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Walt Dropo
Full name Walter Dropo Born January 30, 1923, Moosup, Connecticut Died December 17, 2010, Peabody, Massachusetts Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Moosup, Connecticut First Game: April 19, 1949 ; Final Game: May 17, 1961 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 5" Weight: 220 Named AL Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1950) Named first baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1950) Ejections: 1951 (1), 1952 (1), 1955 (1), 1957 (1). Total: 4 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1949 BOS A Daily Splits 11 41 3 6 2 0 0 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .146 .205 .195 -0.7 1949 BOS A
1950 BOS A Daily Splits 136 559 101 180 28 8 34 144 45 3 75 5 0 0 10 16 0 0 .322 .378 .583 1.3 1950 BOS A
1951 BOS A Daily Splits 99 360 37 86 14 0 11 57 38 0 52 0 0 0 3 16 0 0 .239 .312 .369 -1.5 1951 BOS A
1952 BOS A Daily Splits 37 132 13 35 7 1 6 27 11 0 22 2 0 0 2 9 0 0 .265 .331 .470 -0.1 1952 BOS A
1952 DET A Daily Splits 115 459 56 128 17 3 23 70 26 4 63 2 1 0 6 17 2 2 .279 .320 .479 0.5 1952 DET A
1952 TOT A 152 591 69 163 24 4 29 97 37 4 85 4 1 0 8 26 2 2 .276 .323 .477 0.4 1952 TOT A
1953 DET A Daily Splits 152 606 61 150 30 3 13 96 29 2 69 6 4 0 7 22 2 0 .248 .289 .371 -1.8 1953 DET A
1954 DET A Daily Splits 107 320 27 90 14 2 4 44 24 1 41 0 6 4 0 6 13 0 1 .281 .328 .375 -0.7 1954 DET A
1955 CHI A Daily Splits 141 453 55 127 15 2 19 79 42 8 71 2 3 2 0 9 15 0 1 .280 .343 .448 -0.9 1955 CHI A
1956 CHI A Daily Splits 125 361 42 96 13 1 8 52 37 2 51 3 5 6 0 9 15 1 0 .266 .334 .374 -1.6 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A Daily Splits 93 223 24 57 2 0 13 49 16 2 40 0 1 4 0 3 10 0 1 .256 .300 .439 -0.3 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A Daily Splits 28 52 3 10 1 0 2 8 5 0 11 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 .192 .271 .327 -0.3 1958 CHI A
1958 CIN N Daily Splits 63 162 18 47 7 2 7 31 12 0 31 1 0 4 0 3 7 0 0 .290 .335 .488 0.1 1958 CIN N
1958 Total 91 214 21 57 8 2 9 39 17 0 42 2 0 5 0 4 10 0 0 .266 .319 .449 -0.2 1958 Total
1959 CIN N Daily Splits 26 39 4 4 1 0 1 2 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .103 .205 .205 -0.5 1959 CIN N
1959 BAL A Daily Splits 62 151 17 42 9 0 6 21 12 0 20 0 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 .278 .329 .457 -0.2 1959 BAL A
1959 Total 88 190 21 46 10 0 7 23 16 0 27 1 2 1 0 0 9 0 0 .242 .303 .405 -0.7 1959 Total
1960 BAL A Daily Splits 79 179 16 48 8 0 4 21 20 0 19 1 0 1 0 2 9 0 1 .268 .343 .380 -0.5 1960 BAL A
1961 BAL A Daily Splits 14 27 1 7 0 0 1 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .259 .355 .370 0.0 1961 BAL A
Total NL ( 2 Years) 89 201 22 51 8 2 8 33 16 0 38 2 0 4 0 3 10 0 0 .254 .309 .433 -0.4 Total NL
Total AL (13 Years) 1199 3923 456 1062 160 20 144 671 312 22 544 22 22 19 0 58 156 5 6 .271 .326 .432 -6.8 Total AL
Total (13 Years) Splits 1288 4124 478 1113 168 22 152 704 328 22 582 24 22 23 0 61 166 5 6 .270 .326 .432 -7.2 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1950 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1950 AL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1949 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 11 11 10 95.1 103 4 0 13 0 1.000
1950 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 134 134 133 1179.1 1142 77 15 147 0 .988
1951 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 93 89 86 806.1 878 63 12 91 1 .987
1952 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 35 35 30 305.2 319 21 2 31 0 .994
1952 DET A Daily Splits 1B 115 115 113 1013.2 1005 78 12 104 0 .989
1952 TOT A 1B 150 150 143 1319.1 1324 99 14 135 0 .990
1953 DET A Daily Splits 1B 150 147 145 1321 1260 127 14 121 0 .990
1954 DET A Daily Splits 1B 95 79 69 728.1 681 54 3 60 0 .996
1955 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 140 120 101 1078.2 1101 62 6 104 0 .995
1956 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 117 91 82 868 855 50 6 95 0 .993
1957 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 69 50 41 466.1 483 39 7 49 0 .987
1958 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 16 12 7 99.1 98 8 0 8 0 1.000
1958 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 43 37 27 322 300 27 0 31 0 1.000
1958 Total 1B 59 49 34 421.1 398 35 0 39 0 1.000
1959 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 23 9 7 104.1 103 11 0 11 0 1.000
1959 BAL A Daily Splits 1B 54 37 33 355 386 18 4 42 0 .990
1959 BAL A 3B 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1.000
1959 Total 1B 77 46 40 459.1 489 29 4 53 0 .992
1960 BAL A Daily Splits 1B 67 56 21 414.2 397 27 3 50 0 .993
1960 BAL A 3B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 BAL A Daily Splits 1B 12 9 4 69.2 62 6 0 11 0 1.000
Total (13 Years) Splits 1B 1174 1031 909 9227.2 9173 672 84 968 1 .992
Total ( 2 Years) 3B 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1950 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 0 8 8 1 0 1 0 1.000
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-20-1951 BOX BOS A Eddie Hurley Called third strike
9-14-1952 BOX DET A Charlie Berry Call at 3B (Threw mud)
9- 4-1955(1) BOX CHI A Bill Summers Called third strike
6-13-1957 BOX CHI A Larry Napp Fighting
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1947).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bill Wight , Fred Hatfield , Johnny Pesky and Don
Lenhardt to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dizzy Trout , George Kell , Johnny Lipon
and Hoot Evers (June 3, 1952 ).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bob Nieman and Ted Gray to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for Leo Cristante , Ferris Fain and Jack Phillips (December 6, 1954 ).
Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Chicago White Sox (June 24, 1958 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Whitey Lockman (June
23, 1959 ).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (May 24, 1961 ).
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