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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHA		NYY	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
3	3	Apr 18	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-11	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
7	7	Apr 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
8	8	Apr 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 29	PHA		CLE	L,9-21	CG	58	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	10	Apr 30	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	PHA		CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	12	May 2	PHA		CHW	W,13-12	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	13	May 3	PHA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	14	May 4 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	15	May 4 (2)	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	16	May 6	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	17	May 7	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
18	18	May 8	PHA		SLB	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	RF
19	19	May 9	PHA		WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	20	May 10	PHA		WSH	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	21	May 11	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	22	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-12	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	24	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 18 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	26	May 18 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
27	27	May 21	PHA	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
28	28	May 25 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	29	May 25 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	30	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	31	May 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	32	May 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
33	33	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	38 (4)	Jun 5	PHA		DET	L,2-12	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	39	Jun 6	PHA		CLE	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	40	Jun 7	PHA		CLE	L,0-14	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	41	Jun 8 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
38	42	Jun 8 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
39	43	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	L,4-15	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	44	Jun 11	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	45	Jun 12	PHA		CHW	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
42	46	Jun 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	47	Jun 15 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	48	Jun 15 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
45	50 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	5	0	2	7	0	RF
46	51	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	52	Jun 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	53	Jun 20	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	54	Jun 22 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	55	Jun 22 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	56	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
52	57	Jun 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	58	Jun 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	59	Jun 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,12-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	60	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	61	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
57	62	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	63	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	65 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	66	Jul 5	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	67	Jul 6 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
62	68	Jul 6 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	GS	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	69	Jul 10	PHA		CLE	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
64	70	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	71	Jul 12	PHA		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	72	Jul 13 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	78 (5)	Jul 17 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	79	Jul 18	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	80	Jul 19	PHA		DET	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
70	84 (3)	Jul 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
71	85	Jul 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	87 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	88	Jul 26	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-9	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
74	89	Jul 27 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
75	90	Jul 27 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
76	91	Jul 29 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	94 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	95	Jul 31 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	96	Aug 1	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	97	Aug 2	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	98	Aug 3 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	99	Aug 3 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	100	Aug 5	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	101	Aug 7 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
85	102	Aug 7 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	103	Aug 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
87	104	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	105	Aug 11 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	RF
89	106	Aug 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	107	Aug 12	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	109 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	56	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	110	Aug 14 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
93	111	Aug 15	PHA		WSH	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
94	112	Aug 16	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	113	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
96	114	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
98	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	117	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
100	118	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
101	119	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	120	Aug 23	PHA		SLB	L,11-12	GS	25	5.2	1	0	1	2	0	RF
103	129 (8)	Aug 31 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	130	Sep 1 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-8	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
105	132 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
106	134 (1)	Sep 3	PHA		NYY	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
107	136 (1)	Sep 5	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
108	139 (2)	Sep 7	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
109	140	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	141	Sep 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
111	142	Sep 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
112	143	Sep 12	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
113	144	Sep 13	PHA	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
114	145	Sep 14 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	147 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
116	148	Sep 16 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
117	149	Sep 19	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
118	151 (1)	Sep 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
119	152	Sep 23	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
120	154 (1)	Sep 27	PHA		NYY	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
121	155	Sep 28	PHA		NYY	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							122gm		970.1	214	7	9	230	1