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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 1B
2	8 (6)	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
3	9	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (1)	May 1	CHW		BAL	W,9-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
5	12	May 2	CHW		WSH	W,6-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
6	15 (2)	May 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
7	17 (1)	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
8	18	May 8	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
9	19	May 9	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
10	20	May 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	18	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
11	21	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
12	22	May 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
13	23	May 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
14	24	May 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
15	25	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	T,4-4	GS	33	6.0	1	1	2	4	0	1B
16	35 (9)	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	GF	24	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
17	36	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
18	37	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
19	38	May 31	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	39	Jun 1	CHW		DET	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
21	41 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
22	42	Jun 4	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
23	43	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
24	44	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
25	45	Jun 7	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	GF	21	5.0	5	0	0	5	2	PH 1B
26	46	Jun 8	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
27	47	Jun 9 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	GF	32	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
28	48	Jun 9 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
29	49	Jun 11	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
30	50	Jun 12	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
31	51	Jun 13	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
32	52	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
33	53	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
34	54	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
35	55	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
36	56	Jun 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
37	57	Jun 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
38	60 (2)	Jun 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	19	5.0	4	2	0	6	1	PH 1B
39	61	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
40	62	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
41	63	Jun 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
42	64	Jun 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
43	65	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
44	67 (1)	Jun 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
45	68	Jun 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
46	69	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	18	4.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	73 (3)	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
48	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
49	77 (2)	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
50	78	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,9-8	CG	52	13.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
51	80 (1)	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
52	86 (5)	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
53	92 (5)	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
54	94 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	5	0	14	0	1B
55	96 (1)	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	101 (4)	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
57	110 (8)	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
58	113 (2)	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	2	0	1	3	1	1B
59	115 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
60	119 (3)	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
61	124 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	GF	10	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 1B
62	125	Aug 27	CHW		NYY	L,6-12	GF	18	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
63	128 (2)	Aug 30	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	132 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
65	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
66	140 (6)	Sep 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	6	1	3	10	1	1B
67	146 (5)	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	1B
68	147	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
69	152 (4)	Sep 26	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
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