Walt Dropo stats
Last played for the Baltimore Orioles, 1961
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
- AL Rookie of the Year
- 1950
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
- AL Rookie of the Year
- 1950
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,288
- AB
- 4,124
- R
- 478
- H
- 1,113
- HR
- 152
- RBI
- 704
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .270
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | BOS | 11 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .146 |
| 1950 | BOS | 136 | 559 | 101 | 180 | 34 | 144 | 0 | .322 |
| 1951 | BOS | 99 | 360 | 37 | 86 | 11 | 57 | 0 | .239 |
| 1952 |  BOS/DET | 152 | 591 | 69 | 163 | 29 | 97 | 2 | .276 |
| 1953 | DET | 152 | 606 | 61 | 150 | 13 | 96 | 2 | .248 |
| 1954 | DET | 107 | 320 | 27 | 90 | 4 | 44 | 0 | .281 |
| 1955 | CHW | 141 | 453 | 55 | 127 | 19 | 79 | 0 | .280 |
| 1956 | CHW | 125 | 361 | 42 | 96 | 8 | 52 | 1 | .266 |
| 1957 | CHW | 93 | 223 | 24 | 57 | 13 | 49 | 0 | .256 |
| 1958 |  CHW/CIN | 91 | 214 | 21 | 57 | 9 | 39 | 0 | .266 |
| 1959 |  CIN/BAL | 88 | 190 | 21 | 46 | 7 | 23 | 0 | .242 |
| 1960 | BAL | 79 | 179 | 16 | 48 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .268 |
| 1961 | BAL | 14 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .259 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 4,521
- TB
- 1,781
- XBH
- 342
- HBP
- 24
- IBB
- 12
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | BOS | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | BOS | 609 | 326 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | BOS | 398 | 133 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | BOS/DET | 633 | 282 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | DET | 645 | 225 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | DET | 354 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHW | 502 | 203 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHW | 412 | 135 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CHW | 244 | 98 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHW/CIN | 238 | 96 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN/BAL | 210 | 77 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | BAL | 201 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | BAL | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 0.9
- RC
- 603.6
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .162
- SECA
- .241
- BB/K
- 0.56
- AB/HR
- 27.1
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | BOS | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | .049 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | BOS | 0.0 | 119.7 | 8.5 | .261 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 0 |
| 1951 | BOS | 0.0 | 44.1 | 4.3 | .131 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 32.7 | 0 |
| 1952 | BOS/DET | 1.2 | 92.2 | 5.8 | .201 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 20.4 | 0 |
| 1953 | DET | -1.5 | 67.5 | 4 | .124 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 46.6 | 0 |
| 1954 | DET | -0.2 | 41.6 | 4.7 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 80 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHW | 1.0 | 71.9 | 5.8 | .168 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 23.8 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHW | -0.6 | 49.7 | 4.9 | .108 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 45.1 | 0 |
| 1957 | CHW | 0.2 | 30.6 | 4.8 | .184 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 17.2 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHW/CIN | 0.8 | 32.5 | 5.4 | .182 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 23.8 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN/BAL | 0.0 | 24.7 | 4.5 | .163 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 27.1 | 0 |
| 1960 | BAL | 0.0 | 24.9 | 5.1 | .112 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 44.8 | 0 |
| 1961 | BAL | 0.0 | 3.9 | 5.3 | .111 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 27 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Walt Dropo's career stats?
Walt Dropo played 13 seasons for the Red Sox, the Tigers, the White Sox and the Orioles. He was a career .270 hitter with 1,113 hits, 152 home runs and 704 RBI. His best season was 1950: a .322 batting average, 34 home runs and 144 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1949 to 1961