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
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[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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