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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 21 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	7	Apr 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	8	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	13 (4)	Apr 30	PHA		SLB	W,12-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (2)	May 3	PHA		CHW	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	17	May 5 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	28 (10)	May 15 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	29	May 17	PHA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	30	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	31	May 19 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS	24	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
11	41 (9)	May 31	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	42	Jun 1	PHA		CLE	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
13	43	Jun 3 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	44	Jun 3 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	45	Jun 4	PHA		DET	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	46	Jun 5	PHA		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	47	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	48	Jun 8	PHA		SLB	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	49	Jun 9 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	50	Jun 9 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	51	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	52	Jun 11	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	53	Jun 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	51	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	54	Jun 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	55	Jun 16 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	57 (1)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	58	Jun 20	PHA	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	59	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	68 (8)	Jul 3	PHA		WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	71	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	72	Jul 6	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	73	Jul 7 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	74	Jul 7 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	75	Jul 11	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	76	Jul 12	PHA		SLB	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	77	Jul 13	PHA		SLB	L,4-11	GS	25	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	78	Jul 14 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
40	82 (3)	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	83	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	84	Jul 19	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	85	Jul 20	PHA		DET	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	86	Jul 21 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	87	Jul 21 (2)	PHA		DET	L,7-11	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	88	Jul 23	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	89	Jul 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	90	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	50	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
49	91	Jul 26	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	107 (15)	Aug 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	108	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	109	Aug 11 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	110	Aug 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	111	Aug 13	PHA		BOS	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	112	Aug 14	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	113	Aug 15	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
57	114	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	115	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	116	Aug 18 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	117	Aug 18 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	118	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	119	Aug 21	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	120	Aug 22	PHA		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	121	Aug 23	PHA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	122	Aug 24	PHA		CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	123	Aug 25 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	124	Aug 25 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
68	125	Aug 26	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	126	Aug 27	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	127	Aug 28	PHA		SLB	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	128	Aug 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	129	Aug 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	130	Aug 31	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	131	Sep 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
75	132	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	133	Sep 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
77	134	Sep 4	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	135	Sep 5	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	136	Sep 6	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	137	Sep 7	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	138	Sep 8	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	139	Sep 10	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	140	Sep 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	141	Sep 13 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	142	Sep 13 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	143	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	144	Sep 15 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS	26	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	151 (6)	Sep 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	152	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	153	Sep 26	PHA		WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
							90gm			168	7	5	180	0