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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 23	PHA		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	W,7-6	CG	48	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-12	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	18 (11)	May 9 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	19	May 9 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	20	May 12	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	14.2	7	0	0	7	0
10	22 (1)	May 14	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	54	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	23	May 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	25 (1)	May 16 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	26	May 21	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	27	May 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	28	May 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
16	29	May 23 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	30	May 27	PHA		CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	31	May 28	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	32	May 29	PHA		SLB	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	33	May 30 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	34	May 30 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	35	May 31 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	36	May 31 (2)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	37	Jun 1	PHA		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	38	Jun 2	PHA		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	41 (2)	Jun 5	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	42	Jun 6 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	43	Jun 6 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	44	Jun 10	PHA		NYY	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	45	Jun 11	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	46	Jun 12	PHA		NYY	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	47	Jun 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	48	Jun 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	50 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	61 (10)	Jun 25	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	62	Jun 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	63	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-9	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	64	Jun 27 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	65	Jun 30	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	66	Jul 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	43	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
41	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
42	68	Jul 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	71	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	72	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	76 (3)	Jul 10	PHA	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	77	Jul 11 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	78	Jul 11 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	79	Jul 16	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	80	Jul 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
52	81	Jul 18 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	82	Jul 18 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
54	83	Jul 21	PHA		CLE	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	84	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	85	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	94 (8)	Jul 31 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	96 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,9-15	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	97	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	98	Aug 6	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	99	Aug 7	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	100	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	101	Aug 8 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
							63gm			119	4	2	125	0