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Historical player · 1949–1961

Walt Dropo

B/T R/R · HT 77 · WT 220 · Born 1/30/1923 · From Moosup, CT USA · Debut 1949-04-19 · Final 1961-05-17

Career · batting

1,288

4,124

1,113

152

RBI

704

328

AVG/OPS

0.270 · 0.758

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1949–1952

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#63 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 J. Canseco

↓ 1 R. Jefferson

Hits

307

#159 on the Red Sox

↑ 3 A. Zarilla

↓ 1 B. Montgomery

RBI

229

#86 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Ruth

↓ 1 J. Stahl

Runs

154

#157 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 D. Doyle

↓ 1 D. Pratt

#188 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 L. Culberson

↓ 1 R. Jefferson

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1955–1958

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#71 on the White Sox

↑ 1 L. Aparicio

↓ 1 E. Sheely

Hits

290

#164 on the White Sox

↑ 1 D. Josephson

↓ 3 G. Pryor

RBI

188

#110 on the White Sox

↑ 2 L. Doby

↓ 3 R. Sievers

#547 on the White Sox

↑ 1 H. Baker

Runs

124

#187 on the White Sox

↑ 2 T. Hulett

↓ 1 B. Phillips

100

#169 on the White Sox

↑ 1 C. Gandil

↓ 1 B. Clancy

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1952–1954

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#96 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Schoop

↓ 1 B. Rogell

Hits

368

#129 on the Tigers

↑ 4 G. Mullin

↓ 2 S. Halter

RBI

210

#110 on the Tigers

↑ 1 M. McIntyre

↓ 10 J. Delahanty

#323 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Baker

↓ 1 D. Baker

Runs

144

#167 on the Tigers

↑ 3 V. Reyes

↓ 4 D. Holmes

#191 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Walker

↓ 1 D. Bartell

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1959–1961

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#244 on the Orioles

↑ 1 C. Abrams

↓ 1 S. Wilkerson

Hits

#366 on the Orioles

↑ 1 R. Badgro

↓ 1 J. McCann

RBI

#357 on the Orioles

↑ 1 R. Badgro

↓ 1 J. Voigt

Runs

#430 on the Orioles

↑ 1 D. Evans

↓ 1 J. Bonilla

#366 on the Orioles

↑ 1 T. Hendryx

↓ 1 A. Hicks

Career with the Cincinnati Redlegs · 1958–1959

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#291 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 J. Bloodworth

↓ 1 H. Winningham

Hits

#580 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 B. Larson

↓ 1 N. Martini

RBI

#456 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 C. Aleno

↓ 1 M. Vail

Runs

#589 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 C. Abrams

↓ 1 H. Jeffcoat

#583 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 A. Almora

↓ 1 W. Balentien

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

152

#600 all-time MLB

↑ 1 H. Blalock

↓ 1 L. Overbay

Hits

1,113

#1,211 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Dent

↓ 1 B. Taylor

RBI

704

#692 all-time MLB

↑ 2 J. Fregosi

↓ 1 J. Samuel

#5,580 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Abbott

↓ 1 E. Adams

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1949	Red Sox	AL	11	41	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	3	7	0.146	—	0.195
1950	Red Sox	AL	136	559	101	180	28	8	34	144	0	45	75	0.322	—	0.583
1951	Red Sox	AL	99	360	37	86	14	0	11	57	0	38	52	0.239	—	0.369
1952	Red Sox	AL	37	132	13	35	7	1	6	27	0	11	22	0.265	—	0.470
1952	Tigers	AL	115	459	56	128	17	3	23	70	2	26	63	0.279	—	0.479
1953	Tigers	AL	152	606	61	150	30	3	13	96	2	29	69	0.248	—	0.371
1954	Tigers	AL	107	320	27	90	14	2	4	44	0	24	41	0.281	0.328	0.375
1955	White Sox	AL	141	453	55	127	15	2	19	79	0	42	71	0.280	0.343	0.448
1956	White Sox	AL	125	361	42	96	13	1	8	52	1	37	51	0.266	0.334	0.374
1957	White Sox	AL	93	223	24	57	2	0	13	49	0	16	40	0.256	0.300	0.439
1958	White Sox	AL	28	52	3	10	1	0	2	8	0	5	11	0.192	0.271	0.327
1958	Redlegs	NL	63	162	18	47	7	2	7	31	0	12	31	0.290	0.335	0.488
1959	Redlegs	NL	26	39	4	4	1	0	1	2	0	4	7	0.103	0.205	0.205
1959	Orioles	AL	62	151	17	42	9	0	6	21	0	12	20	0.278	0.329	0.457
1960	Orioles	AL	79	179	16	48	8	0	4	21	0	20	19	0.268	0.343	0.380
1961	Orioles	AL	14	27	1	7	0	0	1	2	0	4	3	0.259	0.355	0.370
Career			1,288	4,124	478	1,113	168	22	152	704	5	328	582	0.270	0.326	0.432

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1,174	500	4,507.3	9,173	672	84	968
3B	3	0	6.0	0	2	0	1

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1967	BBWAA	1	219	Ballot