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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	8 (3)	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-7	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	9	Apr 26	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	10	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	T,6-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
8	11	Apr 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	13	May 3	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	14	May 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	15	May 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	16	May 6	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	17	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	18	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	19	May 10	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	22 (2)	May 12	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	40	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	23	May 13	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	24	May 15	PHA		DET	L,2-4	CG	55	14.0	4	1	0	5	0
20	25	May 16	PHA		DET	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	26	May 17	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	27	May 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	28	May 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	29	May 20	PHA		SLB	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
25	30	May 21	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	31	May 23	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	32	May 24	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	33	May 25	PHA		WSH	L,1-3	CG	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	34	May 27	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	35	May 28	PHA		BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	36	May 29	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	37	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	38	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	39	Jun 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	40	Jun 2	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	41	Jun 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	42	Jun 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	41	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	43	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	44	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	45	Jun 8 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	46	Jun 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	47	Jun 9	PHA	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	48	Jun 10	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	49	Jun 11 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	50	Jun 11 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	51	Jun 13	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
47	52	Jun 15 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	53	Jun 15 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	54	Jun 17	PHA		DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	55	Jun 19	PHA		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	56	Jun 21	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	CG	48	11.0	3	0	1	4	0
52	57	Jun 22 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	58	Jun 22 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	59	Jun 24	PHA		SLB	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	60	Jun 25	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	61	Jun 26	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	62	Jun 27	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	63	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	64	Jun 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	65	Jun 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	66	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	68	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	71	Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	72	Jul 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	73	Jul 6 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	74	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	90 (15)	Jul 24	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	91	Jul 25	PHA		DET	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	92	Jul 26	PHA		DET	L,0-13	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	93	Jul 27 (1)	PHA		DET	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	94	Jul 27 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	95	Jul 28	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	96	Jul 29	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
77	97	Jul 30	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	98	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	99	Aug 1	PHA		SLB	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	100	Aug 2	PHA		SLB	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	101	Aug 3 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	102	Aug 3 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	103	Aug 4	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	104	Aug 5	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	105	Aug 6	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	106	Aug 9	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	132 (25)	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	W,3-0	GS	22	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	133	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	W,9-7	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	134	Sep 6	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	135	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	4	0	1	5	0
92	137	Sep 9	PHA		SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	138	Sep 10	PHA		SLB	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	139	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	141 (1)	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	142	Sep 14 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	143	Sep 14 (2)	PHA		CLE	T,4-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	144	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	145	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	146	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	147	Sep 17 (1)	PHA		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	148	Sep 17 (2)	PHA		DET	W,8-6	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	153 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	154	Sep 26 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
							104gm			189	7	6	202	0