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Elmer Valo

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Full Name: Elmer William Valo Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/190 First Game: September 22, 1940
Birthdate: March 5, 1921 Final Game: October 1, 1961
Birthplace: Ribnik, Czechoslovakia MLB Experience: 20 years
Died: July 19, 1998
Deathplace: Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Elmer Valo (Elmer William Valo) was born on March 5, 1921 in Ribnik, Czechoslovakia. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1940 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .251 with 2 home runs and 40 RBI. Valo played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 20 year career.

Most people believe that Elmer Valo's best season was 1949, when he hit for a .283 average and knocked in 85 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1940 PHI A 6 23 6 8 0 0 .348 .423 .348 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
1941 PHI A 15 50 13 21 2 6 .420 .463 .580 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
1942 PHI A 133 459 64 115 2 40 .251 .355 .336 13 10 70 21 4 9 13 0 14
1943 PHI A 77 249 31 55 3 18 .221 .319 .297 6 2 35 13 1 2 2 0 6
1946 PHI A 108 348 59 107 1 31 .307 .411 .411 21 6 60 18 1 2 9 0 3
1947 PHI A 112 370 60 111 5 36 .300 .406 .405 12 6 64 21 2 14 11 0 4
1948 PHI A 113 383 72 117 3 46 .305 .432 .394 17 4 81 13 4 7 10 0 11
1949 PHI A 150 547 86 155 5 85 .283 .413 .404 27 12 119 32 2 12 14 0 11
1950 PHI A 129 446 62 125 10 46 .280 .400 .406 16 5 82 22 7 7 12 0 7
1951 PHI A 123 444 75 134 7 55 .302 .412 .446 27 8 75 20 8 3 11 0 12
1952 PHI A 129 388 69 109 5 47 .281 .432 .407 26 4 101 16 2 4 12 0 10
1953 PHI A 50 85 15 19 0 9 .224 .383 .259 3 0 22 7 0 0 0 0 2
1954 PHI A 95 224 28 48 1 33 .214 .356 .330 11 6 51 18 0 3 2 0 2
1955 KC A 112 283 50 103 3 37 .364 .460 .484 17 4 52 18 0 1 5 2 5
1956 PHI N 98 291 40 84 5 37 .289 .392 .405 13 3 48 21 3 1 7 6 7
1956 KC A 9 9 1 2 0 2 .222 .273 .222 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 Total 107 300 41 86 5 39 .287 .389 .400 13 3 49 22 3 1 7 6 7
1957 BRO N 81 161 14 44 4 26 .273 .370 .422 10 1 25 16 1 0 0 2 8
1958 LA N 65 101 9 25 1 14 .248 .322 .317 2 1 12 11 0 0 0 0 2
1959 CLE A 34 24 3 7 0 5 .292 .424 .292 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 2
1960 WAS A 76 64 6 18 0 16 .281 .424 .328 3 0 17 4 1 0 0 0 2
1960 NY A 8 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 TOT A 84 69 7 18 0 16 .261 .413 .304 3 0 19 5 1 0 0 0 2
1961 PHI N 50 43 4 8 1 8 .186 .327 .302 2 0 8 6 1 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN A 33 32 0 5 0 4 .156 .250 .219 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 2
1961 Total 83 75 4 13 1 12 .173 .295 .267 4 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 2
Total NL 294 596 67 161 11 85 .270 .370 .388 27 5 93 54 5 1 7 8 17
Total AL 1512 4433 701 1259 47 516 .284 .402 .392 201 68 849 230 33 64 103 4 94
Total 1806 5029 768 1420 58 601 .282 .398 .391 228 73 942 284 38 65 110 12 111

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1940 PHI A OF 6 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 PHI A OF 10 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1942 PHI A OF 122 0 0 264 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1943 PHI A OF 63 0 0 134 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1946 PHI A OF 90 0 0 182 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1947 PHI A OF 104 0 0 205 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1948 PHI A OF 109 0 0 231 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1949 PHI A OF 150 0 0 395 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1950 PHI A OF 117 0 0 264 9 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1951 PHI A OF 116 0 0 247 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1952 PHI A OF 121 0 0 223 7 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1953 PHI A OF 25 0 0 46 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 PHI A OF 62 0 0 135 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1955 KC A OF 72 0 0 147 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1956 PHI N OF 87 0 0 167 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1956 KC A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1956 Total OF 88 0 0 167 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1957 BRO N LF 27 27 207.1 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 BRO N RF 13 9 74.2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 BRO N OF 36 36 282 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 LA N LF 16 6 78 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 LA N RF 13 8 72.1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 LA N OF 26 14 150.1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CLE A RF 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CLE A OF 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 WAS A OF 6 1 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 WAS A RF 5 0 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 WAS A LF 1 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 NY A OF 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1960 NY A RF 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1960 TOT A OF 8 1 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 TOT A RF 7 0 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 PHI N RF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 PHI N OF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 MIN A OF 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 MIN A LF 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 Total OF 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total RF 36 17 170 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 45 34 296.1 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1329 51 466.1 2769 72 67 9 0 0 0 0 0 .977

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1938).
  • Released by Kansas City Athletics (May 21, 1956).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May 22, 1956).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Ron Negray, Tim Harkness, Mel Geho, $75000 and a player to be named later to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Chico Fernandez (April 5, 1957); Brooklyn Dodgers received Ben Flowers (April 8, 1957).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (1959).
  • Signed by Seattle (PCL) (March, 1959).
  • Sold by Seattle (PCL) to Cleveland Indians (June 29, 1959).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (October 5, 1959).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (December 11, 1959).
  • Released by New York Yankees (May 23, 1960).
  • Signed by Washington Senators (May 24, 1960).
  • Released by Minnesota Twins (June 17, 1961).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (June 17, 1961).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 16, 1961).

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