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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 14)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
3	3	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (10)	May 3	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
5	15	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
6	16	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	48	10.1	12	3	0	15	2	1B
7	17	May 6 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
8	18	May 6 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
9	19	May 7	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
10	20	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	11	3	0	14	2	1B
11	21	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
12	22	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
13	23	May 15	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	GS	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
14	24	May 16	BOS		CHW	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
15	25	May 18	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	26	May 19	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
17	27	May 20	BOS		DET	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
18	28	May 21	BOS		DET	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
19	29	May 22	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
20	30	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,12-0	CG	30	9.0	19	0	0	19	2	1B
21	31	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	2	8	1	1B
22	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
23	33	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
24	34	May 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
25	35	May 28	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	1	14	2	1B
26	36	May 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,11-10	CG	63	15.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
27	37	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
29	39	Jun 2	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
30	40	Jun 3 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
31	41	Jun 3 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
32	42	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
33	43	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
34	44	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
35	45	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
36	49 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
37	50	Jun 10 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
38	51	Jun 12	BOS		DET	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
39	52	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
40	55 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,3-0	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
41	56	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
42	57	Jun 19	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
43	58	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-14	GS	23	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
44	59	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	97 (37)	Aug 1	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
46	98	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
47	99	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
48	100	Aug 3	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
49	101	Aug 4	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
50	102	Aug 5 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	3	1B
51	103	Aug 5 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
52	104	Aug 7	BOS		PHA	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
53	105	Aug 9 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
54	106	Aug 9 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
55	107	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	17	1	0	18	1	1B
56	108	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	8	2	1	11	2	1B
57	109	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	110	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
59	111	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
60	112	Aug 15	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
61	113	Aug 16	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
62	114	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	53	12.0	15	3	0	18	1	1B
63	115	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
64	116	Aug 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
65	117	Aug 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
66	118	Aug 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	54	13.0	21	1	0	22	3	1B
67	119	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
68	120	Aug 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	1B
69	121	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
70	122	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
71	123	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
72	124	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
73	125	Aug 29	BOS	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	127 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
75	128	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
76	129	Sep 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
77	130	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-5	GF	39	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	1B
78	131	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
79	132	Sep 8	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
80	134 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
81	135	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
82	136	Sep 12	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
83	137	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
84	138	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	139	Sep 15	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
86	140	Sep 16	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	13	2	2	17	1	1B
87	141	Sep 17	BOS		CHW	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
88	142	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
89	143	Sep 19	BOS		CLE	L,2-15	CG	52	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
90	144	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
91	145	Sep 22	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
92	146	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
93	147	Sep 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	4	1B
							93gm		806.1	878	63	12	953	91