Walt Dropo vs. Sammy Hale — Career Comparison

Walt Dropo
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueFirst BasemanRookie of the YearAll-Star
Sammy Hale
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueThird Baseman

Walt Dropo and Sammy Hale are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 98 for Walt Dropo, 94 for Sammy Hale), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 113 vs 111). The overall lean goes to Walt Dropo, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Walt Dropo and Sammy Hale

Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1288
170.94
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
883
166.34
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4521
600
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
3185
600
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4124
547.31
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2915
549.14
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.767
0.767
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.777
0.777
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1113
147.71
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
880
165.78
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
771
102.32
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
639
120.38
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
22.3
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
29.58
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
22
2.92
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
10.17
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
20.17
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
30
5.65
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
342
45.39
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
241
45.4
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
550.63
73.08
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
410.78
77.38
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1781
236.36
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1235
232.65
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1465
194.43
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1032
194.41
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.758
0.758
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
0.76
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.672
0.672
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
63.44
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
422
79.5
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
704
93.43
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
392
73.85
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1030
136.7
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
784
147.69
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
570.12
75.66
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
457.49
86.18
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
3.19
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.14
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
328
43.53
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
130
24.49
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
1.59
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
582
77.24
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
41.07
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
7.77
7.77
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
14.61
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.56
0.56
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
22
2.92
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
22.23
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
3.05
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
166
22.03
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
5
0.66
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
7.72
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
6
0.8
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
3.77
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1.46
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
11.49
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
45.45
45.45
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67.21
67.21

Fielding Stats for Walt Dropo and Sammy Hale

Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1177
2.35
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
718
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13540
27
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4513.1
9
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9173
18.29
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
1.34
Sammy Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1379
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.17
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9931
19.8
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2212
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9847
19.64
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2078
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.94
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.366
8.366
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.894
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.48
42.48
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
969
1.93
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0