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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	16 (15)	May 1	CIN		LAD	W,5-3	GF	18	4.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
2	17	May 2	CIN		LAD	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
3	19 (1)	May 3 (2)	CIN		LAD	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
4	29 (9)	May 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
5	30	May 16	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
6	35 (4)	May 20 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-5	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
7	38 (2)	May 24 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
8	39	May 24 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	9	1.2	3	1	0	4	0	1B
9	40	May 26	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
10	41	May 27	CIN		PHI	W,10-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
11	43 (1)	May 29	CIN		PIT	W,8-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
12	46 (2)	May 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,11-14	GS	43	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	47	Jun 2	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
14	49 (1)	Jun 4	CIN		LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
15	50	Jun 5	CIN		SFG	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
16	53 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
17	55 (1)	Jun 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-4	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
18	56	Jun 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
19	59 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	10	1.1	2	0	0	2	1	1B
20	60	Jun 14 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
21	61	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
22	62	Jun 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-7	GS	37	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
23	66 (3)	Jun 21	CIN	@	LAD	W,17-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Baltimore Orioles
24	67	Jun 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
25	69 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
26	70	Jun 26 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
27	71	Jun 27	BAL	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
28	72	Jun 28	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	76 (3)	Jul 3	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
30	77	Jul 4	BAL		BOS	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
31	78	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
32	79	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
33	80	Jul 9 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-0	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
34	81	Jul 9 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
35	83 (1)	Jul 11	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
36	84	Jul 12	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
37	86 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
38	87	Jul 16	BAL		KCA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
39	88	Jul 17	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
40	89	Jul 18 (1)	BAL		DET	W,5-2	GF	17	5.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	90	Jul 18 (2)	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
42	91	Jul 19	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
43	92	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
44	95 (2)	Jul 24	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	7	0	1	8	1	1B
45	96	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	11	2.1	4	1	0	5	1	1B
46	97	Jul 26 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
47	98	Jul 26 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
48	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	104 (3)	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
51	105	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
52	107 (1)	Aug 4	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
53	109 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
54	110	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	T,1-1	CG	66	18.0	27	0	0	27	1	1B
55	111	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	GS	37	7.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
56	114 (2)	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	L,3-7	GF	18	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
57	115	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
58	119 (3)	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
59	120	Aug 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
60	123 (2)	Aug 24	BAL	@	DET	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
61	125 (1)	Aug 26	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	3	1B
62	126	Aug 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.1	7	0	0	7	1	1B
63	127	Aug 29	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
64	128	Aug 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	129	Sep 1	BAL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
66	131 (1)	Sep 3	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
67	132	Sep 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
68	134 (1)	Sep 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
69	135	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-0	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
70	137 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
71	139 (1)	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
72	140	Sep 11 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
73	144 (3)	Sep 13 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
74	145	Sep 14	BAL		KCA	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
75	147 (1)	Sep 16	BAL		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
76	149 (1)	Sep 19	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
77	153 (3)	Sep 25	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
78	154	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
79	155	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
							79gm		463.1	489	31	4	524	54