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Dropo's athletic career isn't limited to his rookie baseball season, impressive though that was. As I posted originally, while at UConn, Dropo played for the football team, basketball team and baseball team. Dropo was drafted in basketball and football and baseball. That's three GM's of different pro sports that thought he was a pro caliber athlete. That screams athleticism.
Your claim that he did none of the things that "we normally associate with athleticism" just doesn't hold water.
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- Rookie of the Year (1950)
- All-Star (1950), as a rookie - impressive.
- Top 10 MVP (sixth, 1950) Think about that. In his first year as a pro baseball player only five others were "more valuable" to their teams than he was.
- Led league in RBIs (144, 1950) Hmm RBI's seems like a decent indicator of eye hand coordination couple with sports IQ.
- Led league in total bases (326, 1950)
- Tied an MLB record with 12 consecutive at-bats with a hit (July 15, 1952) Again even among pros he stood out.
- Tied an AL record with 15 hits in four games (July 16, 1952)
- Dropo was the first rookie to top 100 RBIs with more RBIs than games played (144 in 136 games, 1950)
- For those enamored with size Dropo was 6'5" 220: a giant for that era.
- He had a 10 year career as a MLB ballplayer.
So give me a list of accomplishments that tops that.
But . . . but . . . his weighted on base average and ultimate zone ratings leave something to be desired!!