Elmer Valo
Elmer William Valo
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 5, 1921 in Ribnik, Czechoslovakia
High School: Palmerton (Palmerton, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1940
Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: July 19, 1998 in Palmerton, PA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1940 PHA AL 19 OF 6 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.32 6-0-0
1941 PHA AL 20 OF 10 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 .973 2.33 10-0-0
1942 PHA AL 21 OF 122 279 264 5 10 0 .964 2.20 .976 2.31 1-1-120
1943 PHA AL 22 OF 63 140 134 4 2 0 .986 2.19 .977 2.39 9-0-54
1946 PHA AL 25 OF 90 194 182 7 5 0 .974 2.10 .977 2.24 5-0-85
1947 PHA AL 26 OF 104 220 205 9 6 0 .973 2.06 .979 2.35 0-0-104
1948 PHA AL 27 OF 109 239 231 4 4 1 .983 2.16 .975 2.36 0-0-109
1949 PHA AL 28 OF 150 411 395 8 8 0 .981 2.69 .980 2.27 150-0-0
1950 PHA AL 29 OF 117 278 264 9 5 3 .982 2.33 .979 2.34 33-0-85
1951 PHA AL 30 OF 116 257 247 5 5 0 .981 2.17 .977 2.23 1-22-95
1952 PHA AL 31 OF 121 239 223 7 9 1 .962 1.90 .980 2.18 2-11-108
1953 PHA AL 32 OF 25 47 46 1 0 1 1.000 1.88 .981 2.18 10-0-15
1954 PHA AL 33 OF 62 56 507.1 143 135 3 5 1 .965 0.2 0.5 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 1 2.45 2.23 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 PHA AL 33 LF 34 28 263.0 83 80 2 1 0 .988 1.8 8.2 -0.2 1.6 -1.8 2 2.81 2.41 .977 2.26 1.93
1954 PHA AL 33 RF 30 28 244.1 61 56 1 4 1 .934 -1.6 -7.9 -0.6 -1.7 1.1 -1 2.10 1.90 .975 2.05 1.82
1955 KCA AL 34 OF 72 69 607.1 154 147 5 2 2 .987 -3.4 -6.7 -1.4 3.1 -4.3 -2 2.25 2.11 .982 2.40 2.08 MVP-22
1955 KCA AL 34 LF 46 43 377.1 106 102 3 1 1 .991 1.6 5.1 2.6 4.5 -1.8 -1 2.50 2.28 .980 2.26 1.78 MVP-22
1955 KCA AL 34 RF 23 23 201.0 33 31 1 1 1 .970 -5.5 -32.8 -4.5 -1.1 -3.3 -1 1.43 1.39 .982 2.05 1.73 MVP-22
1955 KCA AL 34 CF 4 3 29.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 20.7 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 3.72 3.00 .983 2.86 2.55 MVP-22
1956 TOT MLB 35 OF 88 85 728.1 177 167 4 6 0 .966 -1.9 -3.1 -0.9 1.5 -2.4 -1 2.11 1.94 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 KCA AL 35 LF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1956 KCA AL 35 OF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.00
1956 PHI NL 35 OF 87 84 722.1 177 167 4 6 0 .966 -1.7 -2.8 -0.7 1.7 -2.4 -1 2.13 1.97 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 PHI NL 35 RF 87 84 722.1 175 165 4 6 0 .966 -1.7 -2.8 -0.7 1.7 -2.4 -1 2.11 1.94 .974 2.00 1.80
1957 BRO NL 36 OF 36 36 282.0 57 57 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 4.7 3.1 1.1 2.0 -2 1.82 1.58 .979 2.29 2.07
1957 BRO NL 36 LF 27 27 207.1 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 2.9 1.5 0.3 1.2 -1 1.78 1.52 .978 2.03 1.71
1957 BRO NL 36 RF 13 9 74.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 9.6 1.6 0.8 0.8 -1 1.81 1.15 .973 1.98 1.72
1958 LAD NL 37 OF 26 14 150.1 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -4.8 -38.3 -2.8 -0.3 -2.6 -2 1.44 0.92 .979 2.26 1.95
1958 LAD NL 37 LF 16 6 78.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -23.1 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 -1 1.73 0.94 .973 2.00 1.54
1958 LAD NL 37 RF 13 8 72.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -3.3 -54.7 -2.3 -1.5 -0.9 -1 1.12 0.69 .978 2.02 1.73
1959 CLE AL 38 OF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.95
1959 CLE AL 38 RF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.65
1960 TOT AL 39 OF 8 1 25.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -43.2 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 0 2.16 0.75 .983 2.23 1.95
1960 TOT AL 39 RF 7 0 19.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -82.1 -1.3 -0.9 -0.4 0 0.95 0.29 .950 1.94 1.69
1960 NYY AL 39 OF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.95
1960 NYY AL 39 RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.70
1960 WSH AL 39 OF 6 1 20.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -36.0 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 2.70 1.00 .983 2.25 1.95
1960 WSH AL 39 RF 5 0 14.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -85.7 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 1.29 0.40 .950 1.93 1.68
1960 WSH AL 39 LF 1 1 6.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 6.00 4.00 .975 2.10 1.70
1961 TOT MLB 40 OF 2 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.57 1.00 1.000 2.19 1.95
1961 MIN AL 40 LF 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.60 2.00 .950 1.98 1.60
1961 MIN AL 40 OF 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 2.16 2.00
1961 PHI NL 40 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1961 PHI NL 40 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
