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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET	@	SLB	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
2	2	Apr 16	DET		CLE	L,8-11	CG	44	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
3	3	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
4	4	Apr 18 (1)	DET		SLB	L,7-8	CG	51	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
5	5	Apr 18 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
6	6	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,3-6	CG	51	11.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
8	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
9	9	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
10	10	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
11	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
12	12	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
13	13	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
14	14	Apr 28	DET		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
15	15	Apr 29	DET		BOS	L,4-10	CG	50	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
17	17	May 2	DET		PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
18	18	May 3	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
19	19	May 4	DET		NYY	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
20	20	May 5	DET		WSH	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
21	21	May 6	DET		WSH	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
22	22	May 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
23	23	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
24	24	May 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
25	25	May 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
26	26	May 12	DET	@	WSH	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
27	27	May 14	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
28	28	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
29	29	May 16	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
30	30	May 18 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
31	31	May 18 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
32	32	May 19	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
33	33	May 20	DET	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	42	8.1	7	2	0	9	1	1B
34	34	May 22	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
35	35	May 23	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
36	36	May 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
37	37	May 26	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	8.1	13	1	1	15	2	1B
38	38	May 27	DET	@	CHW	T,2-2	CG	66	15.0	18	1	0	19	1	1B
39	39	May 29	DET		SLB	L,5-11	CG	56	11.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
40	40	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
41	41	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,1-13	CG	49	9.0	18	1	0	19	0	1B
42	42	May 31	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 2	DET		PHA	T,7-7	CG	65	14.0	15	5	0	20	0	1B
44	44	Jun 3	DET		PHA	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
45	48 (3)	Jun 6 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
46	49	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
47	50	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
48	51	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
49	52	Jun 10	DET		NYY	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
50	53	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
51	54	Jun 12	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
52	55	Jun 13	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
53	56	Jun 14	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
54	57	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
55	58	Jun 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-17	CG	51	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
56	59	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-23	CG	60	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
57	60	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	61	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	8	2	1	11	1	1B
59	62	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
60	63	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
61	64	Jun 23	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
62	65	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
63	66	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
64	67	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
65	68	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	10	0	0	10	2	1B
66	69	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
67	70	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	1	13	3	1B
68	71	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	26	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	72	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
70	73	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
71	74	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
72	75	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
73	76	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
74	77	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
75	78	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
76	79	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
77	80	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	10	2	0	12	1	1B
78	81	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
79	82	Jul 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	83	Jul 10	DET		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
81	84	Jul 11	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
82	85	Jul 12 (1)	DET		SLB	W,8-7	GF	24	6.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
83	86	Jul 12 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
84	87	Jul 16	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
85	88	Jul 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
86	89	Jul 18	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
87	90	Jul 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
88	91	Jul 19 (2)	DET		PHA	T,8-8	CG	51	11.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
89	92	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
90	93	Jul 23 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
91	94	Jul 23 (2)	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
92	95	Jul 24	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
93	96	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,11-15	CG	63	12.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
94	97	Jul 26 (1)	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
95	98	Jul 26 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
96	99	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
97	100	Jul 29	DET	@	WSH	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
98	101	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
99	102	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	103	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
101	104	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
102	105	Aug 2 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
103	106	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-15	CG	44	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
104	107	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
105	108	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
106	109	Aug 7	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
107	110	Aug 8	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
108	111	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	10	3	0	13	3	1B
109	112	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	T,8-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
110	113	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
111	114	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
112	115	Aug 12	DET	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
113	116	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	41	10.1	11	2	0	13	2	1B
114	117	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	13	2	1	16	2	1B
115	118	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
116	119	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
117	120	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
118	121	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
119	122	Aug 20	DET		CLE	L,7-13	CG	54	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
120	123	Aug 21	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
121	124	Aug 22	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	11.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
122	125	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
123	126	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
124	127	Aug 25	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	47	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
125	129 (1)	Aug 27	DET		WSH	L,5-12	GF	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
126	131 (1)	Aug 29	DET		WSH	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
127	132	Aug 30 (1)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
128	133	Aug 30 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-1	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
129	134	Aug 31 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
130	135	Aug 31 (2)	DET		PHA	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	136	Sep 1	DET		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
132	137	Sep 2	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
133	138	Sep 3	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
134	139	Sep 4	DET	@	SLB	L,6-14	CG	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
135	140	Sep 5	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	38	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
136	141	Sep 6	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
137	142	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
138	143	Sep 7 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
139	144	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
140	145	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-7	GS	31	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
141	146	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
142	147	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
143	148	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
144	149	Sep 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
145	150	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
146	151	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
147	152	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
148	156 (3)	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	50	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
149	157	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
150	158	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
							150gm		1321.0	1260	127	14	1401	121