Elmer Valo

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: March 5, 1921 in Rybnik, Slovakia sk

Died: July 19, 1998 in Palmerton, PA

Buried: Sacred Heart New Cemetery, Palmerton, PA

High School: Palmerton HS (Palmerton, PA)

Debut: September 22, 1940 (Age 19-201d, 8,948th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 40-210d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Elmer William Valo

Pronunciation: \VOLL-oh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.9

5029

1420

.282

768

RBI

601

110

OBP

.398

SLG

.391

OPS

.790

OPS+

115

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 58 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 11 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
PHA/KCA	47
PHI	6
LAD/BRO	5

Platoon
vs RHP	49
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Away	35
Home	23

Outs
1	22
0	20
2	16

12 Opps
DET	11
WSH	9
CLE	9
SLB	6
NYY	5
CHW	4
BOS	3
CIN	3
CHC	3
NYG	2
PIT	2
MLN	1

44 Pitchers
Art Houtteman	4
Early Wynn	4
Atley Donald	2
Ray Crone	2
Don Johnson	2
Steve Gromek	2
Hal Jeffcoat	2
Joe Ostrowski	2
Randy Gumpert	2
Warren Hacker	2
Tony Cloninger	1
Bob Feller	1
Connie Marrero	1
Tom Acker	1
Sid Hudson	1
Mike Garcia	1
Johnny Niggeling	1
Johnny Sain	1
Don Kaiser	1
Julio Moreno	1
Hal Newhouser	1
Tom Ferrick	1
Virgil Trucks	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Jim Suchecki	1
Ray Scarborough	1
Dizzy Trout	1
Ken Chase	1
Dick Weik	1
Bill Miller	1
Bob Lemon	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Ron Kline	1
Johnny Kucks	1
Bill Kennedy	1
Ted Gray	1
Chuck Stobbs	1
Jack Kramer	1
Roy Face	1
Earl Johnson	1
Fred Hutchinson	1
Howie Judson	1
Jim Bagby	1
Tommy Bridges	1

11 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	23
Tiger Stad (DET)	9
GriffithStad (WAS)	5
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Crosley Fld (CIN)	3
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1

Where Hit
9	39
8	2
89	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	50
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	10
12-	5
1-3	3
--3	2
123	1
-23	1
-2-	1

92 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	35
1 on	13
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	23

Inning
1	10
2	8
3	6
4	4
5	7
6	9
7	8
8	2
9	4

1-3	24
4-6	20
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	3
+2	6
+1	4
Tied	16
-1	12
-2	5
-3	5
-4..	6

Ahead	14
Tied	16
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	32
LF	20
PH	3
CF	3