20 Seasons OF 1329 261 2309.1 2908 2769 72 67 9 .977 -9.5 -4.9 -3.5 4.8 -8.2 -6 11.07 2.14 .978 2.33 2.24 353-38-951
8 Seasons (incomplete) RF 176 152 1337.2 296 278 7 11 2 .963 -12.8 -11.5 -7.8 -2.7 -5.1 -5 1.92 1.62 .975 2.01 1.78
7 Seasons (incomplete) LF 126 106 942.2 251 244 5 2 1 .992 2.8 3.6 3.8 7.8 -3.9 -1 2.38 1.98 .978 2.18 1.77
1 Season (incomplete) CF 4 3 29.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 20.7 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 3.72 3.00 .983 2.86 2.55
20 Seasons TOT 1329 261 2309.1 2908 2769 72 67 9 .977 -9.5 -4.9 -3.5 4.8 -8.2 -6 11.07 2.14 .955 2.33 2.24 353-38-951
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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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 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
1941 PHA AL 20 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
1942 PHA AL 21 133 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 120 122
1943 PHA AL 22 77 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 54 63
1946 PHA AL 25 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 85 90
1947 PHA AL 26 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104
1948 PHA AL 27 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 109
1949 PHA AL 28 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150
1950 PHA AL 29 129 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 85 117
1951 PHA AL 30 123 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 95 116
1952 PHA AL 31 129 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 108 121
1953 PHA AL 32 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 15 25
1954 PHA AL 33 95 56 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 30 62 33 1
1955 KCA AL 34 112 69 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 4 23 72 40 1
1956 PHI NL 35 98 84 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 87 11 0
1956 KCA AL 35 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0
1957 BRO NL 36 81 36 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 13 36 45 0
1958 LAD NL 37 65 14 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 13 26 43 0
1959 CLE AL 38 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 34 0
1960 WSH AL 39 76 1 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 75 0
1960 NYY AL 39 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 0
1961 PHI NL 40 50 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50 0
1961 MIN AL 40 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 0
20 Seasons 1806 261 1806 1806 0 0 0 0 0 0 353 38 951 1329 378 2
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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1954 PHA AL 33 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11 2 0 6 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 6 4 1 28 10 35.7% 17 1 3.6% 0 1110 60% 80% 29% 94 60%
1955 KCA AL 34 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 21 9 42.9% 12 0 0.0% 1 910 65% 78% 28% 64 50%
1956 PHI NL 35 6 0 6 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 27 15 0 13 0 0 7 2 0 8 1 0 15 10 0 70 28 40.0% 42 0 0.0% 4 3048 65% 78% 33% 309 53%
1957 BRO NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 306 61% 77% 33% 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% 0 322 60% 75% 39% 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 67 67% 78% 30% 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%
8 Seasons 11 0 11 0 4 7 0 5 0 1 52 22 0 28 3 0 13 6 0 13 1 0 26 17 1 132 49 37.1% 82 1 0.8% 6 5805 64% 78% 32% 529 53%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1954 PHA AL 33 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 10 0 18 6 0 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 47 27 57.4% 19 1 2.1% 0 1123 63% 81% 30% 155 46%
1955 KCA AL 34 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 21 15 1 21 5 1 7 5 0 6 0 0 8 8 0 63 33 52.4% 28 2 3.2% 1 1708 62% 81% 30% 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 27 74% 74% 26% 5 0%
1957 BRO NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 21 13 61.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 896 67% 77% 35% 91 45%
1958 LAD NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 351 61% 78% 42% 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%
7 Seasons 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 51 39 1 48 13 1 24 18 1 11 0 0 12 12 0 146 82 56.2% 61 3 2.1% 1 4155 64% 80% 32% 528 45%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
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% 0 128 60% 80% 27% 21 57%
1 Season 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% 0 128 60% 80% 27% 21 57%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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