BOS		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
16	16	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
17	18 (1)	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
18	24 (5)	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
19	25	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
20	26	May 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
21	27	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	40	9.1	6	1	0	7	1	1B
22	28	May 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
23	29	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
24	30	May 19	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
25	31	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
26	32	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
27	33	May 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
28	34	May 26	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
29	35	May 27	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	GS	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
30	36	May 29	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	27	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
31	37	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
32	38	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	39	May 31	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	40	Jun 1	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
35	41	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	10.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Detroit Tigers
36	42	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
37	43	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
38	44	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
39	45	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
40	46	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
41	47	Jun 8 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
42	48	Jun 8 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
43	49	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
44	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	51	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
46	52	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
47	53	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
48	54	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
49	55	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
50	56	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	13	0	0	13	0
51	57	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,6-10	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
52	58	Jun 19	DET		NYY	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
53	59	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
54	60	Jun 22 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	15	0	0	15	1
55	61	Jun 22 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-10	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
56	62	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	43	9.0	7	0	1	8	3	1B
57	63	Jun 24	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
58	64	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
59	65	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
60	66	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
61	67	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
62	68	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
63	69	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	70	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
65	71	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
66	72	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
67	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
68	74	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	12	3	1	16	1
69	75	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
70	76	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-16	CG	47	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
71	77	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	6	1	1	8	2	1B
72	78	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
73	79	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
74	80	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
75	81	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
76	82	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
77	83	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
78	84	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
79	85	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	29	8.1	8	1	0	9	1	1B
80	86	Jul 18	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
81	87	Jul 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
82	88	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	7	1	0	8	1	1B
83	89	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
84	90	Jul 22	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
85	91	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	61	16.0	17	3	0	20	0	1B
86	92	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
87	93	Jul 25	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
88	94	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	47	11.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
89	95	Jul 27 (1)	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	3
90	96	Jul 27 (2)	DET		NYY	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
91	97	Jul 28	DET		NYY	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
92	98	Jul 29 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	8	3	1	12	0
93	99	Jul 29 (2)	DET		PHA	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	100	Jul 30	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
95	101	Jul 31 (1)	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
96	102	Jul 31 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	103	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
98	104	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
99	105	Aug 3	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
100	106	Aug 5	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
101	107	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	11.2	6	4	0	10	1
102	108	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	52	11.1	18	0	1	19	0	1B
103	109	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	11	2	0	13	0	1B
104	110	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
105	111	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
106	112	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
107	113	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
108	114	Aug 13	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
109	115	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
110	116	Aug 16	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
111	117	Aug 17 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
112	118	Aug 17 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	12	2	1	15	3
113	119	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
114	120	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
115	121	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
116	122	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
117	123	Aug 23	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	4	1B
118	124	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
119	125	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
120	126	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
121	127	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
122	128	Aug 28 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
123	129	Aug 28 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
124	130	Aug 29	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
125	131	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
126	132	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	133	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
128	134	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
129	135	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
130	136	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
131	137	Sep 6	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
132	138	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
133	139	Sep 9	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
134	140	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
135	141	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
136	142	Sep 12	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
137	143	Sep 13	DET		PHA	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
138	144	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,2-6	GS	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
139	145	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
140	146	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
141	147	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
142	148	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
143	149	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
144	150	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
145	151	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
146	152	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
147	153	Sep 24	DET		SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	1
148	154	Sep 25	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
149	155	Sep 27	DET		CLE	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
150	156	Sep 28	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
							150gm		1319.1	1324	99	14	1437	135