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Elmer Valo

Elmer William Valo

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 5, 1921 in Rybnik, Czechoslovakia
High School: Palmerton HS (Palmerton, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1940
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/Dodgers/Senators/Indians/... 1940-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: July 19, 1998 in Palmerton, PA
Buried: Sacred Heart New Cemetery, Palmerton, PA
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1940 PHA AL 19 LF 6 6 6 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .963 2.33
1940 PHA AL 19 OF 6 6 6 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .970 2.40
1941 PHA AL 20 LF 10 10 10 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 .975 2.31
1941 PHA AL 20 OF 10 10 10 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 .973 2.41
1942 PHA AL 21 OF 122 117 116 279 264 5 10 0 .964 2.20 .976 2.38
1942 PHA AL 21 RF 120 117 116 275 260 5 10 0 .964 2.21 .969 2.07
1942 PHA AL 21 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1942 PHA AL 21 LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.30
1943 PHA AL 22 OF 63 61 61 140 134 4 2 0 .986 2.19 .977 2.47
1943 PHA AL 22 RF 54 52 52 119 114 3 2 0 .983 2.17 .973 2.21
1943 PHA AL 22 LF 9 9 9 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 .979 2.40
1946 PHA AL 25 OF 90 89 84 194 182 7 5 0 .974 2.10 .977 2.36
1946 PHA AL 25 RF 86 85 80 190 178 7 5 0 .974 2.15 .972 2.10
1946 PHA AL 25 LF 4 4 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .974 2.25
1947 PHA AL 26 OF 104 102 94 220 205 9 6 0 .973 2.06 .979 2.47
1947 PHA AL 26 RF 104 102 94 220 206 8 6 0 .973 2.06 .977 2.11
1948 PHA AL 27 OF 109 109 103 239 231 4 4 1 .983 2.16 .975 2.51
1948 PHA AL 27 RF 109 109 103 236 228 4 4 1 .983 2.13 .971 2.14
1949 PHA AL 28 OF 150 150 146 411 395 8 8 0 .981 2.69 .980 2.44
1949 PHA AL 28 LF 144 143 141 390 376 8 6 0 .985 2.67 .982 2.36
1949 PHA AL 28 RF 7 7 5 17 14 1 2 0 .882 2.14 .978 2.09
1950 PHA AL 29 OF 117 117 116 1025.1 278 264 9 5 3 .982 2.40 2.33 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 PHA AL 29 RF 85 84 84 734.1 179 170 5 4 1 .978 2.14 2.06 .975 2.12 2.09
1950 PHA AL 29 LF 33 33 32 291.0 86 82 3 1 2 .988 2.63 2.58 .977 2.41 2.37
1951 PHA AL 30 OF 116 112 108 997.0 257 247 5 5 0 .981 2.27 2.17 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 PHA AL 30 RF 91 86 84 782.0 196 189 5 2 0 .990 2.23 2.13 .978 2.06 2.05
1951 PHA AL 30 CF 23 22 20 184.0 52 50 0 2 0 .962 2.45 2.17 .981 2.84 2.83
1951 PHA AL 30 LF 4 4 4 31.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 2.03 1.75 .972 2.44 2.40
1952 PHA AL 31 OF 121 110 101 970.1 239 223 7 9 1 .962 2.13 1.90 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 PHA AL 31 RF 110 101 94 898.1 203 191 4 8 1 .961 1.95 1.77 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 PHA AL 31 CF 10 8 6 62.0 21 18 2 1 0 .952 2.90 2.00 .983 2.90 2.91
1952 PHA AL 31 LF 2 1 1 10.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 3.00 .978 2.25 2.30
1953 PHA AL 32 OF 25 17 14 180.1 47 46 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -7 2.35 1.88 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 PHA AL 32 RF 15 8 5 97.1 25 24 1 0 1 1.000 -2 -25 2.31 1.67 .984 2.09 2.08
1953 PHA AL 32 LF 10 9 9 83.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 2.39 2.20 .973 2.22 2.21
1954 PHA AL 33 OF 62 56 53 507.1 143 135 3 5 1 .965 0 0 2.45 2.23 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 PHA AL 33 LF 34 28 27 263.0 83 80 2 1 0 .988 2 8 2.81 2.41 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 PHA AL 33 RF 30 28 26 244.1 61 56 1 4 1 .934 -2 -8 2.10 1.90 .975 2.05 2.03
1955 KCA AL 34 OF 72 69 60 607.1 154 147 5 2 2 .987 -3 -7 2.25 2.11 .982 2.40 2.38 MVP-22
1955 KCA AL 34 LF 46 43 36 377.1 106 102 3 1 1 .991 2 5 2.50 2.28 .980 2.26 2.25 MVP-22
1955 KCA AL 34 RF 23 23 21 201.0 33 31 1 1 1 .970 -6 -33 1.43 1.39 .981 2.05 2.03 MVP-22
1955 KCA AL 34 CF 4 3 3 29.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 21 3.72 3.00 .985 2.86 2.85 MVP-22
1956 TOT MLB 35 OF 88 85 72 728.1 177 167 4 6 0 .966 -2 -3 2.11 1.94 .977 2.28 2.25
