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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 16	KCA	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	5	Apr 17	KCA	@	DET	L,0-16	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	10 (4)	Apr 24	KCA		CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	11	Apr 26	KCA		BOS	W,8-7	CG	52	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	13 (1)	Apr 28	KCA		NYY	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	RF
6	14	Apr 29	KCA		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	18 (3)	May 4	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	23 (4)	May 10	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
9	24	May 11	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
10	27 (2)	May 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	32 (4)	May 20	KCA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	33	May 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	34	May 22 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	35	May 22 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
15	36	May 24	KCA		DET	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	37	May 25	KCA		DET	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	41 (3)	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	44 (2)	Jun 2	KCA		NYY	L,6-12	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
19	45	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	46	Jun 4	KCA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	47	Jun 5 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	48	Jun 5 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	49	Jun 7 (1)	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	51 (1)	Jun 8	KCA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	53 (1)	Jun 10	KCA		BAL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	54	Jun 11	KCA		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	55	Jun 12 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	56	Jun 12 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	59 (2)	Jun 16	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	60	Jun 17	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
31	61	Jun 18	KCA	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	64 (2)	Jun 23	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	65	Jun 24	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	75 (9)	Jul 4 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	76	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	77	Jul 5	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	79 (1)	Jul 7	KCA		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	81 (1)	Jul 9	KCA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	82	Jul 10 (1)	KCA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	84 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,7-10	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	88 (3)	Jul 17	KCA		WSH	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	89	Jul 18	KCA		WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
43	92 (2)	Jul 21	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	93	Jul 22	KCA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
45	94	Jul 23	KCA		NYY	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
46	96 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
47	97	Jul 26 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS	39	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	98	Jul 26 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	102 (3)	Jul 30	KCA	@	NYY	W,12-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	103	Jul 31 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	106 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	113 (6)	Aug 10	KCA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	114	Aug 11	KCA		CHW	L,1-14	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	115	Aug 12 (1)	KCA		CLE	L,1-17	CG	51	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
55	118 (2)	Aug 14	KCA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
56	119	Aug 16	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	120	Aug 18 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	121	Aug 18 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR LF
59	122	Aug 19	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	124 (1)	Aug 21	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
61	126 (1)	Aug 24	KCA		WSH	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
62	127	Aug 25	KCA		BAL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	128	Aug 26	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	129	Aug 28	KCA		BOS	L,2-14	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	132 (2)	Sep 2	KCA		DET	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	133	Sep 3	KCA		DET	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
67	134	Sep 4	KCA		DET	L,1-17	CG	56	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
68	135	Sep 5 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
69	138 (2)	Sep 8	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-13	GS	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF CF
70	143 (4)	Sep 11 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	151 (7)	Sep 20	KCA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	152	Sep 21	KCA	@	DET	L,1-10	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							73gm		607.1	145	4	2	151	2