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Elmer
Valo		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: March 5, 1921 in Czechoslovakia, , RIBN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1942   
Gold Glove 1943    1946    1954   
All-Star Selections 1943    1947    1949   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 19 NYG NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 6 9 10 10 9 9 9
1941 20 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1942 21 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1943 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1944 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1945 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1946 25 NYG NL $ 3,664,286   9 9 8 3 4 4 6 7 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1947 26 NYG NL $ 4,200,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1948 27 NYG NL $ 4,200,000   9 9 9 3 4 4 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1949 28 STL NL $ 4,200,000   9 9 9 3 4 4 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1950 29 STL NL $ 4,200,000   9 9 9 3 4 4 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1951 30 PIT NL $ 12,785,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1952 31 NYA AL $ 12,785,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1953 32 NYA AL $ 12,785,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 9 10 10 8 9 9
1954 33 NYA AL $ 12,785,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 8 10 9 8 8 8
1955 34 NYA AL $ 970,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 8 9 9 8 8 8
1956 35 NYA AL     5 5 4 1 2 2 5 5 5 7 9 8 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 9 8 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,785,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 6 7 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1940 19 AAA   137 534 81 127 26 3 9 44 18 13 104 22 .238 .362 .348 .710 74.7  
1941 20 NYG NL 18 60 8 17 2 3 0 3 1 0 12 0 .283 .403 .417 .819 10.3 1.9
    AAA   80 310 63 88 18 3 8 48 20 5 65 12 .284 .408 .439 .847 59.9  
1942 21 NYG NL 105 399 63 119 19 5 9 47 28 11 63 10 .298 .394 .439 .833 71.8 12.9
    AAA   54 204 43 54 7 1 2 22 10 5 49 8 .265 .407 .338 .745 33.4  
1943 22 NYG NL 155 576 113 194 29 7 10 88 32 22 91 18 .337 .428 .464 .891 105.7 20.6
1944 23 NYG NL 147 507 117 145 22 8 12 73 25 8 101 16 .286 .406 .432 .838 89.0 15.6
1945 24 NYG NL 157 576 119 170 28 9 13 65 39 11 99 19 .295 .397 .443 .839 102.1 17.4
1946 25 NYG NL 155 568 113 156 25 4 14 69 27 19 98 20 .275 .382 .407 .788 89.8 15.6
1947 26 NYG NL 154 559 101 180 32 4 13 80 30 17 90 15 .322 .414 .463 .877 105.5 22.1
1948 27 NYG NL 155 528 99 142 18 3 8 53 18 17 106 10 .269 .393 .360 .753 78.6 14.0
1949 28 NYG NL 52 201 43 54 8 2 5 29 8 9 25 5 .269 .351 .403 .754 27.6 4.0
  STL NL 97 277 56 80 11 0 10 39 12 13 70 5 .289 .431 .437 .868 55.1 9.2
  TOT   149 478 99 134 19 2 15 68 20 22 95 10 .280 .400 .423 .822 82.7 13.3
1950 29 STL NL 156 566 103 171 17 2 10 68 40 15 105 10 .302 .410 .392 .803 96.6 16.8
1951 30 PIT NL 149 579 129 179 18 4 18 96 39 16 103 14 .309 .411 .447 .858 112.6 20.1
1952 31 PIT NL 100 372 77 102 12 2 11 55 29 13 77 11 .274 .400 .406 .805 67.5 12.0
  NYA AL 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 .250 .571 .750 1.321 1.8 0.5
  TOT   107 376 77 103 12 3 11 57 29 13 80 11 .274 .402 .410 .812 69.3 12.4
1953 32 NYA AL 13 49 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 .102 .170 .102 .272 -1.5 0.0
1954 33 NYA AL 153 559 89 130 18 4 3 31 24 9 84 61 .233 .335 .295 .631 63.3 9.5
1955 34 NYA AL 107 376 53 107 20 3 6 38 22 19 67 34 .285 .392 .402 .793 59.8 9.2
    AA   31 102 21 29 5 0 3 15 4 5 28 10 .284 .438 .422 .860 20.1  
1956 35 NYA AL 42 89 5 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 14 12 .124 .248 .146 .394 3.9 0.0
    AAA   83 330 63 84 15 3 4 31 16 14 63 37 .255 .374 .355 .729 46.9  
16 Years Sim 1922 6845 1292 1963 281 61 142 843 375 199 1212 264 .287 .394 .408 .802 1139.4 201.5
4 Years AAA 354 1378 250 353 66 10 23 145 64 37 281 79 .256 .382 .369 .751 214.9  
1 Years AA 31 102 21 29 5 0 3 15 4 5 28 10 .284 .447 .422 .869 20.1  