1956 KCA AL 35 LF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1956 KCA AL 35 OF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.30
1956 PHI NL 35 OF 87 84 72 722.1 177 167 4 6 0 .966 -2 -3 2.13 1.97 .977 2.28 2.25
1956 PHI NL 35 RF 87 84 72 722.1 174 164 4 6 0 .966 -2 -3 2.09 1.93 .974 1.98 1.96
1957 BRO NL 36 OF 36 36 18 282.0 57 57 0 0 0 1.000 1 5 1.82 1.58 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 BRO NL 36 LF 27 27 13 207.1 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.78 1.52 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 BRO NL 36 RF 13 9 5 74.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 10 1.81 1.15 .972 1.98 1.99
1958 LAD NL 37 OF 26 14 8 150.1 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -38 1.44 0.92 .980 2.26 2.25
1958 LAD NL 37 LF 16 6 4 78.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -23 1.73 0.94 .975 2.01 2.00
1958 LAD NL 37 RF 13 8 4 72.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -55 1.12 0.69 .978 2.02 2.01
1959 CLE AL 38 OF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 0.50 .980 2.25 2.20
1959 CLE AL 38 RF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 0.50 .980 1.80 1.90
1960 TOT AL 39 OF 8 1 0 25.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -43 2.16 0.75 .982 2.23 2.25
1960 TOT AL 39 RF 7 0 0 19.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -82 0.95 0.29 .975 1.94 1.96
1960 NYY AL 39 OF 2 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.25
1960 NYY AL 39 RF 2 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.95
1960 WSH AL 39 OF 6 1 0 20.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -36 2.70 1.00 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 WSH AL 39 RF 5 0 0 14.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -86 1.29 0.40 .975 1.93 1.96
1960 WSH AL 39 LF 1 1 0 6.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 6.00 4.00 .985 2.10 2.10
1961 TOT MLB 40 OF 2 0 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 2.57 1.00 .975 2.19 2.15
1961 MIN AL 40 LF 1 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 3.60 2.00 .970 1.98 2.00
1961 MIN AL 40 OF 1 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 3.60 2.00 .975 2.16 2.20
1961 PHI NL 40 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1961 PHI NL 40 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
20 Seasons OF 1329 1261 1170 5482.1 2908 2769 72 67 9 .977 -11 -2 2.22 2.14 .978 2.40 2.41
18 Seasons RF 957 903 845 3849.2 1955 1851 50 54 6 .972 -15 -5 2.04 1.99 .974 2.02 2.06
17 Seasons LF 349 325 296 1357.2 832 804 18 10 3 .988 2 2 2.45 2.36 .979 2.24 2.29
4 Seasons CF 38 33 29 275.0 85 80 2 3 0 .965 0 2 2.68 2.16 .982 2.86 2.85
20 Seasons TOT 1329 1261 1170 5482.1 2908 2769 72 67 9 .977 -11 -2 2.22 2.14 .978 2.40 2.41
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1940 PHA AL 19 LF
1941 PHA AL 20 LF
1942 PHA AL 21 RF
1942 PHA AL 21 CF
1942 PHA AL 21 LF
1943 PHA AL 22 RF
1943 PHA AL 22 LF
1946 PHA AL 25 RF
1946 PHA AL 25 LF
1947 PHA AL 26 RF
1948 PHA AL 27 RF
1949 PHA AL 28 LF
1949 PHA AL 28 RF
1950 PHA AL 29 RF
1950 PHA AL 29 LF
1951 PHA AL 30 RF
1951 PHA AL 30 CF
1951 PHA AL 30 LF
1952 PHA AL 31 RF
1952 PHA AL 31 CF
1952 PHA AL 31 LF
1953 PHA AL 32 RF -2 -25 0 -1 2 -2
1953 PHA AL 32 LF -1 -14 -1 0 0 0
1954 PHA AL 33 LF 2 8 -0 -2 2 2
1954 PHA AL 33 RF -2 -8 -1 1 -2 -1
1955 KCA AL 34 LF 2 5 3 -2 4 -1
1955 KCA AL 34 RF -6 -33 -4 -3 -1 -1
1955 KCA AL 34 CF 0 21 0 1 -0 0
1956 KCA AL 35 LF -0 -40 -0 0 -0 0
1956 PHI NL 35 RF -2 -3 -1 -2 2 -1
1957 BRO NL 36 LF 0 3 2 1 0 -1
1957 BRO NL 36 RF 1 10 2 1 1 -1
1958 LAD NL 37 LF -2 -23 -0 -2 1 -1
1958 LAD NL 37 RF -3 -55 -2 -1 -2 -1
1959 CLE AL 38 RF 0 180 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 39 RF -0 -72 -0 -0 -0 0
1960 WSH AL 39 RF -1 -86 -1 -0 -1 0
1960 WSH AL 39 LF 0 80 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 40 LF 0 48 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 40 RF -0 -180 -0 -0 0 0
18 Seasons RF -15 -5 -8 -6 -1 -7
17 Seasons LF 2 2 3 -4 8 -1
4 Seasons CF 0 2 0 1 -0 0
20 Seasons TOT -11 -2 -4 -9 7 -6
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1940 PHA AL 19 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 0
1941 PHA AL 20 15 10 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 5 0
