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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-50 / in Starts: 25-36
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	18 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	24 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 287 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	101 (49-34-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 287 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	184 (95-60-28)

Most Driven In
I Hall	4
J Flores	3
J Welaj	2
D Heffner	2
Self	2
P Suder	1
B Swift	1
F Skaff	1

Most Driven In By
D Siebert	6
J Tyack	6
E Mayo	5
B Estalella	2
Self	2
D Heffner	1
J White	1
H Wagner	1

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	155	1	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	1.00	0.082	2.62	0.13%	1.38	RF
2	156	2	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	1	1.99	-0.091	4.53	-0.13%	-0.63	RF
3	157	3	Apr 23	PHA		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	1						RF
4	158	4	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	W,7-6	CG(12)	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	1	1.52	-0.067	3.46	-0.09%	-0.76	RF
5	159	5	Apr 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-12	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.227	.519	1	.88	-0.025	2.17	-0.04%	-0.12	RF
6	160	6	Apr 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.192	.442	1	.46	-0.045	1.03	-0.06%	-0.78	RF
7	161	9 (2)	Apr 29	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.192	.442	8						PR
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	162	11 (1)	May 2 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.185	.241	.185	.427	7						PH
9	163	14 (2)	May 5	PHA		WSH	L,1-8	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.250	.517	7	.54	0.037	1.04	0.04%	0.40	PH
10	164	16 (1)	May 7	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.241	.499	8	.21	-0.005	.40	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
11	165	18 (1)	May 9 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.233	.483	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	RF
12	166	19	May 9 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.265	.515	1	.88	0.070	1.55	0.07%	0.35	RF
13	167	20	May 12	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(15)	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	1	.225	.262	.300	.562	1						RF
14	168	21	May 13	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.220	.256	.293	.548	9						PH
15	169	22	May 14	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.245	.277	.521	1	.97	-0.039	1.86	-0.05%	0.23	RF
16	170	23	May 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.204	.250	.265	.515	4						RF
17	171	25 (1)	May 16 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0			1	0	0	.196	.268	.255	.523	1						RF
18	172	26	May 21	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.283	.259	.543	1	1.34	0.122	2.72	0.15%	0.44	RF
19	173	27	May 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.207	.281	.259	.540	1	1.03	-0.116	2.36	-0.16%	-1.24	RF
20	174	28	May 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.226	.304	.274	.579	1						RF
21	175	29	May 23 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.212	.288	.258	.545	1						RF
22	176	30	May 27	PHA		CHW	W,7-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.282	.254	.536	1						RF
23	177	31	May 28	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.227	.293	.293	.586	1	1.14	0.031	3.07	0.05%	1.06	RF
24	178	32	May 29	PHA		SLB	L,2-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.291	.282	.573	1	.34	0.012	1.00	0.02%	0.10	RF
25	179	33	May 30 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.289	.280	.569	1	.62	-0.004	1.65	-0.01%	-0.65	RF
26	180	34	May 30 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.295	.287	.582	1	.57	-0.011	1.61	-0.02%	-0.17	RF
27	181	35	May 31 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.303	.281	.584	1	.47	0.024	1.59	0.05%	0.40	RF
28	182	36	May 31 (2)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.301	.272	.573	1	1.19	0.008	3.68	0.02%	0.11	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	183	37	Jun 1	PHA		DET	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.296	.268	.564	1	1.49	-0.123	4.89	-0.24%	-0.62	RF
30	184	38	Jun 2	PHA		DET	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.218	.295	.267	.562	1						RF
31	185	41 (2)	Jun 5	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.308	.618	1	.55	0.149	1.41	0.23%	1.64	LF
32	186	42	Jun 6 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,12-5	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.243	.331	.318	.648	1	1.60	0.427	4.54	0.73%	3.50	LF
33	187	43	Jun 6 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.234	.320	.306	.626	1	.50	-0.005	1.45	-0.01%	-0.14	LF
34	188	44	Jun 10	PHA		NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.235	.318	.313	.631	1	.42	0.054	1.35	0.10%	1.17	LF
35	189	45	Jun 11	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.229	.316	.305	.621	1	1.54	-0.191	4.23	-0.32%	-1.32	LF
36	190	46	Jun 12	PHA		NYY	L,5-14	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.319	.341	.660	1	.25	0.025	.66	0.04%	0.86	LF
