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Merkle923 · 01-21-2016, 11:10 PM

Between 1940 and 1955, outfielder Elmer Valo played 1352 games for his first - and to that point, only - major league team, the Athletics.

But on May 21, 1956, the A's released Valo, and in the six seasons that followed he played for (counting franchise shifts) nine different teams. His longest stint was two full seasons with the Brooklyn and then L.A. Dodgers. I don't see a color image of him in their uniform in either city (although his 1958 Topps card actually shows a whitewashed '57 Brooklyn cap, and his 1960 card shows him in an L.A. uniform at the Coliseum in '58).

The color is a little wacky, but 'the' collection contains an image of Valo from L.A.'s spring training camp at Vero Beach in 1958.

01-21-2016, 11:10 PM	#26939
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,187	Elmer Valo 1940 Between 1940 and 1955, outfielder Elmer Valo played 1352 games for his first - and to that point, only - major league team, the Athletics. But on May 21, 1956, the A's released Valo, and in the six seasons that followed he played for (counting franchise shifts) nine different teams. His longest stint was two full seasons with the Brooklyn and then L.A. Dodgers. I don't see a color image of him in their uniform in either city (although his 1958 Topps card actually shows a whitewashed '57 Brooklyn cap, and his 1960 card shows him in an L.A. uniform at the Coliseum in '58). The color is a little wacky, but 'the' collection contains an image of Valo from L.A.'s spring training camp at Vero Beach in 1958. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-02-2017 at 11:27 PM.