Walt Dropo (Walter Dropo) was born on January 30, 1923 in Moosup, Connecticut. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1949 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .322 with 34 home runs and 144 RBI. Dropo played for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 13 year career.
Most people believe that Walt Dropo's best season was 1950, when he slugged 34 home runs, hit for a .322 average and knocked in 144 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1949
BOS
A
11
41
3
6
0
1
.146
.205
.195
2
0
3
7
0
0
0
0
2
1950
BOS
A
136
559
101
180
34
144
.322
.378
.583
28
8
45
75
5
0
0
0
16
1951
BOS
A
99
360
37
86
11
57
.239
.312
.369
14
0
38
52
0
0
0
0
16
1952
DET
A
115
459
56
128
23
70
.279
.320
.479
17
3
26
63
2
1
2
0
17
1952
BOS
A
37
132
13
35
6
27
.265
.331
.470
7
1
11
22
2
0
0
0
9
1952
TOT
A
152
591
69
163
29
97
.276
.323
.477
24
4
37
85
4
1
2
0
26
1953
DET
A
152
606
61
150
13
96
.248
.289
.371
30
3
29
69
6
4
2
0
22
1954
DET
A
107
320
27
90
4
44
.281
.328
.375
14
2
24
41
0
6
0
0
13
1955
CHI
A
141
453
55
127
19
79
.280
.343
.448
15
2
42
71
2
3
0
8
15
1956
CHI
A
125
361
42
96
8
52
.266
.334
.374
13
1
37
51
3
5
1
2
15
1957
CHI
A
93
223
24
57
13
49
.256
.300
.439
2
0
16
40
0
1
0
2
10
1958
CIN
N
63
162
18
47
7
31
.290
.335
.488
7
2
12
31
1
0
0
0
7
1958
CHI
A
28
52
3
10
2
8
.192
.271
.327
1
0
5
11
1
0
0
0
3
1958
Total
91
214
21
57
9
39
.266
.319
.449
8
2
17
42
2
0
0
0
10
1959
CIN
N
26
39
4
4
1
2
.103
.205
.205
1
0
4
7
1
0
0
0
3
1959
BAL
A
62
151
17
42
6
21
.278
.329
.457
9
0
12
20
0
2
0
0
6
1959
Total
88
190
21
46
7
23
.242
.303
.405
10
0
16
27
1
2
0
0
9
1960
BAL
A
79
179
16
48
4
21
.268
.343
.380
8
0
20
19
1
0
0
0
9
1961
BAL
A
14
27
1
7
1
2
.259
.355
.370
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
3
Total
NL
89
201
22
51
8
33
.254
.309
.433
8
2
16
38
2
0
0
0
10
Total
AL
1199
3923
456
1062
144
671
.271
.326
.432
160
20
312
544
22
22
5
12
156
Total
1288
4124
478
1113
152
704
.270
.326
.432
168
22
328
582
24
22
5
12
166
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1949
BOS
A
1B
11
0
0
103
4
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1950
BOS
A
1B
134
0
0
1142
77
15
147
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1951
BOS
A
1B
93
0
0
878
63
12
91
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1952
DET
A
1B
115
0
0
1005
78
12
104
0
0
0
0
0
.989
1952
BOS
A
1B
35
0
0
319
21
2
31
0
0
0
0
0
.994
1952
TOT
A
1B
150
0
0
1324
99
14
135
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1953
DET
A
1B
150
0
0
1260
127
14
121
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1954
DET
A
1B
95
0
0
681
54
3
60
0
0
0
0
0
.996
1955
CHI
A
1B
140
0
0
1101
62
6
104
0
0
0
0
0
.995
1956
CHI
A
1B
117
0
0
855
50
6
95
0
0
0
0
0
.993
1957
CHI
A
1B
69
50
466.1
483
39
7
49
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1958
CIN
N
1B
43
37
322
300
27
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1958
CHI
A
1B
16
12
99.1
98
8
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1958
Total
1B
59
49
421.1
398
35
0
39
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1959
CIN
N
1B
23
9
104.1
103
11
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1959
BAL
A
1B
54
37
355
386
18
4
42
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1959
BAL
A
3B
2
0
4
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1959
Total
1B
77
46
459.1
489
29
4
53
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1960
BAL
A
3B
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1960
BAL
A
1B
67
56
414.2
397
27
3
50
0
0
0
0
0
.993
1961
BAL
A
1B
12
9
69.2
62
6
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
3B
3
0
6
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
1B
1174
210
1831.1
9173
672
84
968
0
0
0
0
0
.992
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1947).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bill Wight, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky and Don Lenhardt to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers (June 3, 1952).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bob Nieman and Ted Gray to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain and Jack Phillips (December 6, 1954).
Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Chicago White Sox (June 24, 1958).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Whitey Lockman (June 23, 1959).