1951 Walter Dropo Exhibits Large Card MLB Boston Red Sox

Description: This 1951 Walter Dropo Exhibits Large Card MLB Boston Red Sox is the exact item you will receive and has been certified Authentic by REM Fine Collectibles. In 1950, Dropo led the league in RBIs (144) and total bases (326), while batting .322 and hitting 34 home runs, (second only to Al Rosen 37). In addition, his .583 slugging percentage and 70 extra base hits were second only to the .585 – 75 of Joe DiMaggio, and his .961 OPS finished third in the league, after Larry Doby (.986) and DiMaggio (.979). His efforts that season led to his only All-Star appearance. Dropo won the American League Rookie of the Year award in 1950, becoming the first Red Sox player to receive the award. In winning the award, he beat future Hall of Famer Whitey Ford, who finished second in balloting Furthermore, Dropo finished sixth in the American League Most Valuable Player award. In 1951, Dropo fractured his right wrist and never had another season the equal of his 1950 campaign. After another one-plus season, he was traded to Detroit on June 3, 1952. After being traded, he collected 12 consecutive hits to tie the MLB record. Included in the streak was a 5-for-5 game against the Yankees (July 14) and a 4-for-4 performance in the first game of a doubleheader against Washington (July 15). In the second game, he went 4-for-5, hitting on his first three at bats and popping out on his fourth at bat on the 7th inning, matching an American League record of 15 hits in four games. In that season, he hit a combined 29 home runs and 97 RBIs, but would never again hit over 19 homers (1955) or bat over .281 (1954). In a 13-season career, Dropo batted .270 (1,113-for-4,124) with 152 home runs, 704 RBIs, 478 runs, 168 doubles, 22 triples and five stolen bases in 1,288 games. Defensively, in 1,174 games as a first baseman, he compiled a .992 fielding percentage. The 1947-66 Exhibits, manufactured and distributed by the Exhibit Supple Company of Chicago, Illinois, consists of more then 330 cards measuring 3-3/8” by 5-3/8” over two decades. The black-and-white heavy, cardboard stock postcard sized cards are unnumbered and have blank backs. As the company produced a yearly issuance for the set, players with lengthy careers can have numerous cards, while other players may only have one or two produced, creating different levels of scarcity within the set as a whole. Each card features a black-and-white action or portrait photograph with the player’s name written in script, emulating the player’s signature, near the bottom of each in white or black. Due to the duration of the set issuance, variations and styles are prevalent and some included semi-gloss paper print. At the bottom right corner of each, “Made in U.S.A.” is printed in white. Featured in this extensive set are players like Whitey Ford, Harmon Killebrew, Mickey Mantle, Barney McCosky, Stan Musial, Satchel Paige, Bobby Richardson, Carl Yastrzemski, Dodgers Team – 1955, Yankees Team – 1952, 1955, 1956.

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