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AMERICAN LEAGUE Team: New York Pitchers: Shantz, Philadelphia (16-3) Raschi, NewYork (10-2) Batter: Goodman, Boston (.336) Runs Batted In: Dropo,Detroit (60) Rosen, Cleveland (60) Home Runs: Berra, New York...
Cloveland has waited out injuries to Luke Easter, Bob Feller, and Larry Doby. But its percentage has risen well over .100 points. Boston has replaced Walt Dropo in the lineup with Clyde Vollner. And Dropo never turned in such an exhibition of the utmost value to the team as Vollner has in the past weeks. But Boston's pace has been steady, on the whole, with minor spurts counteracting minor slumps. Chicago, of course, has slipped out of the picture in a sudden two-week debacle...
...Walt Dropo, Red Sox first baseman, was yesterday voted American League Rookie of the Year...
...Billy was a regular. In 1948, after three years in the minors (Atlanta and Louisville), he joined the Red Sox as their first baseman. Early this season, in a characteristic slashing slide, Billy chipped a bone in his left leg. The Red Sox had to call up Walt Dropo from the minors. Dropo hit so well (TIME, July 24) that Goodman found himself without a regular job. He soon made one for himself: filling in for injured regulars. Says Billy: "I don't care where I play. Of course, it may take a few days...
Control in Philadelphia. Now that Ted Williams may be lost to them for the season (see above), the Boston Red Sox are more than ever grateful to have rookie First Baseman Walter Dropo. Another giant (6 ft. 5 in., 220 Ibs.), Dropo got his big chance early this season when Regular Billy Goodman was sidelined with an injury. Dropo was hurriedly called up from Louisville and plunked on first base, and no one has been able to budge the big man since then. His 22 home runs, his .351 batting average and his 90 runs driven in put him right...