OrderPos
3rd	18
2nd	16
5th	10
1st	4
6th	4
4th	3
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1941-09-16	PHA		SLB	Johnny Niggeling	behind 4-7	b 9	0	12-	3	2	7	0.455	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Miles Scores; E. Collins Scores
2	2	2	1	1941-09-24	PHA	@	NYY	Atley Donald	behind 0-2	t 3	2	---	1	2	7	0.096	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1942-05-30 (1)	PHA		BOS	Ken Chase	tied 2-2	b 3	2	---	1	5	9	0.129	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1942-07-30 (2)	PHA	@	DET	Tommy Bridges	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	9	0.151	69%		Home Run; D. Miles Scores
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1943-06-05	PHA		CLE	Jim Bagby	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	---	1	1	7	0.097	90%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	2	1	1943-06-12	PHA		NYY	Atley Donald	behind 3-8	b 2	1	---	1	1	7	0.047	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	3	1	1943-06-25	PHA	@	WSH	Dutch Leonard	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9			Lead-Off,IPHR
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1946-06-01	PHA		CLE	Tom Ferrick	ahead 4-2	b 2	0	--3	2	1	9	0.065	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Christopher Scores
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1947-05-13	PHA		CLE	Bob Feller	behind 4-6	b 7	1	---	1	2	9	0.134	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	2	1	1947-06-01	PHA	@	SLB	Jack Kramer	tied 0-0	t 1	0	--3	2	2	9	0.103	70%		Home Run; E. Joost Scores
11	11	3	1	1947-06-09	PHA	@	DET	Virgil Trucks	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	9
12	12	4	1	1947-06-10	PHA	@	DET	Fred Hutchinson	behind 5-6	t 7	0	---	1	3	9	0.200	50%		Home Run (CF-RF)
13	13	5	1	1947-09-26 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	Early Wynn	ahead 4-2	t 2	1	1--	2	2	9	0.137	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. McCosky Scores
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1948-04-29	PHA		BOS	Earl Johnson	behind 0-5	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	0.047	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	2	1	1948-05-22	PHA	@	DET	Art Houtteman	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---	1	3	9	0.157	44%		Home Run
16	16	3	1	1948-09-08 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	Dick Weik	behind 1-2	t 5	2	---	1	6	9	0.141	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1949-06-20	PHA		CLE	Mike Garcia	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.109	55%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
18	18	2	1	1949-06-21	PHA		CLE	Bob Lemon	tied 1-1	b 5	2	123	4	6	7	0.328	92%		Home Run; E. Joost Scores; S. Chapman Scores; H. Majeski Scores
19	19	3	1	1949-08-07 (1)	PHA		CLE	Early Wynn	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1-3	3	3	7	0.265	82%		Home Run; M. Guerra Scores/unER; W. Moses Scores/unER; E. Valo Scores/unER
20	20	4	1	1949-08-26	PHA	@	SLB	Joe Ostrowski	behind 1-4	t 6	0	---	1	3	7
21	21	5	1	1949-09-20	PHA		DET	Ted Gray	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	2	7
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1950-05-09	PHA		CLE	Steve Gromek	behind 1-2	b 5	1	12-	3	3	9	0.307	79%		Home Run; H. Wyse Scores; P. Lehner Scores
23	23	2	1	1950-05-21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	Joe Ostrowski	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---	1	6	9
24	24	3	1	1950-06-13	PHA	@	DET	Art Houtteman	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.153	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Moses Scores
25	25	4	2	1950-06-13	PHA	@	DET	Art Houtteman	tied 3-3	t 8	0	1--	2	3	7	0.280	85%		Home Run; W. Moses Scores
26	26	5	1	1950-06-14	PHA	@	DET	Dizzy Trout	ahead 4-1	t 5	2	---	1	3	7	0.070	86%		Home Run
27	27	6	1	1950-06-16	PHA	@	CLE	Early Wynn	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.118	35%		Home Run
28	28	7	1	1950-06-23	PHA	@	CHW	Randy Gumpert	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	1	3	7
29	29	8	1	1950-08-02	PHA	@	CHW	Ray Scarborough	behind 2-3	t 3	2	---	1	3	9	0.108	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	9	1	1950-08-28	PHA		DET	Hal Newhouser	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.102	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	10	1	1950-09-19	PHA	@	DET	Art Houtteman	behind 0-11	t 6	0	---	1	2	9	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1951-04-21	PHA	@	BOS	Chuck Stobbs	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.093	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	2	1	1951-07-01 (1)	PHA		WSH	Don Johnson	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	2	2	8	0.207	65%		Home Run (CF-RF); E. Joost Scores
34	34	3	2	1951-07-01 (1)	PHA		WSH	Don Johnson	behind 2-4	b 5	2	1--	2	2	8	0.261	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Joost Scores
35	35	4	1	1951-07-01 (2)	PHA		WSH	Julio Moreno	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	2	2	8	0.125	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Joost Scores
36	36	5	1	1951-07-12 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	Jim Suchecki	ahead 7-3	t 5	0	---	1	2	9
37	37	6	2	1951-07-12 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	Bill Kennedy	ahead 8-7	t 9	2	---	1	2	9
38	38	7	1	1951-08-22 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	Howie Judson	ahead 4-1	t 7	1	1--	2	3	9	0.070	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Fain Scores
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1952-04-22	PHA	@	NYY	Johnny Sain	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.110	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	2	1	1952-04-30	PHA		CLE	Early Wynn	behind 0-1	b 5	2	-23	3	2	9	0.366	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Kell Scores; J. Astroth Scores
41	41	3	1	1952-05-26	PHA	@	WSH	Sid Hudson	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.113	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	4	1	1952-08-17 (2)	PHA		WSH	Randy Gumpert	behind 2-5	b 7	1	1-3	3	3	9	0.349	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Robertson Scores; P. Suder Scores/unER
43	43	5	1	1952-09-28	PHA		NYY	Bill Miller	ahead 6-4	b 6	2	1-3	3	5	9	0.121	97%		Home Run; D. Philley Scores/unER; G. Zernial Scores/unER; E. Valo Scores/unER
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1954-05-23	PHA	@	WSH	Connie Marrero	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	9	0.267	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bollweg Scores; G. Zernial Scores
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1955-05-22 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	Mike Fornieles	behind 0-3	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.081	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	2	1	1955-07-10 (1)	KCA	@	DET	Steve Gromek	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.173	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Slaughter Scores
47	47	3	1	1955-07-30	KCA	@	NYY	Johnny Kucks	ahead 4-1	t 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.054	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1956-06-15 (1)	PHI		CHC	Don Kaiser	behind 0-4	b 7	2	12-	3	9	PH	0.207	27%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Kazanski Scores; R. Smalley Scores
49	49	2	1	1956-06-15 (2)	PHI		CHC	Warren Hacker	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.106	41%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	3	1	1956-07-04 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	Ron Kline	tied 2-2	t 7	1	---	1	5	9	0.221	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	4	2	1956-07-04 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	Roy Face	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	---	1	5	9	0.094	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	5	1	1956-07-30 (2)	PHI		CHC	Warren Hacker	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	9	0.079	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1957-06-19	BRO	@	CIN	Tom Acker	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	1--	2	4	7	0.190	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Snider Scores
54	54	2	1	1957-07-26	BRO	@	CIN	Hal Jeffcoat	behind 1-5	t 8	0	1--	2	9	PH	0.077	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Campanella Scores
55	55	3	1	1957-08-14	BRO	@	NYG	Ray Crone	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.089	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	4	1	1957-09-06	BRO	@	NYG	Ray Crone	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.104	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1958-06-24 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	Hal Jeffcoat	behind 6-7	t 6	1	12-	3	4	9	0.356	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Hodges Scores; D. Snider Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1961-08-25 (2)	PHI		MLN	Tony Cloninger	behind 3-9	b 7	0	---	1	9	PH	0.017	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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