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Walt Dropo
Walter Dropo (Moose)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 220 lb.
School University of Connecticut

Debut April 19, 1949
Final Game May 17, 1961
Born January 30, 1923 in Moosup, CT

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 26 BOS AL  11   41    3    6   2  0   0    1   0  0   3   7  .146  .205  .195    3    8   0           0   2
 1950 27 BOS AL 136  559  101  180  28  8  34  144   0  0  45  75  .322  .378  .583  134  326   0           5  16 MVP-6,RoY-1,AS
 1951 28 BOS AL  99  360   37   86  14  0  11   57   0  0  38  52  .239  .312  .369   77  133   0           0  16
 1952 29 TOT AL 152  591   69  163  24  4  29   97   2  2  37  85  .276  .323  .477  118  282   1           4  26 MVP-26
         BOS AL  37  132   13   35   7  1   6   27   0  0  11  22  .265  .331  .470  114   62   0           2   9
         DET AL 115  459   56  128  17  3  23   70   2  2  26  63  .279  .320  .479  120  220   1           2  17
 1953 30 DET AL 152  606   61  150  30  3  13   96   2  0  29  69  .248  .289  .371   78  225   4           6  22
 1954 31 DET AL 107  320   27   90  14  2   4   44   0  1  24  41  .281  .328  .375   94  120   6   4       0  13
 1955 32 CHW AL 141  453   55  127  15  2  19   79   0  1  42  71  .280  .343  .448  109  203   3   2   8   2  15
 1956 33 CHW AL 125  361   42   96  13  1   8   52   1  0  37  51  .266  .334  .374   86  135   5   6   2   3  15
 1957 34 CHW AL  93  223   24   57   2  0  13   49   0  1  16  40  .256  .300  .439   99   98   1   4   2   0  10
 1958 35 TOT     91  214   21   57   8  2   9   39   0  0  17  42  .266  .319  .449  100   96   0   5   0   2  10
         CHW AL  28   52    3   10   1  0   2    8   0  0   5  11  .192  .271  .327   65   17   0   1   0   1   3
         CIN NL  63  162   18   47   7  2   7   31   0  0  12  31  .290  .335  .488  110   79   0   4   0   1   7
 1959 36 TOT     88  190   21   46  10  0   7   23   0  0  16  27  .242  .303  .405   93   77   2   1   0   1   9
         CIN NL  26   39    4    4   1  0   1    2   0  0   4   7  .103  .205  .205    8    8   0   0   0   1   3
         BAL AL  62  151   17   42   9  0   6   21   0  0  12  20  .278  .329  .457  117   69   2   1   0   0   6
 1960 37 BAL AL  79  179   16   48   8  0   4   21   0  1  20  19  .268  .343  .380   97   68   0   1   0   1   9
 1961 38 BAL AL  14   27    1    7   0  0   1    2   0  0   4   3  .259  .355  .370   98   10   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1288 4124  478 1113 168 22 152  704   5  6 328 582  .270  .326  .432  100 1781  22  23  12  24 166
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        519   60  140  21  3  19   89   1  1  41  73  .270  .326  .432  100  224   3   3   2   3  21
 Career High    152  606  101  180  30  8  34  144   2  2  45  85  .322  .378  .583  134  326   6   6   8   6  26
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 26 BOS AL   44   37    2   1.4   112| .146  .279| .205  .372| .195  .405| .400  .778|   3  .108  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1950 27 BOS AL  609  395  121   8.1   122| .322  .290| .378  .379| .583  .435| .961  .814| 134  .711  24.2   2.3   0%
 1951 28 BOS AL  398  290   41   3.8   109| .239  .278| .312  .361| .369  .407| .681  .768|  77  .422 -13.2  -1.3   0%
 1952 29 TOT AL  633  457   89   5.3    98| .276  .263| .323  .343| .477  .384| .800  .727| 118  .607  10.1   1.1  50%
         BOS AL  145  106   20   5.1   103| .265  .269| .331  .350| .470  .393| .801  .743| 114  .592   1.9   0.2   0%
         DET AL  488  351   69   5.3    97| .279  .261| .320  .341| .479  .381| .799  .723| 120  .611   8.2   0.9  50%
 1953 30 DET AL  645  482   64   3.6   102| .248  .268| .289  .344| .371  .395| .660  .740|  78  .398 -21.3  -2.2 100%
 1954 31 DET AL  354  254   39   4.1    97| .281  .263| .328  .338| .375  .384| .703  .723|  94  .485  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1955 32 CHW AL  502  347   66   5.1   105| .280  .270| .343  .350| .448  .402| .791  .752| 109  .548   3.9   0.4   0%
 1956 33 CHW AL  412  291   44   4.0   108| .266  .270| .334  .352| .374  .412| .708  .764|  86  .422  -7.4  -0.7 100%