5 Years Minors 385 1480 271 382 71 10 26 160 68 42 309 89 .258 .387 .372 .759 234.9  
162 Game Average 576 108 165 23 5 11 71 31 16 102 22 .287 .394 .408 .802 96.0  
Career Highs 157 579 129 194 32 9 18 96 40 22 106 61 .337 .428 .464 .891 112.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4369 869 1349 197 41 100 595 248 133 831 143 .309 .419 .441 .860 828.7
vs LH   2476 423 614 84 20 42 248 127 66 381 121 .248 .350 .349 .698 328.3
Home 944 3276 617 950 144 33 62 402 162 82 588 142 .290 .398 .411 .809 562.3
Away 978 3569 675 1013 137 28 80 441 213 117 624 122 .284 .391 .405 .796 594.6
RISP   1597 0 482 64 12 34 660 0 0 281 55 .302 .401 .421 .822 282.0
Pinch Hitting   87 17 25 2 0 1 16 6 1 26 6 .287 .443 .345 .788 17.5
Close/Late   756 149 238 32 7 18 112 0 2 149 23 .315 .425 .447 .872 147.0
Mar/Apr 331 1167 221 301 35 9 18 131 58 37 205 57 .258 .368 .350 .718 165.1
May 335 1201 207 348 55 10 22 148 52 34 209 43 .290 .396 .407 .803 199.8
June 337 1210 221 339 42 7 28 142 75 40 206 57 .280 .386 .396 .781 196.0
July 330 1206 227 344 46 16 27 160 69 31 214 43 .285 .393 .417 .810 208.6
August 292 1027 192 298 51 11 23 135 66 26 180 30 .290 .395 .428 .824 182.6
Sep/Oct 297 1034 224 333 52 8 24 127 55 31 198 34 .322 .430 .457 .887 204.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 20 NYG NL CF 17 17 147.0 42 1 0 1 1.000 2.63   0.4
1942 21 NYG NL CF 102 96 867.3 210 9 4 1 .982 2.27   3.3
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1943 22 NYG NL RF 142 141 1254.3 252 13 8 2 .971 1.90   3.0
    LF 7 6 56.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 23 NYG NL RF 137 135 1170.7 238 8 6 2 .976 1.89   2.4
    3B 6 0 15.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 24 NYG NL RF 151 146 1289.7 267 12 9 3 .969 1.95   2.9
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1946 25 NYG NL RF 145 143 1279.3 292 6 7 2 .977 2.10   3.5
    LF 3 3 26.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.08    
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1947 26 NYG NL RF 147 145 1270.7 293 7 11 1 .965 2.12   4.4
    3B 6 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1948 27 NYG NL RF 148 146 1273.0 284 8 5 3 .983 2.06   4.9
    LF 2 2 17.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.53    
    CF 2 2 16.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    3B 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1949 28 NYG NL CF 29 22 233.9 68 2 0 0 1.000 2.69   1.9
    RF 19 18 184.9 40 2 2 0 .955 2.04   0.0
    LF 1 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  STL NL CF 54 40 358.5 103 3 1 1 .991 2.66   2.5
    RF 35 33 283.4 61 2 2 0 .969 2.00   0.0
    LF 3 2 18.4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.0
    3B 3 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.0
  TOT   CF 83 62 592.4 171 5 1 1 .994 2.67   4.3
      RF 54 51 468.3 101 4 4 0 .963 2.02   0.0
      LF 4 3 30.4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.0
      3B 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .90   0.0
1950 29 STL NL RF 94 90 822.7 178 4 0 1 1.000 1.99   3.9
    CF 56 55 488.3 137 4 7 2 .953 2.60    
    3B 5 0 11.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.64   0.0
1951 30 PIT NL CF 121 118 1054.7 306 5 2 0 .994 2.65   3.7
    LF 26 22 197.0 49 0 4 0 .925 2.24    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 31 PIT NL CF 90 86 796.4 242 4 4 0 .984 2.78   2.1
    3B 6 0 14.8 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.26   0.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  NYA AL CF 6 6 12.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.1
    3B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 96 92 808.7 246 4 4 0 .984 2.78   2.1
      3B 6 0 15.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.20   0.1
      RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1953 32 NYA AL LF 13 13 107.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.1
1954 33 NYA AL CF 148 145 1259.0 352 6 6 0 .984 2.56   3.6
    3B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1955 34 NYA AL RF 65 65 552.3 125 4 5 1 .963 2.10   2.3
    CF 34 33 281.3 72 4 3 3 .962 2.43    