1942 PHA AL 21 133 117 133 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 120 122 0 10 2
1943 PHA AL 22 77 61 77 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 54 63 0 13 1
1946 PHA AL 25 108 89 108 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 86 90 0 17 1
1947 PHA AL 26 112 102 112 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104 0 8 0
1948 PHA AL 27 113 109 113 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 109 0 3 1
1949 PHA AL 28 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 7 150 0 0 0
1950 PHA AL 29 129 117 129 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 85 117 0 10 2
1951 PHA AL 30 123 112 123 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 91 116 0 9 0
1952 PHA AL 31 129 110 129 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 110 121 0 14 0
1953 PHA AL 32 50 17 50 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 15 25 0 25 0
1954 PHA AL 33 95 56 95 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 30 62 0 33 1
1955 KCA AL 34 112 69 112 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 4 23 72 0 40 1
1956 PHI NL 35 98 84 98 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 87 0 11 0
1956 KCA AL 35 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1957 BRO NL 36 81 36 81 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 13 36 0 45 0
1958 LAD NL 37 65 14 65 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 13 26 0 43 0
1959 CLE AL 38 34 0 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 34 0
1960 WSH AL 39 76 1 76 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 75 0
1960 NYY AL 39 8 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0
1961 PHI NL 40 50 0 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 50 0
1961 MIN AL 40 33 0 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 33 0
20 Seasons 1806 1261 1806 1329 0 0 0 0 0 0 349 38 957 1329 0 492 9
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 PHA AL 27 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 49 24 0 20 3 0 20 13 0 13 3 0 15 10 0 117 53 45.3% 64 0 0.0% 1 2894 52% 84% 31% 311 51%
1949 PHA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 79 56% 81% 33% 11 73%
1950 PHA AL 29 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 52 27 3 24 2 2 16 14 0 9 3 0 17 10 0 118 56 47.5% 58 5 4.2% 0 2624 63% 81% 29% 276 50%
1951 PHA AL 30 2 0 2 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 40 18 0 22 6 1 9 7 0 12 1 0 26 19 0 109 51 46.8% 57 1 0.9% 4 2862 62% 85% 31% 315 55%
1952 PHA AL 31 8 0 8 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 30 15 2 33 12 0 18 7 1 13 3 0 25 20 0 119 57 47.9% 60 3 2.5% 1 3418 63% 83% 29% 330 54%
1953 PHA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 5 3 0 17 5 29.4% 12 0 0.0% 1 407 72% 85% 29% 40 60%
1954 PHA AL 33 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16 4 0 6 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 6 4 1 33 12 36.4% 20 1 3.0% 0 1118 63% 82% 30% 95 59%
1955 KCA AL 34 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 23 9 39.1% 14 0 0.0% 1 895 66% 79% 29% 64 50%
1956 PHI NL 35 6 0 6 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 34 18 0 13 0 0 7 2 0 8 1 0 17 12 0 79 33 41.8% 46 0 0.0% 4 3025 67% 80% 33% 310 54%
1957 BRO NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 295 64% 80% 35% 26 58%
1958 LAD NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 12.5% 7 0 0.0% 0 308 63% 78% 41% 29 31%
1959 CLE AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 100% 71% 57% 1 100%
1960 WSH AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 62 73% 84% 32% 4 50%
1960 NYY AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 48% 76% 28% 1 0%
1961 PHI NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 10 60% 80% 30% 1 0%
14 Seasons 27 0 27 0 5 23 1 11 1 3 245 111 5 128 27 3 78 48 1 63 12 0 116 81 1 630 279 44.3% 343 10 1.6% 13 18029 62% 82% 31% 1814 53%
MLB Averages 42.5% 3.2% 63% 81% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1949 PHA AL 28 5 0 5 0 1 6 0 3 1 0 75 61 2 33 4 0 18 10 0 11 3 0 40 40 0 177 118 66.7% 57 2 1.1% 4 4401 60% 81% 32% 607 53%
1950 PHA AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 8 7 0 6 2 0 4 2 1 4 1 1 5 4 1 27 16 59.3% 8 3 11.1% 0 944 65% 82% 31% 109 56%