 1957 34 CHW AL  244  182   26   3.9   100| .256  .264| .300  .337| .439  .399| .739  .735|  99  .442  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1958 35 TOT     238  172   29   4.5   108| .266  .273| .319  .341| .449  .423| .768  .765| 100  .495  -0.4  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL   59   46    4   2.3    97| .192  .260| .271  .329| .327  .396| .598  .725|  65  .245  -2.5  -0.3   0%
         CIN NL  179  126   25   5.3   111| .290  .277| .335  .345| .488  .432| .823  .778| 110  .561   2.1   0.2   0%
 1959 36 TOT     210  156   22   3.8    98| .242  .261| .303  .331| .405  .399| .708  .730|  93  .427  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         CIN NL   44   38    1   0.7   108| .103  .275| .205  .341| .205  .425| .410  .766|   8  .031  -5.4  -0.5   0%
         BAL AL  166  118   21   4.8    96| .278  .257| .329  .328| .457  .393| .786  .720| 117  .538   3.2   0.3   0%
 1960 37 BAL AL  201  142   22   4.2   100| .268  .262| .343  .336| .380  .401| .723  .737|  97  .466  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1961 38 BAL AL   31   23    3   3.5   100| .259  .259| .355  .334| .370  .403| .725  .737|  98  .370  -0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4521 3228  568   4.7   105| .270  .271| .326  .350| .432  .404| .758  .753| 100  .520 -17.0  -1.7  45%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 26 BOS AL 1B 11 103 4 0 13 1.000 .989 9.73 9.15 1950 27 BOS AL 1B 134 1142 77 15 147 .988 .989 9.10 7.46 AS 1951 28 BOS AL 1B 93 878 63 12 91 .987 .990 10.12 8.49 1952 29 TOT AL 1B 150 1324 99 14 135 .990 .988 9.49 8.74 BOS AL 1B 35 319 21 2 31 .994 .988 9.71 8.88 DET AL 1B 115 1005 78 12 104 .989 .988 9.42 8.69 1953 30 DET AL 1B 150 1260 127 14 121 .990 .989 9.25 6.67 1954 31 DET AL 1B 95 681 54 3 60 .996 .990 7.74 8.00 1955 32 CHW AL 1B 140 1101 62 6 104 .995 .991 8.31 7.14 1956 33 CHW AL 1B 117 855 50 6 95 .993 .990 7.74 7.99 9.37 9.43 91 869.0 1957 34 CHW AL 1B 69 483 39 7 49 .987 .992 7.57 8.36 10.08 9.67 50 466.3 1958 35 TOT 1B 59 398 35 0 39 1.000 .990 7.34 8.21 9.25 9.55 49 421.3 CHW AL 1B 16 98 8 0 8 1.000 .991 6.62 8.47 9.61 9.60 12 99.3 CIN NL 1B 43 300 27 0 31 1.000 .990 7.60 8.11 9.14 9.54 37 322.0 1959 36 TOT 1B 77 489 29 4 53 .992 .989 6.73 8.20 10.15 9.78 46 459.3 CIN NL 1B 23 103 11 0 11 1.000 .988 4.96 8.04 9.84 9.58 9 104.3 BAL AL 1B 54 386 18 4 42 .990 .990 7.48 8.27 10.24 9.84 37 355.0 3B 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.70 4.50 3.15 0 4.0 1960 37 BAL AL 1B 67 397 27 3 50 .993 .991 6.33 8.04 9.20 9.58 56 414.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1961 38 BAL AL 1B 12 62 6 0 11 1.000 .990 5.67 8.29 8.78 9.45 9 69.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 26 BOS AL 1B 11 103 4 0 13 1.000 .989 9.73 9.15 1950 27 BOS AL 1B 134 1142 77 15 147 .988 .989 9.10 7.46 1951 28 BOS AL 1B 93 878 63 12 91 .987 .990 10.12 8.49 1952 29 TOT AL 1B 150 1324 99 14 135 .990 .988 9.49 8.74 BOS AL 1B 35 319 21 2 31 .994 .988 9.71 8.88 DET AL 1B 115 1005 78 12 104 .989 .988 9.42 8.69 1953 30 DET AL 1B 150 1260 127 14 121 .990 .989 9.25 6.67 1954 31 DET AL 1B 95 681 54 3 60 .996 .990 7.74 8.00 1955 32 CHW AL 1B 140 1101 62 6 104 .995 .991 8.31 7.14 1956 33 CHW AL 1B 117 855 50 6 95 .993 .990 7.74 7.99 9.37 9.43 91 869.0 1957 34 CHW AL 1B 69 483 39 7 49 .987 .992 7.57 8.36 10.08 9.67 50 466.3 1958 35 TOT 1B 59 398 35 0 39 1.000 .990 7.34 8.21 9.25 9.55 49 421.3 CHW AL 1B 16 98 8 0 8 1.000 .991 6.62 8.47 9.61 9.60 12 99.3 CIN NL 1B 43 300 27 0 31 1.000 .990 7.60 8.11 9.14 9.54 37 322.0 1959 36 TOT 1B 77 489 29 4 53 .992 .989 6.73 8.20 10.15 9.78 46 459.3 CIN NL 1B 23 103 11 0 11 1.000 .988 4.96 8.04 9.84 9.58 9 104.3 BAL AL 1B 54 386 18 4 42 .990 .990 7.48 8.27 10.24 9.84 37 355.0 1960 37 BAL AL 1B 67 397 27 3 50 .993 .991 6.33 8.04 9.20 9.58 56 414.7 1961 38 BAL AL 1B 12 62 6 0 11 1.000 .990 5.67 8.29 8.78 9.45 9 69.7 1959 36 BAL AL 3B 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.70 4.50 3.15 0 4.0 1960 37 BAL AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.15 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1174 9173 672 84 968 .992 .990 8.39 7.86 301 2700.3 3B* 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 2.70 0 6.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1177 9173 674 84 969 .992 .990 8.37 7.85
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   BOS AL   *   3   0   1  0  1  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   3   0   1  0  1  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1950 (1B)