37	191	47	Jun 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.329	.341	.670	1	1.97	0.061	4.32	0.08%	0.60	LF
38	192	48	Jun 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.333	.341	.674	1	.93	0.045	2.25	0.06%	0.31	LF
39	193	50 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0			0	0	0	.235	.336	.333	.669	1						LF
40	194	53 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.333	.331	.664	9						PH
41	195	54	Jun 18	PHA		WSH	L,2-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.331	.328	.660	9						PH
42	196	55	Jun 19	PHA		WSH	L,3-6	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.329	.326	.655	9	1.97	-0.052	5.23	-0.08%	-0.45	PH
43	197	56	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.327	.324	.650	9	.04	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.09	PH
44	198	58 (1)	Jun 22	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.226	.325	.321	.646	9						PH
45	199	61 (2)	Jun 25	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.327	.345	.672	1						RF
46	200	62	Jun 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.331	.345	.676	1	.95	0.032	1.66	0.03%	0.33	RF
47	201	63	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.327	.336	.663	1	.45	0.001	.77	0.00%	-0.29	RF
48	202	64	Jun 27 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.330	.329	.658	1	1.49	0.007	2.03	0.01%	0.05	RF
49	203	65	Jun 30	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.219	.328	.323	.650	4	.96	-0.013	1.42	-0.01%	-0.09	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	204	66	Jul 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.324	.319	.643	4	2.15	-0.117	2.59	-0.08%	-0.68	RF
51	205	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.326	.323	.649	4	1.00	0.077	1.06	0.05%	-0.01	RF
52	206	68	Jul 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.216	.328	.317	.646	4	1.44	0.049	1.33	0.03%	0.76	RF
53	207	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.327	.315	.642	2	.45	-0.011	.39	-0.01%	-0.13	RF
54	208	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.325	.310	.635	4	.98	-0.086	.60	-0.03%	-0.39	RF
55	209	71	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.319	.303	.621	4	.68	-0.064	.43	-0.02%	-0.63	RF
56	210	72	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.201	.316	.296	.612	2	.60	-0.030	.42	-0.01%	-0.93	RF
57	211	74 (1)	Jul 8	PHA	@	DET	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.314	.294	.609	8	.87	-0.021	.53	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
58	212	76 (1)	Jul 10	PHA	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.201	.316	.293	.610	1	.75	-0.009	.31	0.00%	-0.50	RF
59	213	77	Jul 11 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.327	.307	.634	1	1.13	0.187	.55	0.06%	1.37	RF
60	214	78	Jul 11 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.326	.306	.632	1	.35	-0.034	.21	-0.01%	-0.29	RF
61	215	79	Jul 16	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	2	.219	.329	.306	.635	1	1.00	-0.053	.54	-0.02%	-0.44	RF
62	216	80	Jul 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.335	.310	.645	1	.99	0.070	.42	0.02%	0.54	RF
63	217	81	Jul 18 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.221	.329	.304	.633	1	1.96	-0.261	.58	-0.05%	-1.84	RF
64	218	82	Jul 18 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.215	.322	.297	.619	1						RF
65	219	83	Jul 21	PHA		CLE	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.317	.291	.608	1						RF
66	220	84	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.212	.316	.290	.606	1						RF
67	221	85	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.311	.285	.596	2	1.30	-0.125	.06	0.00%	-0.62	RF
68	222	87 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.310	.284	.594	9	.31	-0.008	.01	0.00%	-0.26	PH
69	223	91 (3)	Jul 28	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.309	.283	.591	8	.16	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
70	224	94 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.216	.315	.300	.615	3	1.00	0.200	.01	0.00%	1.72	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
71	225	95	Aug 1 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.215	.314	.298	.612	9						PH
72	226	96	Aug 1 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,9-15	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	1	0	.220	.320	.302	.621	3						RF
73	227	97	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.219	.321	.300	.621	4	1.44	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.27	RF
74	228	98	Aug 6	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.320	.300	.619	4	.66	0.117	.00	0.00%	0.72	RF
75	229	99	Aug 7	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.322	.300	.622	4	1.36	0.040	.01	0.00%	0.26	RF
76	230	100	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.217	.318	.295	.613	4	.66	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.24	RF
77	231	101	Aug 8 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.319	.297	.616	3	1.02	0.106	.00	0.00%	0.38	RF
							27-50		287	249	31	55	6	2	3	18	35	0	13	1	2		5	6	2	6	.221	.319	.297	.616		1.02	0.442	1.59	0.50%	3.82

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