Elmer Valo played for Federalsburg of the Eastern Shore League in 1939, and for Wilmington in the Interstate League in 1940.
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14 Facts About Elmer Valo
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Elmer Valo's big-league playing career was affected by three franchise relocations.
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Elmer Valo spent his first 13 seasons in the majors with the Philadelphia A's, then accompanied the team to Kansas City when the club moved after the 1954 season.
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Elmer Valo moved with the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
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Elmer Valo was a hustling player and an aggressive line-drive hitter who hit.
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Elmer Valo used his strike zone judgment to post an on-base percentage over.
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In 1960, Elmer Valo set major-league pinch-hitting season records for games, walks and times on base.
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Elmer Valo set a major-league career record with 91 walks as a pinch-hitter.
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Elmer Valo stated that he had a plate appearance for Philadelphia on September 30,1939.
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The box score for the game does not list Elmer Valo — he claimed that he was left out by the official scorer, as he was not under contract with Philadelphia at the time.
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On May 1,1949, Elmer Valo became the first major league player to hit two bases-loaded triples in a game.
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Elmer Valo added another bases-loaded triple that year, matching the major league record of three in a season, which was originally set by Shano Collins in 1918.
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Elmer Valo was inducted into the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 1990.
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