Elmer Valo
1940–1961 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
1,806G
.282AVG
.398OBP
.391SLG
More career statistics
1,420H
58HR
601RBI
110SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 5,029 | 5,028 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 79 | 85 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 284 | 285 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 110 | 111 |
| Batting · Walks | 942 | 943 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,806 | 6,091 | 5,029 | 768 | 1,420 | 228 | 73 | 58 | 601 | 942 | 284 | 110 | 79 | 38 | 17 | 1,968 | .282 | .398 | .391 | .789 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1946-08-22 to 1946-09-02
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1950-08-02 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1955-07-30 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1949-05-01 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 946 | 3182 | 776 | 23 | 353 | 488 | 142 | .295 | .397 | .400 |
| Away | 860 | 2909 | 644 | 35 | 248 | 455 | 143 | .269 | .378 | .382 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 132 | 415 | 93 | 4 | 37 | 58 | 28 | .266 | .364 | .380 |
| May | 317 | 1087 | 221 | 8 | 105 | 176 | 46 | .251 | .365 | .351 |
| June | 317 | 1088 | 247 | 18 | 121 | 190 | 63 | .282 | .402 | .419 |
| July | 372 | 1256 | 309 | 12 | 116 | 186 | 56 | .296 | .394 | .408 |
| August | 344 | 1152 | 288 | 8 | 116 | 160 | 52 | .296 | .389 | .388 |
| September | 318 | 1073 | 260 | 8 | 106 | 168 | 40 | .292 | .399 | .396 |
| October | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .133 | .350 | .133 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 221 | 736 | 157 | 5 | 65 | 110 | 45 | .255 | .363 | .351 |
| cleveland-guardians | 216 | 780 | 178 | 9 | 71 | 138 | 47 | .282 | .405 | .385 |
| boston-red-sox | 212 | 760 | 191 | 3 | 71 | 112 | 38 | .300 | .399 | .396 |
| detroit-tigers | 211 | 752 | 176 | 11 | 77 | 108 | 35 | .281 | .378 | .409 |
| chicago-white-sox | 205 | 735 | 168 | 4 | 73 | 126 | 17 | .284 | .400 | .405 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 203 | 779 | 196 | 9 | 85 | 120 | 20 | .306 | .406 | .422 |
| st-louis-browns | 164 | 686 | 154 | 6 | 50 | 100 | 21 | .271 | .370 | .364 |
| baltimore-orioles | 56 | 138 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 33 | 5 | .337 | .486 | .455 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 6 | 23 | 8 | – | – | 2 | .348 | – | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 50 | 21 | 2 | 8 | – | .420 | – | – |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Athletics | 133 | 459 | 115 | 2 | 40 | 14 | .251 | – | – |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Athletics | 77 | 249 | 55 | 3 | 18 | 2 | .221 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Athletics | 108 | 348 | 107 | 1 | 29 | 9 | .307 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Athletics | 112 | 370 | 111 | 5 | 36 | 11 | .300 | – | – |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 113 | 383 | 117 | 3 | 46 | 10 | .305 | – | – |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Athletics | 150 | 546 | 155 | 5 | 85 | 15 | .284 | – | – |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Athletics | 129 | 446 | 125 | 10 | 46 | 12 | .280 | – | – |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 123 | 444 | 134 | 7 | 55 | 10 | .302 | – | – |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 129 | 388 | 109 | 5 | 47 | 12 | .281 | – | – |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Athletics | 50 | 85 | 19 | – | 9 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1954 | Philadelphia Athletics | 95 | 224 | 48 | 1 | 33 | 2 | .214 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 112 | 283 | 103 | 3 | 37 | 5 | .364 | – | – |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies | 107 | 300 | 86 | 5 | 39 | 7 | .287 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 81 | 161 | 44 | 4 | 26 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 65 | 101 | 25 | 1 | 14 | – | .248 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Cleveland Guardians | 34 | 24 | 7 | – | 5 | – | .292 | – | – |
| 1960 | New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 84 | 69 | 18 | – | 16 | – | .261 | – | – |
| 1961 | Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 12 | – | .173 | – | – |