Awards
1950-AL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-AL-6-0.22
1952-AL-26-0.01
Car-666-0.23 shares

Batting Average
1950 AL-.322-8

Slugging %
1950 AL-.583-2
1952 AL-.477-8

OPS
1950 AL-.961-3

Games
1952 AL-152-4
1953 AL-152-8

At Bats
1952 AL-591-4
1953 AL-606-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1953 AL-645-10

Hits
1950 AL-180-6
1952 AL-163-9

Total Bases
1950 AL-326-1
1952 AL-282-3

Doubles
1953 AL-30-9

Triples
1950 AL-8-9

Home Runs
1950 AL-34-2
1952 AL-29-4

RBI
1950 AL-144-1
1952 AL-97-6
1953 AL-96-9

Strikeouts
1950 AL-75-7
1952 AL-85-6
1953 AL-69-6
1955 AL-71-7

Adjusted OPS+
1950 AL-134-7

Runs Created
1950 AL-121-2
1952 AL-89-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1950 AL-24-10

Batting Wins
1950 AL-2.3-10

Extra-Base Hits
1950 AL-70-2
1952 AL-57-4

Offensive Win%
1950 AL-.711-3

Hit By Pitch
1950 AL-5-9
1953 AL-6-5

Sac. Flies
1956 AL-6-8

Intentional Walks
1955 AL-8-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1951 AL-16-6
1952 AL-26-2
1953 AL-22-2

At Bats per Home Run
1950 AL-16.4-2
1952 AL-20.4-7
1955 AL-23.8-10

Outs
1952 AL-457-6
1953 AL-482-2

   

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 43 (570) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1621) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.5 (819) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

June 3, 1952: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, and Bill Wight to the Detroit Tigers for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon, and Hoot Evers.

December 6, 1954: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ted Gray and Bob Nieman to the Chicago White Sox for Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain, and Jack Phillips.

June 24, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Chicago White Sox.

June 23, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Baltimore Orioles for Whitey Lockman.

May 24, 1961: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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