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  Walt Dropo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Dropo (born January 30, 1923 in Moosup, Connecticut), nicknamed "Moose", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox (1949-52), Detroit Tigers (1952-54), Chicago White Sox (1955-58), Cincinnati Redlegs (1958-59), and Baltimore Orioles 1959-61).
Dropo enjoyed one of the best rookie seasons ever in 1950, leading the league in RBI (144) and total bases (326), while batting.322 and hitting 34 home runs (second to Al Rosen 37).
Dropo was considered for the MVP award, and earned Rookie of the Year honors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Dropo   (424 words)

  
 Walt Dropo Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Walt Dropo was born on Tuesday, January 30, 1923, in Moosup, Connecticut.
Dropo was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1949, with the Boston Red Sox, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
Walt Dropo's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Walt Dropo baseball statistics page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=dropowa01   (317 words)

  
 Walter Dropo - TheBestLinks.com - Batting average, Total bases, On-base plus slugging, Stolen base, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Walter Dropo - TheBestLinks.com - Batting average, Total bases, On-base plus slugging, Stolen base,...
Walter Dropo, Batting average, Total bases, On-base plus slugging, Stolen base...
Listed at 6'5", 220-lb, Dropo turned down an offer from football's Chicago Bears to sign with the Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947.
www.thebestlinks.com /Walter_Dropo.html   (437 words)

  
 ESPN.com: July Classic Moments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Dropo runs his consecutive hit streak to 12 with a triple, single and double in the nightcap, tying Pinky Higgins' record set in 1938.
Dropo will hit.276 this season and will retire in 1961 with a lifetime mark of.270.
Walter Johnson is the first pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters when he fans five in pitching Washington to a 3-1 victory over the Indians in Cleveland.
www.espn.go.com /sportscentury/moments/9907.html   (9357 words)

  
 Paranormal News -- Your Source for UFO and Paranormal Related Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Walter Cronkite was the Reporter who covered those and so many other important events.
I have always knew that Walter Concrite was a stand up man. As a young boy during the Appolo days, I hung on every word I heard from him.
I met Walter Cronkite in the early eighty’s and he told me a story about how he duped some ufo buff with a cockamamy story about how he witnessed a ufo.
www.paranormalnews.com /article.asp?articleID=698   (6653 words)

  
 Walt Dropo | BaseballLibrary.com
Dropo turned down an offer from football's Chicago Bears to sign with the Red Sox in 1947.
Dropo's next best was 29 HR and 97 RBI two years later, but he never again had over 19 HR or hit over.281.
Dropo drives in his 144 in just 136 games, the first player to top 100 with more ribbies than games played.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/D/Dropo_Walt.stm   (1324 words)

  
 Paranormal News -- Your Source for UFO and Paranormal Related Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Message: Since Uncle Walt is getting mighty long in the tooth and probably won’t be with us for a very long time, it’d be great if he and other famous, credible people who’ve kept quiet about their unexplained experiences could get together on a TV special and open up with us...
It was in the 1980’s,as I recall, when she and her friend accompanied Walter and his wife on Cronkite’s yacht on a trip from New York to Maine, where Walter and his wife had a cottage.
However, the light is too close, is the only light in the whole darned woods., is resting in the same spot i saw the original light "land" from hovering in the sky, and again is only seen in the late Fall to early Spring.
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 Walter Dropo - Information
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 1950 AL Stargell Award
A lot of guys had career years, which is why the league ERA ballooned to 4.58 (or vice-versa).
This was Walter Dropo's rookie season, at age 27; he never again came close to approaching it.
Dropo, who had 41 former at bats, won the Award.
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 dropo - Auctions
1957 Topps WALT DROPO #257 PSA 7 - $19.57
1960 Topps #79 Walt Dropo Orioles PSA 7 - $5.99
1956 Topps WALT DROPO #238 PSA 7 NQ - $4.99
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 JOE CRONIN - CONTRACT SIGNED 05/06/1949 CO-SIGNED BY:V. A. DEVINCENZI
In 1950, Dropo was selected to start in the All-Star Game and was voted the American League's Rookie of the Year.
CRONIN, a lifetime.301 hitter and later the President of the American League, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1956.
In 1967, Walt Dropo got one vote in Hall of Fame balloting.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/1_2001/sports/JOE_CRONIN.htm   (283 words)

