Walt Dropo vs. Rube Oldring — Career Comparison

Walt Dropo
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueFirst BasemanRookie of the YearAll-Star
Rube Oldring
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder

Walt Dropo and Rube Oldring 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, 98 for Rube Oldring), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 113 vs 117). The overall lean goes to Rube Oldring, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Walt Dropo and Rube Oldring

Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1288
170.94
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
1239
145.88
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
4521
600
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5096
600
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
4124
547.31
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4690
552.2
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.767
0.767
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.712
0.712
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
1113
147.71
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1268
149.29
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
771
102.32
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
960
113.03
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
168
22.3
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
24.14
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
22
2.92
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
8.95
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
20.17
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
27
3.18
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
45.39
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
308
36.26
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
550.63
73.08
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
553.96
65.22
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1781
236.36
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
1706
200.86
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1465
194.43
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1519
178.85
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.758
0.758
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.671
0.671
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.623
0.623
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
478
63.44
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
616
72.53
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
704
93.43
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
471
55.46
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1030
136.7
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1060
124.8
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
570.12
75.66
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
614.54
72.36
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
24
3.19
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
5.3
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
328
43.53
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
206
24.25
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
1.59
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
582
77.24
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
407
47.92
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
7.77
7.77
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.52
12.52
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
22
2.92
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
18.25
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
3.05
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
166
22.03
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
5
0.66
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
23.19
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
6
0.8
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
4.24
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1.46
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
27.43
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 600 PA
45.45
45.45
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.55
84.55

Fielding Stats for Walt Dropo and Rube Oldring

Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
2.35
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
2.39
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
1
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
13540
27
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13677
27
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4513.1
9
Rube Oldring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4559
9
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9173
18.29
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
2234
4.41
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
1.34
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.5
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.17
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.21
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9931
19.8
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
2590
5.11
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9847
19.64
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
2485
4.91
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.95
95.95
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.366
8.366
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.052
2.052
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.48
42.48
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.78
41.78
Walt Dropo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
969
1.93
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.09
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dropo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Oldring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0