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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
2	2	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
3	3	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
6	6	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
7	7	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
8	8	Apr 23	CHW	@	KCA	W,29-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
9	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
10	10	Apr 26	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
11	11	Apr 27	CHW		NYY	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
13	13	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
14	14	Apr 30	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,8-9	CG	54	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
16	16	May 1 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
17	17	May 3	CHW		WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
18	18	May 4	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
19	19	May 6	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
20	20	May 7	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
21	21	May 8 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
22	22	May 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
23	23	May 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
24	24	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
25	26 (1)	May 15 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
26	29 (2)	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
27	30	May 20	CHW		KCA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
28	31	May 21	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
29	32	May 22 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
30	34 (1)	May 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
31	35	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
32	36	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
33	38 (1)	May 28	CHW	@	DET	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
34	39	May 29	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
35	40	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43 (2)	Jun 2	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
37	44	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
38	45	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
39	46	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
40	47	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
41	50 (2)	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
42	52 (1)	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
43	54 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
44	55	Jun 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
45	56	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
46	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS	19	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
47	58	Jun 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
48	59	Jun 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
49	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
50	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	17	2	0	19	1	1B
51	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
52	63	Jun 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
53	64	Jun 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
54	65	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
55	66	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	GF	32	6.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
56	67	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
57	68	Jun 29	CHW		DET	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
58	69	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
60	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
61	73 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
62	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
63	75	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	GS	26	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
64	76	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,12-1	CG	29	9.0	10	4	0	14	3	1B
65	77	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
66	78	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
67	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
68	80	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
69	81	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
70	82	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
71	83	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
72	84	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
73	85	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
74	86	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
75	87	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
76	88	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
77	89	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
78	90	Jul 21	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	2	12	1	1B
79	91	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
80	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
81	93	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
82	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
83	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
84	96	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	97	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
86	98	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
87	99	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
88	100	Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
89	101	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
91	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
92	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
93	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
94	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	GS	16	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
95	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	BAL	T,2-2	GS	26	7.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
96	108	Aug 9	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
97	109	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
98	110	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,14-1	GF	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
99	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
100	112	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	1B
101	113	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
102	114	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	17	3	0	20	0	1B
103	115	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
104	116	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
105	117	Aug 19	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
106	118	Aug 20	CHW		DET	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
107	119	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
108	120	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
109	121	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
110	122	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
111	123	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
112	124	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
113	125	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
114	126	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
115	127	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	W,11-1	GF	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
116	128	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
117	129	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
118	130	Aug 30	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
119	131	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	132	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
121	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
122	134	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
123	135	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
124	136	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
125	137	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	GF	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
126	138	Sep 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
127	139	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
128	140	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
129	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-8	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
130	142	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
131	143	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
132	144	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
133	145	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
134	146	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
135	147	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-0	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
136	149 (1)	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-8	GS	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
137	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-8	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
138	152 (1)	Sep 21	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
139	153	Sep 23	CHW		KCA	W,12-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
140	154	Sep 24	CHW		KCA	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
							140gm		1078.2	1101	62	6	1169	104