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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	DET		BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
2	2	Apr 14	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
3	3	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
4	4	Apr 17	DET	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
5	5	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
6	6	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
7	7	Apr 20	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
8	8	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
9	9	Apr 24	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,9-10	CG	49	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	15	0	1	16	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
13	13	May 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
14	14	May 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
15	15	May 8	DET	@	CHW	W,12-1	GS	23	6.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
16	16	May 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
17	17	May 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,0-0	CG	35	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
18	18	May 11	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
19	19	May 12	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
20	20	May 13	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
21	21	May 14	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
22	22	May 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
23	24 (1)	May 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	63	14.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
24	26 (1)	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
25	27	May 19	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
26	29 (1)	May 22	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
27	30	May 23	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
28	31	May 25	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
29	32	May 26	DET		BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
30	33	May 27	DET		BAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
31	34	May 28	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
32	35	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
33	36	May 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
34	37	May 31 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
35	38	May 31 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	39	Jun 1	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
37	40	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
38	41	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
39	43 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
40	44	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
41	45	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
42	46	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
43	47	Jun 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	53	11.1	14	0	0	14	3	1B
44	48	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
45	49	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	25	6.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
46	52 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
47	54 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
48	56 (1)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
49	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
50	58	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
51	61 (2)	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
52	62	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,4-9	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
53	64 (1)	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
54	65	Jun 26	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
55	67 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	74 (6)	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
57	81 (6)	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
58	82	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
59	84 (1)	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
60	86 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	GF	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
61	88 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
62	91 (2)	Jul 22	DET	@	PHA	W,9-4	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
63	92	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
64	93	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
65	95 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
66	97 (1)	Jul 28	DET		PHA	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
67	99 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-3	GF	21	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
68	100	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,5-0	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	102 (1)	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,8-10	GS	18	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
70	103	Aug 2	DET		WSH	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
71	104	Aug 3	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
72	109 (4)	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,10-8	GS	33	7.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
73	110	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
74	113 (2)	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	43	12.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
75	115 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
76	116	Aug 15 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
77	117	Aug 17	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	11	1.1	4	0	0	4	0	1B
78	120 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	GF	18	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
79	121	Aug 20	DET		CHW	L,2-8	GS	25	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
80	123 (1)	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
81	124	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
82	125	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
83	127 (1)	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
84	130 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
85	131	Aug 31	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	132	Sep 1	DET	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
87	138 (5)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
88	141 (2)	Sep 10	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
89	142	Sep 11	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
90	143	Sep 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
91	145 (1)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
92	149 (3)	Sep 19	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
93	150	Sep 20	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
94	151	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
95	155 (3)	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	52	13.0	15	1	0	16	4	1B
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