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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1940 19 PHA AL 6 26 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .348 .423 .348 .771 104 8 0 0 0 /O
1941 20 PHA AL 15 54 50 13 21 0 1 2 6 0 0 4 2 .420 .463 .580 1.043 177 29 1 0 0 O
1942 21 PHA AL 133 542 459 64 115 13 10 2 40 13 8 70 21 .251 .355 .336 .690 95 154 14 4 9 *O
1943 22 PHA AL 77 287 249 31 55 6 2 3 18 2 6 35 13 .221 .319 .297 .616 81 74 6 1 2 O
1946 25 PHA AL 108 411 348 59 107 21 6 1 31 9 8 60 18 .307 .411 .411 .822 131 143 3 1 2 O
1947 26 PHA AL 112 450 370 60 111 12 6 5 36 11 3 64 21 .300 .406 .405 .811 124 150 4 2 14 *O
1948 27 PHA AL 113 475 383 72 117 17 4 3 46 10 6 81 13 .305 .432 .394 .826 120 151 11 4 7 *O
1949 28 PHA AL 150 680 547 86 155 27 12 5 85 14 11 119 32 .283 .413 .404 .817 119 221 11 2 12 *O
1950 29 PHA AL 129 542 446 62 125 16 5 10 46 12 7 82 22 .280 .400 .406 .806 108 181 7 7 7 *O
1951 30 PHA AL 123 530 444 75 134 27 8 7 55 11 6 75 20 .302 .412 .446 .858 130 198 12 8 3 *O
1952 31 PHA AL 129 495 388 69 109 26 4 5 47 12 11 101 16 .281 .432 .407 .839 129 158 10 2 4 *O
1953 32 PHA AL 50 107 85 15 19 3 0 0 9 0 1 22 7 .224 .383 .259 .642 74 22 2 0 0 O
1954 33 PHA AL 95 281 224 28 48 11 6 1 33 2 1 51 18 .214 .356 .330 .686 90 74 2 0 3 3 79
1955 34 KCA AL 112 338 283 50 103 17 4 3 37 5 3 52 18 .364 .460 .484 .944 155 137 5 0 1 2 2 79/8 MVP-22
1956 35 TOT MLB 107 356 300 41 86 13 3 5 39 7 6 49 22 .287 .389 .400 .789 115 120 7 3 1 3 6 9/7
1956 35 KCA AL 9 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .222 .273 .222 .495 33 2 0 0 0 1 0 /7
1956 35 PHI NL 98 345 291 40 84 13 3 5 37 7 6 48 21 .289 .392 .405 .798 118 118 7 3 1 2 6 9
1957 36 BRO NL 81 189 161 14 44 10 1 4 26 0 1 25 16 .273 .370 .422 .793 106 68 8 1 0 2 2 79
1958 37 LAD NL 65 115 101 9 25 2 1 1 14 0 1 12 11 .248 .322 .317 .639 68 32 2 0 0 2 0 79
1959 38 CLE AL 34 33 24 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 .292 .424 .292 .716 104 7 2 0 0 2 1 /9
1960 39 TOT AL 84 92 69 7 18 3 0 0 16 0 0 19 5 .261 .413 .304 .717 98 21 2 1 0 3 0 /97
1960 39 NYY AL 8 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 -13 0 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1960 39 WSH AL 76 85 64 6 18 3 0 0 16 0 0 17 4 .281 .424 .328 .752 106 21 2 1 0 3 0 /97
1961 40 TOT MLB 83 88 75 4 13 4 0 1 12 0 0 11 9 .173 .295 .267 .562 51 20 2 2 0 0 1 /79
1961 40 MIN AL 33 36 32 0 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 .156 .250 .219 .469 24 7 2 1 0 0 1 /7
1961 40 PHI NL 50 52 43 4 8 2 0 1 8 0 0 8 6 .186 .327 .302 .629 70 13 0 1 0 0 0 /9
20 Seasons 1806 6091 5029 768 1420 228 73 58 601 110 79 942 284 .282 .398 .391 .790 115 1968 111 38 65 17 12
162 Game Avg. 162 546 451 69 127 20 7 5 54 10 7 84 25 .282 .398 .391 .790 115 177 10 3 6
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
KCA (15 yrs) 1361 5229 4308 691 1229 196 68 47 491 103 71 820 222 .285 .403 .395 .798 117 1702 88 31 64 6 2
MIN (2 yrs) 109 121 96 6 23 5 0 0 20 0 0 20 7 .240 .372 .292 .664 80 28 4 2 0 3 1
PHI (2 yrs) 148 397 334 44 92 15 3 6 45 7 6 56 27 .275 .384 .392 .776 112 131 7 4 1 2 6
LAD (2 yrs) 146 304 262 23 69 12 2 5 40 0 2 37 27 .263 .352 .382 .734 91 100 10 1 0 4 2
CLE (1 yr) 34 33 24 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 .292 .424 .292 .716 104 7 2 0 0 2 1
NYY (1 yr) 8 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 -13 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (18 yrs) 1512 5390 4433 701 1259 201 68 47 516 103 71 849 230 .284 .402 .392 .794 116 1737 94 33 64 11 4
NL (4 yrs) 294 701 596 67 161 27 5 11 85 7 8 93 54 .270 .370 .388 .758 102 231 17 5 1 6 8

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-AL-22-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL--.302--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1949 AL--.413--8th
1951 AL--.412--7th
1952 AL--.432--2nd**
Career--.398--64th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 AL--.858--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL--150--10th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 AL--680--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1949 AL--27--9th
1952 AL--26--10th

Triples s c a p y
1942 AL--10--7th
1949 AL--12--3rd
1951 AL--8--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 AL--85--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL--119--5th
1952 AL--101--4th
Career--942--140th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 AL--9--9th
1947 AL--11--5th
1948 AL--10--8th
1949 AL--14--3rd
1950 AL--12--2nd
1951 AL--11--7th
1952 AL--12--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1951 AL--130--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 AL--21--10th
1951 AL--22--10th
1952 AL--23--9th
1955 AL--26--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 AL--2.1--10th
1951 AL--2.2--10th
1952 AL--2.4--9th
1955 AL--2.5--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 AL--276--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 AL--.661--7th
1952 AL--.659--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 AL--4--7th
1948 AL--4--10th
1950 AL--7--5th
1951 AL--8--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 AL--14--2nd
1949 AL--12--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL--8--5th
1949 AL--11--3rd
1950 AL--7--4th
1952 AL--11--2nd
1956 NL--6--9th
Career--79--215th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 AL--6.9--10th
1949 AL--7.4--7th
1950 AL--10.9--3rd
1951 AL--8.6--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1942 AL--21.857--9th
1950 AL--20.273--8th
1951 AL--22.200--6th
Career--17.710--149th

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

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

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 30 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (601), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Jerry Mumphrey (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jerry Mumphrey (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tilly Walker (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. John Titus (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. John Titus (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Al Bumbry (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

May 21, 1956: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

May 22, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 5, 1957: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with a player to be named later, Mel Geho (minors), Tim Harkness, Ron Negray and $75,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Chico Fernandez. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Ben Flowers (April 8, 1957) to the Brooklyn Dodgers to complete the trade.

Before 1959 Season: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March, 1959: Signed as a Free Agent with Seattle (PCL).

June 29, 1959: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from Seattle (PCL).

October 5, 1959: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

December 11, 1959: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 23, 1960: Released by the New York Yankees.

May 24, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

June 17, 1961: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

June 17, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 16, 1961: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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