  
 These Tigers resemble 1952 team - 7/14/02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Infielders Johnny Pesky, Walter Dropo and Fred Hatfield plus outfielder Don Lenhardt and pitcher Bill Wight came to Detroit.
Groth was the team's top batter with a.284 average.
Dropo provided some production after the trade with the Red Sox.
www.detnews.com /2002/tigers/0207/14/sports-536250.htm   (684 words)

  
 JOE CRONIN - CONTRACT SIGNED 09/06/1949 CO-SIGNED BY:V. A. DEVINCENZI
For payment of $500 cash, Sacramento assigns the contract of Walter Dropo to the Red Sox.
Dropo played 11 games for Boston in 1949.
In 1950, he started on the All-Star team and was chosen Rookie of the Year with 34 home runs, a.322 average and a league-leading 144 RBI.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/9_2002/sports/JOE_CRONIN.htm   (212 words)

  
 fenwayfanatics.com - Boston Red Sox - Club Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Even in rough times, fans still enjoyed the pleasure of watching some great players.
Walter Dropo enjoyed one of the best rookie seasons ever in a Red Sox uniform in 1950, leading the league with 144 RBI while batting.322 and hitting 34 home runs; his efforts that season led to his only All-Star appearance that summer.
Jackie Jensen finished first in the American League MVP vote in 1958; despite an unimpressive.286 batting average, he lead the AL in home runs with 35 and runs batter in with 122.
www.fenwayfanatics.com /redsox/past/history_1950s.html   (221 words)

  
 Walt Dropo Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947.
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
www.baseball-reference.com /d/dropowa01.shtml   (733 words)

  
 Walt Dropo Bibliography | BaseballLibrary.com
The Baseball Index contains the following references for further reading material on Walt Dropo (1B 1949-61 Red Sox, Tigers, White Sox, Reds, Orioles):
Walter (Walt) Dropo: Slugging First Baseman of the Red Sox by Waldman, Frank
Walt Dropo: As American as Apple Pie by Kiersh, Edward
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/sabr/tbi/D/Dropo_Walt.tbi.stm   (1015 words)

  
 Baseball Digest: Rookie of the year award winners.(Illustration)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE Year Player, Club Pos.
1949 Roy Sievers, St. Louis, of Don Newcombe, Brooklyn, p 1950 Walter Dropo, Boston, 1b Sam Jethroe, Boston, of 1951 Gil McDougald, New York, 3b Willie Mays, New York, of 1952 Harvey Byrd, Philadelphia, p Joe Black, Brooklyn, p 1953 Harvey Kuenn, Detroit, ss Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn, 2b 1954 Bob Grim, New York, p...
The above preview is from Baseball Digest, December 1, 2003.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:110471520&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (145 words)

  
 Directed By Stanley Kubrick [matthewhunt.com]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Directed, produced, written, and photographed by Stanley Kubrick.
A documentary about boxer Walter Cartier, released in 1951 as part of RKO's
[A day in the life of Walter Cartier, the inspiration for
www.matthewhunt.com /stanleykubrick.html   (5425 words)

  
 BirminghamSports
Fred Walters, Mickey Rutner, Harry Dorrish, Don Carter, Pete Modica and Mel Hoderlein.
Second row: Joe Scheldt, Ben Cantrell, George Dickey, Harry Kimberlin, John Hoffman,
Walter Dropo, Mike Palm, Hershell Freeman and Ken Rogers.
www.birminghamprosports.com /birminghambaronsphotos.htm   (150 words)

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