Elmer Valo career batting average
.282Career Regular Season
Elmer Valo has a career batting average of .282 over 20 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .420 in 1941.
- Most recent: .173 in 1961.
Average of 20 regular seasons, 1940 through 1961. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1940 |  ATH | 6 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .348 | .423 | .348 | .771 |
| 1941 | ATH | 15 | 50 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .420 | .463 | .580 | 1.043 |
| 1942 | ATH | 133 | 459 | 64 | 115 | 2 | 40 | 13 | .251 | .355 | .336 | .690 |
| 1943 | ATH | 77 | 249 | 31 | 55 | 3 | 18 | 2 | .221 | .319 | .297 | .616 |
| 1946 | ATH | 108 | 348 | 59 | 107 | 1 | 31 | 9 | .307 | .411 | .411 | .822 |
| 1947 | ATH | 112 | 370 | 60 | 111 | 5 | 36 | 11 | .300 | .406 | .405 | .811 |
| 1948 | ATH | 113 | 383 | 72 | 117 | 3 | 46 | 10 | .305 | .432 | .394 | .826 |
| 1949 | ATH | 150 | 547 | 86 | 155 | 5 | 85 | 14 | .283 | .413 | .404 | .817 |
| 1950 | ATH | 129 | 446 | 62 | 125 | 10 | 46 | 12 | .280 | .400 | .406 | .806 |
| 1951 | ATH | 123 | 444 | 75 | 134 | 7 | 55 | 11 | .302 | .412 | .446 | .858 |
| 1952 | ATH | 129 | 388 | 69 | 109 | 5 | 47 | 12 | .281 | .432 | .407 | .839 |
| 1953 | ATH | 50 | 85 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .224 | .383 | .259 | .642 |
| 1954 | ATH | 95 | 224 | 28 | 48 | 1 | 33 | 2 | .214 | .356 | .330 | .686 |
| 1955 | ATH | 112 | 283 | 50 | 103 | 3 | 37 | 5 | .364 | .460 | .484 | .944 |
| 1956 |  ATH/PHI | 107 | 300 | 41 | 86 | 5 | 39 | 7 | .287 | .389 | .400 | .789 |
| 1957 |  LAD | 81 | 161 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 26 | 0 | .273 | .370 | .422 | .793 |
| 1958 | LAD | 65 | 101 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .248 | .322 | .317 | .639 |
| 1959 |  CLE | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .292 | .424 | .292 | .716 |
| 1960 |  NYY/MIN | 84 | 69 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | .261 | .413 | .304 | .717 |
| 1961 | MIN/PHI | 83 | 75 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .173 | .295 | .267 | .562 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS