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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	2	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
4	4	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	29	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
8	8	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	11	Apr 27	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
12	12	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	13	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,8-12	CG	63	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	42	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
15	15	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	16	May 4	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	17	May 5	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	18	May 6 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
19	19	May 6 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	21 (1)	May 9	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
21	22	May 12	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	23	May 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
23	24	May 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,9-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	25	May 15	PHA		SLB	L,8-11	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	26	May 16	PHA		SLB	L,9-10	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	27	May 17	PHA		SLB	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	29 (1)	May 20 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
28	30	May 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	31	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	36 (4)	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	37	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
32	38	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	46 (7)	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	L,2-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
34	48 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,5-9	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	49	Jun 12	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	50	Jun 14	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
37	51	Jun 15 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
38	58 (6)	Jun 20 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	60 (1)	Jun 22	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	62 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	65 (2)	Jun 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
42	66	Jun 29 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	67	Jun 29 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,11-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	68	Jul 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	69	Jul 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
46	76 (6)	Jul 8 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
47	77	Jul 8 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
48	78	Jul 12 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	79	Jul 12 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,13-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	80	Jul 13	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	81	Jul 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	82	Jul 15 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
53	83	Jul 15 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
54	84	Jul 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	85	Jul 17	PHA	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	86	Jul 18	PHA	@	DET	W,16-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
57	87	Jul 19 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
58	88	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	89	Jul 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	38	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	90	Jul 21	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	91	Jul 22 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	92	Jul 22 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	93	Jul 25	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
64	95 (1)	Jul 27	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	96	Jul 28	PHA		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	97	Jul 29 (1)	PHA		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
67	98	Jul 29 (2)	PHA		DET	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	99	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	100	Aug 1	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
70	101	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	GS	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
71	102	Aug 3	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
72	103	Aug 4	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
73	104	Aug 5 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	105	Aug 5 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
75	106	Aug 7	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	110 (3)	Aug 11	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	111	Aug 12 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	112	Aug 12 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-4	CG	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	113	Aug 13	PHA		NYY	W,16-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
80	114	Aug 14	PHA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	115	Aug 15	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	116	Aug 16	PHA		BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	117	Aug 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
84	118	Aug 18	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	120 (1)	Aug 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-13	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	122 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
87	123	Aug 23	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	124	Aug 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	125	Aug 25	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	126	Aug 26	PHA	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	127	Aug 27	PHA	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	128	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
93	129	Aug 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	131 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	132	Sep 3 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	133	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	134	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	135	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
99	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
100	137	Sep 8	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
101	138	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
102	139	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
103	140	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
104	141	Sep 11 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	142	Sep 14	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
106	143	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
107	144	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
108	145	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	146	Sep 18	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
110	147	Sep 19	PHA		DET	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	148	Sep 22	PHA		WSH	L,1-9	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
112	149	Sep 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
113	150	Sep 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	151	Sep 26	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
115	152	Sep 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
116	153	Sep 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							117gm		997.0	246	5	5	256	0