Walt Dropo
Walter Dropo (Moose)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 30, 1923 in Moosup, CT
High School: Plainfield (Plainfield, CT)
School: University of Connecticut
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Final Game: May 17, 1961
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 BOS AL 26 1B 11 107 103 4 0 13 1.000 9.73 .989 9.15
1950 BOS AL 27 1B 134 1234 1142 77 15 147 .988 9.10 .989 7.46 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1951 BOS AL 28 1B 93 953 878 63 12 91 .987 10.12 .990 8.49
1952 TOT AL 29 1B 150 1437 1324 99 14 135 .990 9.49 .988 8.74 MVP-26
1952 BOS AL 29 1B 35 342 319 21 2 31 .994 9.71 .988 8.88
1952 DET AL 29 1B 115 1095 1005 78 12 104 .989 9.42 .988 8.69
1953 DET AL 30 1B 150 1401 1260 127 14 121 .990 9.25 .989 6.67
1954 DET AL 31 1B 95 79 728.1 738 681 54 3 60 .996 2.0 3.3 3.0 0.7 2.3 -1 9.08 7.74 .990 9.60 8.00
1955 CHW AL 32 1B 140 120 1078.2 1169 1101 62 6 104 .995 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 1.4 -2.6 0 9.70 8.31 .991 8.34 7.14
1956 CHW AL 33 1B 117 91 869.0 911 855 50 6 95 .993 -5.3 -7.3 -5.3 -3.4 -1.9 0 9.37 7.74 .990 9.43 7.99
1957 CHW AL 34 1B 69 50 466.1 529 483 39 7 49 .987 1.4 3.6 2.4 2.2 0.1 -1 10.07 7.57 .992 9.67 8.36
1958 TOT MLB 35 1B 59 49 421.1 433 398 35 0 39 1.000 5.8 16.5 5.8 1.2 4.6 0 9.25 7.34 .990 9.55 8.21
1958 CHW AL 35 1B 16 12 99.1 106 98 8 0 8 1.000 2.4 29.0 2.4 0.2 2.2 0 9.60 6.63 .991 9.59 8.47
1958 CIN NL 35 1B 43 37 322.0 327 300 27 0 31 1.000 3.4 12.7 3.4 1.0 2.4 0 9.14 7.60 .990 9.54 8.11
1959 TOT MLB 36 1B 77 46 459.1 522 489 29 4 53 .992 2.3 6.0 2.3 -0.5 2.8 0 10.15 6.73 .989 9.78 8.20
1959 CIN NL 36 1B 23 9 104.1 114 103 11 0 11 1.000 2.0 23.0 2.0 0.8 1.2 0 9.83 4.96 .988 9.58 8.04
1959 BAL AL 36 1B 54 37 355.0 408 386 18 4 42 .990 0.3 1.0 0.3 -1.3 1.6 0 10.24 7.48 .990 9.84 8.27
1959 BAL AL 36 3B 2 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 .950 3.15 2.70
1960 BAL AL 37 1B 67 56 414.2 427 397 27 3 50 .993 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 9.20 6.33 .991 9.58 8.04
1960 BAL AL 37 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.70
1961 BAL AL 38 1B 12 9 69.2 68 62 6 0 11 1.000 0.3 5.2 0.3 0.4 -0.2 0 8.78 5.67 .990 9.46 8.29
13 Seasons 1B 1174 500 4507.1 9929 9173 672 84 968 .992 5.5 1.5 7.5 2.4 4.9 -2 19.66 8.39 .990 9.28 7.86
2 Seasons 3B 3 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0 3.00 0.67 .950 3.15 2.70
13 Seasons TOT 1177 500 4513.1 9931 9173 674 84 969 .992 5.5 1.5 7.5 2.3 5.1 -2 19.64 8.37 .981 9.28 7.85
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 BOS AL 26 11 11 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 27 136 136 136 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 28 99 99 99 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 DET AL 29 115 115 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 29 37 37 37 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 30 152 152 152 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 31 107 79 107 107 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1955 CHW AL 32 141 120 141 141 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 CHW AL 33 125 91 125 125 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1957 CHW AL 34 93 50 93 93 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1958 CIN NL 35 63 37 63 63 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1958 CHW AL 35 28 12 28 28 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1959 BAL AL 36 62 37 62 62 0 0 54 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1959 CIN NL 36 26 9 26 26 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1960 BAL AL 37 79 56 79 79 0 0 67 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1961 BAL AL 38 14 9 14 14 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Seasons 1288 500 1288 1288 0 0 1174 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 130 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 31 3137 63% 80% 25% 151 95% 1 683 47 629 7 47 54 44 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 60 0 0 1 52 1 7 0 7 7 100%
1955 CHW AL 32 4618 61% 80% 27% 213 94% 1 1098 55 1030 13 98 61 39 10 3 9 6 0 6 0 4 104 1 0 2 94 2 9 3 6 17 76%
1956 CHW AL 33 3735 67% 79% 25% 164 93% 2 860 56 800 4 54 53 26 17 2 2 6 2 4 0 3 96 3 0 1 87 5 8 2 6 13 85%
1957 CHW AL 34 2001 67% 81% 28% 110 96% 1 485 35 449 3 36 39 31 4 0 2 7 3 3 1 2 48 0 1 0 47 1 0 0 0 7 100%
1958 CIN NL 35 1356 60% 81% 26% 78 100% 2 303 16 284 3 35 28 15 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 3 0 0 25 3 6 1 5 8 100%
1958 CHW AL 35 414 62% 76% 26% 23 100% 0 98 5 93 0 10 8 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 6 1 2 0 2 0
1959 BAL AL 36 1525 57% 78% 29% 80 94% 1 387 27 358 3 34 17 8 7 1 0 4 2 2 0 2 42 2 1 1 38 4 4 1 3 3 67%
1959 CIN NL 36 455 62% 81% 26% 29 97% 0 103 10 93 0 9 10 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 2 50%
1960 BAL AL 37 1739 64% 77% 26% 69 94% 0 393 17 368 8 23 29 22 3 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 50 2 0 0 45 2 5 1 3 6 100%
1961 BAL AL 38 315 65% 73% 22% 12 92% 0 60 2 57 1 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 19295 63% 79% 26% 929 95% 8 4470 270 4161 42 349 305 203 56 8 22 29 8 20 1 15 461 13 2 5 415 20 42 9 32 64 88%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 BAL AL 36 16 81% 81% 25% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 37 9 89% 67% 11% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2 Seasons 25 84% 76% 20% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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