Dave Pope

Dave Pope [David Pope] is a retired Major Leaguer Baseball player whose career lasted between 1952-1956. His date of birth is June 17th, 1921He died on August 28th, 1999 at the age of 78. He is the Father of Vincent Pope. He played College Baseball for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. Made his Major League Debut on July 1st, 1952 at the age of 31. Started the game and batted leadoff going 0/2 for the Cleveland Indians against the St. Louis Browns. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Bob Feller, Jim Hegan, Bob Lemon, Dale Mitchell, George Strickland, Mike Garcia, Al Rosen, Early Wynn and Bobby Avila. Pope played 4 seasons with the Cleveland Guardians organization and 2 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. Participated in the MLB World Series 1x [1954]. Had a career ...
high 52 runs batted in with the Cleveland Indians,Baltimore Orioles in 1955. Had a career high .264 Batting Average for the Cleveland Indians,Baltimore Orioles in 1955. Had a career high .718 OPS for the Cleveland Indians,Baltimore Orioles in 1955.

Career Transactions: Traded from Cleveland Indians with Wally Westlake and Billy Cox to Baltimore Orioles for Gene Woodling and Billy Cox on June 15th, 1955. Traded from Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians for Hoot Evers on May 13th, 1956.