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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, 8,951st 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

28.8

5029

1420

.282

768

RBI

601

110

OBP

.398

SLG

.391

OPS

.790

OPS+

115

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1939	18	PHA-min	D	34	115	115		43	9	2	3						.374	.374	.565	.939		65							FED · ESHL
1940	19	PHA-min	B	120	437	437		159	31	16	6						.364	.364	.549	.913		240							WMT · ISLG
1940	19	PHA	AL	6	26	23	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	.348	.423	.348	.771	105	8	0	0	0		0	/7
1941	20	PHA-min	B	125	447	447		145	14	7	11						.324	.324	.461	.785		206							WMT · ISLG
1941	20	PHA	AL	15	54	50	13	21	0	1	2	6	0	0	4	2	.420	.463	.580	1.043	178	29	1	0	0		0	7/H
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		0	*9H/87
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		0	9H/7
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	25	PHA	AL	108	411	348	59	107	21	6	1	31	9	8	60	18	.307	.411	.411	.822	132	143	3	1	2		2	9H/7
1947	26	PHA	AL	112	450	370	60	111	12	6	5	36	11	3	64	21	.300	.406	.405	.811	125	150	4	2	14		3	*9H
1948	27	PHA	AL	113	476	383	72	117	17	4	3	46	10	6	81	13	.305	.432	.394	.826	120	151	11	4	7		5	*9/H
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		2	*7/9
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		3	*97H
1951	30	PHA	AL	123	530	444	75	134	27	8	7	55	11	6	75	20	.302	.412	.446	.858	131	198	12	8	3		1	*98H/7
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		6	*9H8/7
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		0	H97
1954	33	PHA	AL	95	281	224	28	48	11	6	1	33	2	1	51	18	.214	.356	.330	.686	89	74	2	0	3	3	2	H79
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	7H9/8	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	9H/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	/H7
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	9H
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	H79
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	H79
1959	38	CIN-min	AAA	60	214	182	24	59	11	0	3	23	5	1	31	10	.324	.421	.434	.855		79		0	0	1			SLE · PCL
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	H/9
1960	39	TOT	AL	84	92	69	7	18	3	0	0	16	0	0	19	5	.261	.413	.304	.717	97	21	2	1	0	3	0	H/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	/H9
1960	39	WSH	AL	76	85	64	6	18	3	0	0	16	0	0	17	4	.281	.424	.328	.752	105	21	2	1	0	3	0	H/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	H/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	H/7
1961	40	PHI	NL	50	52	43	4	8	2	0	1	8	0	0	8	6	.186	.327	.302	.629	71	13	0	1	0	0	0	H/9
20 Yrs				1806	6092	5029	768	1420	228	73	58	601	110	79	942	284	.282	.398	.391	.790	115	1968	111	38	65	17	36
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		3
				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	5230	4308	691	1229	196	68	47	491	103	71	820	222	.285	.403	.395	.798	118	1702	88	31	64	6	26
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
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
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
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	5391	4433	701	1259	201	68	47	516	103	71	849	230	.284	.402	.392	.794	116	1737	94	33	64	11	28
NL (4 yrs)				294	701	596	67	161	27	5	11	85	7	8	93	54	.270	.370	.388	.758	103	231	17	5	1	6	8

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Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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