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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
2	2	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
3	3	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
4	4	Apr 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-15	CG	49	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
6	6	Apr 27	CHW		KCA	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
8	8	May 3	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
9	11 (2)	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
10	12	May 6 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
11	13	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	57	12.1	11	1	0	12	0	1B
12	25 (11)	May 20 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
13	26	May 23	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
14	27	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
15	31 (3)	May 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	GF	17	4.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
16	32	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	39 (6)	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
18	40	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
19	42 (1)	Jun 9	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
20	43	Jun 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
21	44	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	46 (1)	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
23	47	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
24	49 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,20-2	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
25	50	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
26	51	Jun 18	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
27	52	Jun 19	CHW		BAL	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
28	53	Jun 20	CHW		BAL	W,12-8	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
29	54	Jun 21	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
30	55	Jun 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS	42	11.0	17	1	0	18	0	1B
31	56	Jun 23	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
32	57	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	12	3	0	15	2	1B
34	59	Jun 26	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
35	61 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
36	62	Jun 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
37	63	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	64	Jul 1 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	13	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	1B
39	66 (1)	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
40	67	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
41	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
42	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
43	70	Jul 6	CHW		DET	W,14-0	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
44	72 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-17	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
45	73	Jul 8 (2)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
46	75 (1)	Jul 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
47	78 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
48	79	Jul 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
49	82 (2)	Jul 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
50	83	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
51	84	Jul 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
52	85	Jul 23	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
53	86	Jul 24	CHW		NYY	W,11-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
54	87	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	90 (2)	Jul 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-13	GF	23	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
56	91	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
57	92	Jul 29 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
58	93	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	94	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	CG	45	10.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
60	95	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
61	96	Aug 3	CHW		BAL	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
62	97	Aug 4	CHW		BAL	W,15-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
63	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
64	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
65	100	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
66	101	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
67	102	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	59	14.0	14	3	0	17	0	1B
68	103	Aug 9	CHW		CLE	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
69	104	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
70	105	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
71	106	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
72	107	Aug 14	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-1	GF	18	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
73	108	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
74	109	Aug 16	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
75	110	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	4	1B
76	111	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
77	112	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
78	113	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
79	114	Aug 22 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	35	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
80	115	Aug 22 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
81	116	Aug 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
82	117	Aug 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
83	118	Aug 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	1B
84	119	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
85	120	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
86	121	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-1	GF	16	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
87	122	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
88	123	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
89	124	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
90	125	Aug 31 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
91	126	Aug 31 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	127	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
93	128	Sep 2	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
94	129	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	L,8-11	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
95	130	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
96	131	Sep 4	CHW		DET	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
97	132	Sep 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
98	133	Sep 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
99	134	Sep 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
100	135	Sep 9 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
101	136	Sep 11	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
102	138 (1)	Sep 13	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
103	139	Sep 14	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
104	140	Sep 15	CHW		BAL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
105	141	Sep 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
106	142	Sep 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	4	1B
107	143	Sep 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
108	144	Sep 21 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
109	145	Sep 21 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
110	146	Sep 22	CHW		KCA	W,17-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
111	147	Sep 23 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
112	148	Sep 23 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
113	149	Sep 24	CHW	@	DET	W,14-11	GS	31	6.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
114	150	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
115	151	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
116	152	Sep 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
117	153	Sep 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-1		9	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
							117gm		868.0	855	50	6	911	95