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    3B 2 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1956 35 NYA AL 3B 25 23 196.0 16 47 0 3 1.000 2.89   1.0
    RF 3 3 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.1
    CF 4 0 13.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.95    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 1089 1065 9412.9 2037 66 55 15 .975 2.01   27.4
  CF 666 620 5537.4 1552 38 27 8 .983 2.58   17.4
  LF 59 49 441.7 96 0 6 0 .941 1.96   0.1
  3B 69 23 283.7 20 67 0 6 1.000 2.76   1.3
Career Totals   1883 1757 15675.7 3705 171 88 29 .978 2.23   46.2
Career Highs   155 150 1322.0 355 47 11 4 1.000 2.81    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1947 26 NYG NL 5 15 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 .200 .333 .333 .667
1948 27 NYG NL 12 40 6 12 1 2 0 6 3 0 10 1 .300 .440 .425 .865
Career Post-Season Batting 17 55 6 15 1 3 0 7 3 0 13 1 .273 .412 .400 .812
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1943-3-.337
1947-3-.322
 On-Base Pct
1943-1-.428
1944-2-.406
1945-3-.397
1947-3-.414
1950-7-.410
CAR-29-.394
 Slugging Pct
1943-8-.464
 OPS
1943-4-.891
1947-9-.877
 XR
1943-4-105.7
1945-5-102.1
1947-5-105.5
1951-8-112.6
 Games
1943-6-155
1945-1-157
1946-6-155
1947-9-154
1948-9-155
1950-3-156
At-Bats
1943-8-576
1945-8-576
1946-10-568
1950-8-566
1951-6-579
 Runs
1943-3-113
1944-1-117
1945-1-119
1946-2-113
1947-7-101
1950-9-103
1951-2-129
 Hits
1943-4-194
1945-8-170
1947-5-180
1950-7-171
1951-5-179
 Total Bases
1943-6-267
1947-8-259
 Singles
1943-4-148
1945-7-120
1947-6-131
1950-2-142
1951-4-139
 Doubles
1947-9-32
Triples
1943-4-7
1944-3-8
1945-2-9
 Stolen Bases
1942-3-28
1943-2-32
1944-2-25
1945-2-39
1946-2-27
1947-3-30
1948-8-18
1949-7-20
1950-1-40
1951-2-39
1952-5-29
1954-7-24
1955-4-22
CAR-27-375
 Caught Stealing
1942-3-11
1943-1-22
1944-4-8
1945-4-11
1946-1-19
1947-1-17
1948-1-17
1949-1-22
1950-1-15
1951-2-16
1952-4-13
1954-6-9
1955-1-19
CAR-18-199
 Walks
1943-3-91
1944-4-101
1945-3-99
1946-3-98
1947-9-90
1948-6-106
1949-9-95
1950-9-105
1951-9-103
CAR-36-1212
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 107    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Lonnie Smith (871)
  7. Richie Ashburn (865)
  8. Johnny Hopp (860)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1940
Had first career hit on 7/4/1941, off Johnny Rigney (PIT)
Injured on 7/22/1941 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 6/19/1942, off Max Lanier (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1943, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1943, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1943, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1943, hitting .464 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1943
Injured on 7/4/1944 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 7/28/1944
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1944, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1944, hitting .650 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1945, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1946, hitting .423 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1946
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to St. Louis on 6/1/1949 (Going to NYG: P Joe Haynes, P Sheldon Jones. Going to STL: RF Elmer Valo, P Ken Heintzelman)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/13/1950
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/10/1951 to a 4-year deal worth $12,785,000 per year
Injured on 4/26/1951 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1951, hitting .625 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 7/31/1952 (Going to PIT: 1B Joe Adcock, P Saul Rogovin, P Dave Koslo. Going to NYA: P Hersh Freeman, 1B Norm Zauchin, CF Elmer Valo)
Injured on 9/13/1952 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/15/1953 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
6/1/1954: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $970,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1954
Injured on 8/16/1955 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Released by New York (A) on 10/13/1956
 
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