Dave Pope
[edit] Biography
Dave Pope (David Pope) was born on June 17, 1921 in Talladega, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on July 1, 1952 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 7 home runs and 52 RBI. Pope played for the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 4 year career.
Most people believe that Dave Pope's best season was 1955, when he knocked in 52 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 12
| 34
| 9
| 10
| 1
| 4
| .294
| .314
| .471
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| CLE
| A
| 60
| 102
| 21
| 30
| 4
| 13
| .294
| .354
| .451
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 1955
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 104
| 17
| 31
| 6
| 22
| .298
| .373
| .519
| 5
| 0
| 12
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1955
| BAL
| A
| 86
| 222
| 21
| 55
| 1
| 30
| .248
| .302
| .333
| 8
| 4
| 16
| 34
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 3
| 6
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| 121
| 326
| 38
| 86
| 7
| 52
| .264
| .325
| .393
| 13
| 4
| 28
| 65
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 3
| 7
|
| 1956
| CLE
| A
| 25
| 70
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 3
| .243
| .250
| .314
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| 12
| 19
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .158
| .200
| .158
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 89
| 7
| 20
| 0
| 4
| .225
| .239
| .281
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 230
| 551
| 75
| 146
| 12
| 73
| .265
| .317
| .390
| 19
| 7
| 40
| 113
| 4
| 5
| 7
| 3
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1955
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 150
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 104
| 0
| 0
| 212
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1956
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 165
| 0
| 0
| 307
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1950).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Wally Westlake to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Gene Woodling and Billy Cox (June 15, 1955); Billy Cox refused to report to Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles sent $15000 (June 15, 1955) to complete trade. Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Hoot Evers (May 13, 1956).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Larry Raines to Toronto (International) in exchange for Bobby Tiefenauer (October 13, 1958).
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