1951 PHA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 96 70% 78% 32% 9 67%
1952 PHA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 55% 70% 28% 6 83%
1953 PHA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 357 66% 84% 32% 39 56%
1954 PHA AL 33 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 22 18 0 20 6 0 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 58 35 60.3% 22 1 1.7% 1 1173 64% 83% 30% 164 46%
1955 KCA AL 34 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 31 23 1 21 5 1 7 5 0 6 0 0 12 12 0 77 45 58.4% 30 2 2.6% 1 1667 64% 83% 31% 226 46%
1956 KCA AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 26 77% 77% 27% 5 0%
1957 BRO NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 24 14 58.3% 10 0 0.0% 0 875 68% 79% 36% 91 45%
1958 LAD NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 6 42.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 341 63% 81% 43% 42 36%
1960 WSH AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 27 78% 93% 41% 6 67%
1961 MIN AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 23 87% 70% 39% 3 67%
12 Seasons 8 0 8 0 3 15 0 5 3 4 161 128 3 92 19 1 49 31 2 28 5 1 64 62 1 394 245 62.2% 141 8 2.0% 7 9970 63% 82% 32% 1307 50%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1951 PHA AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 2 0 22 11 50.0% 11 0 0.0% 0 709 58% 85% 29% 95 48%
1952 PHA AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 5 0 6 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 18 10 55.6% 8 0 0.0% 2 270 67% 79% 24% 42 48%
1955 KCA AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 124 62% 82% 28% 21 57%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17 14 0 12 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 9 6 0 44 23 52.3% 21 0 0.0% 2 1103 61% 83% 28% 158 49%
MLB Averages 44.5% 2.5% 63% 81% 30% 58%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1967 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (22, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  144 (3rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  376 (1st)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  8 (4th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  6 (1st)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 AL  120 (3rd)
1946 AL  86 (5th)
1947 AL  104 (4th)
1948 AL  109 (2nd)
Career  957 (69th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 AL  260 (3rd)
1946 AL  178 (5th)
1947 AL  206 (4th)
1948 AL  228 (2nd)
1950 AL  170 (5th)
1951 AL  189 (3rd)
1952 AL  191 (5th)
Career  1,851 (67th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  8 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 AL  10 (1st)
1946 AL  5 (5th)
1947 AL  6 (2nd)
1950 AL  4 (5th)
1952 AL  8 (1st)
1954 AL  4 (5th)
1956 NL  6 (3rd)
Career  54 (50th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  150 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  395 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1942 AL  10 (4th)
1952 AL  9 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  2.67 (1st)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  .985 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 AL  2.14 (4th)
1951 AL  2.23 (2nd)
1952 AL  1.95 (3rd)
1956 NL  2.09 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 AL  2.21 (4th)
1946 AL  2.15 (2nd)
1947 AL  2.06 (4th)
1948 AL  2.13 (2nd)
1950 AL  2.06 (2nd)
1951 AL  2.13 (2nd)
1952 AL  1.77 (5th)
1956 NL  1.93 (5th)
Career  1.99 (70th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  .974 (3rd)
1948 AL  .983 (2nd)
1950 AL  .978 (4th)
1951 AL  .990 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  2.69 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1959 AL  born 1921-03-05 (7th)
1960 AL  born 1921-03-05 (6th)
1961 AL  born 1921-03-05 (5th)
1961 NL  born 1921-03-05 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1940 AL  born 1921-03-05 (3rd)
1941 AL  born 1921-03-05 (5th)

                                         

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Name and misspellings: Elmer Elmer William Valo

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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