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Elmer Valo
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Birthdate: 3/5/1921 Died: 7/19/1998
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 190 lbs. Place of Birth: Ribnik, , Czechoslovakia
Bats / Throws: L / R

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A long-time veteran of the Philadelphia Athletics, Elmer Valo was an aggressive fielder and base runner. A spectacular ballhawk and well noted for running into outfield walls, Valo played his first 13-years for owner/manager Connie Mack and the Philadelphia.Athletics. During much of the 1940s Elmer Valo was the Athletics’ top batter and base stealer. ‘If ever there was a guy who’d give you 120 percent, it was Elmer Valo. What a hard working son of a gun he was and what a good ballplayer he was,’ said Frank ‘Trader’ Lane, a former White Sox general Manager. Born in Ribnik Czechoslovakia on March 5 1921, he proudly served in the US Military during World War II. 

Playing in the minors in 1939 Elmer Valo played for Federalsburg of the Eastern Shore League. The next year with Wilmington he led the Interstate League in batting, .364, in hits with 159, in doubles with 31 and in triples with 16, then late in ’40 Valo played in 6 games with the A’s. The 5 ft, 11 inch, left-handed hitting Elmer Valo batted over .300 five times in his 20-year major league career, including .364 for the expansion Kansas City Athletics in 1955. A line drive hitter he struck out just 284 times in 5029 at bats. Valo compiled a solid career .399 on-base percentage.

 On May 1 1949 the speedy Elmer Valo lined two (2) bases loaded triples in a single game and on August 2 1950 racked up a cycle, a combination of a single , double, triple and homer. Late in his long, 20-year career Elmer Valo was a pinch hitting specialist – 90 hits, 91 walks in 386 at bats. Elmer Valo career stats: .282 batting average, 1420 hits, 228 Ds, 73 Ts, 58 Hrs, 768 Runs, 601 RBIs, 942 Walks, 284 strike outs (Ks) in 5029 at bats, 1806 games. Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
23 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1940 PHA (AL) 6 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .348 .423 SLG
1941 PHA (AL) 15 50 13 21 0 1 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .420 .463 SLG
1942 PHA (AL) 133 459 64 115 13 10 2 40 70 21 13 8 0 4 9 0 .251 .355 SLG
1943 PHA (AL) 77 249 31 55 6 2 3 18 35 13 2 6 0 1 2 0 .221 .319 SLG
1946 PHA (AL) 108 348 59 107 21 6 1 31 60 18 9 8 0 1 2 0 .307 .411 SLG
1947 PHA (AL) 112 370 60 111 12 6 5 36 64 21 11 3 0 2 14 0 .300 .406 SLG
1948 PHA (AL) 113 383 72 117 17 4 3 46 81 13 10 6 0 4 7 0 .305 .432 SLG
1949 PHA (AL) 150 547 86 155 27 12 5 85 119 32 14 11 0 2 12 0 .283 .413 SLG
1950 PHA (AL) 129 446 62 125 16 5 10 46 82 22 12 7 0 7 7 0 .280 .400 SLG
1951 PHA (AL) 123 444 75 134 27 8 7 55 75 20 11 6 0 8 3 0 .302 .412 SLG
1952 PHA (AL) 129 388 69 109 26 4 5 47 101 16 12 11 0 2 4 0 .281 .432 SLG
1953 PHA (AL) 50 85 15 19 3 0 0 9 22 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .224 .383 SLG
1954 PHA (AL) 95 224 28 48 11 6 1 33 51 18 2 1 0 0 3 3 .214 .356 SLG
1955 KCA (AL) 112 283 50 103 17 4 3 37 52 18 5 3 2 0 1 2 .364 .460 SLG
1956 KCA (AL) 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .273 SLG
1956 PHI (NL) 98 291 40 84 13 3 5 37 48 21 7 6 6 3 1 2 .289 .392 SLG
1957 BRO (NL) 81 161 14 44 10 1 4 26 25 16 0 1 2 1 0 2 .273 .370 SLG
1958 LAD (NL) 65 101 9 25 2 1 1 14 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 .248 .322 SLG
1959 CLE (AL) 34 24 3 7 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .292 .424 SLG
1960 WSH (AL) 76 64 6 18 3 0 0 16 17 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .281 .424 SLG
1960 NYY (AL) 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .286 SLG
1961 MIN (AL) 33 32 0 5 2 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .156 .250 SLG
1961 PHI (NL) 50 43 4 8 2 0 1 8 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 .186 .327 SLG
23 years   1806 5029 768 1420 228 73 58 601 942 284 110 79 12 38 65 17 .282 .398 .SLG



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